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Brent butterworth shares his insight into how listening to jazz has changed updated april 26, 2019 by brent butterworth audio technology never stands still, but in the last decade its felt like the industrys been running the 100yard dash every day. Brent butterworth is a former writer for lifewire, where he wrote extensively on speakers, headphones, and other audio equipment for more than a year. On the devices and printers window, rightclick on your paired phone and click on the bluetooth operations. But ive never seen so many of them get so jazzed about a single piece of gear as i did when a 1978 pioneer sx1980 receiver recently came through the doors at innovative audio, a vancouver, bc vintage audio dealer. Now kanto has introduced a scaleddown version of the yu4 with the most basic of. This is a great feature if you use multiple devices. Using the same outstanding driver and crossover components of its bigger brother, this compact, threeway, bassreflex monitor delivers the sonic signature of the unifi series in a compact package. Wireless bluetooth music system deepblue2 peachtree audio. Sources apple ipod touch third generation, samsung galaxy s6 smartphone, toshiba laptop. Does bluetooth wireless audio reduce sound quality. Poh hsu, who included it on his own subwoofer test cd. Published february 26, 2020 by brent butterworth the ifi zen blue bluetooth receiver like piano trios, old stereos may not use all the latest technologies, but when it comes to their basic function of playing music, they do their job as well asand sometimes better thannewer options. Mar 27, 2020 the tinkly percussion that dances across the front of the sound stage is a great test of highfrequency performance and stereo imaging. Shop for benq trevolo wireless portable electrostatic bluetooth speaker in black style.
He has a fantastic article on speaker measurement methods that is worth reading. More details on this measurement approach can be found in an article from brent butterworth here. Why you shouldnt ridicule the bluetooth speaker soundstage. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number. As luck would have it, my friend brent butterworth just wrote an article where he compared the sound of a 2009 yamaha rxv1800 receiver with. As luck would have it, my friend brent butterworth just wrote an article where he compared the sound of a 2009 yamaha rxv1800 receiver with a 1980 pioneer sx1980 and a 1978 sony strv6 receiver. Although bluetooth technology offers a common way to enjoy wireless audio through speakers and headphones, some people object to bluetooth because, from an audio fidelity standpoint, youre better off choosing one of the wifibased wireless technologies such as airplay, dlna, playfi, or sonos. Oct 14, 20 i really have to thank brent butterworth for all the help in getting these measurements correct. Updated information about brent butterworths measurement system. Brent butterworth puts the new prime tower speakers to the test to see how.
Jul 23, 2011 as luck would have it, my friend brent butterworth just wrote an article where he compared the sound of a 2009 yamaha rxv1800 receiver with a 1980 pioneer sx1980 and a 1978 sony strv6 receiver. Sources music hall ikura turntable with ortofon blue mm cartridge, musical fidelity v90dac digitaltoanalog converter, audioengine b2 bluetooth receiver, samsung bdc6500 bd player. Virtually all bluetooth speakers have a rechargeable battery, but you can also leave them plugged in, so thats a nonissue. Brent butterworth feb 23, 2014 0 comments andrew welker is a mainstay of the canadian speaker engineering community, now heading up most of the design work for axiom audio after a dozen years working on the mirage and energy brands at audio products international since purchased by klipsch and voxx international. Mashable, brent butterworth at just under three pounds and 3. Our experts and listening panels have spent hundreds of hours seeking out the best audio gear.
Connect up to five bluetooth devices and toggle through them by simply pressing the bt button. The ces demo i got used insert mics, so they basically cheated what they did was basically their version of a smyth realiser, which is a fantastic product but anything that relies on insert mics is not a viable consumer product imo. Below 200hz we see more room modes come into play and a bass boost compared to the rest of the output. The wirecutters picks for best bluetooth speakers include several that fit into your budget, and i completely trust the author of that list, brent butterworth. As bluetooth audio becomes more and more popular, the label aptx has. If your tweeter can cleanly and clearly reproduce the super highpitched chime, struck right after cole sings the line, never, never, never ring a bell, then youve got a good one. Not so much, says lifewires brent butterworth, who found it difficult to clearly find differences between the original album and the new one using dts headphone.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. But when i want to find out what an audio product does i. If a2dp support is available on the phone, it will show an option to play music under audio and video operation section. I really have to thank brent butterworth for all the help in getting these measurements correct. What you really need to know about bluetooth audio wirecutter. Mar 10, 2020 brent butterworth 1 months ago im not sure where the biggest of those ears comes from, but the two fleshcolored ones look like g. Kanto also has a line of smaller, much cheaper bluetooth speakers, the yu models, each of which looks promising.