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Are These The Ultimate Headphones?

post #1 of 4
11/29/11 at 4:25pm
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Are orb speakers the ultimate headphones / speakers?

 

Has anyone tried these?

 

http://www.head-fi.org/t/582722/orb-or-morel-sphere-speakers-as-good-as-it-gets-best-headphones

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post #2 of 4
11/29/11 at 7:15pm
That is...really odd.
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post #3 of 4
11/29/11 at 7:26pm

I have seen tons of ads from them a few (last?) years ago. Never actually thought of trying them out.

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post #4 of 4
11/29/11 at 8:48pm

They are just better versions of the Bose tiny speakers concept. Maybe nice for a little apartment with thin walls or when you want to use speakers but not bother roomates; otherwise I don't see the point. If you want good sound with speakers "There is no replacement for displacement!" Even when using full range single driver Lowther/Fostex/etc. type drivers I would rather not use anything much smaller than 8" in a proper designed enclosure. Otherwise I would chose much larger drivers (for the low end) and sealed or dipole type system depending on the room. I hate little speakers with seperate subs. The only instance I would use seperate subs is just to reinforce the lows below 40 or 50hz utilizing room measurement acoustics software/hardware for proper response shaping of the low end enforcement. Most cheap commercial subs are way too small and go way too high. A proper sub should not utilize less than a 12" or 15" woofer or multiple 10" at the very least. (unless it's a massive horn loaded affair with a 20ft length and mouth the size of your wall!)

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