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I once read somewhere that Bob Stuart said he can put his 8Ks even in a customized furniture and make it sound good. This implies access to the onboard DSP via PC for an in-room calibration of the frequency response (room correction) ? So far I have seen no further evidence that this is actually possible with the 8ks, or is it ? For that amount I think it should be possible.

On the Dunlavys, which I have not heard, I can hardly believe that a passive non DSP corrected speaker will sound as neutral, although I have not seen a frequency plot on the 8Ks. Does anybody have a plot on the 8ks ?

BTW: "closing ones eyes to hear some sort of difference" is always an indication to me that the differences we talk about are minor. Either a speaker clearly images in a direct comparison or it fails. Such minor differences that one has to close his eyes and "fully concentrate" to hear something are differences I would call almost redundant.

There are real big differences between certain speakers. I would urge you to hear a B+W Signature and a Genelec in the same price class. Then you will notice what real imaging is, what real "hard center phantom imaging" is without a center speaker.

From Dunlavys professional recommndations I would expect a good sound radiation pattern with good vertical bundling. It should therefore image much better than many high end speakers that are designed for a giant real but unfocused soundstage. But maybe the Dunlavys are only good in Gary Reber's acoustically treated HT pit, which minimizes the effect of poor sound radiation designs by it superior room dampening ?


[This message has been edited by Andreas (edited 11-29-2001).]