Crossover questions.....
 

"Serge Auckland" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:

Interestingly, the two pairs of 'refurbished speakers' sound very
different (I have my own preference) but it is easy to forget it when
listening to a recorded TV programme, which is all I've had the time to
do so far!! Kinda confirms that the 'right' speakers for most people are
the ones they have got used to and goes some way to explain why so many
people seem to be seeking (or keeping) the speakers they had some decades
ago!!



It is very much my experience that you can get used to anything (almost!)
and then *that* sounds right whereas anything else different (even
something measurably better) sounds "wrong". However, living with the
"wrong" sound for a while, that then takes on being "right".

In Broadcast, people have been using the Beyer DT100 headphones for
monitoring for over 20 years. They are clearly flawed, but people go on
using them as it's what they are used to and any change is disturbing.

I had one experience in particular some years ago with a pair of Canton
'speakers, I don't remember the model number, but they were their top
model at the time. The sound for me was intolerably bright, screamingly
so, but I lived with them for two weeks. At the end of the two weeks I was
finding them quite pleasant, and when I returned to my normal 'speakers
(Meridian M2s) they sounded terribly dull for quite a while.

I also spent an evening with a pair of large Magnaplanars who's bass was
very boomy to my ears. However, by the end of the evening, it didn't seem
so bad. I wonder if this is what's behind so many reviews of transducers
where the reviewer said they sounded so much better after a period of
"running-in". I don't think it was so much the equipment running-in as the
reviewer's ears getting used to it.



I have posted this before - some time back I spoke to Alan Stewart (I think
it was) at Ruark and asked him what the 'These speakers need 30 hours to
settle in' legend on the boxes of my Paladins was all about and what happens
to the speakers in that time period. He said 'Oh, nothing much really - it
takes most people about that long to get used to them!'...

:-)

I've also mentioned before that a friend of mine had his telly on one time
and the picture was absolutely *green* - I said how can you possibly watch
that? He said 'Watch what?' Next time I was round, there was a new telly in
place!!

Here's one for ya - name any long-term, 'traditional' Tannoy owner who has
swapped to another make and is truly *happy* about it...!!