Speaker A or B ?

[IndyKlipschFan]

I chose A.

***Do not reveal what it was!!***

I just wanted to know what all of you (that went) chose too.

Someone said at lunch..

A sounded like a live performance, I am "right there" speaker..

B sounded like a technology made were trying to "re create it" speaker.

If we just heard one, I am sure almost all of us would have been impressed either way.

Somehow my gut told me what it was, and I smiled SOOO Big when I saw it later!!

[J.4knee]

I chose A as well

[DoubleJ]

I chose "A".

There was something a little off regarding both of them, IMO,

but "A" was my clear flavorite.

JJ

[SilverSport]

sorry...double post...

Bill

[SilverSport]

I chose "A"...I understand "A" is still being tweaked...

Bill

[LarryC]

"A" in my book as well -- bigger, fuller, bolder sound, more and better definition in the mid-range, more extended highs, details easier to pick out.

Larry

[spaaaz]

I chose B,thought it had a bit better soundstage.

[scriven]

I am with Spaaaz. I chose B because they had a larger sound stage and I like that. I also thought that A was overbearing in the midrange. I guess what LarryC heard as better definition I heard as overpowering the highs and lows. I also attributed the relatively thinner sound of B to the difference in volume between the two.

[LarryC]

You weren't alone in hearing better imaging from B, Mark. For my part, I thought A gave a better, more easily heard rendering of the background electronic organ, for example, and that the tambourine (I think that's what it was -- a tough test for speakers and electronics, whatever it was) was a little clearer, had more extended highs, and was a little less peaky than on B.

You're right, though, A was turned up louder.

Larry

[Parrot]

No matter what the speaker, there is only so much it can do with Diana Krall as source. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Alison Krauss were better, of course, but my brain had already gone to self-protection mode after hearing Krall.

[scriven]

In thinking about the test I also wonder how the speaker placement affected the sound stage? It could be that B had a more advantages location. I did hear someone else say that they thought A had better imaging so I also wonder if the listing position made a difference. (I was at the far left of the couch and it was comfortable enough that I did not move until they kicked me out of the room! )

[damonrpayne]

I thought "A" was better on all points. I would have liked the option to demo "A" and "B" with a piece I was already very familiar with; but then again so would everyone else and we wouldn't have had time.

[Parrot]

Scriven,

Speaker placement is a problem on such tests, absolutely, because two different speakers cannot occupy the same physical space at the same time.

[jeffgeorge]

My Wife and I both chose "A" due to more defined midrange and tighter bass... better overall presentation.

[picky]

"A" for me.

[spaaaz]

come on parrot how could you get tired of krall after only the 20th time that day.hehe

yes I was wondering if placement was the main issue,my guess would be that speaker A was on the inside with B being on the outside and thus having a wider soundstage right off the bat.It was cool to have klipsch let us in on such a test to begin with let alone show us the contestants afterward. I was also seated dead center on the sofa.

[Mighty Favog]

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On 6/27/2005 12:54:36 PM scriven wrote:

I did hear someone else say that they thought A had better imaging so I also wonder if the listing position made a difference. (I was at the far left of the couch and it was comfortable enough that I did not move until they kicked me out of the room!

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That was probably me. Sheila almost backhanded me after I asked her something in her ear on the couch.

Anyway, these are just my thoughts....

I sat on the couch in the middle and "A" did have better soundstaging, but I also thought it was too forward for my tastes. "B" lost all soundstanging and was very subdued in the mid and upper ranges. Given both opinions on A & B I was leaning (ever so slightly) with B, only with the assumption I would be listening to "it" for a couple hours at least. I was simply making a decision as to which one offended me the least.

[IndyKlipschFan]

I would be interested in what the final numbers Trey had too?

Keep em coming guys... Good points!!

[J.4knee]

I sat on the couch in the middle and "A" did have better sound staging, but I also thought it was too forward for my tastes. "B" lost all soundstanging and was very subdued in the mid and upper ranges. Given both opinions on A &

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I favored A across the board and totally agree with this part of Tom's statement. I sat on the couch and to me A imaged much better but kind of sounded heavy and B sounded very thin and subdued and the image I heard made the B soundstage sound smaller vertically than A.

[Deang]

I thought 'A' was bass heavy and sounded like there was a badly integrated sub going with it. I did NOT think the midrange sounded very clear at all, and in fact, wrote that it sounded "muffled". I sensed the lower midrange was really dragging. Imaging sucked with that speaker too. I thought 'B' had an easy going and open sound with good balance.