Speaker Shootout!! - Page 20

It is hard to say because they sound different. I would say the JTR, BFM, and eD speakers have excellent highs. The maggies sound excellent but they can not play loud and the reason I ditched them for M&K S-5000's at the time. The dynamics of the newer speakers will kill the Maggies during a movie.

I want to try the line array DR's an I will for the center at first since I has an extra speaker. If I lose the Midbass the sale if off! They do sound great IMHO and the eD is sounding better. I am going to listen some more at 2pm and try to get my bass workin again.

They are the e12 cinema's fully loaded! Upgraded CD to the DE-250 and woofer upgraded to kappa lite something that is 100db sensitive.

I have a feeling that if I never tried the BFM's I would own these eD's!

The eD speakers sound fantastic. So do JTR's but I am starting to like the eD's even more. The JTR's will play louder but both will take your head off! These are lateral moves and based on taste for me.

If the eD speaker sounds as big and powerful at 14 feet away as they do 7 feet away I maybe switching. I do have $850 into these each and $600 into the BFM's and $1100 for the JTR's. BFM wins hands down for bang for buck I you build them yourself. The eD's will be breaking in all day today so they will have close to 30 hours on them.

I turn off the EQ with the other speakers and need it with the BFM. To be fair I EQ'd at the speaker or 3feet away because the BFM speakers don't have any crossovers in the them and the others have great crossovers so basically I am letting the room effect each speaker equally as they are all flat nearfield. The JTR speakers can play the loudest with more clarity but we are talking 126 DBS!!! Again, I would take any of these speakers as each have their strengths and weaknesses. I can live with any but I happen to spend less on the BFM system and the eD is totally custom for me. The JTR system is already installed in my friends house and is not going anywhere. They all have great highs, great vocal clarity, it is the Midbass that will be different and I have not tried the eD's far away yet and who knows they may lose some of their sizzle from that far away. I am still breaking them in. Oh yeah, the JTR's were not broken in either. The DE-250 is smoothing out already and sounds really nice but again it is 7 feet away.

Also I was thinking of using the T-39's for all the speakers but I would not use them like that for keeps so I will try the DR-200's alone but they are only $300 so not really a fair test but who knows. This is too fun to not do anyways. Any ideas why my bass is gone? That is more important right now. It is not gone on music just 5.1 material.

Speaking of which Mark, you really need to try out the Ada processor with your speakers!

The CD needs breaking in and when it starts to it gets smoother and smoother.

One of the first things I checked and all are on small with an 80hz crossover. Sub is on and set to go up to 120hz. Bass limiter is off and dynamic volume is off. The only thing I can think of is that I have the processor set to 6.1 right now and not 7.1 or 5.1. Maybe that screwed something so I will try a 5.1 and see if bass comes back.

The upgraded finish is very nice and the CD needed to smooth out which it is starting to do. I have not tried the speakers as fronts like the SHO-10's.

I paid $300 extra for the woofer upgrade each! We were going to go with the AE driver but the availability was unknown so we went with one of the best eminence drivers and they are starting to pound. The true test is when I put them up front. I need to get some pics, I have been getting lazy with them because of the bass problem. Last time a swapped out an HDMI cable and it worked but I tried optical and the bass was still lacking so why should that work again? I used a dynex and a monoprice HDMI cable. Maybe the DTS and DD board went bad but the other channels work fine, just compressed bass.

I do exactly what you say, I usually just compare to speakers at a time and keep the won I like best and write down why I like it better. I then get a new speaker and compare it against the winner and just keep going while writing down notes to refresh my memory why. The used market is where all the best bang for buck speakers are and DIY for subwoofers. I got my big JBL's for $400 each and my BFM's for $300 each but then went crazy with the bass bins and bought them for $300 each. The JTR and eD speakers are much more expensive using high quality and some of the finest drivers. Why they are more expensive is because they can provide JBL like performance in such a smaller package. Big and ugly will aways be much cheaper and I need more depth for my new 140 inch screen so that is the only reason I sold the JBL's, they were not lacking much at all except High frequencies. The best of both worlds would be to use the eD High frequency section with the JBL dual 15's to get a speaker that is not deep to fit behind screens. I just may end up having eD build me a sealed dual 2226 with the DE 250 on top. That could be a world beater for sure!!! As of now it is very close between the BFM and eD speakers as they have a slightly different tone. The eD's ar a little higher pitched. The high end on the BFM is more laid back but just as detailed so I need to decide after I have them up front. This is totally preference as these all sound great for HT and I am testing with music! You guys should hear Harry potter when the musical score fills the room IMAX theaters would be jealous!!