Comments on: Klipsch Palladium speakers sound expensive http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/08/03/klipsch-palladium-speakers-sound-expensive/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:55:57 -0500 hourly 1 By: Matt http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/08/03/klipsch-palladium-speakers-sound-expensive/comment-page-1/#comment-1026464 Matt Thu, 28 May 2009 03:24:24 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=32442#comment-1026464 I'd agree. I've got $1500 home theater speakers that I love. I've never liked Klipsch speakers, so I'm biased. It's hard to say people can hear a big difference when you look at the argument about speaker wire: a coat hanger vs top-quality interconnects --there was no difference in listening tests. It doesn't surprise me. Human memory for sound is short lived at best for comparison. Yes, speakers all have their own timbre, but I don't see it being that huge of a difference. I’d agree. I’ve got $1500 home theater speakers that I love. I’ve never liked Klipsch speakers, so I’m biased. It’s hard to say people can hear a big difference when you look at the argument about speaker wire: a coat hanger vs top-quality interconnects –there was no difference in listening tests. It doesn’t surprise me. Human memory for sound is short lived at best for comparison. Yes, speakers all have their own timbre, but I don’t see it being that huge of a difference.

]]> By: Ankit Gupta http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/08/03/klipsch-palladium-speakers-sound-expensive/comment-page-1/#comment-792587 Ankit Gupta Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:08:03 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=32442#comment-792587 That's great and all, but I have to wonder, can most of the listeners actually appreciate that much accuracy? I've found that after a certain point, it's all about the marketing and fooling the buyer into getting something much more expensive that you can appreciate. There was a study done where speaker wire brands were compared, with one of them being an unbent hanger. Guess which one? The coat hanger. My point is that sure, this will have an amazing frequency response on paper. People will be jealous of your $20,000 speakers, but will you really get anything out of this? Spending 2-3k on speakers and getting an equalizer will probably help get rid of any major issues from the environment they're placed in. The environment they're placed in is a story of its own as well - even though these are amazing, place it in a bad room and it will throw things off a lot on paper. My post is a lot of rambling but the basic point is that it's nothing short of just wanting to create an image of being amazing even though it's not really all that different than other speakers. For those curious, I've spent a few thousand on my 2.1 setup, and have demoed higher end equipment, but never actually been impressed. I've wanted someone to show me how amazing their 5 figure setup is, but it just doesn't change a lot after a certain point. That’s great and all, but I have to wonder, can most of the listeners actually appreciate that much accuracy? I’ve found that after a certain point, it’s all about the marketing and fooling the buyer into getting something much more expensive that you can appreciate.

There was a study done where speaker wire brands were compared, with one of them being an unbent hanger. Guess which one? The coat hanger.

My point is that sure, this will have an amazing frequency response on paper. People will be jealous of your $20,000 speakers, but will you really get anything out of this? Spending 2-3k on speakers and getting an equalizer will probably help get rid of any major issues from the environment they’re placed in. The environment they’re placed in is a story of its own as well – even though these are amazing, place it in a bad room and it will throw things off a lot on paper.

My post is a lot of rambling but the basic point is that it’s nothing short of just wanting to create an image of being amazing even though it’s not really all that different than other speakers.

For those curious, I’ve spent a few thousand on my 2.1 setup, and have demoed higher end equipment, but never actually been impressed. I’ve wanted someone to show me how amazing their 5 figure setup is, but it just doesn’t change a lot after a certain point.

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