An additional note, while the sides and back of the B1/B1+ cabinet is "typical" the front baffle is thicker than everything else in this price point and that does make a sonic difference. It would be good for the audience to know if this GR upgrade also works on the B1+ as my understanding is the + model is the same cabinet and drivers with an upgraded X-over directly from Emotiva.

Always....data-driven improvements. Excellent video...!

Emotiva products hold their value very well on the used market, when you can find them. They don't drastically reduce the price like Polk and JBL the few times they are on sale.

Tivo was / is a great product and solution. It's so good it has you pronouncing Emotiva as EmoTivo.

You have a rewarding job!

Danny, great review. Was actually hoping that Emotiva was good enough to fly under your radar, but that's ok. Nothing wrong with improving on something that has great bones. I was wondering - does this upgrade work with the T-zero?

Upgrade is more than I paid for my b1+ brand new...still want it though. Pair these with a sub and bases are covered.

waiting on the B2+ kit now! :D

My Emotiva 4 speakers are amazing, when they were still built here in U.S.

Interesting. Heard from others that the B1 actually sounds better than the new B2. Nice to know they don't have an artificial "V-curve". Always heard that the SVS speakers do, so Emotiva is doing great keeping it more "real" at the price points they try to hit. Still hoping someone will send you the Polk R700 one day and you can check out the crossover and see what you can do with taking it up to their Legacy performance.

@RennieAsh

Жыл бұрын

Someone measured an svs and it had a "v curve" but with the midrange as a peak, so upside down

Another great video. I have a learning topic you can explain in a future video. Explain why the X-LS has a capacitor on the second resistor on the tweeter filter. While the Bravo dose not. They have the same tweeter. How did the smaller woofer or cabinet of the Bravo affect the tweeter filter design?

@dannyrichie9743

Жыл бұрын

We choose to give the Encore a little more lift up top.

Now I would love to know if he has done any videos on the older Onix Rocket 'budget' speakers? Namely the bookshelf models?

Have a older pair of RF-5’s. Wandering if the T2’s would be an upgrade 70 30 Movies over music, so looking for that chest slam where available.

In my BIC Venturi DV-62CLR-S VS Polk M40 II review, I speculated it would be funny to send Danny the Polk M40 II's just to see Him do the Picard facepalm. I was considering the tower version of the Emotiva B1's, The T-Zero. I figure it would be worth it to upgrade to a tower for the extra 200 SpaceBucks. If I get a bookshelf I really like, I just end up wishing I had the tower instead. They sort of describe them as a 2.5 way but without saying so. I really hate when manufacturers are ambiguous about specifications.

Days Of Summer are so good.

Everyone that measures Emotiva speakers say they do pretty well for what they are. It's their center channel speakers that apparently have issues. They use 2 mid range drivers that play the same frequencies and are spaced pretty far apart. They have serious comb filtering issues. That being said, their C2 center is one of the best sounding center channels I've ever heard. It's an example of measures bad, sounds good.

@bgaviator

Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't the c1+ be better in regards to wider sweet spot due to being a more conventional 3-way design?

@dextermorgan1

Жыл бұрын

@@bgaviator The c1+ and the c2+ are both 3 way designs, but the c1 does actually measure better than the c2. They both sound good. The c2 is just larger, and works better for bigger spaces, and situations where a higher SPL is needed.

maybe do a video about the actual problems with iron core inductors and the other "cheesy" parts you always mention....like how & why do these parts affect the sound

@ad_fletch

Жыл бұрын

Tbf his previous videos mention his impressions of the differences a lot. See eg the recent Focal one.

I have a question for you Danny. My crossover used resistors before the crossover for the tweeter circuit. They are rated at 10 watts I believe. I have always wanted to change this so the resistor is after the crossover so it can handle more power and possibly avoid a harsh sounding tweeter at high SPL. Do you agree with me on this matter? Thanks in advance for your response @Danny Richie. Greetings from Norway😉

I replaced a pair of B&W 606's with a pair of B2+'s. For my ears it was an upgrade.

@DWHarper62

Жыл бұрын

B&W speakers are overpriced crap... I have not seen one measure well, they just make them bright for sales...

Danny, are you taking the distortion curves into consideration when choosing the crossover frequencies for the tweeters?

@dannyrichie9743

Жыл бұрын

No, there is really little to gain there. It will highlight a problem if there is one, but those same problems show up elsewhere.

Good job 👍

Hey - any chance you might look at the Emotiva B2+ ?

It would make all kinds of sense if Emotiva worked something out with GR to offer "upgrade" x-overs as an add on for their speaker line. Perhaps im wrong, I think people like having an upgrade path with their speakers, as so many companies dont really offer that on this level.

@Anchor2012

Жыл бұрын

Warranty issues would get in the way

@tomons8059

Жыл бұрын

Every company has its own idea of how a speaker should sound. No absolutes in this field. In the end it all boils down to the customer's ears.

@mabehall7667

Жыл бұрын

Amazon has this speaker for $263 today. Based on its retail price it probably has $30-40 in components. That’s for 4 drivers, 2 crossovers, wiring , etc. While I enjoy a good project now and then and certainly enjoy seeing how Danny can improve a speaker’s response, I don’t believe Emotiva would see the advantage in recommending a 3rd party upgrade that includes 9 times the component cost plus labor.

@tomons8059

Жыл бұрын

@@mabehall7667 As far as I know Emotiva does not sell their products at Amazon. It sells direct to customers.

@rosswarren436

Жыл бұрын

As Danny noted, Emotiva is hitting a price point with the B1+. They probably don't want to muddy the waters with offering upgrades. Some companies do though, like Tekton and Zu, who offer crossover component and even tweeter upgrades, but these are for "custom built one-off" speakers they take orders for and build for direct selling to customers, which can take a few weeks. That really isn't Emotiva's business model.

Curious if you know, Is this the original B1 or the B1+ which replaced it? I have the B1+ and found the weak point of this speaker to be a woodenness or deadness of vocal timbre. Doesn’t really bring the spirit of one voice as differentiated from another to life. Your thoughts on why that might be?

@hoth2112

Жыл бұрын

This was the later B1+

Nice mini :o)

Just curious to ask does any one out there own or use boston acoustic speakers bookshelf? Which were percived as being Good bang for the buck? certainly worth picking used if there in good condition! just remove the white filling cotton on the inside of the speakers it will reduce the coarness of the speakers .

@DWHarper62

Жыл бұрын

I used to own the A40v which was the magnetically shielded version of the classic A40, that Julian Hirsch tested and proclaimed to have better, flatter sound that speakers that cost 10-100 times more. My brother got a set of A70 which had a top Consumer Reports rating... Truly great speakers but with the foam surrounds the woofers crumbled so they are very hard to come by in decent condition. I am tempted to pick up another set of A40's and recone the woofers...

They use high density fiber board. That's not cheap

What size T-shirt do you wear?

@dannyrichie9743

Жыл бұрын

A large.

Light things stop quickly.

Emotiv-uh, not Emotiv-oh. FYI. Otherwise thanks again. Makes one wonder exactly what shingle hangs on the wall of some audio designers. I think some of these people are former bank tellers. Thanks Dano!

@dannyrichie9743

Жыл бұрын

Down here in Texas we don't pronounce everything like everyone else.

@martybousum1010

Жыл бұрын

@@dannyrichie9743 Lol!

@DWHarper62

Жыл бұрын

@@martybousum1010 This speaker measures and plays as the best in it's class for the price... That is no small achievement... And mispronouncing is disrespectful and makes that person look dumb...

Is this B1 or B1+ (plus)?

@rikardekvall3433

Жыл бұрын

B+

I would bet that my Watkins Gen 4 would sound better...Someday I will send them to you to see if you can improve them.

@dextermorgan1

Жыл бұрын

There are a lot of things that "sound better" You're missing the point of this speaker and its target audience.

Its hdf that's not a thin inexpensive cabinet. No one uses hdf for that price range

Ma'ninja

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For the money, you're just better off buying a better speaker.

"Emotivo?" Really? Smfh !

@dannyrichie9743

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, yeah, my editor already made fun of me for it.

Ole' Dan Laufman is laughing all the way to the bank selling cheaply made junk like this and the even worse sounding B2+.

@williamblackwell9558

Жыл бұрын

They sound good for the price. There are a ton of speakers that are made of the same materials but sound like crap and cost 20 times the price. That is the people that are 😂 all the way to the bank.

Emotive not emotivo come on man

@matthiasmartin1975

Жыл бұрын

Nope. It's Emotiva, not Emotive. 🤣

@dextermorgan1

Жыл бұрын

Does it really matter? Come on man

@dannyrichie9743

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, I say it wrong. Ron (my editor) pointed it out to me as well.

@ad_fletch

Жыл бұрын

@@dannyrichie9743 could get him to flash up correction in small text during the editing - that's what other YTers do to avoid re-recording (& snarky comments) 😁

@dkjackson1951

Жыл бұрын

@@dannyrichie9743 GOOD GUY.