Very warm presentation, the Momentum monos lean warm. Which compounds the warm recess recording. A more neutral and transparent Monos are a better match to these types of recordings.
Jay, I am aware, that you review ULTRA- High end only! However, is it possible, that you review, occasionally High-end only? Would love to hear, your take on.. Jadis I-88, Wilson Alexia V or Tidal Contriva along with DCS Bartok. For the less fortunate i.e. Please take no Umbrage !!
Over utube at least, Wilson's just win win win over Magico. Seem to have a bright but smooth top end and very real mids. Magicos seem a little peaky in the top and a bit mid scooped.
This is what can happen to the music when you put hundreds of transistors placed together in both those monoblocks. this doesn't do it for me either. 😂🤣 Where's the upfront fire, the grit, the power of explosive dynamics unleashed on the music from those supposed power monsters. This is what happens when you try to do the impossible with amplification. The loudspeakers don't get away unscathed either, too many drive units make it harder to design the crossovers for a seamless unity of sound, Too many crossover components spoil the broth of the signal of music, supp loads of power to power them properly because of the the ridiculous swinging impedance of too many blended drive units. It would be so much better for the music, and mean any music, if the loudspeakers like these had active crossovers. A passive audio system like this one, can truly suck the very life out of the music, because a lot of the front end signal gets lost in translation of the signal going through all those transistors, and then through the massive amount of crossover components. This is the crux of matter of what happens a lot in supposed high end audio systems, and the majority of time it never bears out too well as the end result in actually listening to the music becomes muted and diluted in the audio signal parameter because of the loss of the signal detail, clarity, transparency and dynamics from the original recorded source signal. This is the most simple way in explain what is really happening here in this system . The same thing happens to the music signal when you try to take for example the original recorded signal of 44.1 khz signal rate then up sample it to 384 and 768 kkz to the detriment of the original recorded music signal, as well as adding additional noise and distortions to the up sampling rate process, and in the process it also dilutes the original recorded music signal of 44.1 khz because of what happens to the original signal of 44.1 khz in the up sampling rate processing to 384khz or 768khz . Basically what is happening to the original recorded event by the signal source, and then by the time it has gone through the whole of the systems amplification and passive loudspeakers, it changed the original recorded signal out of all recognition to the original recorded signal, while also adding additional distortions that were not there at original signal recording event .
@@iampuzzleman282 you don't need to have a PhD in puzzles for electronic engineering and loudspeakers acoustics to know what can happen with big passive audio systems. Complexity to the end electronic signal flow kills the music, where simplicity to the electronic signal flow does not kill the music in signal flow. This is easy way to explain it.
I don't get the design either. Why a 7 inch and a 5 inch woofer together in the top part? These Scanspeaks can go low enough to cross to the woofers on their own.
Recorded music has always been an artificial experience, regardless of technology. And for playback the room is so important that no one should think they can come to some conclusion (about a system's sound) from a phone video in a hotel room. "what happens to the original signal of 44.1 khz " - why do you think the "original" is 44.1kHz? The original sound by the musicians is vastly more complex than what a microphone (or set of microphones) pick up. And recording has for some time now usually not been done with a 44.1kH PCM system.
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Sounds wonderful.
Love the bossa nova....so beautiful.
Very warm presentation, the Momentum monos lean warm. Which compounds the warm recess recording. A more neutral and transparent Monos are a better match to these types of recordings.
This was my favorite room. 😮
That's a lot of boxes making a nice boxy sound.
Sleepy music.
Jay,
I am aware, that you review ULTRA- High end only!
However, is it possible, that you review, occasionally
High-end only?
Would love to hear, your take on..
Jadis I-88, Wilson Alexia V or Tidal Contriva along with DCS Bartok.
For the less fortunate i.e.
Please take no Umbrage !!
Moving air with big surface cones is good idea....
Sounds soupy thick
sometimes it sounds bad not because of the system but maybe is the recording, room or the accessories they use.
tubby bass
I tried to hit the like button but my finger kept landing off the the right side😂 How does it compare to the chronomerers?
Underwhelming room, set up?
2:17 - Something is definitely up, that music on those speakers at that volume shouldn't be needing 100+ watts.
Yep, you're right on it. Wooly even through YT. Thanks for doing the legwork anyway. Pretty disappointing compared to the Stens system no doubt.
Such a great system and then there is the music hahaha
Hahaha , Mids off to the right must be alarming , wait until you hear recordings where the vocalist actually moves around ..
Regards
What was the source? Sorry if I missed it
Decent speakers, mid level amplifiers. Over all just 6 out of 10
Over utube at least, Wilson's just win win win over Magico. Seem to have a bright but smooth top end and very real mids. Magicos seem a little peaky in the top and a bit mid scooped.
The ARC and Alexia sounds way better from here
What?! You don't like Bossanova? 😆
Voice is slightly to the right of center. It’s the recording. Great track but not the best track to demo a system like that
Maybe it's just the music choice.
I think it's the room; Alexx V sounds better than that with those amps.
Yes, it was a flat sounding room lacking dynamics and interest. The aa Wilson’s sounded lifeless. They needed something more…
God the music most of these exhibitors choose is so darn bland. Such a waste.
I agree......Music for those over 180 years of age!
Meh.
This is what can happen to the music when you put hundreds of transistors placed together in both those monoblocks. this doesn't do it for me either. 😂🤣 Where's the upfront fire, the grit, the power of explosive dynamics unleashed on the music from those supposed power monsters. This is what happens when you try to do the impossible with amplification. The loudspeakers don't get away unscathed either, too many drive units make it harder to design the crossovers for a seamless unity of sound, Too many crossover components spoil the broth of the signal of music, supp loads of power to power them properly because of the the ridiculous swinging impedance of too many blended drive units. It would be so much better for the music, and mean any music, if the loudspeakers like these had active crossovers. A passive audio system like this one, can truly suck the very life out of the music, because a lot of the front end signal gets lost in translation of the signal going through all those transistors, and then through the massive amount of crossover components. This is the crux of matter of what happens a lot in supposed high end audio systems, and the majority of time it never bears out too well as the end result in actually listening to the music becomes muted and diluted in the audio signal parameter because of the loss of the signal detail, clarity, transparency and dynamics from the original recorded source signal. This is the most simple way in explain what is really happening here in this system . The same thing happens to the music signal when you try to take for example the original recorded signal of 44.1 khz signal rate then up sample it to 384 and 768 kkz to the detriment of the original recorded music signal, as well as adding additional noise and distortions to the up sampling rate process, and in the process it also dilutes the original recorded music signal of 44.1 khz because of what happens to the original signal of 44.1 khz in the up sampling rate processing to 384khz or 768khz . Basically what is happening to the original recorded event by the signal source, and then by the time it has gone through the whole of the systems amplification and passive loudspeakers, it changed the original recorded signal out of all recognition to the original recorded signal, while also adding additional distortions that were not there at original signal recording event .
@@iampuzzleman282 you don't need to have a PhD in puzzles for electronic engineering and loudspeakers acoustics to know what can happen with big passive audio systems. Complexity to the end electronic signal flow kills the music, where simplicity to the electronic signal flow does not kill the music in signal flow. This is easy way to explain it.
I don't get the design either. Why a 7 inch and a 5 inch woofer together in the top part? These Scanspeaks can go low enough to cross to the woofers on their own.
Recorded music has always been an artificial experience, regardless of technology. And for playback the room is so important that no one should think they can come to some conclusion (about a system's sound) from a phone video in a hotel room.
"what happens to the original signal of 44.1 khz " - why do you think the "original" is 44.1kHz? The original sound by the musicians is vastly more complex than what a microphone (or set of microphones) pick up. And recording has for some time now usually not been done with a 44.1kH PCM system.
Could not agree more most of these ultra highend speakers have very complex xovers why they dont provide active xovers is beyond me.
Warm!