Re: What is Loud?
|
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 27
hobbyist
|
OP
hobbyist
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 27 |
Now we're getting into the spirit of things.
So, any takers on the break-in? How long is good enough? 20 hours? 40?? (Not necessarily buying it myself, but will to try it for the sake of science!)
|
|
|
Re: What is Loud?
|
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 325
devotee
|
devotee
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 325 |
Uh-oh, now you have done it. The "break in" question. Complete myth or MarkSJohnson's way of acquiring new speakers?
Depending on who you talk to it's either the brain breaking in and adjusting to a new sound, or the drivers actually changing. Most of the guys here will say.....
|
|
|
Re: What is Loud?
|
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 27
hobbyist
|
OP
hobbyist
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 27 |
Heh heh, yeah, I'm keenly aware of the raging controversy!
I have a golden opportunity here, though, one speaker playing day and night, the other not yet arrived...but I want to make sure I gave it "enough" time to make it a fair comparison. (In my room. With my receiver. For one model. Of Axiom. Using my music. With my ears. You can see where this is leading, right?)
|
|
|
Re: What is Loud?
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,034
connoisseur
|
connoisseur
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,034 |
Got it, I see where it's going!
(now don't tell anyone I said so, but ya gotta be quick in your listening-when I plunked down my M50s where my M3s had been, it took between 20 and 25 minutes for the obvious "harshness" to go completely away: Not quite "Right" at 20 min, to "Wow, that's better!" at 25)(or something like that)
|
|
|
Re: What is Loud?
|
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 6,331
axiomite
|
axiomite
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 6,331 |
The most important thing is that your test be completely blind, and double blind would be better. If you have even the slightest idea which speaker is which, your own biases (whatever they may be) can, and will, enter into the equation. Without this condition being met, your test will mean little, and prove nothing.
Jack
"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue." - G. K. Chesterton
|
|
|
Re: What is Loud?
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,034
connoisseur
|
connoisseur
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,034 |
How's that saying go: "If you can see a speaker, you can't hear it"
|
|
|
Re: What is Loud?
|
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 27
hobbyist
|
OP
hobbyist
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 27 |
I agree. I don't have a fancy rotating speaker base - even near each other, the change in direction might give it away.
Other than that, though, I'll have 2nd blind person operate the A/B switch.
|
|
|
Re: What is Loud?
|
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 27
hobbyist
|
OP
hobbyist
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 27 |
Must be tough evaluating TVs double blind, huh?
|
|
|
Re: What is Loud?
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,034
connoisseur
|
connoisseur
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,034 |
Gonna be difficult to come up with a catchy phrase for that one!
|
|
|
Re: What is Loud?
|
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 4,444 Likes: 16
connoisseur
|
connoisseur
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 4,444 Likes: 16 |
took my ears...er...speakers...er ears....no wait, speakers...f*** I dunno which, but something broke in, and it took it about a week.
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics24,984
Posts442,691
Members15,643
|
Most Online2,699 Aug 8th, 2024
|
|
0 members (),
595
guests, and
0
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|