5 Killer $2k/pair Tower Speakers Compared for 2019

[Alex2507]

I am an engineer.

Like a rail road engineer? Choo-choos?

 

[Trell]

If you don't know anything about interference effect go educate yourself before farting out your opinion..
I don't have time to educate the ignorant.

Dude, this is not The Steam Vent forum.

 

[kini]

Of course. I am an engineer.
You consider yourself a wise guy?

Thanks for stopping by and sharing your knowledge Dilbert.

 

[Russdawg1]

Of course. I am an engineer.
You consider yourself a wise guy?

You are engineer?

Very good engineer?

Let’s see some speakers that you’ve made then. Obviously if you can fix these very critical flaws in these speakers which not only review well, but thousands are still bought year round, you must be killing it in this industry!

Dr. Toole, is that you?

 

[Pogre]

You consider yourself a wise guy?

Not at all. Just someone willing to share how little time and effort it can take to educate someone...

 

[Trell]

You are engineer?

Very good engineer?

Let’s see some speakers that you’ve made then. Obviously if you can fix these very critical flaws in these speakers which not only review well, but thousands are still bought year round, you must be killing it in this industry!

Dr. Toole, is that you?[my bold]

I highly doubt that as in any post I've seen by Dr Floyd Toole he is very polite and patient in answering.

Edit: I go no sense of humour.

 

[Russdawg1]

I highly doubt that as in any post I've seen by Dr Floyd Toole he is very polite and patient in answering.

I know, it was a joke. But the way he talks about his superior engineering skill, it has to be someone of that caliber

Edit: saw your edit

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

You are engineer?

Like a rail road engineer? Choo-choos?

Barely graduated from the Troll University of Google.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

D'Appolito MTM design

Someone needs to remind him what "MTM" stands for.

The guy is probably a troll.

 

[Pogre]

The guy is probably a troll.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

 

[panteragstk]

Someone needs to remind him what "MTM" stands for.

The guy is probably a troll.

That or is unaware of how conversations with people work.

 

[Trell]

That's exactly what I was thinking.

... Nah, not overtly constructive, so I deleted my comment.

 

[Trell]

That or is unaware of how conversations with people work.

I think that he (I assume) made some off-the cuff statements, got some blow-back, and don't know how to back down gracefully.

 

[KEW]

I am an engineer.

Come on, dude, you are embarrassing the rest of us engineers!
But better you recognize this now on a comparatively trivial topic while shooting the sh!t than while engaged in a project that involves safety related design decisions.
When empirical evidence contradicts your understanding of theory, you don't double down, you start investigating ... because either your understanding of the theory is incomplete, the theory is actually wrong, or the empirical evidence is misrepresented/misinterpreted.
In this case I would consider the presence of MTM center speakers among every major manufacturer of speakers (designed by engineers, physicists, and others who specialize in acoustics and speaker design). Knowing that they carefully measure and listen to the result of their efforts makes for pretty compelling empirical evidence that MTM speakers are not a faux pas. Right off, I am having a tough time thinking of any speaker company who avoids a MTM design for their center. That should give you pause!

 

[panteragstk]

@shadyJ Nice write up. I do think this is actually a great sweet spot for most considering getting into a higher class of speaker.

For me personally, this would be the range I would be looking at once I go to replace my office/den speakers (assuming I don't build them). I really want that room to have the best sound of anywhere in the house as that's where most of my music listening is done.

I read this thread, but I'm not seeing the question of why these particular speakers were chosen? Just based off the fact that you've recently reviewed them? All are awesome options (RBH in particular is of interest to me with how much love they get around here).

If that was already answered, sorry.

 

[shadyJ]

I read this thread, but I'm not seeing the question of why these particular speakers were chosen? Just based off the fact that you've recently reviewed them?

Yes, these speakers were selected simply for the fact that we have reviewed them recently, and they all have a similar design type and price range.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

One request for @shadyJ.

In addition to all those pretty 3D FR graphs, could you please also include the old very basic 2D graphs like you did on the SVTR towers?

This one is from Gene:

 

[sven1olaf]

@gene and @shadyJ , thanks for the informative comparison! Content like this is so very helpful for anyone that is not up to date on the current state of things in the A/V world.

Can't wait to get home to watch the video.

 

[panteragstk]

Yes, these speakers were selected simply for the fact that we have reviewed them recently, and they all have a similar design type and price range.

I figured as much. Are you leaning toward any of them in particular? I seem to remember you recommending the Paradigm a few times.

 

[shadyJ]

One request for In addition to all those pretty 3D FR graphs, could you please also include the old very basic 2D graphs like you did on the SVTR towers?

I never dealt with the SVTR speakers, sorry.

I figured as much. Are you leaning toward any of them in particular? I seem to remember you recommending the Paradigm a few times.

They all have their strengths. I didn't want to consider this a shoot-out, because each speaker might be most suitable for some particular situation. The Paradigm Premier speakers are very good and are a really solid buy for $2k. Of this group of speakers, they are the most neutral. They are more neutral than even the Persona speakers.[/USER][/QUOTE]