i hate popular speaker perceptions
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 3:39 am
I just recently bought a new center channel. Went with a Mirage Omni CC as my center as the crossover frequency is very close to my Klipsch towers and Mirage Omnisat rears. They are also very similar in tone. But in my speaker shopping throughout the past few months, I have heard so many things that are just annoying.
It bothers me that Bose has spent so much money on marketting that the common perception is that Bose is the best. Bose is crap. If you got Bose, you wasted your money. Never get Bose anything. For the same price or often less, there are dozens upon dozens of better speaker manufacturers out there.
Pioneer Elite? Crap. It bothers me when people show me their OMG-IT-IS-SO-AWESOME home theater system and its a tower of Pioneer Elite with Pioneer Elite speakers. Why on earth does putting "Elite" on something make it more desirable? My fiance's brother has a friend who bragged about his Pioneer Elite system. This joker isn't even in the same sound class.
If you see Sony and it isn't a TV, run. Get the hell away from it. Sony speakers, Sony receivers, and most Sony disc players of any sort are crap.
Aiwa is crap. Aiwa stuff is too bass laden. I can turn down all my other speakers and just have my sub going and I've got an Aiwa.
6.1 and 7.1 are nearly useless. 7.1 probably will never catch on at all. 5.1 is the standard for recording and probably will be for a long time. 6.1 only offers a rear center channel which isn't necessary. The only things coming out of your rear channels are effects. You do not need a center for that.
It irks the crap out of me that people are willing to go drop $300 on a component and not know shit about what is out there. People will spend $1500 on some Bose/Sony miniature monostrosity and they could have gotten so much better for so much less.
And computer speakers...god, they are always crap. They have no presence, they do not disappear. They are no good for music. They are only good for that little alert sound you get when someone sends you a message. The hundreds of dollars people are willing to spend on sound cards and speakers for their computers is disgusting. There are such better solutions out there for music out of your computer than that.
And it bothers me when people listen to music in surround. Music is recorded in stereo. If you are listening to music in 4.1, 5.1, 6.1 or anything other than stereo with a sub, you are listening to music wrong. It is supposed to sound as though it is coming from a stage. And unless you are the musician, stage music doesn't come from every direction.
It bothers me that Bose has spent so much money on marketting that the common perception is that Bose is the best. Bose is crap. If you got Bose, you wasted your money. Never get Bose anything. For the same price or often less, there are dozens upon dozens of better speaker manufacturers out there.
Pioneer Elite? Crap. It bothers me when people show me their OMG-IT-IS-SO-AWESOME home theater system and its a tower of Pioneer Elite with Pioneer Elite speakers. Why on earth does putting "Elite" on something make it more desirable? My fiance's brother has a friend who bragged about his Pioneer Elite system. This joker isn't even in the same sound class.
If you see Sony and it isn't a TV, run. Get the hell away from it. Sony speakers, Sony receivers, and most Sony disc players of any sort are crap.
Aiwa is crap. Aiwa stuff is too bass laden. I can turn down all my other speakers and just have my sub going and I've got an Aiwa.
6.1 and 7.1 are nearly useless. 7.1 probably will never catch on at all. 5.1 is the standard for recording and probably will be for a long time. 6.1 only offers a rear center channel which isn't necessary. The only things coming out of your rear channels are effects. You do not need a center for that.
It irks the crap out of me that people are willing to go drop $300 on a component and not know shit about what is out there. People will spend $1500 on some Bose/Sony miniature monostrosity and they could have gotten so much better for so much less.
And computer speakers...god, they are always crap. They have no presence, they do not disappear. They are no good for music. They are only good for that little alert sound you get when someone sends you a message. The hundreds of dollars people are willing to spend on sound cards and speakers for their computers is disgusting. There are such better solutions out there for music out of your computer than that.
And it bothers me when people listen to music in surround. Music is recorded in stereo. If you are listening to music in 4.1, 5.1, 6.1 or anything other than stereo with a sub, you are listening to music wrong. It is supposed to sound as though it is coming from a stage. And unless you are the musician, stage music doesn't come from every direction.