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Geckodelimon
10/11/09

In reply to Joey Roth's Ceramic Computer Speakers Review: $500 Gives Your PC Audiophile Cred
That woofer is the CSS FR125SR, or an OEM variant thereof. Retails for $50/ea. I'm in the process of building a set of speakers with it. It may be listed as "full range", but it has no business being used that way. The midrange is really good, with ruler-flat response and respectable (though not exemplary) harmonic distortion. Still, the top end drops like a rock as soon as you get off axis, even by as little as 15 degrees. She needs a small tweeter to do best.
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Bat21
10/11/09

In reply to Joey Roth's Ceramic Computer Speakers Review: $500 Gives Your PC Audiophile Cred
Wouldn't the sound cause the ceramic housing to eventually crumble?
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YankBoffin
10/12/09

@Bat21: I don't see that happening. However, I do see the sound vibrations causing the cork in the rear to work itself loose over time.
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skierpage
10/11/09

In reply to Joey Roth's Ceramic Computer Speakers Review: $500 Gives Your PC Audiophile Cred
Nice review. Is this better than the Focal XS 2.1 ($599)? Do people use studio monitors like the Mackie HR624 with computers?

Speakers are a personal thing. FWIW I've never heard near-field speakers sound better than Monsoon panels using Eminent Technologies' planar magnetic technology, but I'm a flat dipole lover. Alas no one makes them any more.

You definitely notice the disjointed sound balance with a subwoofer, if you have one the answer is to turn it way down until you can barely hear it.
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YankBoffin
10/12/09

@skierpage: I love my father's Monsoon speakers, though the listening sweet spot is quite narrow. With you ears in just the right spot they are like listening to the most comfortable headphones ever (get it?), but move your head a bit in any direction and the magic is gone.
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questionssm000
10/11/09

In reply to Joey Roth's Ceramic Computer Speakers Review: $500 Gives Your PC Audiophile Cred
This guy is full of himself thinking he can pass off some crudely made speakers as anything close to audiophiles standards.
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YankBoffin
10/12/09

@questionssm000: the Audiophiles are quite a gullible bunch, so actually I think he's pretty clever. They will believe his claims and they will buy this. Remember, these are people who believe speaker cables work better when elevated off the floor with $300 "speaker cable elevators."
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
10/10/09

In reply to Joey Roth's Ceramic Computer Speakers Review: $500 Gives Your PC Audiophile Cred
Nice speakers but for 500 bucks I'd like to have something nicer and a bit more stylish to rest it on instead of a piece of plywood.
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CAVEperson
10/10/09

In reply to Joey Roth's Ceramic Computer Speakers Review: $500 Gives Your PC Audiophile Cred
What, pray tell, do these things have to do with audiophiles?

If you think that a driver in an enclosure like that one could deliver anything even remotely resembling "audiophile"-quality sound, then I'd have to say that you know not what the word means. Nor do you have a shred of understanding of physics.

On the other hand, a statement as wacko as:

"Mids were clearer than I've ever heard them, giving more emphasis to vocal harmonies, guitar and piano, and the overpowering highs and lows in lower-end speakers were noticeably downplayed."

...almost convinces me that the entire article was intended as sarcasm. But then I remember what amazing nonsense that Giz writers are constantly coming up with. You guys are the poster children for the failure of American science education.
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appletoad
10/10/09

@CAVEperson: Who, pray tell, says "pray tell"?
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Duckspwn
10/11/09

@CAVEperson: What, pray tell , are you doing here then? If these articles suck so much, then why do you read them? Do you do it to make yourself feel good? To revel in your own superior intellect? Why don't you screw off?
"You guys are the poster children for the failure of American science education."
You must be the poster child for the douchebags of the world.
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CAVEperson
10/11/09

@Duckspwn: Like I said, far better an asshole (douchebag, whatever) than an ignoramus.

I'm "here" because, like everyone else, I'm interested in gadget news, and Gizmodo is a great source for it. But that doesn't excuse confusing the unwashed masses with pseudoscience.

Writing provocative stuff and starting flame wars is a great & honorable tradition among blog commentators. Judging from the intensity of the reactions, I do it more effectively than most. Nor are Giz bloggers themselves above spewing out frequent snarkiness. It's the internet--get used to it.

In ANY case, my intent wasn't really to be snarky for snarky's sake. I think it's a legitimate and important point that you can't trust everything you read, and gloggers seem to be especially fertile ground for misinformation. The 14-year-olds who, judging from the comments, apparently make up most of Giz audience are especially easy to confuse.
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RD Matt
10/10/09

In reply to Joey Roth's Ceramic Computer Speakers Review: $500 Gives Your PC Audiophile Cred
"to an audiophile like Joey, thumping bass of the sort you see in 2.1 sets throws off the balance of the music."

I'm sorry but what about dubstep? You couldn't HEAR the genre without a sub for it.
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Pope John Peeps II
10/10/09

@Matthew Bessey: Hahaha. Don't be silly. Dubstep isn't music.
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Gary_7vn
08/14/09

In reply to Awesome Porcelain Speakers Are Too Classy for My Desk
The stands look unstable, way too easy to knock over, and the speaker itself seems to be held in nothing more than gravity. One knock the speaker is rolling off your desk to it's death. The volume control is ri dic u lous.

It's a personal preference of course, but give me wood or even metal over ceramic any day.

Now if you could turn them up to 11...
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