EMP E41-B for $209

[fuzz092888]

I'll have to look into them for powering these 41's then as well. I'm not sure the little Lepai's are really up for the duty of producing decent distortion-free sound. I could care less what they do with the shakers.

Lucky for me, my woman doesn't live with me quite yet. That's changing soon here at the beginning of 2013 so we'll see where things go from there! She said she doesn't care about having big boxy speakers everywhere, so that's a good sign, right?

They come in a few different sizes, but only available on ebay but bad english speaking, slightly sketchy seeming Asians However the sketchy asians were very helpful and after they mistranslated then retranslated a few questions I had everything seemed fine and I pulled the trigger.

Got the 65W @8ohm 100W at 4ohm one. $105 shipped. I couldn't find anything I liked that seemed to have the build quality of this little thing for anywhere close to that price. You sacrifice a few things, like remote, but since these are computer only speakers and everything is within arms reach that wasn't a big deal for me.

That sounds like a terrific sign. The crutch of the matter how will she feel about it once she moves in and needs room for her stuff? Therein lies the question.

We've come to unspoken agreement that the living room is 80% mine, while the rest of the (small) apartment is 100% hers

I think it was a fair agreement. At least I got something, what more could I ask for?

 

[Soccerkid830]

They come in a few different sizes, but only available on ebay but bad english speaking, slightly sketchy seeming Asians However the sketchy asians were very helpful and after they mistranslated then retranslated a few questions I had everything seemed fine and I pulled the trigger.

The Lepai I got came with a manual entirely in Chinese. Nothing I received is in English except for the few buttons on the amp itself. I think anything will be an upgrade in reality

 

[fuzz092888]

This is the one I got. The shipping was fairly quick, it took about 11 days total for it to get here.

Lots of pictures of the insides which I liked, so yes, if you were to get this one or one of the smaller ones it would probably be an upgrade

 

[GranteedEV]

Al vs Be cones, or did you do that already and I just missed it?

I think Aluminum is heavier for the same stiffness, so it should dig a bit deeper on the bass (i'm not sure about Gene's "more output" comment. *shrug*)

Since Be is lighter but retains the same stiffness, it should be more efficient, and thus i'd imagine easier to drive / more dynamic for the same stiffness?

The real advantage of Be seems to be that with the same stiffness of cone, its main breakup peaks may be around two octaves higher in frequency.

The result is, say the 4" aluminum cone breaks up at 10khz, and the 4" Be cone breaks up at 20khz. So at 3khz, the aluminum cone probably has a peak in its 3rd order distortion profile, while the Be cone has nothing unless you look at the really low order stuff, like 5th order, which should already be around 70-90db below the fundamental tone.

That also means you can get away with a simpler crossover, so no possible "ringing" at that same 10khz from a 2nd order crossover.

I don't know if it's a meaningful difference, but just being able to tell myself I have a Be mid is awesome

This is the one I got. The shipping was fairly quick, it took about 11 days total for it to get here.

Did you really need a 50 watt amp for two feet away? Lol.

 

[fuzz092888]

Did you really want a 50 watt amp for two feet away? Lol.

Why yes, which is exactly why I got it

And it's 2.5 feet away, huge difference :roll eyes:

On a more serious note, these point directly into the kitchen from my desk so I do turn them up a bit to drown out the sound of my own singing as I cook and anything less then 50 watts was just not going to do it lol

 

[KEW]

... being able to tell myself I have a Be mid is awesome

How many speakers have Be mids?
The reasons for a Be tweeter are pretty compelling, but a Be mid almost seems like an exercise in piss elegance - for "ID value oriented EMP" to do it is bizarre (but I'm glad they did).

 

[Soccerkid830]

Should be here today! Hopefully they'll leave them at the front desk of my apartment place and not one of them notes saying "Sorry, we missed you!" (Because we come during working day hours when everyone else is gone from home anyway but we like to make things inconvenient for everyone else)

They should only deliver from maybe starting at 4 in the afternoon til about 8 ish. That'd be great, not quite possible, but great...

 

[fuzz092888]

In my experience they only leave those little notes for sig required, which these shouldn't be. As long as the person at the front desk is willing to hold onto the package until you get back then your golden.

 

[Adam]

You can also get a signature release put in your file, but it's still up to their discretion (I believe that you can do that by filling out the back of the form that they leave). I have one on file for FedEx, but they didn't leave my new phone last Monday - might have been the weather, or whatever (perhaps they saw Alex crouching in the shrubbery ). They left it the next day when I signed the "Sorry, we missed you!" form.

 

[KEW]

They left mine by the garage door.

 

[Soccerkid830]

That's good news! I'm looking forward to playing with them. It's too hot to go to the pool anyway so I'll need something to do! I am not a fan of swimming in water nearing the 85 degree mark, barely even refreshing at that temperature. More like jumping into a bathtub of luke warm water.. awesome.

Supposed to hit 100 today, without all the factored in crap like humidity and that nonsense

 

[KEW]

Supposed to hit 100 today, without all the factored in crap like humidity and that nonsense

Come cool down in Georgia. It is 84°F right now!!!

(but looks a little stormy for jumping in water - unless you like to live dangerously)

 

[Soccerkid830]

Come cool down in Georgia. It is 84°F right now!!!

(but looks a little stormy for jumping in water - unless you like to live dangerously)

That'd be so nice right now. We've had so many 90° days in a row now.

I didn't even know my car's thermometer had a third digit spot

 

[KEW]

It always blows my mind when I hear something like 100 up there - we don't see the third digit very often down here!
Hopefully your speakers will get there to keep you entertained until the temp breaks!

 

[alphaiii]

That'd be so nice right now. We've had so many 90° days in a row now.

I didn't even know my car's thermometer had a third digit spot

It's 102° here in Baltimore right now too... so I feel your pain...

The number of 95°+ days we've had this year is getting ridiculous... Crazy to know it's actually 18° cooler in Georgia today...

 

[Soccerkid830]

They have been on the truck for delivery since 10:30 am. Still waiting for their arrival! By time they get here the glue holding the cabinets together is going to be remelted and falling apart!

 

[KEW]

Well, if it makes you feel any cooler, we did see 106° last week!

 

[Soccerkid830]

Well, if it makes you feel any cooler, we did see 106° last week!

Holy cow. A few weeks ago I think we hit right around there as well. Only been in the low-mid 90's since then. How bad is that when you say ONLY to temperatures being in the 90's....



Anyway, some toys just came! I felt bad for the FedEx guy so I gave him a bottle of water as well.

They package their gear so well it bugs me. Takes me longer to rip everything open and start playing with my new stuff! Anyway... these, like other people have said, come labeled as RBH 41-SE/B speakers on the shipping label as well as the packaging. Only underneath do they say EMP on the speakers themselves. Anyway, they look eerily similar to my T2's just on a smaller scale . Same shape, same beveled edges, same gloss finish on the top/bottom of the cabinet, same black ash outside grain. Looks like I got a good pair of surrounds to match the mains should I choose to go that route instead of towers all around....

 

[KEW]

Anyway, some toys just came!

So... are they worth $210?

 

[dkane360]

I wish I bought a pair