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@hiraksarma3068

Жыл бұрын

Best floor standing speaker money no object?

@MaZEEZaM

3 ай бұрын

Combo of metric and imperial is better, Go Aussie measures lol. Edit...How many kilos?

I missed these speaker shootouts so much! Please do more in th future . Great vid🍻

What is most funny in the video is you calling or ponting the speakers by wrong names and we continue to understand. Very nice video, congrats!!

Speakers vs speakers comparison is the best Randy. Love these videos so much 😊😃....Thank you.

I owned a the 4.1s for a while and it impressed me. I appreciated the nice veneer. From what I've heard the Q acoustics put a lot of effort and materials in a quality cabinet build.

I missed the speaker shootouts. I watched a lot of them when I first found your channel. Got the B1+ and I really enjoy them.

Speaker shootout!!!! Great video! These are the best!!!! I would love to see a Wharfedale shoot out from the entry level all the way up to the Denton/Linton. Thank you, Randy!!!!!

@richardwestmoreland4796

6 ай бұрын

Likewise. I have a LCR set of Wharfedale bookshelf speakers from the Diamond series that I would love to compare to the Evo 4.1’s here. I really like the Diamonds but I haven’t yet heard any speakers with an AMT ribbon tweeter and am curious to know how my Diamonds compare to the Evo 4.1’s. The Diamonds that I have were award winning from a prestigious publication when they came out so they are very considered to be very good. My old gray matter can’t remember which model of Diamonds they are but I think that they came out over 10 years ago. I also have a pair of Kef towers with the Uni-Q design where the tweeer is placed inside what I believe is a 7” Woofer that are described as time phased or something like that. The idea being that the sound from the tweeter and woofer are aligned so that the sound arrives at the listener at the exact same time. They are wonderful speakers and I think that Kef took the idea of time phase alignment from the famed manufacturer of studio monitors Tannoy.

Lotsa fun as usual! Love the silly awards from the early days of the channel. Keep review nice affordable stuff!

I have the Evo 4.1 as my desktop speakers, and they seem perfect in that setup. Since I'm basically always sitting in the same spot placement isn't an issue once they're locked in.

I'm not one who normally pays attention to ads for sponsors, but I've got to admit, your plug for the Ridge products actually got my attention and the products look interesting. Anyway, just wanted to say good job on that. Thanks. I bet you haven't had many comments like that before LOL Now I need to finish watching your video.

I’ve missed the speaker shootouts. Love it!

Nice shootout and I like those Q Acoustics in particular. However, I’m still loving the Polk Reserve R100s you persuaded me to buy some time ago too much to want to consider changing. Those little babies, ably supported by a REL TZero MkIII, are just spectacular (and cheaper)

Always enjoy your videos Randy. Very informative and entertaining. Thank you for this sir.

Q-Acoustics is the real sleeper speaker brand.

@Google_Does_Evil_Now

Жыл бұрын

They are consistent 5 * winners in WhatHiFi, for years. I don't know if they are the best but they're pretty good. Probably all of these speakers are decent.

" it's got a lot of good, it's got a lot of bad...its very very powerful" that made me lol

I have missed this kind of video, Randy. Comparisons ftw! 👌

What a great Sunday review. Tough to choose If one had too.

I enjoy your videos. Be great to have a video explaining what all of the technical specs of a speaker means and how to optimally pair an amp. I am lost when you talk about such matters. Do you have a link to an existing video on the subject?

I haven't heard the AE300's, but I do own the AE100Mk2's and have to say they are outstanding for a small/budget loudspeaker and bet they don't sound rolled off in the treble...more neutral if anything. They do need a sub-woofer or two and should be powered with at least 100 watts a channel. They will scale nicely with better electronics and great for music and video in a medium to smaller sized room.

Thank you for doing awesome reviews! I love your straightforward advice, including this one. Some viewers might not have the full context of Star Wars characters, however. Maybe just use a numerical rating scheme for bass, mid and treble?

King of the jungle goes to the "Acoustic Energy" 5020 :)...that made me smile quite a bit :). Great reviews, Andy, I enjoy most of them. Cheers!

Thank you. I don't really know why a few people in the comments get confused. Its like they think they're watching a shell game instead of an audio review. "Where's the King, where's the King...". It was crystal clear to me. Thanks for talking about low, mid and high range. Clarifying whete the dropouts are and how extended a range gets. Without those opinions it would be meaningless. People like different things. The AE's are obviously for bass prone who like warm sound and soeakers that are forgiving. Whardales, have beautiful airy highs. Q's best even handed detail across all ranges.

Love your show. I have learned a great deal. I almost pulled the trigger on a pair of Emotiva speakers but read that they were 4 ohm. After more research, I learned that my Yamaha receiver will only do 8 ohm and 6 ohm. I would have had to buy a new receiver. I mention this only because, as important as this is, it doesn’t seem like this is ever discussed or even advertised.

@andreassouth1523

Жыл бұрын

What yamaha do you have?

It would be interesting to hear your comparative analysis of speakers, amps & components against studio grade monitor speakers and amp. - Speakers reviewed on studio grade amp against studio grade speakers on same studio grade amp; and - Amps reviewed on studio grade speakers compared against studio amp on same studio speakers; and - Input devices such as DACs on studio amp/speaker combo. Of course there is a cost to doing this however it may be an opportunity worth considering giving the additional perspective where studio grade is taken as the benchmark? This could also be an opportunity to expand your content to also include the home studio viewer demographic? Only bringing this up as you do so well with your reviews.

Great review thx! 👍👍👍 I am wondering what speaker cables and amps do you use to get the best sound? 🤔

Q Acoustics just do it all at any price their speakers are. I run 3030i in my snug from a Yamaha RN-602. Superb loud or just running quiet on the loudness control still retaining all that timbre. I ran Concept 20’s on my main system which is a Yamaha RN-803D but base was not there in my main room. Went to 3050i but simply could not get them right in the room. Not the speakers fault. Went back to Concept 20’s and added a Rel Zero III. Just wow. Why hadn’t I done this in the first place? Absolute precision clarity from the 20’s with the perfect amount of low end and presence from the woofer. Keep up the great reviews👍

@totalplonker824

Жыл бұрын

When I added a second Rel sub to my Q acoustics, the integration became a lot easier/smoother. And of course no more having to move my head a few inches to the left or right to experience the fullest sound. 🥳

Hi thank you very much for the extremely valuable video I can't help but thinking how great they could sound when used with one bass box per side

just pulled the trigger on klipsch mclaren fives for small room tv and music, After I get back from vacation will probably pair them with SVS SB 1000 pro.

Sweet! A Speaker Shootout!

Thank you for the shootout! Maybe the W'dales have veiled mids because of a crappy ferrite/inductor combo on the woof?? Q acoustics would no doubt benefit from some premium x-over parts.

Entertaining and informative review, thank-you. I did a machine shop apprenticeship in the UK during the 1970s, so I am metric/imperial agnostic. Fun fact: a US pint has only 16 ounces while a UK pint has 20. This makes a UK gallon about four and a half litres and a US gallon about three and a half. (You know geeks watch this channel, don't ya?)

Do any of them have bottom mounting so you can bolt it down to the stand? I know the newer powered Klipsch 5,7, and 9's do.This comes in handy when you have kids or people that can come close to the speaker and a fear of knocking them off the stands.

I purchased a pair of Polk ES50 speakers because of a stupid cheap price, and I can't believe what sleepers they are. A crazy good bargain IMHO at a full price. I compared them to the listening tool on Crutchfield to the ES55 and ES60 and could not decipher much difference. I will add that I do use a subwoofer with them.

Love your rating systm lol. So the ribbon tweeters are directional. Does this apply to the emotiva speakers too or just this specific model? Thank you for the comparison.

What was the test music for this one? I feel like there was music that isn't in the amazon music play list.

Thanks Randy How can you compare these to Dali spektor 2? Thanks

I listened to the tower version of the EVO at the Crutchfield store, here in Virginia. I wanted to like them. I really did. I love AMT tweeters. The cabinets were nice. The drivers were nice. They just didn't sound good to me. To be fair, I was comparing them with more expensive speakers like Revel F 206, Golden Ear Triton 5, Polk Reserve 700 and Monitor Audio Silver series towers(dont remember the model) The EVO were my least favorite out of the bunch. Granted, they were in a terrible acoustic environment. Someone else would probably have a completely different opinion, and that perfectly fine. I just didn't care for them myself. 🤷🏻

These have always been my favorite shows.

i currently have the kanto tuk which one should i replace it with, i quite like the deep bass of the tuk would like to find something that have the same bass

Hi Randy , another great informative video, the ae300 in the Uk £649, and wow the 3020 is £189, regards mark

What a coincidence! I just got my Emotiva ERC-4 today. I'd be interested in your thoughts on it. I already A/B'd the on board DAC to my Gishelli J2.

There is something about choosing to be satisfied with simplicity.

Randy, how do you think the Polk R100's would compare to this group?

I still use my Adam Audio T7V, Edifier R980T and dB Technologies Minibox K70 speakers; however it would be interesting for me to get my hands on some of the Wharfedale vs Acoustic Energy vs Q Acoustics speakers just to do a comparison.

DESTROYS! DEMOLISHES! EVISCERATES! ”sounds better than" just doesn't cut it 😂

How does the Evo sound compared to B2+?

I have the Q Acoustic Concept 50's which are brilliant toghether with my Advance Paris A12. Q Acoustic makes some great speakers

Wharfedale is my jam.. can’t wait to hear the dovedales at some point.

Towers Next? Could you add a parameter: Which speaker is better with which type of amp;Tube, AB or class D?

Erin from Erin's audio corner was a bit disappointed about the lifted top-end of the QA 5020..

Nice artwork, is that a recumbent Rothko? Sweet👌

Just incase you haven't tried this yet with the wharfedale 4.1's, replace the brass bridge plates between the binding posts with some speaker cable, even a bit of bare ended basic stranded copper you have laying about will do if you dont want to spend any money on this experiment. Positive results will follow.

@sprocketdiver190

Күн бұрын

@@shreddherring true?

@shreddherring

Күн бұрын

@@sprocketdiver190 Obviously I'd suggest the best kind of cable you can get, I use qed supremus myself, which is silver plated copper in a fancy geometry. But brass is almost 4 times less electrically conductive than copper, so its a heck of a bottleneck, and almost anything is better. For a cheap-but-good suggestion, try some qed silver anniversary xt, bare wire (the plugs would otherwise be brass!), its very low cost (£6.50 for 1 meter) then simply cut to length and strip the ends by 2cm, gently peel open the wire braid and snip off the central insulation, then put the wire back into its original shape, then twist the ends) it still has a geometry to fight skin effect and proximity effect, and you'll get far more clarity, speed and resolution out of those wharfedale AMT's than the curtesy bridge plates could ever hint at

Had the q acoustics 3020i bookshelf speakers for a few years. Superb value for the money

Hi Randy, I am following your videos with greatest interest, I learned a lot from you, and I highly honour your humorous attitude and your opinions. Got a question though about your comparisions at speaker reviews. About two years ago, you reviewed the Aperion Audio B5 with a very good assessment. It’s still in your list of recommended speakers around $600 as „about the very best you can get“. Howeveerrr, after that review you never ever referred to this speaker in any comparison, what makes me wonder. Is your assessment of that speaker obsolete, or would it still be a great purchase?

@thepuma2012

Жыл бұрын

you d better try to find more reviews about that speaker (than only one reviewer). Besides that, if reviewers are not comparing, they tend to give quite positive reviews on almost every product....

I think a better rating would be how many watts it would take to hit 90 DB that would give us all a better picture on what kind of amplifier to pair.

Randy.... You reignited my love for audio and have wasted countless hours reviewing all things audio and spent over $1500 on audio since finding you. Love/Hate relationship.

The smaller Acoustic Energy AE100² (Mkii) got rave reviews from a couple of reviewers (the bigger brother AE300 described as "BBC sound")

Excellent work sir! Hows' about some full size speaker shootouts. I'm in the market for some sweet 2 channel fronts in a room that a bookshelf would handle, but.......I'm an overachiever. I'll ask on the next live stream. BTW - No notification on the last live stream. I only caught the last 5 minutes. 😟

Really enjoy your reviews. No sure you can really call a small stand-mounter a “bass monster “ though! 😊

this is one of my fvorate contents I like thanks

Great video. As a follower of your channel outside of North America (yes unbelievably you have followers from all over the world - haha) I would appreciate if you could give us the metric as well as imperial values - maybe flash both together on-screen for a few seconds? Hope you get some cool fathers-day gifts.

My favorite speakers image and focus precisely. I'm not into the etherial or diffuse anymore. The Q acoustics seem impressive.

Lovin the speaker shootouts! Thank goodness the Empire skimped on giving their Storm Troopers target practice or we'd all be speaking Romulan. I understand that no subwoofers were used in the making of this video, but were any 'harmed" as a result of the making of this video? (I'm advocate for subwoofers).

I'd get the Wharfies and match a sub of two for a sweet little system. Also, damn that 20 mins went fast.

as I'm in the UK I bought a lot of Mission and B&W back in the day and a few Tannoy but I just sold some Dali Zensor 3 I wanted to replace them with either Wharfedale 12.2 or the Monitor Bronze 100 or the Q acoustics 3030i I have been watching all your reviews and I'm still stuck lol

Thank you for another great video. I would really appreciate your expert advice. Which component would give best value to upgrade, headphone amp or headphones. Currently I have a Douk Audio U3 mini and the Sennheiser HD560S headphones. I was thinking to upgrade the amp to a Schiit Magni+ and keep the headphones. What would be a better upgrade. I am a devoted follower to your channel and have been for a couple of years.

@ufopulse

Жыл бұрын

Topping L30ii for headphone amp.. its a wicked beast and also can act as a pre

The UK has some wonderful speaker brands that I have had the pleasure of listening to. Kef,Wharfedale,and Mission to name a few but I have never heard any speakers from Tannoy who I have read make very good studio monitors and are used by quite a few of the big recording studio sound engineers. Randy have you done any analysis and reviews of Tannoy speakers? I would love to hear what you have to say about any Tannoys.

Great nostalgic speaker shoot-out. Much happiness for my Sunday viewing and listening pleasure. Your humour always tickles and keeps things real, but lay off the minimum wage Stormtroopers . They are on a training budget that doesn't include training.😂

Thanks for review! Can you do a video on how to match a subwoofer to bookshelf speakers? How do you choose? What are the criteria and considerations? What are tour suggestions to best match a sub with bookshelves? I’d love to see you do a video on this topic!!! Thanks!

@eddents

Жыл бұрын

For what it's worth, some sub manufacturers have a "matching list" to help buyers get the best model of sub to pair with their speakers (SVS and REL to name a couple).

@whatfreedom7

Жыл бұрын

Good idea. I bought a SVS sb1000 and def tech speakers and honestly not a great match in my opinion. My mids have no lows but then my sub being a 12” sub is just really deep thump that really doesn’t seem to go well together.

Try Focal Vestia N2! I've listened to them compared to Warfedale, Polk Audio, KEF, SVS and many others. They were clear, full and dynamic. It was the best sounding speakers of all. I really liked them and just bought them.

@andrewbrazier9664

6 ай бұрын

It's very subjective. Great that you got to compare the sound between the speakers 1st 👍

Wharfedale EVO 4.4/4.2 for the win. The 4.1's are nice speakers, but the 3 way, with the soft-dome mid, is the sweet sauce.

@peterlarkin762

Жыл бұрын

4.3's too! Excellent speakers .

@wolfmanjacksaid

Жыл бұрын

Agreed but the 4.2s are quite big for bookshelf speakers. Big and beautiful

The definition of audio edutainment 😘

Great review Thank u Randy.

@cheapaudioman

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Dear Cheapaudioman, u used to test deep bass using Intergalactic, that's awesome. However, I would enjoy knowing what bookshelf speakers will be able to break windows by throwing Daft punk "Doin'it right" ? Can give a shot ?

Ive recently ABed the elac debut connex db41 (if i recall correctly), q acoustics m20, klipsch the fives and airpulse A100. I focus on midrange vocals, the airpulse A100 is the best by far. And im coming from my own system that are midrange kings, the proac response 1s and dali minuet se. I would be happy with the airpulse a100.

@ap5672

Жыл бұрын

The a100 also had very tight bass. Klipsch the 5 the most bass but it unbalances the mids.

Randy says, glreat while wearing a McIntosh shirt. My Scottish heritage thanks you.

Love these shootouts ole buddy😊

Almost as satisfying as getting grandma new gold dentures 😎

agreed on the metric/imperial thing. the victors determine the unit of measure.

Does the bass really matter that much if most people put a sub with bookshelves?

The good: Your speaker shootouts are/were must see KZread. The not so good: Three not-so-cheap speakers here.

Randy, this is the good stuff!

Hoe would you use the Accoustic's in a surround sound system?

Glad to see a speaker shootout

$800 anything for bookshelf speakers at this level is ridiculously expensive.

Awesome comparison

CheapAudioMan !..Thanks Much !.......

Can you check out the ascend acoustics Sierra 2 ex V2?

I would highly recommend The Hu Mongolian band, a very unique sound that will test most aspects of speaker performance. I say give Wolf Totem a try, it absolutely rocks with my Emotiva B2+

How can I contact you with a question?

Thanks!

Damn good table, solid

Good review. I disagree with you on one point: as someone who lives in a country that transitioned from one system to another, and I am therefore very familiar with both, the metric system is WAY better than the imperial system. If you doubt me, try to divide 23'5-5/8" (7.15m) into 3 equal parts. With metric, it takes less than a second.

Hi Randy! 5020 vs Polk ES15? what you say?

@McgarickWAstate

Жыл бұрын

I'm returning mine, I burned them in for two weeks and they just don't have enough focus for me. They do lots of things well though. Good speakers. I guess I like a little more pop, and sharper leading edges to the sound.

I think these would be a step-down from elac unifi ub52 2.0s

AMT tweeters are awesome, but they should probably go into 3-way towers rather than 2-way bookshelves.

Best product sponsor you have had so far. Well except for Sith 😂

The Wharfedale looks so good, I'll just hide another pair of speakers behind them, if I don't like the sound.

Great review as always, though can you look to have a review of Fyne Audio speakers? Scottish designed, not sure they are manufactured here, though!

@jimfarrell4635

Жыл бұрын

The more affordable speakers like the 300 and 500 series are manufactured in China, but the special edition versions, and higher end speakers are made in Scotland. I have a pair of 501 floor standers, a pair of 500 stand mounts and a 500 centre in my surround system and love them.

@paulmorris9081

Жыл бұрын

@Jim Farrell thanks, I have 300i bookshelf speakers and I'm very happy with them. Would be great if Randy could review some of their speakers.

@peterlarkin762

Жыл бұрын

I would like to see some more reviews of the 300i. They are owned by ex tannoy employees (after they wdre bought ought)

@19:18 you might want to add a txt, this is not the AE , but the Q acoustics