Do most speakers come with this requirement now? Sometimes settings are rather troublesome to change, if not downright impossible, without going through the app. My phone is convenient to use, but I'd like to listen to music without cluttering up my iPhone with apps that are specific to each brand or each speaker.
gofar99 Messages: 1951 Registered: May 2010 Location: Southern Arizona
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Curious. Then too none of mine (Vintage Altec Lansing, Vintage Klipsch and Contemporary Martin Logan ESLs) need anything. They were all made to work right out of the box. My main system doesn't even have any sort of tone controls either. IMO (YMMV) I figure the gear ought to sound correctly without alteration of any sort. I will however grant that occasionally some sort of adjustment may be needed to compensate for poor room acoustics.
gofar99 Messages: 1951 Registered: May 2010 Location: Southern Arizona
Illuminati (5th Degree)
Hi, the ESLs are different from conventional speakers as they present more of a unified sound stage and less of a point source type of sound. They do both direct and reflected sound and are a bit tricky to set up and honestly will not work well in all rooms. But if you can get them dialed in (use the Cardas settings and not the Martin Logan ones for best results ...go figure), the effect is stunning. ESLs are really "fast" and accurate. Equally unforgiving if the rest of the system is not up to par. I have several other speakers including vintage Altec Lansing Magnificents (7.5 cuft each) which are quite excellent...but the ESLs are always my go to ones. If you ever get serious about some, be sure to listen to some set up correctly and be ready to hand out a bunch of dollars. A large listening room is a must. (at least 12 by 15 and 9 high in feet, more is better)
EDIT: Sorry folks I didn't mean to steal the thread, but it seemed a response was in order.
Rusty Messages: 1195 Registered: May 2018 Location: Kansas City Missouri
Illuminati (3rd Degree)
Personally, I don't find it sacrilege to help out recorded music. I mainly listen to vinyl music and I use the Aphex aural exciter in conjunction with it. Even with using Pi speakers with their high sensitivity and dynamics. Using it just brings more life into the recorded mediums deficiencies. It's not the Pi speakers deficiencies by any means. I learned about it from the KAB website years back. There's still a web page for it. No longer available. I don't know if Aphex stopped making them. https://www.kabusa.com/frameset.htm?/aphex104.htm
Although tedious, it seems like most gadgets are now partnered with an app. I've encountered that with a smartwatch, but I didn't think even speakers would have an app. I guess, connecting with Bluetooth is not enough.
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