More than disappearing speakers

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  • Опубликовано: 29 дек 2024

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  • @reasoned007
    @reasoned007 10 дней назад +12

    disappearing has ALSO to do with recording, eg engineers almost always place instruments in the stage (such as drums, bass, singer always in the middle), including placing some sounds/instruments solely on either the left or right channel (such that we hear such sounds from the speaker and not the stereo stage on the front wall)

  • @theonl1128
    @theonl1128 7 дней назад

    Great Paul, when you're "rambling" , I love it. You're stories are fascinating. 🎄 Have a wonderful Christmas! ✨️

  • @JohannnesBrahms
    @JohannnesBrahms 10 дней назад +10

    There are so many factors that go into an audio experience. Whether it be a live performance or a recorded performance of music, there is one common denominator that is being overlooked: the individual's audio perception and cognition. This is the greatest and most crucial factor involved in judging any sensory experience. Two people can listen to the same "objective" audio generation and have two totally different reactions to what they are "hearing."

    • @MS-pw8yu
      @MS-pw8yu 10 дней назад +2

      LOL. Just today I was wiggling my ears (with just muscle, not touching them) and noticed the not insignificant difference in sound, especially midrange, occured with the small shape change. I then started playing with the shape of my ear and was blown away how much a difference my ear shape had on midrange perception.Try it. It's nuts.

    • @FOH3663
      @FOH3663 10 дней назад

      ​@@MS-pw8yu
      Nuts is right.
      They're akin binaural satellite dishes, everything about the shape and size impacts everything else re level and tonality!
      Another experiment, ... use one's hands in various shapes, and find the most interesting spaciousness effects, outside and somewhat above, yet angled in w/various geometry.
      An unnaturally colored hf will occur, but the acoustic kickers eliciting a widening of the soundscape are fascinating.
      In the 80's, Stereophile writer Sam Tellig went down the wearable external ear extenders, rabbit hole, ... even wearing them to live symphonic performances, sharing his experiences in print.

  • @martinlindberg1983
    @martinlindberg1983 10 дней назад +7

    Thank you Paul. All of this - speakers disappears, you are within the performance comes down to setup and synergy, i.e everything (like room acoustics, cable matching, speaker placement, listening position, power stations, etc, etc) must be in place without any direct flaws and at the same-ish level... Simple as that :)

  • @geoff37s38
    @geoff37s38 10 дней назад +58

    I made my speakers disappear. I put them on EBay.😊

  • @mdav1632
    @mdav1632 10 дней назад +3

    I think everyone that is not an audiophile(or audio hobbyist) has this experience. Most of the time anyway, they aren't aware of the equipment. They don't hear sonic signatures or distortion. They just hear the music. Having a good ear can be a curse!

  • @cesarjlisboa7586
    @cesarjlisboa7586 10 дней назад +2

    Very honest answer Paul.

  • @dicmccoy
    @dicmccoy 10 дней назад +1

    Speakers disappearing in the room is very simple. Can be achieved with most modern day gear. The hard trick is to get that naturalness to the notes releasing from the drivers and floating in the air when the sounds recreated don't sound like they are being reproduced by speakers. Now that's what you want to achieve. When you get it.....chef's kiss.

  • @benjaminschwenen2261
    @benjaminschwenen2261 10 дней назад +4

    Thanks for your explanations! I enjoy the program a lot. As a music producer I must mention the poorly produced and mixed outro music. A high end company deserves a better sounding sound logo. For the rest: keep up the good work!

  • @DrNoahBoddy004
    @DrNoahBoddy004 8 дней назад

    Ohm’s, the late Allison Acoustic’s(IC-20), Larsen’s, and Shahinian’s are masters at disappearing…. and quiet as it’s kept, Klipschorn’s and Everest 67000 JBLs can disappear. If that recording is truly clean enough, and that dynamic range on that amp is robust enough, you’ll get that pleasingly shocked sensation!🌹✨

    • @DrNoahBoddy004
      @DrNoahBoddy004 8 дней назад

      And NOT just those speakers either! (They’re just VERY good at it) Polk’s classic SDA technology was famous for it, (available only in the Legend 800)now.

  • @glenncurry3041
    @glenncurry3041 10 дней назад +1

    I find planars and omnis do the best at disappearing. Love my Maggies. My first AXPONA a few years ago found only a pair of Jones box speakers that could do it properly. That included in the million dollar rooms! Have not had a chance to listen to your Aspens but I know you use a planar mid and tweeter because of your love of Maggies and the LRS5 line arrays.
    I find other boxes, especially with domes and horns, at best create a thin line spread at tweeter height. And as you say you can point to the boxes.

  • @archivestereo
    @archivestereo 9 дней назад

    I experienced that with a streamed version of Dave Grusin’s Cripple Creek Break-Down on Sonus Faber Suprema played through a Dan D’Agostino Momentum system. I’ve never heard that song as real or live as that but it took a 1.4 million dollar system to hear it. I’m sure it can be done cheaper but that caught me by surprise.

  • @danmarjenka6361
    @danmarjenka6361 10 дней назад +1

    Until you have experienced Soundstage and Imaging, you have not fully experienced 2 channel stereo sound. Imagine if when you watched a movie, the characters would holographically appear in your living room to act out the movie. THAT is what proper stereophonic sound is.

  • @Justwantahover
    @Justwantahover 10 дней назад +1

    I built some open coaxial speakers with a boxed woofer. These speakers don't disappear, I do! And end up "at the venue". 😂🎉

  • @BobGeogeo
    @BobGeogeo 10 дней назад +2

    For space and depth, I love the Columbia church studio recordings of Duke, Miles, Brubeck, etc., even with compromised speaker placement and mid-fi electronics.

  • @Spractral
    @Spractral 10 дней назад +1

    That was like a poem

  • @stimpy1226
    @stimpy1226 10 дней назад +4

    The FR series is not the only speaker that makes the boxes disappear. There are plenty of other companies that make speakers that do the exact same thing. First you need to have a great recording. If you don’t nothing else matters at least to me

    • @housepianist
      @housepianist 10 дней назад +4

      I’m sure Paul realizes that. I didn’t see any indicators that would suggest otherwise. He does use his products from time to time to make his points which is fair as CEO.

  • @jackturtle131
    @jackturtle131 10 дней назад +3

    You don't need PS Audio Aspen speaker for that to happen. The first time I got that in my lounge room was in 2008 with a set of Bowers & Wilkins 684 It's all a question of setting the speaker in the right spot.

    • @pauldionne2884
      @pauldionne2884 10 дней назад +2

      Right, it's 90% speaker placement and sitting in the sweet spot.

    • @johndough8115
      @johndough8115 10 дней назад

      I have speakers that Vanish... no matter where I place them in a room. Superior Drivers, produce superior results.

  • @anonimushbosh
    @anonimushbosh 10 дней назад +2

    It’s still track dependent though. Play something recorded bright and it’ll sound terrible on a nicely set up system, but great through a crappy Alexa!

  • @larrymagill5974
    @larrymagill5974 10 дней назад

    As the source is an unalterable given, a starting point that I entirely leave to the recording engineers, the best we can do is recreate what is captured on the source material. And, in my journey, only when I replaced my Magicos with my Aspens did the entirety of my system fade aways. I have been in the audio world since the 1970's and for me this is a first!

  • @new-kids-on-the-block
    @new-kids-on-the-block 10 дней назад +1

    open baffle al the way 🎉😂nice full range driver big ass woofer omni tweeter very nice i cant find the speakers end madona gives me a lap dans

  • @errolandkathy8874
    @errolandkathy8874 10 дней назад

    It's a bit like flickering fluoro lights in the background of a video. An easy tweak to fix, and it then gets out of the way to let all the message through without distractions!

  • @Evil_Peter
    @Evil_Peter 10 дней назад

    I see this as just a perceived experience based on hitting one's preferences since you can't remove the characteristics of the system, it's obviously built in. Just as you can't change that your room will affect your sound greatly, perhaps as much as the system itself.

  • @mikealbano7207
    @mikealbano7207 10 дней назад

    I don’t call it disappearance funny thing is if you listen with your eyes open closed or night listening it is actually the appearance that is the effect it’s also your mood that gives the appearance that your not alone and it’s almost a therapy that becomes present. Just my point of view. Thanks Paul.

  • @ssleddens
    @ssleddens 10 дней назад

    Paul's speakers are made in China, they are the best!!

  • @johncourneil7826
    @johncourneil7826 10 дней назад

    I've had the old (1970s) Ohm F which used to "disappear" sonically.

  • @FOH3663
    @FOH3663 10 дней назад

    I'd recommend reading Linkwitz' superb writings on this subject, ... and every subject for that matter.

  • @philipw7058
    @philipw7058 10 дней назад

    I find in a lot of instances the recording has a lot do do with the sound stages placement,I don’t believe changing a air motion driven box will make the difference

  • @Geerladenlad
    @Geerladenlad 10 дней назад

    There are no longer IRS V speakers to come listen to at PS Audio. Cancel any future plans for a tour.😢

  • @cesarjlisboa7586
    @cesarjlisboa7586 10 дней назад

    Magico, it’s an outstanding loudspeakers. No doubt.
    But the synergy between the system plus your room, proves to be more important than quality and price of the loudspeaker’s.

  • @slyspy9819
    @slyspy9819 10 дней назад +7

    Aspen FR20s from PS Audio 18,000$ Most working guys can not justify this purchase

    • @grumpy9478
      @grumpy9478 10 дней назад +5

      speakers should be limited to what "most working guys" can justify? some cars cost $20k... others $150k (or more!). some folk who live in a trailer have $100k vehicles... some in multi-million $ mansions have $10k beaters. it's the way of the world... should it be different... how?

    • @Mark-lq3sb
      @Mark-lq3sb 10 дней назад +3

      Most working guys have the common sense to know what they can and can not afford. That comes easy for me. I just look at my bank statement, lol.

    • @DethFromAbove1985
      @DethFromAbove1985 10 дней назад +2

      On one hand... if you bought those you would probably have the best Stereo of anyone you know for the rest of your life... So when you look at how much money we spend on vehicles that we discard every 5 years or so....

    • @natehaiden
      @natehaiden 10 дней назад

      For that reason I just spend 6months at a time learning how to build my own things 😂 (not kidding)

    • @danmarjenka6361
      @danmarjenka6361 10 дней назад +2

      Fortunately, they make the more affordable FR5 now.

  • @mrkitewine7700
    @mrkitewine7700 10 дней назад +4

    My speakers make my bank balance disappear

  • @dtemp132
    @dtemp132 10 дней назад +2

    Unfortunately, being about 40 myself, much of my favorite music from when I was a teen was recorded during the years of loudness wars and high compression. Much of my favorite music doesn’t sound good on any speakers.

    • @johndough8115
      @johndough8115 10 дней назад

      Learn to appreciate and discover music from the 70s / 80s. They have some of the best creativity, musical talent, Dynamics, and most of the songs are timeless. 70s Disco... like Earth Wind and Fire... have hits that sound amazing on high end gear (and heck, even good on any gear). The 80s was the era of the magical FM Synth keyboards... and they sound far better than modern "Sampled" keyboards. They also put the most time and efforts, into their recordings. The 70s is hit and miss.. as far as recordings goes. There are some magical recordings... and some pretty awful ones... but still, the music from that era is also fantastic.
      I got into Van Halen when I was a little kid.. and bought their CDs up until the "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge". That particular CD, was Compressed to FN hell... and I was PISSED. SO much so... that I stopped buying new CDs, from that point forwards. After that, I just bought used CDs, from the earlier time periods.
      Of course... you also can listen to Movies, on great Audiophile grade Speakers / Headphones. As far as I know, they have not started to compress film audio... yet.

    • @johndough8115
      @johndough8115 10 дней назад

      @@clickbeetle2720 Except, it doesnt. It does not sound good... and people are sick of the ECO Radicals, ruining our Music.

    • @johndough8115
      @johndough8115 10 дней назад

      @@clickbeetle2720 I probably have an alternate view, being surrounded by Rock musicians most of my dusty life.
      - Do you really think, that Ive never been to live concerts? Have never been to live band performances? Have never hung out with Musicians? I have.. and so have many other Audiophiles.
      For me, real music is live
      - REAL MUSIC? As opposed to FAKE music ?! There is no such thing. You can have a fantastic music experience from a CD... just as much, if not better... than a Concert / live Band.
      , impromptu, unrehearsed,
      - "Unrehearsed" !!!??? You really are Clueless. The best bands (actually worthy of listening to), practice their songs, for hours and hours at a time... and for several weeks / months, perfecting every little detail... before playing Live for an Audience.
      - While there are some Jazz musician's that can play live without any pre-arranged music... This is often because they have reached a Masterclass level of playing, that MOST musician's are incapable of. Not just that... but also because, Jazz itself, allows for "Mistakes". Its designed to be somewhat Chaotic, and sometimes, off-putting, when transitioning... which is why not everyone likes some forms of Jazz. That said... there are many Jazz musician's, that play very well practiced Jazz songs.. with Exacting Precision.
      loud and distorted through vintage amps, speaker bins and bass stacks.
      - Another Ignorant Statement. Loudness has nothing to do with anything. And Distortion of a Guitar, for example... has nothing to do with the CLARITY of the INTENDED Distortions!
      - One of my Favorite bands, is Van Halen. Listen to any of their CDs, and compare the CLARITY and DETAILS of all of them... against the "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" CD. Its night vs day, in differences. The "F" CD, takes that wonderfully created "Intended" distortion details... and muffles and muddies it into a drab and flat Mess. It would be like going to a live concert.. with ear plugs and a motorcycle helmet on. It completely ruins the INTENDED details / sounds... while also Flattening the intended 3D Holographic IMAGE.
      I can well remember when zero bands could reproduce on stage what they had produced for them, in a studio.. studios are fake and create false impressions that even the best artists struggle to reproduce on stage.
      - Studio's are not "Fake". They are a "MEDUIM". A place where you can create very complex musical compositions.. with fantastic panning effects, and other effects, to make them sound as fantastic as humanly possible. The thing is... there are many bands that can reproduce their Studio made tracks... and the thing is, its not all that difficult to do it, either. As most of the "Effects" are easily performed by simple electronics (effects pedals). The same effects, that are basically used in the studio. The reason why many bands didnt do it... is because of the extra time, costs, and hassles, involved in it. Its also why many performers were not actually playing their instruments, and or... were not even actually singing into an Amped Microphone (simply using pre-recorded tracks.. and many people never would be the wiser to the real FAKERY being committed).
      It's about acceptance of reality.. and living in reality.. I don't want to sit in a chair and close my eyes to picture the music.. what kind of a life is that..?
      - Who said anything about having to Close your eyes?! Let alone, to sit in one spot? I have a vintage pair of 70s era EPI 100 speakers, that put out one of the widest and deepest 3d soundstages, that Ive ever experienced in my life. I can place these speakers anywhere in the room... and I can stand up, and walk almost anywhere in the room.. and still get a holographic stereo image, without any notable "drop-off" between each speakers levels.
      I can stand up, sit down, lay down.. or walk around... and still get a fantastic stereo + 3d image experience.
      - My former 90s era "Eco Driver Speakers", couldnt come close to that level of an Experience. They sounded Flat, and had micro-distortions (muddied details). Instruments and vocals, often muddied into each other.. making certain lyrics, unable to be understood. Yet when Listening to these same songs LOUDLY through my EPI speakers... I could understand every single word that the singer was singing (for the first time.. despite hearing this same song, countless times across several Decades... on over 30 different pairs of speakers, and several pairs of mid-grade headphones).
      - You clearly have never had an Audiophile level experience.. and the Closest thing would be something like a Live Jazz Band playing live, within like 20 feet of them. And like I said... High Compression levels, and using lower powered Eco-Speaker drivers (or just poor speakers in general)... is like being in that jazz room, with your ears stuffed with cotton, and wearing a motorcycle helmet. Its going to flatten and muffle the intended details, and dynamics.

  • @XTSM1
    @XTSM1 9 дней назад

    My speakers made my money disappear.

  • @williamwahl6464
    @williamwahl6464 10 дней назад

    For me "speakers disappear" when the audio stops and you can't hear anything.

  • @tubefreeeasy
    @tubefreeeasy 10 дней назад

    They disappear as I close my eyes and hear that magic middle my AMTs create.
    I use a bronze resonator in front of a well diffused front wall.

  • @mansurazeez2229
    @mansurazeez2229 10 дней назад +1

    Precise pin pointing makes speakers disappear.

  • @bayard1332
    @bayard1332 9 дней назад

    Room acoustics dominate.

  • @S_M_0009
    @S_M_0009 10 дней назад +1

    👍👍👍

  • @MyFatherLoves
    @MyFatherLoves 10 дней назад +3

    The commenter had Magico speakers and they couldn’t “disappear”? Good grief… I don’t have a clue what to think about that. I had an opportunity to inherit 2 pairs of EV T2152 speakers and I have them installed in my HT. After some meticulous placement and toe in, they disappear, and they’re only around $2k a pair….
    My next (and probably final) set of speakers will most likely be the MEH that Scott Hinson dreamt up, designed, and made plans available for free. They’ll come out to around $1.8k a piece. Basically effortless and infinite dynamics, controlled and smooth dispersion down to around 350-400hz, and not too large a footprint.

  • @LEGOBubuS
    @LEGOBubuS 10 дней назад +1

    I made my loudspeakers dissapear, I bought a noice Class-A vacuum tube amp.. 😊❤🎉

  • @lexicon612
    @lexicon612 10 дней назад +1

    That was exactly the problem I had with my first full range speaker pair. The AR Classic 30's had the best bottom end I had ever heard but were unable to do exactly that, disappear. Imaging was also not up to par. I had to fix them. I had heard about GR Research custom crossovers that address these types of problems. Pulled the trigger and like magic 2, (5 and a half foot tall) 100lbs each completely disappear from note 1 regardless of what you're playing. Best single audio investment I ever made.

  • @mrpmj00
    @mrpmj00 6 дней назад +1

    as much as i love my GoldenEar brx (amt tweeters), my new PS Audio FR5 (planar tweeters) disappear
    my video:
    Holy shit batman…this music is from a speaker, not live? PS Audio FR5,GoldenEar BRX
    ruclips.net/video/98YsmYNLBbY/видео.html
    source=Apple Music lossless quality

  • @TheNLHAZE
    @TheNLHAZE 9 дней назад

    Hi Paul there is medication you can take today that will help with your problem again I did not understand anything you really said at the end of the video I was scratching my head thinking what I even clicked on I've come to the conclusion that mental illness may also be attacking me either that are you just ramble on so much you have me thinking I'm crazy🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @DarthVader1977
    @DarthVader1977 10 дней назад +6

    My ex-gf made my subwoofer disappear......she stole it.

    • @rb032682
      @rb032682 10 дней назад

      My ex made my 401K disappear.😔

    • @tedrubinstein2003
      @tedrubinstein2003 9 дней назад +1

      Did she disappear also?
      Maybe it was worth it?

  • @lukeace347
    @lukeace347 10 дней назад

    "Disappearing" speakers effect is more about set up than the speakers prerformance in my experience.

  • @darrellross8609
    @darrellross8609 10 дней назад

    SoundArtist LS3/5A's'.

  • @ryanschipp8513
    @ryanschipp8513 9 дней назад

    Chances are he had his magico speakers set up incorrectly. I've had countless pairs of speakers and there was never one that didn't disappear. Just a different flavor of sound and different Dynamics. Pennwood Paul says music should not come from the speakers he's technically incorrect. I've heard recordings wear some instruments happen to be placed in The Sound Stage right about where my speakers are. So it's all about the recording.

  • @thepracticalaudiophile
    @thepracticalaudiophile 10 дней назад

    No speakers completely disappear.

  • @CarlVanDoren61
    @CarlVanDoren61 10 дней назад +1

    Boxes 📦 never dissappear 😮

  • @Error2username
    @Error2username 10 дней назад +3

    This is just plain stupid, we all know that the speakers is making the sound😂 No magic, just good setup and recordings.

  • @ogopogo1397
    @ogopogo1397 7 дней назад

    You're totally happy but wait, theres more, you need to spend untold gobs of money to be super duper luper happy

    • @mrpmj00
      @mrpmj00 6 дней назад

      yes i’m happier