Biggest myths in audio that tick you off/General things in audio that tick you off. - Page 11

Kind of what I was thinking when I read his post. I didn't comment because I couldn't tell if he was being serious. Polk to me, is like any other speaker company. Their entry level stuff is average, and as you step up they have very nice speakers. I'm not sure what he's basing his opinion on.


Can't tell if you're really serious, but in my opinion, and from what I've read on these forums, most people's opinion is that wire is wire.

While I am not a big fan of Polk - The build quality is OK, and is
average with the rest. The Polk Monitor/TSi build quality, will hold
its own with a few of the so called popular name brands, and even
is better than some old JBL entry level speakers. They have more in
their crossover than some old Paradigm Atoms, and old PSB Alpha.

Sony had a decent series a while back, that was a nice step up from
their mass market entry level speakers. It was their SS-KED series
speakers. The build quality was decent, with a real crossover and they
put nice foam damping inside. I liked them more than the Monitor/TSi
series.
Picture of SS-K10ED, SS-K30ED and SS-K70ED with curved cabinets

Hey, you shouldn't knock cable break-in. I'm using 100% bonded/spliced coat hangers with authentic 50% blended Teflon coating.

I've been breaking them in for 3 years now and I'm almost there.



I've skipped a couple of pages, has anyone mentioned blu dots yet?

I've never heard it, either. I'm just a skeptic about fancy cd players and mods.

-Max

Is string theory REALLY a theory at all? It is just as falsifiable as Intelligent Design...

There is blood dripping from your eyes again.

But Chevy Trucks are Apocolypse Proof, Ford trucks are not, as poor Dave found out:

http://www.2012delusion.com/mayan-ca...e-proof-truck/

^^^
No matter what truck you drive, that was / is a great commercial.

Don't know what your problem is with me? How about instead of calling names or just making worthless cry baby posts you actually response to what I said. We are talking about myths in the audio industry that tick us off. I have no problem with people who like Axiom or own Axiom products. The big myth here is how Axiom makes up their own science and standards and hides behind their marketing.

By the way I have alot of experience with Axiom products and have spent alot of my hard earned money on their speakers, so I have every right to say what ever the hell I want to say. I haven't been rude to you or anyone else, or done personal attacks, so how about you not bother responing to my posts please.

I've owned:
2 pair of M2s, 1 pair of M22s, VP150 center, 1 pair M3s, 1 pair old M40 towers, and a EP175. Also demoed for about 2 wks, QS4s and a EP350.

the atttitude that anything that costs less than X amount of money is automaticaly junk

One man's junk is another's treasure.

+1^

Although another attitude is that that if it cost more than X amount of money its not worth it.

Found this on Audiogon

DakiOm FB stabilizer HA263 + lamp cords, DBT-proven BETTER than ALL fancy hi-end SPK Cables, Period.

(A lengthy post, be warned) - http://app.audiogon.com/listings/dak...dbt-proven-bet

Here's the link to DakiOm, http://www.dakiom.com/

I own Polk LSi9, not the best speakers in the world but quite good for the difficult space I wanted to pump music to, the best of several that I auditioned. As far as build quality, each speaker is 33lbs. While there may be superfluous materials I kind of doubt it. The Polk forum is very active, and I see tons of posts recommending their Monitors as good entry level HT speakers. While I'm not a fan, kudos to Polk (and other manufacturers like them) for allowing those on a budget to enjoy their systems.

I'm thinking he and Peace Maker both purchased an $8000 HDMI cable

Well, Home Depot wire is just as good as audiophile wire and while being an engineer does not make someone an audio expert it should give them an advantage when it comes to actually understanding how the audio electronics works.

Unless you're an Acoustical Engineer, which by definition means you're an audio expert. And being an Acoustical Engineer I can say that as far as Mapleshade is concerned either none work there or the one that does must spend 3/4s of his day pissing himself laughing that anyone would actually buy the junk that they peddle.

Bill Fitzmaurice has designed some pretty impressive stuff.

http://www.billfitzmaurice.com/

Audiogon is the best place to sell snake oil. 90% of the members there need serious help with their "audiophile" disease.

There's a lot of snobbishness in audio, especially with speakers. What ticks me off is people bashing speakers they haven't heard. I think very few people have really heard a large range of speakers in conditions that are comparable (same room, same audio setup etc).

This forum is not really that bad for it, but there's plenty of other forums on the web where you mention anything costing less than a grand for a pair of bookshelves and you get crucified for it. White van, crappy, blah blah blah
The sad thing being is people getting so focused on getting the absolute perfect sound... is that midtone slightly muddy or is that upper too bright that they forget to actually enjoy the music..

The person who posted that ad just rants and rants. I have no idea what he's trying to say.

Dude, you should check out Telescopes groups. ESPECIALLY when you get people claiming wavefront error to 3 decimal places. Or you should check out my neighbor who doesn't like my Audio system in the Observatory because I like rock.n.roll late at night

Anyway, I KNOW that staggering my speaker wires through the studs gives me great highs and lows

Brilliant, thanks for the laugh... That guy is clearly taking the piss

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I hope you are bi wiring with the wires to the tweeter running 5 feet higher than the wires to the woofer. It gives clearer definition between the highs and lows.

I had several half speed mastered albums and they definitely had much more range than the average cd.

I spent 3k on my mains, at the time my dealer was trying to talk me into some $1,600.00 speaker cable that was 8ft my system does not set close to speakers about 20ft of wire. he suggested that I buy two Bryston amps put them in the rafters in my basement so the cable would reach. lol he was kidding right?
I'm no genius but D/C current runs abound the wire, the more strands of wire the more paths it can take. but you bind them to a solid post right? (bottle neck)

"Dirty power" and the need to clean it and regenerate it.

Somehow Karl Rove comes to mind. OK, nevermind!