Fleetie wrote:
I've just plonked some Castle Harlech* speakers in my front room - they shouldn't work, but on a lot of music they sound
splendid.
What DON'T they sound splendid on? Can you analyse why?
Any pop/rock that sounds edgy/sibilant at the mid/top end - the Castles seem to exaggerate it. Classical sounds superb, on the
other hand, even relatively shrill strings. It's difficult for me to tell whether they're simply showing up bad recordings or
source, or they're 'tuned' that way. Also, when loud, the sound is simply uncomfortable and exaggerates this effect. I wouldn't
say distorted, more 'shouty'. They've taken the place of some Dynaudio Contour 1.1s, which never had these traits - so I'd
conclude the Castles have a tendency towards edgy treble. The bass, while a little uneven at times ('inaccurate'), is plentiful
and enjoyable.

Why did you replace the Dynaudios with Castles? Anything wrong with the
former? What did you do with them?


I've been curious about these particular Castles for a while, with the
driver on top. I thought I'd give them a try, and the price was such
that I can just punt them along if I don't want them. In fact the
Castles have been relegated upstairs, where they sound pretty good, but
it is a bigger room:

http://patchoulian.googlepages.com/study

Nothing wrong with the Dynaudios - at all.

Difficult to tell whether they're here to stay. I've found some music sounds astounding, good as I've heard - well recorded pop
(Pink Floyd, say)

OI! GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF MY DESERT!
What d'he say?

************* !!!


I do believe he said something along those lines.

Sorry.


No worries :-)


Martin