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I heard the Box

I never quite followed what people meant when they commented "All I heard was the box"
when listening to a speaker. 

I experienced it now twice in the past month. Once with some Dynaco A25s and then with a pair
of Electrovoice EV 4s.

My problem is now that hear the box, I can't seem to unheard it. 

These old gems were meant to be used in my office mostly for FM radio background.

So my question is- A load of both of these speakers were sold over many years so
how did people get around this issue?

I am now leaning toward an Andrew Jones dual concentric bookshelf solution.
Those I have heard in my home and sounded quite acceptable at $600 new.


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jnorris2005
185 posts
 
I auditioned Martin Logan ELS versus their Motion 60's.  Talk about hearing the box!  It appeared as soon as the 60's were switched in.  It makes you wonder if the ELS designers and the Motion designers live on the same planet!

And it's got nothing to do with expensive wires or platforms, that's just more elitist audiophile hogwash.
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mijostyn
8,570 posts
 
jnorris2005, you should not insult hogs like that!
rickderuyter
21 posts
 
After boxes, english
esl s
its now ob
lii crystal 10 and w15
so far so good
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asvjerry
4,739 posts
 
...hard to tell hogs from merely swine....but just an ubsurdvation from this one....;)

enriquedlz
1 posts
 
Hearing the box is just the nature of the beast with box speaker vs open baffle designs.  And the way to hear the difference between boxed and open baffle is to do an A-B comparison.   And bring along a few tracks from a live recording in a concert hall.  My reference track is from Harry Belafonte's Carnegie hall concert.  The differences will be quite revealing.  Once you hear the box, it is hard to unhear it.   And the only solution is to go open baffle, or at least some hybrid combination like electrostatics and subs, or something like the Dalhquist DQ10.
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