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When you've already got the best driver and crossover parts, then improving the cabinet is icing on the cake. At this price point, cosmetics plays a big role and RBH felt they have a market for a speaker made from a granite enclosure. I doubt this will be a big seller for them but they rarely...

The person shopping value in this case can buy the RBH 61-SE/R version for under $2k and get about 85-90% of the performance for 1/6th the price. It's nice to have options for more discerning buyers especially when they cough up Franklin's ;)

Geez man each response you write is a book. You must either be retired, independently wealthy, or have a cushion job to lurk here while you work :) This is what you originally asked. I approached my response from a Systems standpoint while you seem to be focused solely on an interface and/or...

There is nothing wrong with the Ascends cabinet or speaker in general. They make excellent stuff, perhaps some of the best values from ID speaker companies. They use real quality components and no psuedo-science like some of their competitors. However, the cabinet construction of the Ascends...

Thanks Dennis. It's great when actual knowledgeable people with real world experience participate on this forum instead of trolling which seems to be happening more and more these days here. Very sad as it makes it more difficult to work with high end companies as a result. The amazing...

The process of how RBH eliminated resonance in the cabinet is discussed in this brief overview article so you can better understand it: http://www.audioholics.com/bookshelf-speaker-reviews/status-acoustics-granite-bookshelf-speakers OK and perhaps every manufacturer will also disclose all of...

I happen to be friends with Henry Ott and I think he would find it amusing how you are misquoting his book. In fact, he's even written and peer reviewed many cable articles on this site. He and I had many discussions on the merits of fully differential designs in audio. Let me just quote a...

You obviously have never worked in the Telecom industry. Every competent design in the Telcom world is fully differential for two reasons: lower noise lower distortion Sorry I don't have time to sit here and debate you on it but these are engineering facts. DSL over POTS would have NEVER...

They kinda are b/c of how the power supply is done. I discuss this in my Emotiva review if you would like to read the design section: Emotiva XPR-1 Mono Amplifier Review | Audioholics

I honestly don't have the time to debate every point in your posts. You do raise some valid criticisms but your delivery can use some improvement. Be careful about over objectifying audio. Usually people fall in the trap of using too simplistic of testing procedure and too small of a sample...

Soery but your posts come off very abrasively. As for competition, good luck with that. This is a small and tough field to thrive in. The print mags backed by million dollar corporations have a sophomoric understanding of SEO which thankfully keeps us at the top of the food chain in traffic...

If you truly are an EE then you wouldn't be asking how a differential topology reduces distortion over an equivalent Single Ended design. There are plenty of EE telecom books that go into great detail about this but even a junior level Curcuits I book from college broaches the subject. When I...

RE: Granite Granite is one of the strongest naturally occurring materials on earth, measuring an eight out of ten on Mohs hardness scale. It is an important building stone and is extremely resistant to weathering. To give you an idea of granite’s strength, diamonds, the hardest natural material...

You are welcome to follow your own suggestions when you start your own AV publication.

not talking about the interconnect. Talking about the distortion reducing benefits of balanced vs single ended circuit topology.

Not sure and I don't really care. Maybe 2 people will appreciate the measurements of a phono stage these days. The measurement was done for good housekeeping and it's unlikely I will be measuring many phono stages in the near future.

It's kind of obvious the balanced comment was for the Blu-ray player since you can't have a balanced turntable connection but I will try to tweak it a bit. I strongly disagree with your assessment of balanced vs unbalanced circuits. With all things being equal, I would take a fully...

You're joking right? These are by far the most rigid and inert cabinets I've ever seen. Lot's of false assumptions people like to make without ever seeing let alone hearing a product.

Umm the tweeters alone are $150/ea and the Beryllium mids are also very expensive. Not to mention the quality of parts in the crossovers. But yes, Granite is the most expensive item in these speakers and they aren't meant for the value shopper.

We can't measure everything we review and it's our hope people find the subjective portions of our reviews based on years of experience with many products useful. Also, here is a recent review I did with a full battery of measurements for Marantz:" Marantz PM-11S3 Integrated Amplifier Review |...