wonderfulelectric: But then you can use an EQ to flatten out the frequency response of a loudspeaker no? I mean the Beolab 5s won't be as flat without its built-in EQ. Some find B&W speakers very enjoyable because of its non neutral mid-band response - it somehow makes voices stand out more. Or the heightened sense of detail through B&O

wonderfulelectric: Neutrality just points to the flatness of the frequency response of a loudspeaker. Whereas low distortion normally points to the superb engineering of the drivers where they will just be cruising at loud levels showing little stress, coloration usually points to resonances in the loudspeaker enclosure causing the time smearing effect

Beoboiinoz: Greetings and a warm hello to all from a 'lurker' that finally decided to make a first post... a great thread and one I find very interesting. I hope this doesn't sound like an opening from an AA meeting, but: "Hi, my name is John, and I'm a recovering Audioholic"... Putting jokes aside, and as a little personal

wonderfulelectric: Puncher: wonderfulelectric: Trust me... You wouldn't want that. I am totally regretting my choice of getting monitor grade speakers from ATC over the Beolab 9s. They sound great only with the right material. OK - at what point does a hifi speaker manufacturers "signature sound" become a poor sprectral response? Is the

wonderfulelectric: Trust me... You wouldn't want that. I am totally regretting my choice of getting monitor grade speakers from ATC over the Beolab 9s. They sound great only with the right material. OK - at what point does a hifi speaker manufacturers "signature sound" become a poor sprectral response? Is the difference in the fact that

wonderfulelectric: Imagine if all loudspeakers are voiced to sound flat. It will be quite boring. ............... or you hear the sound the Producer/Artist/Mastering Engineer committed to CD rather than some speaker manufacturers idea of what sounds better! The choice is yours

wonderfulelectric: soundproof: In fact, on the BL5s, the treble goes lower after 6000Hz ... according to a most knowledgeable friend of mine: "Not unusual, in order to reduce possible tape hiss, etc. on non-monitor speakers." Must confess I haven't seen any measurements showing a boosted treble. Do you have links, Wonderfulelectric? Sorry

moxxey: As Alex suggested, 1080p only has it's benefits when watching Blu-ray DVDs or 1080p-based Playstation 3 games. As television (SD or HD) pictures have to be up-scaled for your 1080p screen, watching standard TV will be worse on a 1080p screen than the 720p. I recently saw a 720p-based BV9 for £8995 which was classed as 'mint'

Medogsfat: First thing to do is give them a shake, if there is something rattling inside then the ABR's are shot. This is likely to be the case sooner rather than later I'm afraid unless they are 45.2's which don't suffer with this. Chris. Of course there's always the scientific method

Are they RL45's or 45.2's?? The original RL45 shared an ABR with the RL60 which has almost certianly rotted by now (although it could of course have been previously replaced/repaired). The 45.2 is a ported design and as such doesn't suffer from the same problem. Internal inspection would tell you if there was any ABR related probem on the