RTJ Modular Loudspeaker System Review: Audiophile or Just LOUD?

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2 жыл бұрын

JTR Audio loudspeakers designed by Jeff Permanian of JTR are designed for the custom integrator market. This massive modular speaker consists of 4X 18" high excursion subwoofers (RTJ 18Sub Quad) and two mid modules (RTJ410) each sporting a 21" waveguide horn loaded coaxial driver and 4X 10" midbass woofers.
Matthew Poes and yours truly give you a system run down and discuss our in-room and outdoor measurements, calibration process and of course full listening impressions. Is it possible for a large horn loaded speaker system like this to sonically disappear and be audiophile? We discuss this and more in our detailed KZfaq review.
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@DigitalDonAV 2 жыл бұрын

I just added 4 of these 18's into my personal reference system. They are now my new reference standard by a wide margin. Absolutely fantastic!

@grantvanscoyoc1224 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone who is interested in this type of speaker (clear, capable, dynamic, etc) but cannot afford this system please check out the Noesis line from JTR. I have been a happy owner for many years and subsequently purchased my entire 7.2.4 set up from JTR including the JTR Orbit Shifter LFU's which everyone should at least give some consideration. I have been a fan of Jeff Permanian since the say I met him and I am proud to be giving business to an American company who makes quality products with no compromises.

@tweedpenguin712 2 жыл бұрын

Please tell me how they noesis sound? I want the 215rt. Are they harsh in the treble?

@jarodreddig63 2 жыл бұрын

Great show! These must sound astounding. Love my JTRs.

@waterlover 2 жыл бұрын

Looked like an awesome review even with my IE’s watching this video it was really nice sounding

@Snskch3 2 жыл бұрын

I love the way they look.

@monijam1 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff! I'd love to have a pair of these...maybe one day.

@danzilla31stompinontokyo36 2 жыл бұрын

The Don Dunn seal of approval! LMAO 🤣 great review guys!!!

@mrx01210 2 жыл бұрын

Great review guys! Any plans to release the measurements for the RTJs? I am curious on how it improves on the JTR 212RTs that Matt also reviewed.

@andreas1989 2 жыл бұрын

I love the outtakes haha.

@dougg1075 2 жыл бұрын

I would love just one of their subs. Nice

@digitalampco7640 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome logo and more importantly awesome speakers! Love the Cherry Amps, of course 🍒

@jesuscastellanos6718 2 жыл бұрын

What is the recommend room size dimensions for these speakers?

@googleuser1522 2 жыл бұрын

I would be very interested in seeing you review the Tonewinner at-300. A pre/pro at the price point of $1,350 is a game-changer if it is even in the same ballpark, performance wise, as the next closest pre/pros that cost 2 to 3 times as much.

@johnsweda2999 2 жыл бұрын

The crossover uses a subharmonic synthesizer?

@rogerkelly4491 2 жыл бұрын

For a smaller room a pair of these subs with a pair of JTR 210rm's sitting on top might be a nice combo

@lucasrem 2 жыл бұрын

Roger Kelly, they sold Lifestyle system, Bang & Olufsen, the BOSE sets are perfect for any student, the base is massive and stays in the room, no walls that vibrate the beats between rooms.

@nicholastoo858 2 жыл бұрын

How is the storm audio isp mk2 compared to Trinnov?

@saulmcgill-ws5hy 7 ай бұрын

What was the name of the dancing flutes track? I'd like to try it on my JTR 210RMs? Ta

@MARK111126 2 жыл бұрын

i wish i could have this sound

@kingscinema3873 2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear Jeffs another creation is so good. Do you plan to make a review and measurements of the classic JTR line? :) I wonder how JTR and RTJ compare (upgraditis calling). Have a great day!

@Audioholics 2 жыл бұрын

WE have a full written review of the RTJ modular speaker in the works and more testing of his JTR line planned in the near future as well.

@josesolano1300 2 жыл бұрын

@@Audioholics would love to see a review on the Noesis line… something more down to earth… thank you.

@andrewskaterrr 2 жыл бұрын

@@josesolano1300 same. I may upgrade to them eventually, or those Arendals.

@kingscinema3873 2 жыл бұрын

@@Audioholics That's great to hear. Thanks for all the great work!

@nativesun7661 Жыл бұрын

What are the speakers next to the RTJ super tower?

@C--A Жыл бұрын

It's Gene's own - LIMITED EDITION RBH SIGNATURE SV REFERENCE SERIES SVTRS ACTIVE TOWER SPEAKERS 🔊 that is installed in his Audioholics home theater room.

@lawrence09151 2 жыл бұрын

Matthew Poes poles!!

@EM-ke8is 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome system if you have the room and budget btw bring down the gain on your mics .

@Audioholics 2 жыл бұрын

Yep new camera and mic system, growing pains.

@26243057 2 жыл бұрын

hey gene, this RTJ or perlisten S7t ?? which one??

@Audioholics 2 жыл бұрын

Tough call. Totally different speakers. With the Perlisten you still need subs. The Perlistens are much prettier if displayed in an open room.

@JonathanDFielding 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, but something about the new lapel microphone made it very difficult to listen. It sounds very overdriven, or some kind of distortion. I was watching at home on the tv listening on the RBH SVTR towers I have, like yours Gene. It just didn't sound right and was very fatiguing on the ears, sorry.

@jeffjefferson7384 2 жыл бұрын

That's what I use to watch Real Housewives. It's terrifying.

@northeastcorals 2 жыл бұрын

I thought Gene was only joking about the Flamingo shorts, obviously not!!! 😂😂😂

@bingdong8571 7 ай бұрын

Sometimes i feel like jean doesnt realize how blatantly honest he is or hes just got sneaky sense of humor.

@bencook8109 2 жыл бұрын

So are these a competitor to JTR?

@Audioholics 2 жыл бұрын

sure

@DUDETHEATER 4 ай бұрын

wow

@damonmaddox1313 2 жыл бұрын

RTJ vs RBH??? They are close in price, so which one would you own?

@Audioholics 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@CanadaSocial 10 ай бұрын

@@Audioholicshahhaha

@parapobabam 2 жыл бұрын

did you use a gramophone to record this episode?

@Audioholics 2 жыл бұрын

Yep. They are making a comeback.

@Novilicious 2 жыл бұрын

I bet these sound unbelievable! But my gosh, are their looks are not wife|spouse approved. I would set these bad boys to full range and rock out 🎸

@aegisofhonor 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing, these are REALLY ugly speakers, and a person buying these speakers won't be married cause there's no way any wife in the world would want these massive ugly bricks in their living room; even most serious big spending audiophiles won't want these because of how ugly and "PA" they look.

@bigcrackrock 2 жыл бұрын

I assume he was talking about the Dr. Chesky track - Dancing Flute and Drum? I bought it on Bandcamp for 1 dollar after checking Tidal, but then realized the whole album is on Amazon Music. Maybe it's on Tidal too and I just suck.

@Audioholics 2 жыл бұрын

Yes please tell us the name of the album and I will put a link in the description. Thanks

@bigcrackrock 2 жыл бұрын

@@Audioholics Dr Chesky's Sensational Fantastic & Simply Amazing Binaural Sound Show.

@Bradimus1 2 жыл бұрын

It's basically like a high end car audio subwoofer. About as built as it can be (but no money wasted on aesthetics). I expected more weirdness from the midbass and the giant horns. So many drivers and I would have expected problems based on acoustic centers. But maybe you sit back far enough and it's designed well enough there is no problems.

@Audioholics 2 жыл бұрын

Not an issue since the 4 x 10" drivers are crossed over low enough. The horn has a coaxial mid/tweet for a point source projection.

@tweedpenguin712 2 жыл бұрын

Point source means you don’t have to sit far back as all the drivers are time aligned to hit your ears at the same time.

@clubnaked 2 жыл бұрын

Can anyone give me recommendations on upgrading to a better speaker I do have a definitive Trinity And A DD 18 velodyne, I want something more powerful

@jeffjefferson7384 2 жыл бұрын

Bassgasm must have sounded insane

@velocci6666 2 жыл бұрын

There is RTJ and JTR. One is the other backwards. Are these companies related?

@Audioholics 2 жыл бұрын

by that logic then GOD = DOG :)

@paulpaulzadeh6172 2 жыл бұрын

This is not audiophile, but audio , running class D in it from labgrupen , get 10000000000000w , that sounds great

@futureshock7425 2 жыл бұрын

Your neighbors must be over all the time for movie night

@Audioholics 2 жыл бұрын

Not yet as we are still getting things fleshed out in the AH Smarthome but I do have visitors often to listen to music...

@futureshock7425 2 жыл бұрын

@@Audioholics a big fan, thanks for all the helpful videos over the years

@christianbolt5761 2 жыл бұрын

They can bury me in too.

@awsomenesscaleb 2 жыл бұрын

3:06 Oops! Bass heavy indeed lol

@Zoranurai13 2 жыл бұрын

At this point might as well get your own commercial cinema

@mobilgin 2 жыл бұрын

one sentence....Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 90 loudspeaker 🧐

@bigcrackrock 2 жыл бұрын

20:15 for the people with sort attention spans.

@BIGBASSSAMA_4 2 жыл бұрын

I have 1 question why dont these new speakers have matching sensitivity? That would be a major selling point for me

@Audioholics 2 жыл бұрын

Why would you need to having matching sensitivity between the subs and sat system when they are biamplified? The subs come with a 4kwatt/ch amplifier to run all 4 modules.

@BIGBASSSAMA_4 2 жыл бұрын

@@Audioholics I'm strictly speaking of his RTJ 410 and RTJ 110 if that makes sense I'm planning on buying jtr 215rt but I would buy these instead if it just only had matching sensitivity for equal sound levels from using M3a-1500M monoblocks

@Audioholics 2 жыл бұрын

@@BIGBASSSAMA_4 gotcha but the 110 is a much smaller speaker. It's impossible to have same sensitivity as the 410 unless the 410 gets padded down. Just adjust the gain on your preamp to compensate. Also the surround is typically much closer than the mains at the listening position so that should also help.

@BIGBASSSAMA_4 2 жыл бұрын

@@Audioholics ok how many monoblocks do I need to power these triple speaker towers if I'm trying have a 9.1(powered with but in amp) but my processor only supports 16ch? I'm not used to stacking speakers let alone figure how to wire up modular speakers. There's gotta be an idiot guide to this lol

@Audioholics 2 жыл бұрын

@@BIGBASSSAMA_4 1 monobloc for each 410 module. The quad subs come with a sub amp from JTR to power them.

@bearzlla 2 жыл бұрын

So the flamingo shorts are real...

@Audioholics 2 жыл бұрын

Yep. Designer brand 😆

@turbojohngt 2 жыл бұрын

Spoiler alert “They’re insanely awesome” every JTR owner 😄

@lucasrem 2 жыл бұрын

depressed boring old people in suburbia, if you do a party?????

@andyeighttre Жыл бұрын

Are RTJ’s just marked up JTR’s? Or do they actually have upgraded components and or designs?

@C--A Жыл бұрын

RTJ is the best performaning line of speakers from JTR. It's they're currentl flagship model.

@aegisofhonor 2 жыл бұрын

These might sound good but these are very ugly speakers. I really hate the look of the giant square horn driver in the middle, it screams "PA speaker" more at home on a concert stage then in a home and the generic "charcoal black" finish isn't winning any astatic awards either. it would be nice if you could get it in a nice finish and maybe with a smaller horn driver and maybe some rounder corners so it wasn't so massively 'boxy". When you are paying that kind of price for sound, it has to look better then a dirty old PA speaker that a band has been rolling around from town to town for several years no matter how good it sounds. And I can't be even close to the only person who thinks this way about these speakers; these are some of the worst looking speakers at this price range I have ever seen. Heck, those high end RBH speakers right next to them aren't the best looking speakers either, but they are a complete work of art compared to those RTJs next to them with the nice silver tone drivers and glossy finish

@Audioholics 2 жыл бұрын

The RTJ system isn't meant to be out on display like the RBH. They are designed for behind baffle wall or acoustically transparent screens. That said, RTJ does offer custom finish options for those that want to display them.

@tweedpenguin712 2 жыл бұрын

You pay for sound quality not finish quality like most high end speakers. What’s more important to you? Because I’m not about to drop 5,000 just for looks alone.