There is nothing magical going on here, in other words, although to my ear this design is pretty transparent, and yes, it is indeed helped by not having the common lower-midrange notch.ģ) There is almost never any thickening going on it is almost invariably a power response suckout or notch in the octave below middle C. The so-called direct floor reflection, mislabeled bounce, is but a single one of the 7.Ģ) The Keele design acts no differently with regard to the absence of lower-midrange suckout (lower mid, not a bass issue) than any other speaker whose woofer(s) are near the floor. (The near corner, in other words.) There are 7 such reflections in all. > Complete absence of “floor-bounce” thickeningġ) There is no gravity involved and the sound does not fall: the floor reflections are no different from those off the front and near sidewall. They are able to produce a large sound field that is enveloping and elicits that thing I seek, emotional involvement. These are not the most transparent speakers, like an electrostatic or ribbon, but the lack of floor bounce really adds to the bass detail. I don't think they will make any difference, but I thought what the heck. I have ordered some snazzy rhodium speaker binding posts because the ones included are quite cheap, as you would expect. I was thinking about re-doing the wiring harness with better wire and better resistors, but looked like more of a project than I wanted to embark on. I am curious to see if it improves the sound. Part of the reason I bought these is that I have an HK990 amp, which has an EQ function optimized more for stereo and it uses near field measurements for speaker EQ and far field at the listening position for sub EQ. I still need to play with the amplification. Vocals are creamy, and float in front of you. They are VERY dynamic, with sounds seeming to leap from the speakers. No problem with subwoofer localization, and with EQ the high end is very nice and extended, though perhaps not as transparent as a ribbon. The lack of floor bounce gives great detail to stand up bass.
It's trite I know but I hear new things in recordings I am most intimately familiar with, such as Santana Caravanserai. I love the sound, unlike in the review I do get some sounds outside the edges of the cabinets, but the depth and detail of the image is superb. I have an Odyssey Kismet power amp, which seems to mate very well with these speakers. Audessey set the crossover at 150 hz, which I expected. I have a Marantz AV processor with the current version of Audessey, and a pair of Infinity IM1.2 subs. I certainly wouldn't expect a reviewer to go through this effort. I spent a couple of days finishing them, final assembly took about 5 hours. The wiring harness was very nice and set up so you can't mess anything up, all numbered, and different sized connectors for positive and negative. Also, I would not use a power screwdriver for the drivers, it can be easy to strip the MDF, thought it took some time I did it by hand. The instructions say to attach the terminal cup first, if you do that you can't attach the wires to the terminals. Don't know if that did anything, but I felt better about it. Cabinet walls were pretty thin so I applied a couple of tubes of silicone sealer to the sides and back to try to deaden them a little bit. I just painted them satin black but the MDF took three coats to look good. Finishing the cabinets took the longest time. Everything was laid out nicely, although they did forget 8 screws for the base, which were easy to get at Home Depot for a dollar.
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The kit arrived in three boxes, one for the drivers and two long boxes with the assembled cabinets. The value offered in a kit and the fact that they were on sale made it a no brainer for me. I wanted something a little different than a traditional box design, I value imaging and sound staging. These speakers appealed to me on many levels.
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