[blindav] Re: bookshelf speakers
- From: <snoopyone@xxxxxxxx>
- To: blindav@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 09:04:53 -0500
It is too bad that I am on the other side of the country. I was just
thinking that I need to get rid of my speaker collection.
Speakers all in pairs
Book shelf KLH, Skott, Bose (in Fla)
Out door hanging Radio shack, Electrovoice PA30R (commercial)
Cealing
Resessed
Cordless RCA
Computer Various including 1 set of Boston Acoustic
Floor Electro-voice Voice of the Theater
Mike Corcoran
On Fri, 06 Feb 2015 06:28:40 -0500 "Gerald Levy"
<bwaylimited@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> The problem with bookshelf speakers these days is that they're not
> built
> like they used to be. In the heyday of two-channel stereo in the
> 1970's and
> 1980's , you could buy a great-sounding pair of bookshelf speakers
> like the
> original large Advents or AR5A's with 10" or 12" woofers that could
> really
> pump out the bass. But today, most bookshelf speakers are designed
> to work
> with separate subwoofers and so usually have woofers no larger than
> 6.5",
> which means that decent bass response is seriously compromised. You
> can't
> even find bookshelf speakers with 8" woofers anymore. So if you
> have a
> small listening room that cannot accomodate a floor-standing
> subwoofer,or
> live in an apartment where using a floor-standing subwoofer would
> disturb
> the downstairs neigbors, you're pretty much out of luck. Most
> bookshelf
> speakers I have seen only go down to about 45 Hz. My large Advents
> could go
> all the way down to about 25 Hz. My current bookshelf speakers, a
> pair of
> JBL LXE-990's 3-way speakers that I bought about 20 years ago, are
> actually
> tower speakers with 10" woofers, but because their cabinets are only
> 10"
> deep, they fit nicely on my bookshelves. Nobody makes speakers like
> these
> anymore.
>
> Gerald
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank" <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <blindav@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 11:11 PM
> Subject: [blindav] Re: bookshelf speakers
>
>
> > Bud, certainly not off topic, actually right on topic. I have
> always found
> > most powered speakers with few exceptions to be a bit of a
> compromise but
> > lets see what others say.
> > Frank
> >
> > Subject: bookshelf speakers
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> >
> > Hi gang,
> > I'm new here and don't know what is off topic but have a question
> about
> > speakers. I am moving from a good size house into a converted
> garage
> > apartment so am having to get rid of a lot of things including my
> floor
> > speakers. I'm thinking of getting some "bookshelf speakers'" and
> am
> > wondering what some good ones would be. I was thinking of
> unamplified
> > ones,
> > although my tuner-amp is about 20 years old and wonder if it's
> output
> > would
> > be as good as that of amplified speakers I would appreciate any
> input
> > about
> > some quality bookshelf speakers.
> > Thanks..
> >
> >
> > Bud Schwab
> > W 6 Z Y P
> > Malibu, California
> >
> >
> >
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