On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:03:17 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

Interesting, but I'm willing to bet they sound crap on speech. They will
have been 'optimised' for an 'exciting' sound on games etc.

I'm not sure I actually WANT "hi-fi" for speech. Unlike music, I have
no desire to luxuriate in the sound. When I start hearing the studio
sound, the speaker's mic technique etc. it gets in the way of the
content. Radio 3 might get switched to my good speakers. Radio 4
communicates best on my crappy little bedside DAB or the car radio.

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Laurence Payne wrote:
Interesting, but I'm willing to bet they sound crap on speech. They will
have been 'optimised' for an 'exciting' sound on games etc.

I'm not sure I actually WANT "hi-fi" for speech. Unlike music, I have
no desire to luxuriate in the sound. When I start hearing the studio
sound, the speaker's mic technique etc. it gets in the way of the
content. Radio 3 might get switched to my good speakers. Radio 4
communicates best on my crappy little bedside DAB or the car radio.

Each to their own. Kitty says much the same about music.

--
*If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine*

Dave Plowman London SW
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Why not go flebaying (eh?) for a pair of LS3/5a? Probably one of
the best small speakers ever made.

I admit however that since they are no longer in production the
prices are getting silly. They sold new for something like
£500/pair: I saw a pair on eBay at that moment sitting at
£1200!!!



--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

Laurence Payne wrote:
On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:03:17 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

Interesting, but I'm willing to bet they sound crap on speech. They will
have been 'optimised' for an 'exciting' sound on games etc.

I'm not sure I actually WANT "hi-fi" for speech. Unlike music, I have
no desire to luxuriate in the sound. When I start hearing the studio
sound, the speaker's mic technique etc. it gets in the way of the
content. Radio 3 might get switched to my good speakers. Radio 4
communicates best on my crappy little bedside DAB or the car radio.

Quite agree, radio 4 and the crappy bedside DAB unit fill many of my sad and
lonely waking/semi-waking hours.



--
Bill Coombes

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Woody wrote:
Why not go flebaying (eh?) for a pair of LS3/5a? Probably one of the
best small speakers ever made.

I admit however that since they are no longer in production the
prices are getting silly. They sold new for something like
£500/pair: I saw a pair on eBay at that moment sitting at
£1200!!!

I've got three pairs here - including one made from a Chartwell kit. ;-)

But way outside the budget for this job. And too big - I'm after something
about half that size.

--
large*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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bcoombes bcoombes@orangedotnet wrote:
Laurence Payne wrote:
On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:03:17 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

Interesting, but I'm willing to bet they sound crap on speech. They
will have been 'optimised' for an 'exciting' sound on games etc.

I'm not sure I actually WANT "hi-fi" for speech. Unlike music, I have
no desire to luxuriate in the sound. When I start hearing the studio
sound, the speaker's mic technique etc. it gets in the way of the
content. Radio 3 might get switched to my good speakers. Radio 4
communicates best on my crappy little bedside DAB or the car radio.

Quite agree, radio 4 and the crappy bedside DAB unit fill many of my sad
and lonely waking/semi-waking hours.


That's what you base your opinions about DAB on?

--
*'Progress' and 'Change' are not synonyms.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
bcoombes bcoombes@orangedotnet wrote:
Laurence Payne wrote:
On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:03:17 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

Interesting, but I'm willing to bet they sound crap on speech. They
will have been 'optimised' for an 'exciting' sound on games etc.
I'm not sure I actually WANT "hi-fi" for speech. Unlike music, I have
no desire to luxuriate in the sound. When I start hearing the studio
sound, the speaker's mic technique etc. it gets in the way of the
content. Radio 3 might get switched to my good speakers. Radio 4
communicates best on my crappy little bedside DAB or the car radio.

Quite agree, radio 4 and the crappy bedside DAB unit fill many of my sad
and lonely waking/semi-waking hours.


That's what you base your opinions about DAB on?


Don't be a **** all your life Dave..take a day off now and then...give everyone
a break.

--
Bill Coombes

In article ,
bcoombes bcoombes@orangedotnet wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
bcoombes bcoombes@orangedotnet wrote:
Laurence Payne wrote:
On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:03:17 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

Interesting, but I'm willing to bet they sound crap on speech. They
will have been 'optimised' for an 'exciting' sound on games etc.
I'm not sure I actually WANT "hi-fi" for speech. Unlike music, I have
no desire to luxuriate in the sound. When I start hearing the studio
sound, the speaker's mic technique etc. it gets in the way of the
content. Radio 3 might get switched to my good speakers. Radio 4
communicates best on my crappy little bedside DAB or the car radio.

Quite agree, radio 4 and the crappy bedside DAB unit fill many of my sad
and lonely waking/semi-waking hours.


That's what you base your opinions about DAB on?


Don't be a **** all your life Dave..take a day off now and then...give
everyone a break.

Suppose it's too much to expect you to actually try to give an answer to
the question (if you had a suggestion) instead of just putting your oar in
on every thread?

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*Sticks and stones may break my bones but whips and chains excite me*

Dave Plowman London SW
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
bcoombes bcoombes@orangedotnet wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
bcoombes bcoombes@orangedotnet wrote:
Laurence Payne wrote:
On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:03:17 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

Interesting, but I'm willing to bet they sound crap on speech. They
will have been 'optimised' for an 'exciting' sound on games etc.
I'm not sure I actually WANT "hi-fi" for speech. Unlike music, I have
no desire to luxuriate in the sound. When I start hearing the studio
sound, the speaker's mic technique etc. it gets in the way of the
content. Radio 3 might get switched to my good speakers. Radio 4
communicates best on my crappy little bedside DAB or the car radio.
Quite agree, radio 4 and the crappy bedside DAB unit fill many of my sad
and lonely waking/semi-waking hours.

That's what you base your opinions about DAB on?


Don't be a **** all your life Dave..take a day off now and then...give
everyone a break.

Suppose it's too much to expect you to actually try to give an answer to
the question (if you had a suggestion) instead of just putting your oar in
on every thread?


I did Dave, I endorsed I the Tannoy F1 suggestion, but of course as the
suggestion came from a non-buddy you dismissed it even though you haven't heard
them. FWIW those Tannoys make excellent speech units particularly for a signal
of the Radio 4 free to air 192 kbps [approx] type.
HTH but don't really care if it doesn't.

--
Bill Coombes

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bcoombes bcoombes@orangedotnet wrote:
I did Dave, I endorsed I the Tannoy F1 suggestion, but of course as the
suggestion came from a non-buddy you dismissed it even though you
haven't heard them. FWIW those Tannoys make excellent speech units
particularly for a signal of the Radio 4 free to air 192 kbps [approx]
type. HTH but don't really care if it doesn't.

An endorsement from one who says he doesn't care about speech quality is
hardly going to mean much, now, is it?

It's also rather too big. As I said I wanted something more like a Goodman
Maxim in size.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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