If you like the Revel sound you should also check out the PerformaBe M126Be or the Ultima Gem2s--which is basically a mini-Salon 2. I like Raidho bookshelf speakers but since I prefer to run my monitors full range they are a bit bass shy for me, and have voiced with too much upper bass to...

Nope, I havent heard the new 600s, but the 606 have been reviewed by Soundstage who use the NRC anechoic chamber for measurements. A 1" tweeter and a 6.5" woofer is a classic directivity mismatch though. A 6.5" would have to be crossed over at around 1500hz to match the dispersion pattern of a...

Well in that case, it's a pretty good price, so I would say go for it unless you can get a really good price on a pair of R3s. B&Ws have a very tailored sound signature (extremely boosted highs and midbass) designed for much older listeners or people who have suffered some hearing loss and...

£1068 for both the R300 and Yamaha AS701 or is that just the price for the R300? If the latter, you should be able to negotiate a lower price with your dealer, the msrp is £1000 and those are discontinued speakers. I honestly wouldn't pay more than £800 on those speakers at this point... Is...

If an audiophile gaming headphone exists, i.e., focusing on soundstage, it would be the HD800, not an Audeze headphone.

Kef Reference 1 measurements: https://www.soundstagenetwork.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1298:nrc-measurements-kef-reference-1&catid=77:loudspeaker-measurements&Itemid=153 Revel M126BE: I would also check out Buchardt S400...

Focal Sopra B&W 805D3 I would say neither, the Kef Reference 1 and Revel M126BE are both far superior in these speakers price class. They have uniform, wide dispersion and flat listening axis frequency response, and textbook Harman curve power response. The Sopra 1 has better FR than...

Nearfield a coaxial is ideal. Uniform, wide dispersion, good sound power/and neutral listening window. Ribbons have a directivity mismatch with cone woofers that lead to FR gaps in the lower mids. Kef LSX, LS50W, or LS50 + amp would be good nearfield. R3, and obviously Reference 1 if you can...

It helps alot with backwall reflections. The benefit is there but subtle, it's not as much of an improvement compared to say, running digital correction like with DiracLive.

Still trying to find my near-field end-game, but I think I'm getting close...still trying to debate diamond tweeter vs coaxial

You should probably get a powered subwoofer if you intend to listen to these at high volume, as a 2-way coaxial speaker really needs a low pass filter on the bass frequencies to avoid doppler distortion. Run them on the reduced bass extension mode with a subwoofer (or 2) and you should be golden.

For gaming yes its slightly above ambient, but for the third time it's actually below ambient while idle.

I have the PC inside of an AV cabinet. That removes pretty much any last vestige of noise. It's only ever slightly above ambient noise when gaming.

This is the setup I am running and it's basically close to 0 db while surfing the net, and pretty quiet during gaming: Cryorig C7 CU CPU cooler running at custom fan profile (curve goes from 20% pwn below 60C to 50% pwm once above 70C) 8700K delidded with liquid metal 2080 Ti - fan speed max...

no b stock i4s? :(

Elac B5 and some used receiver (craigslist/ebay) ?

Sure they can be full range, it's just ridiculously expensive. You can see from the FR graphs on Madisound or other DIY sites that diamond drivers have much better extension and more gradual roll off than other materials. It wouldn't be that hard to make a full range driver. The issue is cost...

Beryllium is not self-damped so it still rings, that's why CVD diamond is a superior material. To me beryllium is competitive with ceramic, as ceramic drivers have lower speed of sound but higher dampening. Whereas diamond has higher speed of sound AND higher dampening, to me it's better in...

I would beg to differ. Dynamic diamond drivers (CVD) have > 2x speed of sound of beryllium.

Any updates you can add? Have you heard these iems?

Yeah well, there needs to be some way to control costs. A 1" diamond tweeter is like $4000 and a 5.5" diamond midrange costs like $30,000. No way this will make its way into headphones until it gets cheaper to manufacture.

No, because while the resonant frequency might move around 3Hz, it would be a miracle if the room mode that was being excited was exactly the same frequency as the free air resonance frequency of your driver. Your best bet is to either move the speakers further from the walls, or run a sweep...

For end game I am waiting for the mother of all dynamic headphones--when someone finally throws in a diamond driver into a headphone. Take a 50mm Accuton diamond driver, and charge $50,000. Hell it'll probably outperform the Sennheiser Orpheus easily and be easy to drive out of a cell phone.

It's not that hard to believe, it's true. Narcotics of all kinds have been legal for the majority of America's history. The war on drugs and drug prohibition started in the U.S. the same time immigration laws began to tighten in the 1920s, and it's not a coincidence that it occurred during the...

He didn't say the HEK V2 has a strong clamping force relative to all headphones, he said in relation to HEXv2. Which is true. It also has noticeably more clamp than the HEKv1. You misread his post.