Who not to buy speakers from

Nightfall
Nightfall Posts: 10,086
in Vintage Speakers
Why? Seriously.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoBjh_Qe_Wk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3EmVGLbRi4
afterburnt wrote: »
They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,638
    edited April 2015
    Not to derail your post--you have other video's & the ''1c demo'' would you know what that song is & maybe artist ? I listened to it & it is very relaxing. Id like to get it on vinyl
    EDIT- it was the 1c demo without singing. Mostly piano. Cant find it now. I will search utube
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    I think I see what you're talking about.
    My new Polk SDA-1C's playing Jim Brickman's Lake Erie Rainfall
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,638
    edited April 2015
    Thats the one. Absolutely beautiful music there. Is that your video ? If so Thank You. I enjoyed that & i hope i can pick up that lp
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,020
    edited April 2015
    yikes to that speaker action; looks a bit extreme, but I wouldn't know. lots of cameras' mics are prob overrun by frequencies and output levels like I would imagine were present during these videos, so coulda sounded worse in the video than it really was?

    boston - do you have a smartphone? have you ever tried Soundhound or Shazam for song ID? works pretty well most of the time.
    I disabled signatures.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,638
    Yes. I have Shazam. But when im on here & on the internet its with this iphone. We have desktop-laptops i dont use. When im watching video i dont think i can stop video & do Shazam at same time...... I do have a tablet. Ahhhh thank you. Ive never used it. Now i might try that
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    In reference to the 2 videos in the OP: I bet this is how @bobt plays his SDA 1C's and wonders why his midwoofers are dying and replacements are "popping".
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • Mystery
    Mystery Posts: 2,546
    I play that song at least once on almost all of my floor standing speakers.
    The distortion you hear is from the phone's microphone.

    Klipsch RB81, KG3.5, B&W DM602.5, Polk.
    Subwoofers: Klipsch RW10, Triad ProSub Bronze.
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  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,281
    I like Nightfall's music (My new Polk SDA-1C's playing Jim Brickman's Lake Erie Rainfall); a new artist for me.

    I tried the loopback mode in JRiver to capture the 1C youtube audio stream to play through my 2B's. The sound was really good.
    Harry
    Marietta, GA
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    Harry / Marietta GA
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  • smglbrth
    smglbrth Posts: 1,471
    I have an audio test CD originally recorded in the 70's, I think. At the end of it there is a low bass tone that will move drivers like crazy but you can barely hear it. It's a nice CD to test vintage Polks for air leaks, etc... Obviously not at that level however...
    Remember, when you're running from something, you're running to something...-me
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