ellinokon
Joined 9 years ago
Joined 9 years ago
The unique characteristics of certain sounds will be lost when the speaker is unable to translate its wavelengths properly in the analogue space within the required period.
Now, does this benefit outweigh the negatives of this speaker? Maybe it once did, but today I definitely wouldn't accept the way this speakers characteristics make it a mid forward screaming demon that shatters your ears before a full working day is over.
I expect parents expectations of how much they can shape their children has caused more broken adults than anything else.
Edit: Fixed typo. Would also like to add that their use of VC money appears less risky than one could assume.
All anecdotal ofc, and I have not in any way verified the instruments he used for his tests.
I personally think the tight transient response coupled with the mid forward character is what makes it a solid tool worth considering. Remove either trait and the speaker would lose its usefulness. My suspicion would be that the transient handling plays an important part of why people like working with these speakers.
As to why they are popular: I'm totally on board with calling it hype reaching critical mass. The NS10s sounds terrible, but they are pretty consistent between rooms given their sealed nature. If you can count on it being everywhere it is worth learning as a tool. The speaker also being revealing of transients and a critical band of frequencies is the icing on the cake here.