Thank you Jay & Thujan

Thanks Jay and you continue to have my support.

So glad to see this post. That was a bold move, which checked all the right boxes for me. Looking forward to the review.

Looking forward to your head to head thoughts on CSS Criton 1TDX -vs- X-LS Encore. Then does either surpass your Sonus Faber Electa Amator III. Amazing level these kit speakers have achieved. For a fraction of the price. Danny well representing us bang for the buck guy's. Time for a trip to Texas, Jay. Just did a pair of the 8TC cable kit...(in my Rig) Soundstage was always well defined, now it has expanded and is now as large as the 96 inch screen the system flank's. These cables opened everything up...now the soundstage extends beyond the speakers...just magical. Sincere TY to Danny for definitely leveling up my system, for what $220.00. Officially on my Christmas list. Going to let them burn it for a hundred hours or so then I'll do a more detailed review for Danny's site. Musical cues (reflections from parts of the room I have never heard before) Just outstanding. Learn everything you can from him. I'm going to. Take care Jay.

Don't forget before reviewing them: _"Copper foil caps need 400 hours of burn-in, the rest of the parts 200h, and the cable 200 hours"_ It is absolutely paramount !

Hold on a bit longer, I think he said they are looking at designing that new 8" woofer with their new tweeter (bookshelf) should be amazing. Do a cable kit while you wait. That's what I did.

Thank you🙂👍 frederick

I like the Linearity of XLS above all👍🙂

I understand I was ahead of myself didn't check the date of Danny's video. I am excited like everyone 🤗 else at the results. Incidentally I have a pair waiting on me to finish (procrastination is a disease) anyway I will eat that 🐸

Thank you Steve for kind words

An 8” NQ version could be “killer”

I honestly like coaxials. But only few do them really well

Hey, good idea.

@@bbfoto7248 I agree :) I'll stick with Sbacoustics :)

Very well said, true wisdom Howard.

@@512bb 👍👍

People will still argue over that. Science vs subjective etc

@@RennieAsh 👍

I have not seen a perfect tweeter yet. I have an interesting speaker collection over the years and the tweeter/wave guide has not changed in any significant way for a long time. I am a fan of a coaxial design. I like the directivity more than a traditional design

Bliesma t34 is pretty good. Not sure you'll get the dispersion though unless there's some super 3/4" tweeter :)

@@RennieAsh Yes everything above 8 kHz will obviously be less than ideally dispersed with an 1 inch tweeter. My ideal two way system would use a 6 inch bass mid driver up to 1.2 kHz and a 1 inch driver above. My ideal 3 way speaker would use a 8 inch driver to 700Hz and a 2 inch driver from there up to 3,5 kHz and a 3/4 inch driver from there and above. All in a gently curved wide baffle. Such designs don’t really exist nowadays. AR made something a bit like this in the seventies but they were lacking in power handling, parts quality and had a somewhat downslopes frequency response. So…..

Well that might be a good idea if I needed that kind of feedback. Unfortunately Amir has no idea what he is doing and his feedback is just going to be a hit job because I give him no credibility. What he is doing truly is a joke and a disservice to the audio community.

@@dannyrichie9743 I’m with you 100%, Danny, regarding Amir. Erin, OTH, does a great job with his Klippel, and delivers solid, even-handed reviews, which include extensive listening. Like you, he has an affable demeanor and offers very credible audio info.

@@bbfoto7248 Ha, he has no idea what he is doing. He doesn't know how to read the measurements he's taking either. And you don't need to hear that from the most qualified guru in the industry. Everybody that is anybody in the industry can tell you that. That whole site over there is the butt if industry jokes.

@@bbfoto7248 I have not had any review request from Erin.

@@bbfoto7248 He doesn't do reviews. He really doesn't even have a decent listening room for listening to music. How accurate or to what level of accuracy a measurement system is capable of is not an issue. The most important factor is being able to read and understand the data and what is measured. This is where he has no idea what he is doing. No company out there is ever going to watch what he is doing and send him anything.

I’m not. The dude is a prima donna. Based on Jay’s attitude, I’m expecting an all-out hit piece.

We are working on it.

One can only do so much, ... there's many examples throughout the industry of hand matched/measured pairs as a attribute. One such example... Legacy's Bill Duddleston does this and has discussed this issue at length.

We are tweaking the crossovers for each model.

Give them a try and find out. You can make some pretty cheaply using some pieces of cardboard or tinker toys.

Just hang them from the ceiling like a modern art piece, they'll sound 10x better because you can have them further from surfaces than almost any floor based riser!

@@RennieAsh Don't forget to hang the speakers too. Makes a world of a difference. All the interference-mumbo-jumbo coupling between the floor and the bottom of the speakers disappears too !

Amir is not consider a reviewer by the audio community. He doesn't even have a real listening room and doesn't even listen to a pair of speakers that he is "reviewing". What type of measuring system you use is nowhere near as important as knowing how to use it. Also, audible effects of wire and even cable risers are easy to demonstrate.

Plus he has high end Reveal and ML and claim not much differences. Flat respond and low distortion, you pass.

@@dannyrichie9743 Hi Danny, thank you for your reply. Whether differences between cables are audible is not what concerns me, what struck a chord was using measurements of mutually coupled inductors to prove audibility of these. All it shows is the importance of keeping inductors spaced and at right angles, not much else. Why not use actual cables instead - we know the answer, don't we? Actually, at that level the impact internally propagating soundwaves and vibrations have on microphonic crossover components is much more detrimental. In a sense, any ordinary lamp cord is orders of magnitude better when it comes to fidelity, than the most advanced speaker in the World, for one, it is perfectly capable of reproducing a squarewave and nowhere near 0.2 - 20% THD figures. By the same token, all it takes is to look inside an amplifier to see the same precious signal leaving the source/emitter via 150-470mΩ non-inductive cement resistors, before heading down the tin plated copper trace to an inductor paralleled with a resistor, and finally entering ... the contacts of the relay next to its energized iron core solenoid. No special weave pattern, no exotic materials, no cable risers in a much more hostile environment and yet. Don't get me wrong, I like my speakers fast decaying & flat on-axis and understand listening environment adaptation matters just as much as the source itself, moreover, I actually do utilize solid silver in cotton twisted pair for HF drivers myself, but not because of inductor coupling.

Subs were on and balanced. The sound clips did not at all sound like what we were getting in the room. We are going to try some different mics and see if we can more accurately capture what we hear in the room.

@@dannyrichie9743 Can't wait to hear it, kudos to you for doing it.

@@crtgamer2355 Wait for the new capture, it'll blow your mind. 1st one wasn't too good because the mics only had 50 hours of burn-in...

@@iamsometimes6712 Looking forward :)

Yes, and a link will appear here as well. We are scheduled to work on that project later today.

@@dannyrichie9743 Thanks for that.

@@arthurwatts1680 LGK sound clips are now up.

Peerless of India, which used to be associated with Peerless of Denmark.

@@hoth2112 Are you associated with GR Research?

@@giriprasadkotte9876 Yes, I'm one of his employees.

@@hoth2112 Understood

We did not remove it on this end.

@@dannyrichie9743 Thanks for the feedback Danny! glad to hear that you didn’t sensor Jay. Also glad to hear that Jay chose to delete some of his comments. I’ll deposit some brownie points to both of your accounts 😊

We listened to them and weren't quite happy with the results. We plan to re-record them this weekend to get a better recording

Entitled much ?

@@iamsometimes6712: Entitled to what was promised, yes! Soon it will be weeks and still no samples..... ⏳

Jay's ready.

What a load of ignorant, misinformed bull**it.

Ok bud lol

The reason audio is a P*ssing contest is because half the so called differences are smaller in nature than the extraneous variables from your mind and body condition, biases, etc. And since most of it is subjective based, you get bickering :) people don't like their perception questioned either it seems. "I heard it therefore it exists"

@@RennieAsh small difference for non passionate listener is a huge difference for a true enthusiast and music lover aka audiofile .

@@bbfoto7248 Continue trying to confirm what you can't measure and grasp on paper or by oscilators and meters ....tools not designed to listen to music instead of using good ol ears and working on your listening skills ... Why not making live easier.

I am not opposed to reviewers. My designs have been reviewed by every magazine online and in print and won awards from all of them. It is my desire to make the next generation of KZfaq reviewers better, and nothing more. Jay is one of the guys I am pulling for and I would do anything I can for him.

Ok

Well early on is a very bad indicator for the current quality of Jay's reviews. I like his content a lot. Just as I like this video too. No need to bitch, specially not if you have to pull in early content in order to underpin your statement.

Speaker burn in is a real thing and can often be very audible.

@@dannyrichie9743 speaker cone yes! Speaker wire no !

@@boborman5537 It is very easy to break the myth, buy the same pair of speaker cable flesh and compare to your old ones.

@@kongwee1978 I did that Copper wire does not change characteristics as it ages. Copper is a mineral, all of those that say copper wire improves with age like wine only need to show me the difference via a scope, distortion analyzer or some such device I am only asking you to back up your claims with science not black magic.

@@boborman5537 Good for you as all copper cable will sound the same to you. These is not much I could say. For I can tell the difference immediately if I buy a cable and test the cable on spot for defects. Openness, smoothness, rhythm, dimension, tightness are different. Only the same is frequency response, the amount of high, mid, low gonna be the same. Good reputation shop don't even wanna sell you their "burn in" cable till it doesn't affect their sale being sold off.

Things got a little too spicy I guess, as a Jay fan, I have to say Jays response was a bit uncalled for.

I did not delete his comment and neither did Ron. So it had to be done by Jay. To be honest, it probably wasn't a bad idea.

Short answer is no on the bluetooth speakers.

@@dannyrichie9743 well I just saw Jay's hiperbolic rant and withdraw my thoughts he might let go of the B S aditude he seems to want to lecture you and the rest of us on his issues concerning being open to investigations and what he hears and pass on his "opinions." My ideal is Democracy. And that each man is an individual with respect to his belief and not to idolize the individual. Paraphrasing A. Enstein...

They are custom drivers from Peerless of India

@@hoth2112 I know 😀

All"reviewers" and business owners have their unique agendas. Some are just better at the marketing side of things :)

@@doifeellucky Funding communism isn't a good idea.

Absolutely! Jay is actually a reviewer with an actual listening room, and he listens. Those other guys are NOT reviewers.

I am not in this for KZfaq views. The discussion and what has actually come of my call out of the KZfaq reviewers has been very fruitful so far and even more is to come.

@@dannyrichie9743 I was watching your channel prior to the callout and it hasn’t changed my view on your channel or more importantly your product. I’m still just as curious about what you make and think your approach is reasonable and founded in knowledge and past successes. Heck, the soccer and track stuff is cool as well.

Horrible allergies.

Lol

@@intenttoinjure Wait, am confused, after what I heard Danny claim about burn-in... Or could it be possible for Danny himself to still be immature (or biz duplicitous) after his many years ?

@@iamsometimes6712 lol