Re: [all-audio] Speakers
Thank you Dane for your explanation. I think it's what I was looking for. I think I'll stick to my old "pair of speakers" type of system. Howard On 2/28/2019 9:41 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: The one good thing about all the Amazon speakers now is that they have line-out so you can use them with some other powered speakers, stereo Amplifier etc. The newer generation of Amazon Echo speakers have something called Dolby 360 and I tend to think this is a marketing therm rather than actually meaning that the speaker is stereo. It seems that - if you’re talking Smack Speakers - then you’re better to stick to the Smart Speaker brands themselves such as Amazon and Google. I have a Google Home Mac smart speaker here which is supposed to be the best sounding speaker in the Google range and its not bad but it is not portable and certainly wouldn’t fit the requirements of the original author of this thread. What I really like about the Google Home Max is its auto room tuning function. In many cases multi room speakers system are back to where it all started - feeding both stereo channels into one speaker - so in order to get stereo you need “A Pair”. There are multi room speakers that come as a stereo speaker such as the Denon Heos 7 and Heos 5 speakers. The Denon Heos 3 and Heos 1 are speakers speakers which you can pair together and that actually has advantages. You might just want to use one Denon Heos 3 speaker as a centre speaker for example. Getting back to the Google Home Max speaker I mentioned earlier. I’m considering getting another to make a pair. When the Mac lays horizontally its a stereo speaker though separation isn’t all that good. When the Max stands vertically it is a mono speaker and can be part of a pair if there are 2 Max speakers. You can do similar things with amazon echo speakers. On 1 Mar 2019, at 1:14 am, Howard Traxler wrote: Hi all, I'm wondering about the speakers that folks are talking about these days: the blue tooth and the smart, etc. Are they one speaker or a box with two or more speakers in it? We went for more than 50 years needing a pair of speakers for stereo. Have we now gone back to listening to one speaker as if we have one ear? I would hate to think that all these multi-channel systems send their output to only one speaker.. I don't think my amazon echo dot plays stereo so when I use it for music, I hook it up to my stereo system. Howard -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2064): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/2064 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/30163586/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Re: [all-audio] Speakers
Ironically enough, what is this literally not true for though? -Original Message- From: all-audio@groups.io [mailto:all-audio@groups.io] On Behalf Of Brian Olesen Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2019 9:50 AM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Speakers You're perfectly right, if you don't google it first. Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: all-audio@groups.io På vegne af Howard Traxler Sendt: 28. februar 2019 15:40 Til: all-audio@groups.io Emne: Re: [all-audio] Speakers Thanks Brian, it seems then, that when someone is selling a bluetooth speaker, you don't really know what's in it, huh? Howard On 2/28/2019 8:32 AM, Brian Olesen wrote: > Yo Howard, > Some speakers are those so called bars, where there are 2 or more speaker > units in each bar. Others has a speaker on each side of them, and then again > there are round structures with speakers inside that creates this stereo > feeling. > Then you have monorral speakers that some times can be paired as a > synchronous stereo pair, if you prefer that. > > Best regards > Brian > > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: all-audio@groups.io På vegne af Howard > Traxler > Sendt: 28. februar 2019 15:15 > Til: all-audio@groups.io > Emne: [all-audio] Speakers > > Hi all, > > I'm wondering about the speakers that folks are talking about these > days: the blue tooth and the smart, etc. Are they one speaker or a box with > two or more speakers in it? We went for more than 50 years needing a pair of > speakers for stereo. Have we now gone back to listening to one speaker as if > we have one ear? I would hate to think that all these multi-channel systems > send their output to only one speaker.. I don't think my amazon echo dot > plays stereo so when I use it for music, I hook it up to my stereo system. > > Howard > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2058): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/2058 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/30163586/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Re: [all-audio] Speakers
You're perfectly right, if you don't google it first. Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: all-audio@groups.io På vegne af Howard Traxler Sendt: 28. februar 2019 15:40 Til: all-audio@groups.io Emne: Re: [all-audio] Speakers Thanks Brian, it seems then, that when someone is selling a bluetooth speaker, you don't really know what's in it, huh? Howard On 2/28/2019 8:32 AM, Brian Olesen wrote: > Yo Howard, > Some speakers are those so called bars, where there are 2 or more speaker > units in each bar. Others has a speaker on each side of them, and then again > there are round structures with speakers inside that creates this stereo > feeling. > Then you have monorral speakers that some times can be paired as a > synchronous stereo pair, if you prefer that. > > Best regards > Brian > > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: all-audio@groups.io På vegne af Howard > Traxler > Sendt: 28. februar 2019 15:15 > Til: all-audio@groups.io > Emne: [all-audio] Speakers > > Hi all, > > I'm wondering about the speakers that folks are talking about these > days: the blue tooth and the smart, etc. Are they one speaker or a box with > two or more speakers in it? We went for more than 50 years needing a pair of > speakers for stereo. Have we now gone back to listening to one speaker as if > we have one ear? I would hate to think that all these multi-channel systems > send their output to only one speaker.. I don't think my amazon echo dot > plays stereo so when I use it for music, I hook it up to my stereo system. > > Howard > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2057): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/2057 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/30163586/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Re: [all-audio] Speakers
Well you do know with the good quality offerings. I know that my B&W T7 has 2 3.5 inch drivers and 2 passive radiators along with a full DSP circuit to enhance the sound. > On 1 Mar 2019, at 1:39 am, Howard Traxler > wrote: > > Thanks Brian, it seems then, that when someone is selling a bluetooth > speaker, you don't really know what's in it, huh? > > Howard > > On 2/28/2019 8:32 AM, Brian Olesen wrote: >> Yo Howard, >> Some speakers are those so called bars, where there are 2 or more speaker >> units in each bar. Others has a speaker on each side of them, and then again >> there are round structures with speakers inside that creates this stereo >> feeling. >> Then you have monorral speakers that some times can be paired as a >> synchronous stereo pair, if you prefer that. >> >> Best regards >> Brian >> >> -Oprindelig meddelelse- >> Fra: all-audio@groups.io På vegne af Howard Traxler >> Sendt: 28. februar 2019 15:15 >> Til: all-audio@groups.io >> Emne: [all-audio] Speakers >> >> Hi all, >> >> I'm wondering about the speakers that folks are talking about these >> days: the blue tooth and the smart, etc. Are they one speaker or a box >> with two or more speakers in it? We went for more than 50 years needing a >> pair of speakers for stereo. Have we now gone back to listening to one >> speaker as if we have one ear? I would hate to think that all these >> multi-channel systems send their output to only one speaker.. I don't think >> my amazon echo dot plays stereo so when I use it for music, I hook it up to >> my stereo system. >> >> Howard >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2056): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/2056 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/30163586/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Re: [all-audio] Speakers
The one good thing about all the Amazon speakers now is that they have line-out so you can use them with some other powered speakers, stereo Amplifier etc. The newer generation of Amazon Echo speakers have something called Dolby 360 and I tend to think this is a marketing therm rather than actually meaning that the speaker is stereo. It seems that - if you’re talking Smack Speakers - then you’re better to stick to the Smart Speaker brands themselves such as Amazon and Google. I have a Google Home Mac smart speaker here which is supposed to be the best sounding speaker in the Google range and its not bad but it is not portable and certainly wouldn’t fit the requirements of the original author of this thread. What I really like about the Google Home Max is its auto room tuning function. In many cases multi room speakers system are back to where it all started - feeding both stereo channels into one speaker - so in order to get stereo you need “A Pair”. There are multi room speakers that come as a stereo speaker such as the Denon Heos 7 and Heos 5 speakers. The Denon Heos 3 and Heos 1 are speakers speakers which you can pair together and that actually has advantages. You might just want to use one Denon Heos 3 speaker as a centre speaker for example. Getting back to the Google Home Max speaker I mentioned earlier. I’m considering getting another to make a pair. When the Mac lays horizontally its a stereo speaker though separation isn’t all that good. When the Max stands vertically it is a mono speaker and can be part of a pair if there are 2 Max speakers. You can do similar things with amazon echo speakers. > On 1 Mar 2019, at 1:14 am, Howard Traxler > wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm wondering about the speakers that folks are talking about these days: > the blue tooth and the smart, etc. Are they one speaker or a box with two or > more speakers in it? We went for more than 50 years needing a pair of > speakers for stereo. Have we now gone back to listening to one speaker as if > we have one ear? I would hate to think that all these multi-channel systems > send their output to only one speaker.. I don't think my amazon echo dot > plays stereo so when I use it for music, I hook it up to my stereo system. > > Howard > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2055): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/2055 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/30163586/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Re: [all-audio] Speakers
Thanks Brian, it seems then, that when someone is selling a bluetooth speaker, you don't really know what's in it, huh? Howard On 2/28/2019 8:32 AM, Brian Olesen wrote: Yo Howard, Some speakers are those so called bars, where there are 2 or more speaker units in each bar. Others has a speaker on each side of them, and then again there are round structures with speakers inside that creates this stereo feeling. Then you have monorral speakers that some times can be paired as a synchronous stereo pair, if you prefer that. Best regards Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: all-audio@groups.io På vegne af Howard Traxler Sendt: 28. februar 2019 15:15 Til: all-audio@groups.io Emne: [all-audio] Speakers Hi all, I'm wondering about the speakers that folks are talking about these days: the blue tooth and the smart, etc. Are they one speaker or a box with two or more speakers in it? We went for more than 50 years needing a pair of speakers for stereo. Have we now gone back to listening to one speaker as if we have one ear? I would hate to think that all these multi-channel systems send their output to only one speaker.. I don't think my amazon echo dot plays stereo so when I use it for music, I hook it up to my stereo system. Howard -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2054): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/2054 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/30163586/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Re: [all-audio] Speakers
Yo Howard, Some speakers are those so called bars, where there are 2 or more speaker units in each bar. Others has a speaker on each side of them, and then again there are round structures with speakers inside that creates this stereo feeling. Then you have monorral speakers that some times can be paired as a synchronous stereo pair, if you prefer that. Best regards Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: all-audio@groups.io På vegne af Howard Traxler Sendt: 28. februar 2019 15:15 Til: all-audio@groups.io Emne: [all-audio] Speakers Hi all, I'm wondering about the speakers that folks are talking about these days: the blue tooth and the smart, etc. Are they one speaker or a box with two or more speakers in it? We went for more than 50 years needing a pair of speakers for stereo. Have we now gone back to listening to one speaker as if we have one ear? I would hate to think that all these multi-channel systems send their output to only one speaker.. I don't think my amazon echo dot plays stereo so when I use it for music, I hook it up to my stereo system. Howard -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2053): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/2053 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/30163586/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
[all-audio] Speakers
Hi all, I'm wondering about the speakers that folks are talking about these days: the blue tooth and the smart, etc. Are they one speaker or a box with two or more speakers in it? We went for more than 50 years needing a pair of speakers for stereo. Have we now gone back to listening to one speaker as if we have one ear? I would hate to think that all these multi-channel systems send their output to only one speaker.. I don't think my amazon echo dot plays stereo so when I use it for music, I hook it up to my stereo system. Howard -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2052): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/2052 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/30163586/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
