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| Author | Andy Vandervell |
| Published | 8th Apr 2009 |
| Manufacturer | Altec Lansing |
| Supplier | Play |
| Price | £73.03 (Exc VAT) |
| as reviewed | £83.99 (Inc VAT) |
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Comments for Altec Lansing Expressionist BASS FX3022 - 2.0 Speakers
Marko said on 8th April 2009
Ed said on 8th April 2009
If it's insurmountable, why mention it? What alternative method of assessment do you suggest we use? Graphs?
Marko said on 8th April 2009
Well quite, if a comment doesn't add anything to the review then it's not worth making. Anyway, don't take yourself so seriously, it's a beautiful day outside in London...
ruthless said on 8th April 2009
It's god awful here in Paris
Dave W said on 8th April 2009
If the bass driver is built into the same cabinet as the remaining ones, surely it is simply a woofer. Doesn't a subwoofer need to be in an entirely separate enclosure? I've been irritated by the whole 'built-in subwoofer' thing so beloved of the flashy-light 'hi-fi' makers for ages. (I realise this doesn't add a great deal to the review)
Andy said on 8th April 2009
@Dave W: No, it's a good point and you're absolutely right. Changed.
StuAndrews said on 8th April 2009
I don't want to go too far into the realms of beardy Hi-Fi debate here, but my understanding of a subwoofer is that it simply goes down to lower frequencies than an ordinary woofer (down to 20Hz rather than the 40Hz of the typical woofer). It should be a separate speaker, but it doesn't necessarily need to be in a separate enclosure. However, in this case it looks like the 'built-in subwoofer' doesn't hit that range and so is actually more of a woofer, in which case I think your point still stands. Erm. I'll go away now. Stu.
Keith said on 8th April 2009
@Marko: Bless, reviewers really do trot out a load of generic cliched nonsense
Struggling with that, even re-read trying to find these cliched bits. Seemed to explain his findings in plain English without going all retro, what exactly was you referring too?.
ChaosDefinesOrder said on 8th April 2009
@Keith: I believe Marko is referring to bit like "where the intricate percussion lacks a little bit of punch" and generally describing how a song sounds on the speakers.
I agree that it's a little bit strange reading that kinda thing, but at the same time I'm fully aware of how near-impossible it is to describe how a set of speakers sound compared to another set without resorting to "um... they just sound better, ok?"
Keith said on 9th April 2009
@ChaosDefinesOrder, That was my point, how else would you explain it. It was pure English, described the sound, and I could certainly understand what he was trying to describe. And "where the intricate percussion lacks a little bit of punch" still doesn't sound cliched to me. He didn't add "Asta La Vista Baby", or "I'll be back" did he without me noticing. :)
Marko said on 9th April 2009
I think that's the wider question, are perjorative comments on speaker sound quality largely redundant. I don't dispute that there's no alternative to the current type of comments, but I'm not sure acknowledging this makes the comment any more useful in making a purchasing decision. Bottom line, anyone spending anything meaningful on speakers should try before they buy.
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Bless, reviewers really do trot out a load of generic cliched nonsense when it comes to trying to convey the subjective nature of playback quality for speakers and headphones. Not a criticism of Andy per se, every reviewers seems to suffer from this apparently insurmountable problem.