Recommendations for best speaker forums?

[J-Pak]

Right now the only one I know of is AVS Forums. I'd appreciate some other links to good/active high end speaker forums.

Just want to start doing some research early so I can get a nice setup in a couple of years. Thanks

 

[tennisets]

Audio Asylum is good, there's tons of information there although it's pretty unorganized. Audio Circle is also good, but not nearly as active as Audio Asylum. There are probably a couple others I'm forgetting as well. If I think of any more I'll post them.

 

[saint.panda]

If you have more time for research than you have money to spend, you might also want to check out www.diyaudio.com

 

[rickcr42]

for something completely different :

http://www.fullrangedriver.com/

http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/

http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/

http://www.audioroundtable.com/PiSpeakers/

http://f16.parsimony.net/forum27133/


yes there is a pattern there : High efficiency

 

[saint.panda]

Rick, this is not completely related but do you know where I can read up on speaker fundamentals, either book or internet source, that is how an audio signal is transferred into a sound wave coming out of speakers/headphones?

I'm basically looking for something that discusses the correlation between impedances of amp and speakers, current, voltage, damping, membrane movements, what the job of the amplifier is etc. and on a know-how level of those great rane.com articles, or slightly more demanding but without needing any college level knowledge of EE. The math can be complex if necessary to explain certain effects. Thanks!

 

[cotdt]

htguide.com is very good, as well as audio circles, and diymobileaudio.com. diymobileaudio.com does a lot of driver reviews though it is directed toward the DIY crowd with a bent on car audio.

 

[rickcr42]

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I'm basically looking for something that discusses the correlation between impedances of amp and speakers, current, voltage, damping, membrane movements, what the job of the amplifier is etc. and on a know-how level of those great rane.com articles, or slightly more demanding but without needing any college level knowledge of EE. The math can be complex if necessary to explain certain effects. Thanks!

hmmm.How deep into the topic you want to go ?

http://www.lansingheritage.org/html/.../technical.htm

http://www.lansingheritage.org/html/...otes/notes.htm

Some of these are extremely informative being aimed at the working audio set-up man

http://alteclansingunofficial.nlenet...ons/index.html

more

http://melhuish.org/audio/article5.html


I have many more links but this should keep you busy for a bit

 

[saint.panda]

Always love your links. I only glanced over the articles but they seem to be just what I'm looking for. Perhaps a tad more demanding than I hoped for but I can't expect everything to be presented as smoothly as rane.com tutorials. Thanks a lot man and I'll be coming back for more once I'm finished with those. Might take a while though.

 

[HiWire]

Thanks for the links, Rick. The rest of us are going to benefit from reading too.

 

[rickcr42]

My pleasure guys.

Another "mini" rickrant

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When I need to actually know a thing I usually try get my information from the pro arena where hype and BS means you lose your job if you get it wrong.If there was a problem the solution was found then dispersed in the trade by the manufacturer of the product.Pretty damn sweet customer relations is my thought where newsletters were the norm and not the exception.
The flip side of that is the consumer level audio information which is usally self serving to sell/hype a product.All make sense the way they write the ad copy but a thinking person would have to ask "how could they all be right yet opposite ?".Once the product is actually purchsed it is only the smaller manufacturers that even take the time to answer direct questions and as far as owners manuals go forget it !
My vintage equipment is all with original manuals and there is no stone left unturned in the description,the operating or the servicing.Full schematics and every conceivable use all there.
Older technical papers are a true goldmine,where sharing knowledge in a clear way was paramount there being no internet for instant feedback or questions.
Being slowly dispersed and read even more slowly to properly digest (there being no one to ask unless you did the snail mail/telephone correspondance) meant easy to digest,full explainations and some pretty cool illustrations.I personally have found a good drawing to be superior to even the best photographs and miss the old way.


Or maybe I am just getting nostalgic in my old age

 

[so_cal_forever]

Audioholics forum is pretty decent. I visit them and AVS every day.

 

[J-Pak]

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone, keep them coming if you have any more. When I mean high end speakers, thinking $5000+ for a pair

 

[tennisets]

Oh yeah, don't forget the Steve Hoffman forums: www.stevehoffman.tv/forums

 

[walkman666]

I'm considering a speaker change, too, and find Audiogon and Audio Asylum to be the most frequently posted places for "hi-fi" speaker suggestions. AVSForum and Audioholics are relatively more home theater-ish, and not as expensive talking. For your budget, and if it's 2-channel, those two places are a good fit. Audio Circles, too.

- walk

 

[J-Pak]

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Originally Posted by walkman666 I'm considering a speaker change, too, and find Audiogon and Audio Asylum to be the most frequently posted places for "hi-fi" speaker suggestions. AVSForum and Audioholics are relatively more home theater-ish, and not as expensive talking. For your budget, and if it's 2-channel, those two places are a good fit. Audio Circles, too. - walk

Yeah thats right AVS is more home theater, and Ascend and Polk are big time favorites there