Much better.
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Now that Johnny Ivy seems to be with “LoveFrom” or at least that’s what he suggested, Apple seems to have a vacancy!
Looking at their Pro Displays design (and cost) simplicity seems to have left Apple with him. Unless the dust cloth eating cheese grater design, a house keepers nightmare, is his.
So they are in need for simple but elegant design, you seem to have hit that nails head.
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I think what Chris is suggesting refers more to the measured bass response which is quite measurable and often eye opening.
Indeed, my statement you cannot determine how a product sounds simply by its measurement stands, though we don’t want to take it to literally since it’s not all inclusive. For example, we can say that a speaker with very little low bass will,
not sound big and full in the bottom end. Similarly, we can suggest that a speaker whose tweeter doesn’t have much in the way of extension or a crossover that doesn’t fill in acoustic holes will definitely sound a certain way.
My comment has always been about similarly measuring products.
Yes, this is exactly right (to some extent).
If I may, I’d like to try and clear up some of the confusion between my statements and yours by some of the members here (please correct me if I’m off).
TLDR:
There are some things you can measure to find out if a speaker is fundamentally “right”. If it’s not, it will not sound good. There are some things that (to my knowledge) you simply can not measure.
The long version:
Example of measurements that will tell you how a speaker will sound:
The on-axis frequency response and the off axis frequency response. The further away a speaker gets from a flat frequency response, the worst (more unnatural) it will sound. A speaker with flat on-axis response but bad off-axis response will only sound good in the middle of a field. In a room, the off-axis problems will show up due to the reflections reaching your ears.
If this fundamental attribute is not correct, the speaker may do many other things well but it will still sound like crap.
Example of measurements that will NOT tell you how a speaker will sound:
Impedance curve. If a speaker has particularly low impedance dips, depending on where they are, they can bring an amp to its knees. This does not mean the speaker is good or bad, but it does mean it won’t sound its best unless you bring serious amplification to the party. Caveat: an impedance curve with little peaks and ripples is not a good sign but for this example let’s imagine there are only dips.
Example (a blatant one to make the point) where you simply can’t measure something:
A conventional cone speaker and a panel will sound fundamentally different. Even if all their measurements are identical.
There are “signs” to lead you in the right direction but the final arbiter has to be your ears.
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I love how the new speaker looks, importantly and specifically the stands and the two-box configuration. COOL!
I’m without opinion on the stands, but like the overall new look more than the old one.
I wonder about no opinion regarding those stands…except no opinion.
Am I glad I’m not the only one who likes them wooden supports, assuming you meant the supports in the original PS Audio pictures. Perhaps a Texas thing. Best regards, former legal alien of Comal County Texas. And boy, do I miss Texas.
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I’m of course biased, but I think they look slick as well.
Parts of Texas ain’t bad either…
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I like 'em.
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Hi James,
Was wondering, are the new AN3’s set up in a room where they can be demoed at PS Audio?
Not yet, but they should be ready soon. I don’t know the exact date, but I reckon they’ll be playing mid next month. There will be a lot of tweaking going on at that time, so expect a mess when you come over.
I like the new speaker design also. I think this is a big improvement over the original design. I also like the midcentury modern design of the stands. I wish I could afford them. I’ll wait for the Stellar version.
I’m not sure about the gold ring on the speakers. Perhaps it’s just the way its photographed. It could look a little subtler in my opinion.
Too much, easiest and most eye pleasing, AND easy to install would be screws holes at the bottom, and for a metal suspension, legs to just screw into it. Some legs like these…
Or even a flat wooden panel with metal spikes like this
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I also think this solution is better, but I respected original attachment on the sides of speaker, as PA Audio designed with wooden stands.
I understand, but I think that should change.
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Yes. But who knows, maybe this is not about easiest and most effective stands design, maybe PS Audio just want to be different. And maybe there is actual reason (some benefit from speakers design perspective) to attach stands on side panels.
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I guess, but I believe the stands are too polarizing and taking away from the other great design and potential great sound it may have. Will have to wait and see the final product I guess.
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Agrred