04-Jan-2018, 16:44
(26-Dec-2017, 19:27)snbeall Wrote: New Phantom Elevate Duo owner, so sorry to resurrect what many may feel is a dead horse, but I wanted to add my own bass torture (litmus) test track. I have never heard ANYTHING pass this, but some manage to fail more gracefully than others. My Elevates made a dramatic effort, but in the end failed equally dramatically (in fact alarmed me that they might have self destructed!). I wonder if the added heft of the Gold’s could handle it better. Would any Gold owners care to report back?
Roger Waters -
“Three Wishes” from Amused to Death (2015)... at 2:00 the Genie’s voice with the insurmountable hurdle coming at about 2:14...
(Note that this album is recorded at a lower level than most, so you’ll need 10 points or so above your typical setting).
I do not experience any problem playing this track with a pair of Golds at volume 65. Indeed the woofers experience high excursions but all is under control. Very intense bass and extremely out of phase. A lot of low frequency resonances in this groovy voice room effect. I used a 24bit/96kHz recording purchased at Qobuz. Great SQ!