Translate these specifications for me?! LOL
Translate these specifications for me?! LOL
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IceBoy

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2,455 posts

245 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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Hi All,

Could someone translate these specifications for me:

Power distribution: 20 Watt x 2 RMS
Harmonic distortion: <0.3 % (1W 1KHz)
Frequence response: 40Hz - 20KHz
Signal/Noise ratio: >75 dB
Seperation: >45 dB

The specifications related to small bookshelf speakers.

IceBoy

C0ffin D0dger

3,440 posts

169 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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Translate them into what exactly?

IceBoy

Original Poster:

2,455 posts

245 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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Sorry, should have said.

With a small budget of £100, would these bookshelf speakers sound OK?

I know it is really difficult to tell without listening to them but if you were purchasing online with a budget of £100 would these be OK?

IceBoy

boyse7en

7,993 posts

189 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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IceBoy said:
Sorry, should have said.

With a small budget of £100, would these bookshelf speakers sound OK?

I know it is really difficult to tell without listening to them but if you were purchasing online with a budget of £100 would these be OK?

IceBoy
Not sure that you can tell anything about how they will sound just by looking at the specs.

IceBoy

Original Poster:

2,455 posts

245 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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boyse7en said:
IceBoy said:
Sorry, should have said.

With a small budget of £100, would these bookshelf speakers sound OK?

I know it is really difficult to tell without listening to them but if you were purchasing online with a budget of £100 would these be OK?

IceBoy
Not sure that you can tell anything about how they will sound just by looking at the specs.
So if buying speakers online (obviously not expensive stuff) how would you compare speakers?

These are for my home office and is about 4x3m.

If you purchase a TV online the comparision is a little more straight forward but I guess not with speakers?

I might have to just pop down to the local Richer Sounds.

Iceboy

varsas

4,073 posts

226 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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IceBoy said:
boyse7en said:
IceBoy said:
Sorry, should have said.

With a small budget of £100, would these bookshelf speakers sound OK?

I know it is really difficult to tell without listening to them but if you were purchasing online with a budget of £100 would these be OK?

IceBoy
Not sure that you can tell anything about how they will sound just by looking at the specs.
So if buying speakers online (obviously not expensive stuff) how would you compare speakers?

These are for my home office and is about 4x3m.

If you purchase a TV online the comparision is a little more straight forward but I guess not with speakers?

I might have to just pop down to the local Richer Sounds.

Iceboy
You can't really. You could read subjective reviews but even then it's best to actually listen for yourself. Those specs are only useful to get an idea of if they will work with your kit...and even then we're missing the impendence (how hard they are to drive) which is the most important thing you really need to know! It gives a frequency response, but at what rolloff? Pretty pointless I'm afraid.

TonyRPH

13,476 posts

192 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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The quoted distortion figure is quite low, which suggests to me these are active speakers.

OP - it would help greatly if you were more specific.

You have given a room size (which sounds as though it will be too large for these speakers anyway) but you don't state what kind of volume levels you are hoping to achieve (e.g. background music / casual listening / loud), and neither do you state what type of music or what source you will be using.

My son has a pair of these which are over budget at £280 but they are excellent.


mcflurry

9,186 posts

277 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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IceBoy said:
I might have to just pop down to the local Richer Sounds.

Iceboy
Best way to buy hifi stuff IMHO

Crackie

6,386 posts

266 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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IceBoy said:
Hi All,

Could someone translate these specifications for me:

Power distribution: 20 Watt x 2 RMS
Harmonic distortion: <0.3 % (1W 1KHz)
Frequence response: 40Hz - 20KHz
Signal/Noise ratio: >75 dB
Seperation: >45 dB

The specifications related to small bookshelf speakers.

IceBoy
Do you have an link to manufacturers website or to the advert from a retailer ? The Harmonic distortion, SNR and channel separation specs appear to relate to an amp or the amp section of an active speaker, not a passive speaker

Listening yourself is the best way to determine which speakers work best for you, if your budget is £100.00 then try to listen to the Mackie CR4 or Alesis Elevate 5. These are active speakers with built in amps. Available here http://www.dv247.com/search/2940/0/ProductPrice/As...




Edited by Crackie on Thursday 14th April 09:02

IceBoy

Original Poster:

2,455 posts

245 months

Thursday 14th April 2016
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Hi All,

OP here, yes they are active speakers for background music in my home office/study.

I will be linking them via bluetooth mostly but having a line in is also helpful.

I will pop down to Richer Sounds at the weekend.

IceBoy

clived

577 posts

264 months

Thursday 14th April 2016
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IceBoy said:
Signal/Noise ratio: >75 dB
Seperation: >45 dB

The specifications related to small bookshelf speakers.
These don't look like specs for a loudspeaker at all.

gizlaroc

17,251 posts

248 months

Thursday 14th April 2016
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Active Clive.


clived

577 posts

264 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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gizlaroc said:
Active Clive.
How do they have such a crap separation figure then? Two mono power amps, one in each speaker - should effectively have infinite separation...

Digger

16,228 posts

215 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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Do you have a link for these speakers?

hab1966

1,124 posts

236 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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clived said:
gizlaroc said:
Active Clive.
How do they have such a crap separation figure then? Two mono power amps, one in each speaker - should effectively have infinite separation...
I'm guessing that the power amp and power supply is in one speaker. This takes the line input and also feeds a drive to the other speaker.

ladderino

728 posts

163 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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With a budget of £100, I'd strongly recommend these - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Harman-Kardon-Soundsticks...

Admittedly I only use these for sound from my computer, but for the price, they sound fantastic (and I can't really tell the difference between my Cambridge Sonata system, which think was around £600 all in).