*Hey guys, Thank you for stopping by! I am still shook by how good these new Arendal Speakers are... Because this was a long video, all details including time-stamp below ⬇* Arendal 1528 Tower Speakers: store.arendalsound.com/product/1528-tower-8/?refer=iyagi All Speakers in the Arendal 1528 Series: arendalsound.com/series/1528-series/?refer=iyagi Arendal 1723 THX Tower Speakers: store.arendalsound.com/product/1723-tower-thx/?refer=iyagi Arendal 1723 Series: arendalsound.com/series/1723-series-speakers/?refer=iyagi Discounted Arendal B-Stock: store.arendalsound.com/outlet-items/?refer=iyagi *Thank you @SoundcoreAudio for sponsoring this video Shop Liberty 4 Pro at its launch price, backed by our price lock promise for Fall Prime Day! Plus, for the first three weeks, snag a travel case for free! Don't miss out-click the link for all the exciting details: [soundcore.tech/A3954PxjE] * Related Videos: Arendal 1723 THX Tower Speaker Review: ruclips.net/video/7c22mfsEDgs/видео.htmlsi=846JXj-Cpz_buJkm Arendal 1723 THX S Monitor Review: ruclips.net/video/TupKkvtazD0/видео.htmlsi=bDeP5JdLs_nnrq3i Arendal 1961 Tower Speaker Review: ruclips.net/video/DuolwaOl5PU/видео.htmlsi=eMXfexsyPGScjCGm 0:00 Arendal 1723 THX VS 1528 Tower Speakers 4:14 Arendal 1528 Tower Speaker Drivers! 9:00 AD 10:21 Arendal 1528 Tower Speaker Build quality Review 20:41 Arendal 1528 are BEST Value Speakers! 22:54 Arendal 1528 Tower Speaker Sound quality Review 37:24 Arendal 1528 Tower Speaker VS Borresen X2 Speakers 39:48 Best Amplifiers for Arendal 1528 Tower Speakers Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/jayiyagi follow on Instagram: instagram.com/jays_iyagi/ follow on Facebook: facebook.com/jayiyagiofficial Follow soundstage take 2 reviews: ruclips.net/p/PLPOzvlhtSqn5xdc__ftuSt4Rxy_wm5Af0 Speaker stands: amzn.to/3ssRhI3 Better speaker stands: solidsteel.it/my-product/ss-7-vintage-hi-fi-speaker-stands/ acoustic panels I use: ua-acoustics.com/ acoustic curtain: amzn.to/31d1zAM BDI Cabinet I use: bit.ly/2OJRwQQ amzn.to/3chBuFZ other BDI Cabinets: bit.ly/3ctxXV1 amzn.to/30bsUCH my fav hifi tweaks: (Isoacoustics devices) amzn.to/3j5FGvM
@Jayiyagi I actually did not like the sound of the 1723. I found it to have bad dispersion characteristics and a nasal midrange, plus way to insensitive for a cinema speaker. This looks very different! Metal grilles? The Yamaha NS-5000 comes to mind? Oh, and CONGRATS on the sub milestone! Well done, man!
@@stjernholmreviews First thank you. Second, That is weird. Objectively the Arendal 1723 THX Tower speakers measure to have great dispersion characteristics, neutral midrange and sensitivity even higher than the 1528 at 92db. Which are all specifications pointing towards a great loudspeaker for 2 channel but especially for home theatre. Subjectively I found that the well measured performance transferred well but of course your experience may have been different and sorry to hear that was the case. While the 1528 Towers are more clean, transparent with bigger dynamics, if you were not a fan of the 1723 THX, than you won't be a fan of 1528 so I suggest you look elsewhere. Yamaha NS-5000 are like $20k? no?
@@Jayiyagi I should not have clicked on this video haha. But I'm happy I clicked. I'll wait for some comparisons between this and the Perlisten S7t, and then make a decision from there. Cheers, Jay!
yes I had them for a while and had to move them around to keep them off frame until embargo. That was pretty hard considering the size and my excitement to share my impressions on them !!!
No lack of enthusiasm HERE Jay ! LOL I like that you like them but as you said they ARE taking up a lot of room both physically and in many environments, visually as well - one would have to LOVE the looks of them to invite them into one's living room :-) Keep up the good work and . . . enthusiasm !!
Such a great review Props to you for visiting GR when other reviewers would rather bicker with Danny I think the extra detail you provide about the parts separates you from other reviewers You presicely describe the sound experience so that I can really imagine it
I discussed in the video but I understand it was very long. The placement to the wall is very flexible for such a large tower. Even an inch away from the wall, it does a really good job without getting boomy. You can also use the jumpers to elevated the mids and highs by 2 db to lower the bass and utilize the port plug as well. Lots of flexibility with that. as for the proximity to the listeners, arendal recommends 4m for optimal and 2.5m for minimum. I sat away around 3m.
I'm surprised the center image would be stable as you move around the room, even with ideal dispersion. The distance between the two speakers will vary greatly as you move which will mess with the phase of many frequencies that are important for imaging. Not to say it doesn't work, but it's surprising. Of course the whole 3-D imaging of high-end is not experienced in live music, so perhaps something weird is with the psychoacoustics.
Enjoyed the review, Jay, but these speakers are way too big and unwieldy for my listening room (not to mention for me physically!) -- but I see there's a whole 1528 range and the others are much more reasonable size-wise. I'm hoping you're going to review them in due course and tell us how you think they compare. Could be one of them would prove to deliver almost as much, appropriate to the space one has available. 🙂
I am hoping as well as I also share this sentiment with you. Way too big for my room and my back haha thankfully I am VERY interested in their other speakers in the 1528 series and will review them soon
@@Pete.across.the.street An unnecessarily snide remark my friend. He's reviewed the flagships and himself admitted he doesn't have the space they deserve. But in my view, I'm very glad he did because when he comes to reviewing one or more of the smaller models in the range, we listeners will be able to judge whether one of them would be more appropriate for us (and maybe him too).
Great review. I was checking these out 3 days ago (I think) and I was curious about what you would think in regards to their younger siblings that, in a sense, sort of gave you that 100% surprise you had no way of seeing coming that technically you can never have with a conpany twice. I find it intriguing to see that, despite what I just mentioned, these may as well be the one exception to that rule and seem to have even surpased that in many other ways! I do have 1 nitpick for you though - and this applies to many reviewers - 7 khz to 15 khz is NOT the upper midrange. Definitively is not even though there are essentially two main differences in official consensus on exactly which frequency the "highs" start at. However, either way, 7 khz is definitively part of the high / upper range. Depending on which standard one subscribes to, the high frequency range starts at either 5 khz or 6 khz - my personal opinion being 6 khz because I also hold the higher of another two separate split-consensus opinions that the definitive single digit approximation of the harshest & most shrill frequency area of the human audible spectrum is that of being around 5 khz, although many other studies and speculation also show the mean of this attribute as being 4.5 khz or even as low as 4 khz. I've held this semi-objective standard since back in my live sound mixing / lead board engineer as well as my amateur studio recording tech and mixing engineer days that started back when I was only 15 years old (I'm 30 now 😬 lol). I had folks that were multiple times my age (literally like 3, 4 or even 5 times my age) asking a few of my regular bands and clients I ran sound for, starting at age 16, about whom they specifically hired for their sound/mixing of the show and 3 times I can recall two of the bands- one very loud, hard rock & the other a blues/bluesy rock outfit- laughing or taking a pause with a big smirk and pointing right at me, 2 of which I was standing directly by them..... and seeing the jaw drop or confused look on their faces when they finally noticed the someone who barely looked even 16 - was the person of interest. *EVERY live event or studio session I ever did involved only one instrument/mic being designated the specific frequency range of 4-7khz for any magnitude boosting (my avoid like the plague for boosting frequencies), and that was the high boost on the kick drum mic for that clicky metal or rock attack **or sometimes a guitar presence boost for laid back low gain or acoustic guitars** Something to actively think about when correlating frequencies, both in general & to respective individual loudspeaker's, to your subjective analysis and patterns you see over time are what the general attributes of smaller broken down regions (of the entire 20 hz - 20 khz audio spectrum) are going to most likely correlate to in regards to your very own personal subjective taste. Also, this helps to better communicate a more accurate portrayal to the audience on exactly what to expect - although, to your 100% credit in this video, you at least DO mention specific frequency numbers/ranges here (I highly appreciate this), which nulls the last bit I mentioned in regards to your audience, to some extent. However, I do definitely feel like my recommendation can help YOU grow for YOUR own sense of deeper knowledge of audio frequencies & seamlessly being able to recognize patterns in loudspeaker behavior and predictability. Now, regarding "upper midrange" + in audible frequency bandwidth, the upper midrange starts right at 2 khz and runs up to 5 (or 6) khz. The human ear is most sensitive at around 2-3 khz (3 khz is the most quoted average), obviously varying ever so slightly from person to person. The 1.5 khz - 3 khz range, from a mixing and instrument/vocal fundamentals perspective, is ESPECIALLY crucial for a loudspeaker to have good linearity & low distortion (clarity) at because it has the most instruments in addition to vocals battling out for space in it due to this range being where the natural presence of many instruments & vocals lives at, as well as the ranges many studio mixing engineers will give a boost to (these voices and instruments) in order to get them to stand out in a mix without sounding artificial or edgy (or boxy in the case of immediately under the 1k boost range). Since we are most efficient, hearing-wise, in the range of 2-3 khz, it makes sense that the upmost frequencies of the audio midband are what we perceive as both objectively & subjectively the most shrill and fatiguing to listen to when accentuated in relativity to the rest of the bandwidth because hearing sensitivity is SO incredibly high for us in that particular region. Now, a good way to think of what I'd include as the 4 khz to 7khz range is the area that can be summed up of where the presence (studio terminology) or "forwardness" (shortest path to "sibilance") in audiophile lingo, lives at primarily. 8 khz - 12 khz is what scientists (& audio engineers like myself) studying human perception in hearing deem as being what is known as the "brilliance" region- so attack definition, upper transients, leading edges, and a bit of a digital or "polished" sound- lives in abundance. Anything over 12 khz is simply what all professionals -studio engineers, audio engineers, scientists as well as audiophiles refer to as "air" or "headroom" (or "space" I guess with Audiophiles). Anyway, that was an overly long ramble by me and I do apologize for that. I just get very OCD about those terms & I hope perhaps you found something of substance to keep in mind or maybe even learned sonething new you can think about when looking at a loudspeaker data sheet, for example. You've got such a great ear and I think recognizing those broken down ranges can help you when internally analyzing your own subjective thoughts on products 👍🏻😃
It will be interesting to see how the new focal workers speakers fit into context being that the power is custom tailored for each driver and filtering is done before the power amp.
I went through this review twice and slowly. You shocked me with your high praises Jay. I'm wondering If they surpass Canada's own exotic build Paradigm Persona 7F. Your honest passion is highly appreciated.
Persona are fantastic speakers but I've not reviewed it on my channel. The founder 120H I did review and there is definite advantage to a speaker that has the bass section powered but I still think the Arendal 1528 has more dynamic output and range, not to mention other qualities I appreciate as an audiophile like soundstage and nuance
I've heard many perlisten models (almost all of them) at different shows and at dealers. However they were never in my room and so please take my words here with that in mind. I personally found the perlistens to sound more clinical and a lil too dry/bright for my liking. Now like I said, this could be gear matching and all that... I will take a look at them soon. As for Revel be series, I personally owned many and never really LOVED them. Once again, I am not usually a fan of BE tweeters as it can be too bright and hyper detailed for my liking. While the revel series didn't completely shred my ears with proper gear matching, it was with poor recordings that I couldn't enjoy myself. The 1528 speaker's tweeter presentation is between a softdome and a metal dome. It's hyper details but smooth enough to where it does not feel bothersome to my ears with proper gear matching. It has the detail level, sense of space and airiness like a metal dome or be tweeter but does not have the same fatigue level to my ears
@@Jayiyagi Awesome! Thanks for the response. Im wanting to upgrade my Revel Performa 3 F208's and its a tough choice in the under $10k realm. The Arendals are top of my list but I may even consider the 1728's if they would be considered an upgrade from my current Revels. Thanks!
@@JayiyagiI owned the revel f226be. And they sound gorgeous with my Luxman 590ax2. With my Accuphase e5000 they sounded too bright (I turned the treble on the e5000 way down). The revels also sound great with the Lyngdorf tdai3400 and good with jbl sdr35 AVR, arcam avr20 and Marantz sr8015. They just need an amplifier on the sweet / warmish / smooth side. I now have the Tad Evo 2 speakers and they sound almost identical to the revels. the Tads dig a bit deeper. The Revels were a bit more holographic.
Always something new “destroying” something else, cmon man. You lose credibility when the next thing is better than the last thing you celebrated. On and on and on. Exhausting click bait. It’s so heavy handed it seems like you work for the companies you review, an extension of their marketing arm.
Great review Jay! I have the X2s and glad you made a comparison. Even with Arendal's unmatched return policy these are just too big for my room as well. I do wonder, however, how they would compare with the Borresen X3s as that would be a much more even playing field than the X2s in my opinion. Cheers!
Gorgeous pieces to look at but backed up by what you described as stunning sound. Some of the design elements remind me of the Polk 707s i.e. tweeter/ midrange arrangement and bottom flared ports. The rest of the engineering ís so uniquely Arendal and build quality is just sick! I'm drooling!
Saving up for these or the "bookshelf" version 1528 Monitor 8, with center and surrounds. Replacing the Wharfedale Elysian 2, Elysian Center and Evo 4S surrounds.
Having the bookshelf with the same twitter and midrange driver + multi subwoofers powered by a DSP + room correction would be my choice for that amount of money in a room that is smaller than 35 square meters.
I am sure you are looking to build one since you build speakers from memory! haha the crossover points are listed on the website but I'll save you the trouble, it's 420Hz / 2800Hz
@@Jayiyagi thanks Jay . I would love to build something like that but it's out of my league and it's huge. I saw that they made a smaller model 1528 . I think that would be more the size I would need for my room. I would love to buy it just for a reference. I do have a pair of sound core headphones. I think that they are good headphones for the money.
@@Jayiyagi I would love to but I could never duplicate that 😂 I just saw there smaller 1528 model. I think that would be a better size for a lot of people.
perhaps as you can buy direct from Arendal contributes to the value, eliminating the significant costs and margin of the retail store surely is significant.
Hi Jay. How is the high tweeter height of what looks like 48” affecting the soundstage? Are you looking up to the performance, or does it come across as normal? Thanks.
that's the thing, its normal because of the baffle design time aligning all the drivers. It is very coherent and different from hearing tower speakers that have the tweeters too high
Hi, I enjoy your videos because you thoroughly go through the products, and explain to help us understand. I am thinking on getting either the towers or monitor 1528 speakers, but my room is only 14x26'. Is my room big enough for the towers? My ceiling is 9.5 foot high. Thanks.
I would like to listen a side by side from Arendal and Borressen x3 that was replaced. To ear that 3x fantastic quality. And showing what devices you use , conections you use. And put out a diagram. Just speaking is like to go to a HI-FI EXPO and ear the vendors. Its very very arid and dry. You must had value to your vídeos.
Speakers are the one component that is judged differently by different people regardless of price. I personally loath horn speaker period. I wouldn't have one in my system. Other people don't like planar speakers or dipole speakers. That is why I could never buy a speaker I haven't auditioned.
@@Jayiyagi I know the S line does, but I don't believe the $10k R line do..I could be mistaken. Other than that, I truly don't see all the comparisons to Perlisten towers making sense. These Arendal are QUITE different on every other measure. Tweeter material, curved baffle, woofer type and style. Single tweeter vs array. The "MTM" style of Perlisten, not present here.. so many Perlisten comments and they aren't really similar at all!
I find Perlisten r7t to be on the brighter/clinical side than my personal taste but I have no reviewed them on my channel. These are impressions from hearing them at multiple shows and at dealers so take it with grain of salt
@@Jayiyagi Sure you talking about R7t and not S7t with beryllium tweeter? I found the R7t less bright than Arendal 1732 🤷🏻♂️ The Perlisten speakers also perform really good in smaller rooms like yours.
yea I am sure. I heard both models at a dealer in Korea during my visit last year. Like I said, they were not in my room and I had no idea what gear they were using.... some half a million dollar crazy amps from Korea that I've never heard of
$15,000 ain’t bad for a killer front stage. I have to get measurements fromAudioholics before committing this kind of money but 100% am in the market to get this.
they have the scale and bass dynamics better than even the metal v2. Refinement on the tweeter, soundstage and all that, I'd still have to give it the 1528. I still do love that sense of purity and life like tonality on the Metal V2, I think that is still better on Totems
I would think the size and weight of these speakers will put off many users. How could one person ever deal with setting these up and moving them around. Just the test to plug the bottom port would be impossible. Would love to hear these as part of a home theater but testing and possibly sending them back would be an insane task.
Given my experience of visiting danny’s room and hearing them, as Ive noted in my reports, I did not hear that heft and impact as I did with the 1528 towere but the highs were comparable in refinement
@@Jayiyagi can you estimate the size / volume of your listening space in relation to the GR Research listening space you experienced? It could help some folks in purchasing decisions. Thanks
I hope they come out with some bigger subs in their reference series. I know that their other subs are good but I’d love some options based on 18” woofers
You know Jay, while watching your video I couldn't get rid of feeling that these speakers remind me something... That waveguide, the big soundstage, the dynamics, the transparency, the grills, the port, the linearity, the quality... Do the people who designed Perlisten speakers have something to do with these? The Arendals look much better, but all the rest feels so similar! You should definitely compare these with Perlisten S7T. And I think they are priced similarly too. It would be a very interesting comparison.
the faceplate may look similar but its not the same design. Perlisten is using a array design. They don't have any connections as a company as far as I know but I'll look into Perlisten speakers. Hopefully review a pair cheers
@@Jayiyagi you are 100% right. The design and the look are different, but it might be a close competition sound wise. Thanks a lot and look forward to your next reviews 👍
Perlisten lineage has traces back to M&K - Miller & Kreisel, who, by the way are still killing it with some push pull subs and in-wall speakers, some of which are bench made in Denmark. The S7t are double at $20k/pair, but the R series.towers compete at $10k.. There does seem to be some design aesthetic similarities with the round grills. The rest seems to diverge in a completely different direction
The tweeter/midrange overlap design does give off some Perlisten in-ceiling design language vibes. That was the first thing I thought of when I first saw it. The woofs remind of a Kef speaker. This thing looks like a beast.
Btw Canton has used magnesium and/or graphite in their speaker drivers already at the end of the 80s and beginning of the 90s, like in their old CT series, or around 2000s in their lower rang series also like the GLE series.
Hey Jay, So Arendal measured 42hz +-2db...........I know rooms add to this.....but you are saying you get 20hz in room with no distortion and useable output(spl)?
This must be an error, because the next smaller version goes deeper according the website. Direct under the data you find these three advises from them like room size. The third advise is something like if you want to go deep to 20 Hz. Greets 🐹🔥🐹
I felt the same way when it came to the tweeter / midrange front housing. It looks cheap-ish to me. If they made that surrounding circle enclosure a glossy black or some other lacquered finish, it may pop just the right way.
Excited to see more on the 1528 series (particularly the bookshelf 8 and monitor 8)! Jay, how would you compare the bass speed on the 1528 towers to the Borresen X2? Also, how do the tweeters compare?
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Having an excellent soundstage that stays in place as the listener or listeners change their positions in the room is very attractive. I appreciate your comparisons, in these comments, to the tonal qualities of the Totem Metal v2. Can you share some comparisons to the Totems on the soundstage? Also, the guitar string that rips... is a very good description. I get it about dynamics and scale. Do you think the Torrent drivers are better at resolving the details (information) in the bass regions of the recordings, or are these two speakers more evenly matched than that?
In terms of bass, dynamic and scale on the 1528 Towers is more apparent. Probably due to its size. Soundstage wise, the 1528 is bigger, wider, and deeper sounding to me. Tonality wise, I still find totem's sound sound to have an alluring realistic tone but 1528s are not far off.
Shame of the rhodium plated connectors and (big) jumpers , tried (expensive) rhodium plated plugs on my speaker cables and they took away some emotion in the music. Went back to silver plated copper and emotion was back immediately. Learned my lesson, keep rhodium away from the signal path, I only use it now for power cables. Rhodium doesn´t oxidize and is convenient but a bad conductor.
i have the cheapest Arendal sound series, and that is impressive sounding to my ears. excited to see them in high end space :) i do not have space for large speakers and even the smallest version of 1538 is quite large. do wish the worked no the website, it is lacking in pictures from all angles and more information about some specs.
Great great review as always. How would they with tube amps? (30-40W per channel)... You mentioned once that the 1723 do well with tubes, if i remember correctly.
Thank you. The 1528 Tower speakers are less sensitive than the 1723 thx towers are 89.5db sensitivity with nominal 4 ohm impendence and are made for big rooms. So they would need more power than that
Why cant i imagine these sounding refined and tonally pleasing? I get this vibe that they can beat you up but it wont be graceful. I hate that i have contempt prior to investigation. Hoping i can hear them some day and be proven wrong.
X3 I only heard at show settings and dealer show rooms. They are quite impressive but from what I heard, I still think the 1528 towers' dynamics and coherency is on a next level. As for the Sabrina X, it was bested by the Arendal 1723 THX towers (in terms of preference) last year... and I find the 1528s to be MUCH better in almost every way than even the 1723 THX Towers
Jay, let’s be honest: it appears that you and Youthman are receiving compensation from Arendai. Your video seems to promote their speakers, and you’re comparing a speaker that costs two to three times more than the one under review. It gives the impression that you’re affiliated with them, especially since I noticed your name on their site being used for advertising. Youthman has also reviewed the same speakers, but he has been transparent about being sponsored by Arendai.
I have not received any compensation from Arendal for the review. No money or product exchanged hands. However this video does have a sponsor and that's soundcore. It's cool that Youthman was sponsored and I think it's awesome that he disclosed it as he should. I disclose all sponsorships on my channel as well. Arendal knows I like their speakers. They asked me if I could post my review on oct 1 when they released it. I said "no I am not ready to post yet." So they asked me if I can provide a few quotes they can use on their website. I usually don't do this so I said "no" but they insisted, emphasizing how hard it was for them to bring this project to life and that it would mean a lot to them if I could provide a few quotes for their launch date, so I made an exception, took a few lines from my ending statements and sent it in an email for them to use. (I also thought it would serve as a good teaser for my video) Thanks.
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For Arendal to achieve cutting the distortion in half to that of the 1723 model,....that is an amazing achievement.
Another great review by JayDog.
What amp did u use for such a highly described perfect speakers at this price point???
@@ZEN_X999 thank you for the question. As noted in the video, I used the AGD Audion monoblocks
@Jayiyagi I actually did not like the sound of the 1723. I found it to have bad dispersion characteristics and a nasal midrange, plus way to insensitive for a cinema speaker. This looks very different! Metal grilles? The Yamaha NS-5000 comes to mind? Oh, and CONGRATS on the sub milestone! Well done, man!
@@stjernholmreviews First thank you. Second, That is weird. Objectively the Arendal 1723 THX Tower speakers measure to have great dispersion characteristics, neutral midrange and sensitivity even higher than the 1528 at 92db. Which are all specifications pointing towards a great loudspeaker for 2 channel but especially for home theatre. Subjectively I found that the well measured performance transferred well but of course your experience may have been different and sorry to hear that was the case. While the 1528 Towers are more clean, transparent with bigger dynamics, if you were not a fan of the 1723 THX, than you won't be a fan of 1528 so I suggest you look elsewhere.
Yamaha NS-5000 are like $20k? no?
You know its serious when Jay drops a 40 minutes plus video.
Probably the first (serious) review in the world!!!
Cuz it Destroy other speakers
I wish he could pronouce Arendal correctly though. It drives me nuts to hear a reviewer not say the name correctly over and over.
I thought I was done buying stuff. Yet here we are.
😂 I've given up on even saying that anymore
@@Jayiyagi I should not have clicked on this video haha. But I'm happy I clicked. I'll wait for some comparisons between this and the Perlisten S7t, and then make a decision from there. Cheers, Jay!
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Yeah, but is that thing lined with No Rez™ on the inside?
Danny is a muppet
Mundorf inside?
wood? not unobtainium?
@@altopstwo3934No 😊
I don't think Jay has ever been speechless. 😂
Buying a house to suit your hifi set up 😂 Bro I felt that 😂
Now I wonder if bookshelfs from this series also will be giant killer (vs PS Audio FR5, Buchardt upcomping E50, Radiant Acoustics 6.2) 🤔😎
I have them in as well and will post my review shortly! Make sure you have that subscriber bell notification turned on ;)
@@JayiyagiLooking forward to comparison to the PS Audio FR5!
@@Jayiyagi I hope you compare them to the Mon Acoustics Platimons VC.
Glad you were able to get this in for review since they dropped last week
yes I had them for a while and had to move them around to keep them off frame until embargo. That was pretty hard considering the size and my excitement to share my impressions on them !!!
One of the few high-end speakers I've seen that's attractive. I'd love to see the measurements for impedance, off-axis, step response, etc.
No lack of enthusiasm HERE Jay ! LOL
I like that you like them but as you said they ARE taking up a lot of room both physically and in many environments, visually as well - one would have to LOVE the looks of them to invite them into one's living room :-) Keep up the good work and . . . enthusiasm !!
I dont need to hear them. If I could afford them I would just buy them.
I wonder how they compare to my borresen x3 speakers
Very rarely does a speaker compete with others twice the price, even with the factory direct brands.
By the way the Piega 411 and 811 is the speakers you have to check out 🎉
Such a great review
Props to you for visiting GR when other reviewers would rather bicker with Danny
I think the extra detail you provide about the parts separates you from other reviewers
You presicely describe the sound experience so that I can really imagine it
Thanks for the review. How flexible are they with rear wall placement and proximity to listeners?
I discussed in the video but I understand it was very long.
The placement to the wall is very flexible for such a large tower. Even an inch away from the wall, it does a really good job without getting boomy. You can also use the jumpers to elevated the mids and highs by 2 db to lower the bass and utilize the port plug as well. Lots of flexibility with that.
as for the proximity to the listeners, arendal recommends 4m for optimal and 2.5m for minimum. I sat away around 3m.
web site should show more pictures or illustrations and such, especially asking 9.5geez..one picture isn't going to convince me to spend
they did just release it. Hopefully they will add more pictures
It is not a price point it is a price.
You've got a point there.
The most
Beautiful and fully captivating gear review of all time.
Pretty Work ‼️
Jay, amazing review as always!
Thank you so much. I know it was a bit long and I apologize for that. please use the time stamp if required
I'm surprised the center image would be stable as you move around the room, even with ideal dispersion. The distance between the two speakers will vary greatly as you move which will mess with the phase of many frequencies that are important for imaging. Not to say it doesn't work, but it's surprising. Of course the whole 3-D imaging of high-end is not experienced in live music, so perhaps something weird is with the psychoacoustics.
Great content! thanks Jay, so good. I wish I could hear these.
Do you have their logo tattooed on your body yet? 😂
Good to hear they are doing well. I may be a future purchaser 👍
Enjoyed the review, Jay, but these speakers are way too big and unwieldy for my listening room (not to mention for me physically!) -- but I see there's a whole 1528 range and the others are much more reasonable size-wise. I'm hoping you're going to review them in due course and tell us how you think they compare. Could be one of them would prove to deliver almost as much, appropriate to the space one has available. 🙂
I am hoping as well as I also share this sentiment with you. Way too big for my room and my back haha
thankfully I am VERY interested in their other speakers in the 1528 series and will review them soon
@@Jayiyagi yes please review the 1528 Monitor 8.
@@Jayiyagi Thanks. I look forward to that very much. 🙂
Jay should only review based on your listening room😂
@@Pete.across.the.street An unnecessarily snide remark my friend. He's reviewed the flagships and himself admitted he doesn't have the space they deserve.
But in my view, I'm very glad he did because when he comes to reviewing one or more of the smaller models in the range, we listeners will be able to judge whether one of them would be more appropriate for us (and maybe him too).
Great review. I was checking these out 3 days ago (I think) and I was curious about what you would think in regards to their younger siblings that, in a sense, sort of gave you that 100% surprise you had no way of seeing coming that technically you can never have with a conpany twice.
I find it intriguing to see that, despite what I just mentioned, these may as well be the one exception to that rule and seem to have even surpased that in many other ways!
I do have 1 nitpick for you though - and this applies to many reviewers - 7 khz to 15 khz is NOT the upper midrange. Definitively is not even though there are essentially two main differences in official consensus on exactly which frequency the "highs" start at.
However, either way, 7 khz is definitively part of the high / upper range.
Depending on which standard one subscribes to, the high frequency range starts at either 5 khz or 6 khz - my personal opinion being 6 khz because I also hold the higher of another two separate split-consensus opinions that the definitive single digit approximation of the harshest & most shrill frequency area of the human audible spectrum is that of being around 5 khz, although many other studies and speculation also show the mean of this attribute as being 4.5 khz or even as low as 4 khz.
I've held this semi-objective standard since back in my live sound mixing / lead board engineer as well as my amateur studio recording tech and mixing engineer days that started back when I was only 15 years old (I'm 30 now 😬 lol).
I had folks that were multiple times my age (literally like 3, 4 or even 5 times my age) asking a few of my regular bands and clients I ran sound for, starting at age 16, about whom they specifically hired for their sound/mixing of the show and 3 times I can recall two of the bands- one very loud, hard rock & the other a blues/bluesy rock outfit- laughing or taking a pause with a big smirk and pointing right at me, 2 of which I was standing directly by them..... and seeing the jaw drop or confused look on their faces when they finally noticed the someone who barely looked even 16 - was the person of interest.
*EVERY live event or studio session I ever did involved only one instrument/mic being designated the specific frequency range of 4-7khz for any magnitude boosting (my avoid like the plague for boosting frequencies), and that was the high boost on the kick drum mic for that clicky metal or rock attack
**or sometimes a guitar presence boost for laid back low gain or acoustic guitars**
Something to actively think about when correlating frequencies, both in general & to respective individual loudspeaker's, to your subjective analysis and patterns you see over time are what the general attributes of smaller broken down regions (of the entire 20 hz - 20 khz audio spectrum) are going to most likely correlate to in regards to your very own personal subjective taste.
Also, this helps to better communicate a more accurate portrayal to the audience on exactly what to expect - although, to your 100% credit in this video, you at least DO mention specific frequency numbers/ranges here (I highly appreciate this), which nulls the last bit I mentioned in regards to your audience, to some extent. However, I do definitely feel like my recommendation can help YOU grow for YOUR own sense of deeper knowledge of audio frequencies & seamlessly being able to recognize patterns in loudspeaker behavior and predictability.
Now, regarding "upper midrange" + in audible frequency bandwidth, the upper midrange starts right at 2 khz and runs up to 5 (or 6) khz.
The human ear is most sensitive at around 2-3 khz (3 khz is the most quoted average), obviously varying ever so slightly from person to person.
The 1.5 khz - 3 khz range, from a mixing and instrument/vocal fundamentals perspective, is ESPECIALLY crucial for a loudspeaker to have good linearity & low distortion (clarity) at because it has the most instruments in addition to vocals battling out for space in it due to this range being where the natural presence of many instruments & vocals lives at, as well as the ranges many studio mixing engineers will give a boost to (these voices and instruments) in order to get them to stand out in a mix without sounding artificial or edgy (or boxy in the case of immediately under the 1k boost range).
Since we are most efficient, hearing-wise, in the range of 2-3 khz, it makes sense that the upmost frequencies of the audio midband are what we perceive as both objectively & subjectively the most shrill and fatiguing to listen to when accentuated in relativity to the rest of the bandwidth because hearing sensitivity is SO incredibly high for us in that particular region.
Now, a good way to think of what I'd include as the 4 khz to 7khz range is the area that can be summed up of where the presence (studio terminology) or "forwardness" (shortest path to "sibilance") in audiophile lingo, lives at primarily.
8 khz - 12 khz is what scientists (& audio engineers like myself) studying human perception in hearing deem as being what is known as the "brilliance" region- so attack definition, upper transients, leading edges, and a bit of a digital or "polished" sound- lives in abundance.
Anything over 12 khz is simply what all professionals -studio engineers, audio engineers, scientists as well as audiophiles refer to as "air" or "headroom" (or "space" I guess with Audiophiles).
Anyway, that was an overly long ramble by me and I do apologize for that. I just get very OCD about those terms & I hope perhaps you found something of substance to keep in mind or maybe even learned sonething new you can think about when looking at a loudspeaker data sheet, for example. You've got such a great ear and I think recognizing those broken down ranges can help you when internally analyzing your own subjective thoughts on products 👍🏻😃
It will be interesting to see how the new focal workers speakers fit into context being that the power is custom tailored for each driver and filtering is done before the power amp.
Truly an amazing speaker which has been crafted by very passionate people who love music. Thank you Arendal and thanks Jay for an excellent review.
I went through this review twice and slowly. You shocked me with your high praises Jay. I'm wondering If they surpass Canada's own exotic build Paradigm Persona 7F. Your honest passion is highly appreciated.
That's a tall order. Persona are fantastic speakers.
Persona are fantastic speakers but I've not reviewed it on my channel. The founder 120H I did review and there is definite advantage to a speaker that has the bass section powered but I still think the Arendal 1528 has more dynamic output and range, not to mention other qualities I appreciate as an audiophile like soundstage and nuance
Thanks for the video and review of these speakers. Question: How do you feel these compare to the Perlistens and the Revel be series? Thanks!
I've heard many perlisten models (almost all of them) at different shows and at dealers. However they were never in my room and so please take my words here with that in mind.
I personally found the perlistens to sound more clinical and a lil too dry/bright for my liking. Now like I said, this could be gear matching and all that... I will take a look at them soon.
As for Revel be series, I personally owned many and never really LOVED them. Once again, I am not usually a fan of BE tweeters as it can be too bright and hyper detailed for my liking. While the revel series didn't completely shred my ears with proper gear matching, it was with poor recordings that I couldn't enjoy myself.
The 1528 speaker's tweeter presentation is between a softdome and a metal dome. It's hyper details but smooth enough to where it does not feel bothersome to my ears with proper gear matching. It has the detail level, sense of space and airiness like a metal dome or be tweeter but does not have the same fatigue level to my ears
@@Jayiyagi Awesome! Thanks for the response. Im wanting to upgrade my Revel Performa 3 F208's and its a tough choice in the under $10k realm. The Arendals are top of my list but I may even consider the 1728's if they would be considered an upgrade from my current Revels. Thanks!
if you have the room.... try the 1528. It can't hurt (other than your back haha), they have a 60 day in-home risk free trial
@@JayiyagiI owned the revel f226be. And they sound gorgeous with my Luxman 590ax2. With my Accuphase e5000 they sounded too bright (I turned the treble on the e5000 way down). The revels also sound great with the Lyngdorf tdai3400 and good with jbl sdr35 AVR, arcam avr20 and Marantz sr8015. They just need an amplifier on the sweet / warmish / smooth side. I now have the Tad Evo 2 speakers and they sound almost identical to the revels. the Tads dig a bit deeper. The Revels were a bit more holographic.
Always something new “destroying” something else, cmon man. You lose credibility when the next thing is better than the last thing you celebrated. On and on and on. Exhausting click bait. It’s so heavy handed it seems like you work for the companies you review, an extension of their marketing arm.
Great review Jay! I have the X2s and glad you made a comparison. Even with Arendal's unmatched return policy these are just too big for my room as well. I do wonder, however, how they would compare with the Borresen X3s as that would be a much more even playing field than the X2s in my opinion. Cheers!
Thanks for reviewing these. Would love a video vs Perlisten
Excellent review, Jay!
Gorgeous pieces to look at but backed up by what you described as stunning sound. Some of the design elements remind me of the Polk 707s i.e. tweeter/ midrange arrangement and bottom flared ports. The rest of the engineering ís so uniquely Arendal and build quality is just sick! I'm drooling!
Wonder how these would compare to the Perlisten R7t.
Perlisten will destroy them
Wow. Another great speaker. Nice.
Saving up for these or the "bookshelf" version 1528 Monitor 8, with center and surrounds. Replacing the Wharfedale Elysian 2, Elysian Center and Evo 4S surrounds.
Totally huge difference sonically. The Elysians will sound very laid back in comparison. Heck even the Auras sound more forward than the Elysians
Having the bookshelf with the same twitter and midrange driver + multi subwoofers powered by a DSP + room correction would be my choice for that amount of money in a room that is smaller than 35 square meters.
They look really nice! I'm interested in the crossover points.
I am sure you are looking to build one since you build speakers from memory! haha
the crossover points are listed on the website but I'll save you the trouble, it's 420Hz / 2800Hz
@@Jayiyagi thanks Jay . I would love to build something like that but it's out of my league and it's huge. I saw that they made a smaller model 1528 . I think that would be more the size I would need for my room. I would love to buy it just for a reference. I do have a pair of sound core headphones. I think that they are good headphones for the money.
@@Jayiyagi I would love to but I could never duplicate that 😂 I just saw there smaller 1528 model. I think that would be a better size for a lot of people.
perhaps as you can buy direct from Arendal contributes to the value, eliminating the significant costs and margin of the retail store surely is significant.
I can't imagine these being less than 20k if they were at the store I used to work at
That single tweeter wont play to reference like a horn
It’s the REAL Arendal “SCALE” !!! Lol …sans the ribbon tweeter sides and additive-free gator 🐊 skin.
Hi Jay. How is the high tweeter height of what looks like 48” affecting the soundstage? Are you looking up to the performance, or does it come across as normal? Thanks.
that's the thing, its normal because of the baffle design time aligning all the drivers. It is very coherent and different from hearing tower speakers that have the tweeters too high
Great and highly authentic review Jay: thanks! Regarding amp-matching > do you feel my McIntosh MA12000 would do a right job with the 1528’s?
oh my god... I wanted to hear it with that so bad. Yes, I think that would just take me straight to my grave happy haha
@@Jayiyagi seems these speakers require more power than MA12000 can produce
@@MrNysbak with 350 watts per channel, it is plenty powerful to drive the 1528 towers with 89.5 db sensitivity rating
For a guage Jay what size is your room when you say its small?
Put a mirror on the floor under the speaker to show bottom mounted ports.
Heart Thumping.
Very nice looking speakers 👌
Hi, I enjoy your videos because you thoroughly go through the products, and explain to help us understand. I am thinking on getting either the towers or monitor 1528 speakers, but my room is only 14x26'. Is my room big enough for the towers? My ceiling is 9.5 foot high. Thanks.
are you able to sit 4m away from the speakers?
I would like to listen a side by side from Arendal and Borressen x3 that was replaced. To ear that 3x fantastic quality. And showing what devices you use , conections you use. And put out a diagram.
Just speaking is like to go to a HI-FI EXPO and ear the vendors. Its very very arid and dry.
You must had value to your vídeos.
Speakers are the one component that is judged differently by different people regardless of price. I personally loath horn speaker period. I wouldn't have one in my system. Other people don't like planar speakers or dipole speakers. That is why I could never buy a speaker I haven't auditioned.
Oh I wish for these speakers ! And that center channel!! Man! If only I had some dough!! 😢😂
Any chance you can review the smaller model? Cheers
yes I will be for sure. Please make sure you have the subscriber bell notification on so you don't miss it ;)
@@Jayiyagicheers I sure will 👍
How do they compare to Borresen x3?
The midrange/tweeter is giving off a Perlisten vibe.
totally different tech. Looks can be deceiving. Perlisten is using an array design
For the answer to "name one speaker with individual metal grills with some rubber on it" ... Perlisten
cool! Do you know if all their models have that?
@@Jayiyagi I know the S line does, but I don't believe the $10k R line do..I could be mistaken. Other than that, I truly don't see all the comparisons to Perlisten towers making sense. These Arendal are QUITE different on every other measure. Tweeter material, curved baffle, woofer type and style. Single tweeter vs array. The "MTM" style of Perlisten, not present here.. so many Perlisten comments and they aren't really similar at all!
How would you compare this to the Perlisten r7t since they seem to have a few similarities, especially price
I find Perlisten r7t to be on the brighter/clinical side than my personal taste but I have no reviewed them on my channel. These are impressions from hearing them at multiple shows and at dealers so take it with grain of salt
@@Jayiyagi Sure you talking about R7t and not S7t with beryllium tweeter? I found the R7t less bright than Arendal 1732 🤷🏻♂️ The Perlisten speakers also perform really good in smaller rooms like yours.
yea I am sure. I heard both models at a dealer in Korea during my visit last year. Like I said, they were not in my room and I had no idea what gear they were using.... some half a million dollar crazy amps from Korea that I've never heard of
Maybe Dan Roemer is still designing speakers for Arendal, like the older models 🤔 The 1528 also has some design similarities to Perlisten 🤷🏻♂️
$15,000 ain’t bad for a killer front stage. I have to get measurements fromAudioholics before committing this kind of money but 100% am in the market to get this.
I really believe that this is a stunning speaker, but the weight and the size do not make it attractive in my view.
I checked room size. Arendal recommends 330 sq ft. That’s a big ass room.
9500 bucks really is high end price so it should sound like the voice of god. This is way out of my League no matter what. .
Great review. In your opinion, are they better than the Totem Element Metal 2?
they have the scale and bass dynamics better than even the metal v2. Refinement on the tweeter, soundstage and all that, I'd still have to give it the 1528.
I still do love that sense of purity and life like tonality on the Metal V2, I think that is still better on Totems
@@Jayiyagi Thanks! It's surprising that a 3-way can compete with a crossover-less tower in terms of dynamics.
@@mikelautermilch8939 alot to due with that size but also that front baffle design
Great and detailed review.
Is there any chance you could get a Qualio IQ Ultra speaker to review and compare?
What size is your room?
What do you think about the Dali Epikore/Rubikore?
not much thought about it other than that I'd like to review it some day
@@Jayiyagi Have you listened to many Dali speakers?
@@Cantatos yes I have at shows and dealer rooms. Their main distribution in Canada is located close to me as well
Very interested by the Monitor smaller model!
I would think the size and weight of these speakers will put off many users. How could one person ever deal with setting these up and moving them around. Just the test to plug the bottom port would be impossible. Would love to hear these as part of a home theater but testing and possibly sending them back would be an insane task.
Are the Drivers still from Peerless?
Given your experience with GR Research NX tower offerings, where do these towers stack up?
Given my experience of visiting danny’s room and hearing them, as Ive noted in my reports, I did not hear that heft and impact as I did with the 1528 towere but the highs were comparable in refinement
@@Jayiyagi can you estimate the size / volume of your listening space in relation to the GR Research listening space you experienced?
It could help some folks in purchasing decisions. Thanks
I hope they come out with some bigger subs in their reference series. I know that their other subs are good but I’d love some options based on 18” woofers
man that would be insane
You know Jay, while watching your video I couldn't get rid of feeling that these speakers remind me something... That waveguide, the big soundstage, the dynamics, the transparency, the grills, the port, the linearity, the quality... Do the people who designed Perlisten speakers have something to do with these? The Arendals look much better, but all the rest feels so similar! You should definitely compare these with Perlisten S7T. And I think they are priced similarly too. It would be a very interesting comparison.
the faceplate may look similar but its not the same design. Perlisten is using a array design. They don't have any connections as a company as far as I know but I'll look into Perlisten speakers. Hopefully review a pair
cheers
@@Jayiyagi you are 100% right. The design and the look are different, but it might be a close competition sound wise. Thanks a lot and look forward to your next reviews 👍
...afaik Dan Roemer also designed the older Arendal series, before he founded Perlisten☝🏼
Perlisten lineage has traces back to M&K - Miller & Kreisel, who, by the way are still killing it with some push pull subs and in-wall speakers, some of which are bench made in Denmark. The S7t are double at $20k/pair, but the R series.towers compete at $10k.. There does seem to be some design aesthetic similarities with the round grills. The rest seems to diverge in a completely different direction
The tweeter/midrange overlap design does give off some Perlisten in-ceiling design language vibes. That was the first thing I thought of when I first saw it. The woofs remind of a Kef speaker.
This thing looks like a beast.
great review 😊 a review Cabasse Rialto speakers anytime soon ? 😁
These vs bowers 801 or 802 d4?
The Usher ML802 uses a Magnesium alloy tweeter and Magnesium-lithium midrange both of which are very light and quick!
That's right! And I believe those are like $20k speakers!
@@Jayiyagi The ML802 retail for about $16,000 in the high gloss finish. I actually own a pair.
@@williemack6287 awesome. I actually almost owned one. I owned many usher speakers including the dmd series. Amazing craftsmanship for sure !
Btw Canton has used magnesium and/or graphite in their speaker drivers already at the end of the 80s and beginning of the 90s, like in their old CT series, or around 2000s in their lower rang series also like the GLE series.
Also Canton speakers have been using downward firing ports for several years now.
What with the Arendal subs in the back?
those are the 1S subs stacked. They were turned off for the review. In-fact I don't think I wanted any more bass LOL
How would you compare these to GR's NX-Treme's?
Hey Jay,
So Arendal measured 42hz +-2db...........I know rooms add to this.....but you are saying you get 20hz in room with no distortion and useable output(spl)?
This must be an error, because the next smaller version goes deeper according the website.
Direct under the data you find these three advises from them like room size. The third advise is something like if you want to go deep to 20 Hz.
Greets 🐹🔥🐹
Wow, I was expecting them to be more expensive than that.
Same….
For this amount of money, I was expecting a much better finish. It looks like a thousand $ speaker
not even close to a $1000 speaker finish. Really nice in person but each to their own, I can understand everyone has different taste and standards
I felt the same way when it came to the tweeter / midrange front housing. It looks cheap-ish to me. If they made that surrounding circle enclosure a glossy black or some other lacquered finish, it may pop just the right way.
Excited to see more on the 1528 series (particularly the bookshelf 8 and monitor 8)!
Jay, how would you compare the bass speed on the 1528 towers to the Borresen X2? Also, how do the tweeters compare?
Tweeters on the Borresens are faster and snappier. The Arendals are hyper detailed but super refined with great air and space information
Great review Jay.
I love your shirt 🦮
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@@Jayiyagihaha Hertz is a great name.👍
I love dogs myself
In the destription they are writing that they are going down to 42 hz. Now you say 20 in your rooom. Is it such a big difference?
Curious about those bookies now
I think your conversions on the dimensions might have been a bit off. The width should be 11.4 inches.
Having an excellent soundstage that stays in place as the listener or listeners change their positions in the room is very attractive. I appreciate your comparisons, in these comments, to the tonal qualities of the Totem Metal v2. Can you share some comparisons to the Totems on the soundstage? Also, the guitar string that rips... is a very good description. I get it about dynamics and scale. Do you think the Torrent drivers are better at resolving the details (information) in the bass regions of the recordings, or are these two speakers more evenly matched than that?
In terms of bass, dynamic and scale on the 1528 Towers is more apparent. Probably due to its size.
Soundstage wise, the 1528 is bigger, wider, and deeper sounding to me.
Tonality wise, I still find totem's sound sound to have an alluring realistic tone but 1528s are not far off.
Shame of the rhodium plated connectors and (big) jumpers , tried (expensive) rhodium plated plugs on my speaker cables and they took away some emotion in the music. Went back to silver plated copper and emotion was back immediately. Learned my lesson, keep rhodium away from the signal path, I only use it now for power cables. Rhodium doesn´t oxidize and is convenient but a bad conductor.
i have the cheapest Arendal sound series, and that is impressive sounding to my ears.
excited to see them in high end space :)
i do not have space for large speakers and even the smallest version of 1538 is quite large.
do wish the worked no the website, it is lacking in pictures from all angles and more information about some specs.
just released so give it some time and I am sure they will have more pictures
What minimum size room would you recommend for these speakers?
13 m2 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great great review as always. How would they with tube amps? (30-40W per channel)... You mentioned once that the 1723 do well with tubes, if i remember correctly.
Thank you. The 1528 Tower speakers are less sensitive than the 1723 thx towers are 89.5db sensitivity with nominal 4 ohm impendence and are made for big rooms. So they would need more power than that
Looks like a legit rivel to a Revel Ultima2 Salon2 for way less money.
So are they going to offer a smaller version> the 1526????????
Why cant i imagine these sounding refined and tonally pleasing? I get this vibe that they can beat you up but it wont be graceful.
I hate that i have contempt prior to investigation. Hoping i can hear them some day and be proven wrong.
I know what you mean. Looks can be deceiving.
elephant in room=PERLISTEN DESIGN!!!!!!
I’ve always thought 10 grand would be my top number for a speaker.
What order would you rate them against Borresen X3 and Sabrina X if cost was not a factor ?
X3 I only heard at show settings and dealer show rooms. They are quite impressive but from what I heard, I still think the 1528 towers' dynamics and coherency is on a next level.
As for the Sabrina X, it was bested by the Arendal 1723 THX towers (in terms of preference) last year... and I find the 1528s to be MUCH better in almost every way than even the 1723 THX Towers
Seems you should take a look for the new Peter Lyngdorf brand which scales sound a lot, the Radiant Acoustics.
Verry clinical and emotionless sound, heard it with hegel h600😮, Crystal clear and good bass, good if u like that kind of sound i guess
Can you take a look at the new Radiant Acoustics Clarity 6.2? Would love to get your thoughts on it as I could find only one review of them on YT.
Is that the Herman Miller recliner?
How does 29cm equate to 18.5 inches ?
Jay, let’s be honest: it appears that you and Youthman are receiving compensation from Arendai. Your video seems to promote their speakers, and you’re comparing a speaker that costs two to three times more than the one under review. It gives the impression that you’re affiliated with them, especially since I noticed your name on their site being used for advertising. Youthman has also reviewed the same speakers, but he has been transparent about being sponsored by Arendai.
I have not received any compensation from Arendal for the review. No money or product exchanged hands. However this video does have a sponsor and that's soundcore.
It's cool that Youthman was sponsored and I think it's awesome that he disclosed it as he should. I disclose all sponsorships on my channel as well.
Arendal knows I like their speakers. They asked me if I could post my review on oct 1 when they released it. I said "no I am not ready to post yet." So they asked me if I can provide a few quotes they can use on their website. I usually don't do this so I said "no" but they insisted, emphasizing how hard it was for them to bring this project to life and that it would mean a lot to them if I could provide a few quotes for their launch date, so I made an exception, took a few lines from my ending statements and sent it in an email for them to use. (I also thought it would serve as a good teaser for my video)
Thanks.
Hi Jay !! on the website the price is 10,900 usd ... Can still get the price mentioned ??
prices are different in some regions due to shipping, taxes and import laws of that region. I am in Canada and so I have a similar issue