I don't know how Yamaha can call that a full range speaker when the bass drops off at 55 hz.
Using PA Speakers In A Home "Audiophile" Application!
Hi guys,
I am a bit inspired to explore/trial usage of a pair of PA speakers at home after i attended a live event recently.
I looked at some Yamaha PA models and zoomed in on one that isn't too huge/heavy, relatively easy to move around perhaps.
Are there any audiophiles here who had relative satisfaction trying such speakers at home? I am also thinking that this may not be a great idea, but, just curious at the moment.
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In my experience I would not use the JBL PA line for home stereo. I use the JBL studio monitor line for home stereo as better sound quality, high efficiency, high sensitivity, high power handling and great imaging. I used both the JBL 4430 and 4435 studio monitors in my home stereo. The 4435's have an efficiency of 2.7% and a sensitivity of 96 dB with one watt @ 8 Ohm's. In my room with one watt I get 103 dB SPL @ ten feet from the speakers, which is great for any genre of music. The 4435's do not sacrifice low frequency bandwidth for high efficiency. See my system page. 😎 Mike |
@toddalin Nice! One of my rooms is around 5000 cu.ft as well. I have always tied some of my less pleasant PA speaker experiences to lousy venues and subpar electronics behind them. But, yeah, putting some hifi grade electronics in front of the better designed/built PA speakers should make them exhibit significant audiophile attributes, i’d think. These guys seem to have such a huge list of PA speakers in different series and it is hard to tell which ones are supposed to have the best drivers and so on... I just zoomed into a smaller one from the "For discerning engineers" category, for now. I don’t think some of these models with the bigger drivers are all that affordable w.r.t prices either... https://usa.yamaha.com/products/proaudio/speakers/index.html
P.S. I had that meaty RX-Z9 for many years.
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@ellajeanelle , I understand now...Fortunately, my kids are growing/grown up, leaving the house one by one...
I am still meaning to make it to Boulder and audit P. McGowan’s stuff. I can appreciate insane PA bass, but, the home situation is not that conducive (spouse works from home, 1 floor above).., have Rythmik (sealed/smaller) subs. |
deep_333 OP: I went to the Rythmik website a little while ago because I was curious about those subs. I had not heard of them. They seem like good subs, particularly their servo technology. They go pretty low in frequency too! The only think that would keep me from buying them is that most of their models don't have balanced XLR inputs, other than that they have a lot more adjustments than most subs at that price. You should be content with those... |
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