Hi All,
I joined hifi-vision a few day ago. I am from Bangalore.
I started with the aim of putting together a budget music system. (speaker + amp + source). I am not interrested in the HT.
My budget would be around 50-60K.
I listen to :
60-70s rock - 40%.
ghazals/indian film music - 30%
indian classical (hindustani/carnatic) - 25%
western classical - 5% (just started)
After reading magazines and this site, i realize that the speakers and amp are more important that the source. So if the in this budget i can manage all 3 its good, but if i just manage to get speakers + amp, then also is it fine, provided i get something substantially better.
I have gone thru the threads of noobs-take (magma) and under 20 K speakers (pyscho). Found them extremely useful. Thanks a lot!.
As advised by many i have just started visting some dealers. Being a beginner in judging sound quality i do find this quite tough, hence i just go with what i feel. I have visited 3 dealers so far (Wharf, MS, Tannoy)
Now for the purpose of this post.
I went to the Tannoy dealer, to look at the F1 custom BS.
He instead demoed the Tannoy FS since the last F1 custom in stock had just been sold. The FS were good. The dealer said that the diff between the FS and the F1 custom would be the addition bass in the FS.
Next, the dealer demoed a Tannoy Studio Monitor called Reveal 6. (price 30k). They were of typical BS size.
To be frank, i found them extremely impressive, definitely better than the Tannoy FS.
Main question is:
How do the Studio Monitors compare with normal home/residential speakers (does any such clasisfication exisxt ?) ?
Atlest Tannoy's site lists separate set of products for these.
The wiki definition seem to suggest that Studio MOnitors produce sound "AS IS" and atleast as close to "as is" as possible, with possibly wider frequency ranges.
I think this seems to suggest that Studio Monitors are probably much better than normal home/residential speakers, bcos many folks in this forum often say that a key point to judge a speaker is its ability to produce music as close to the original as possible and not do any additions to it.
Is this interpretation correct ?
If yes, then why aren't such speakers not discussed/suggested in any of the forums or reviews ? Is it bcos of higher cost and hence less VFM ?
thanks
I joined hifi-vision a few day ago. I am from Bangalore.
I started with the aim of putting together a budget music system. (speaker + amp + source). I am not interrested in the HT.
My budget would be around 50-60K.
I listen to :
60-70s rock - 40%.
ghazals/indian film music - 30%
indian classical (hindustani/carnatic) - 25%
western classical - 5% (just started)
After reading magazines and this site, i realize that the speakers and amp are more important that the source. So if the in this budget i can manage all 3 its good, but if i just manage to get speakers + amp, then also is it fine, provided i get something substantially better.
I have gone thru the threads of noobs-take (magma) and under 20 K speakers (pyscho). Found them extremely useful. Thanks a lot!.
As advised by many i have just started visting some dealers. Being a beginner in judging sound quality i do find this quite tough, hence i just go with what i feel. I have visited 3 dealers so far (Wharf, MS, Tannoy)
Now for the purpose of this post.
I went to the Tannoy dealer, to look at the F1 custom BS.
He instead demoed the Tannoy FS since the last F1 custom in stock had just been sold. The FS were good. The dealer said that the diff between the FS and the F1 custom would be the addition bass in the FS.
Next, the dealer demoed a Tannoy Studio Monitor called Reveal 6. (price 30k). They were of typical BS size.
To be frank, i found them extremely impressive, definitely better than the Tannoy FS.
Main question is:
How do the Studio Monitors compare with normal home/residential speakers (does any such clasisfication exisxt ?) ?
Atlest Tannoy's site lists separate set of products for these.
The wiki definition seem to suggest that Studio MOnitors produce sound "AS IS" and atleast as close to "as is" as possible, with possibly wider frequency ranges.
I think this seems to suggest that Studio Monitors are probably much better than normal home/residential speakers, bcos many folks in this forum often say that a key point to judge a speaker is its ability to produce music as close to the original as possible and not do any additions to it.
Is this interpretation correct ?
If yes, then why aren't such speakers not discussed/suggested in any of the forums or reviews ? Is it bcos of higher cost and hence less VFM ?
thanks