Ukuphonononga: Jonga i-Audio Radius 270 Tower Somlomo

01 ngo 05

Ngaba i-Skinny = Inamandla?

Brent Butterworth

Ngaba kunokwenzeka ukukholisa abathandi bezomculo abathandekayo kunye nabaphulaphuli abaphulaphuli? Ewe, kodwa akunqabile. Ngokuqinisekileyo, uGeorge Benson uyandila ngokucula kakhulu "Ndiphe ubusuku" njengoko edlala "U-Willow Ulila." Kodwa iinzame zabaculi be pop ezifana neR Rod Stewart kunye noBarry Manilow ukujongana nemigangatho abazange bamkelwe ngabathandi abaninzi be-Great American Songbook.

I-Monitor Audio isesimweni esifanayo kunye ne-revamp yayo ye-Radius. I-Monitor izuze i-audiophiles kwizikhulumi ezizenzekelayo, ezizandileyo, kodwa i-Radius line yendalo yokudala eyakhelwe amakamelo okuphila kunye namajelo amancinci.

Ukuphakamisa umgangatho ozwakalayo wezithethi zeRadio, I-Monitor eyimboleko yezobuchwepheshe eziphuhlisiwe kwimigca yayo ephezulu. Ezi zibandakanya i-C-CAM yenkampani (i-aluminium / i-aluminium yenziwe nge-ceramic) kwizinto ze-woofers kunye ne-tweeter. Iingubo ze-ceramic zenza iitampu ze-resonances zinyithi, zenza abaqhubi basebenze ngakumbi njengama-piston aqinile kunokuba iintloko zengqungquthela. Njengokuba kukho izithethi zeendonga ezona zibiza kakhulu, iinkampani ziqhutywe zivela kumva ukuze zikuncede zomelele i-enclosure (jonga umfanekiso wesemva kwiphepha lokugqibela le ngongoma). Amachweba aqhutywe, njengombhobho wesibhamu, ukuhambisa ubundlobongela bomoya.

I-$ 1,249 / i-Radius i-Radius 270 isithethi se-tower inomphezulu we-Radius line ehlaziyiweyo. Njengoko iRadius 270 ilinganiswe nge-50 Hz bass extension, ungayisebenzisa yedwa kwisistimu ye stereo, nje kuphela ukuba ungakhange ukhangele impendulo ephantsi okanye ephezulu. Ukuba ufuna ukufaka ngaphezulu i-bass okanye inyama ngaphandle kwama-270s kwi-sound sound system system, i-Monitor Monitor inikeza uluhlu lwee-Radius izithethi kunye ne-subwoofers ezimele zikhohlise.

Kunzima ukukhanyela isibheno sikaRodio 270 sibheno, kodwa kufuneka uzibuze ukuba isandi esinamandla kangakanani xa unesigqeba esingaphantsi kwama-intshi ama-5 ububanzi, ephethe i-woofers ezimbini. Makhe siphulaphule ...

02 we 05

Jonga i-Radius Audio 270: Izixhobo kunye nokusekwa

Brent Butterworth

• Iingubo ezimbini ze-C-CAM ezine-intshi
• 1-intshi ye-C-CAM tweeter
• Izithuba ezinxibelelwano zetekethi zintsimbi ezihlanu
• Kufumaneka kwi-gloss black, i-gloss white okanye i-waln finish
• Ubukhulu 39.4 x 7 x 8.2 kwi / 1,000 x 177 x 208 mm (hwd)
• Isisindo 21.8 lbs./9.9 kg

I-270 yintetho encinci, ehle kakhulu enesithethi esivela ebhokisini ngokupheleleyo. Akukho mfuneko kwi-setup. Ndibabeka kwindawo efana nendawo ndibeka izithethi eziqhelekileyo; Kule meko iminyango yeendonga zihleli ngamasentimitha angama-28 ukusuka eludongeni emva kwabo, kwaye ndazibetha zombini ukuba ndijongane ngqo nesihlalo sam ukuphulaphula.

Ndidibanise zombini kwi-Denon A / V yamkeli. Ngamanye amaxesha ndibaleka ngokubanzi, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ndiwasebenzisa nge-subwoofer ye- SVS SB-2000 , iwela i-Radius 270 kwi-subwoofer kwi-80 Hz.

03 we 05

Jonga i-Audio Radius 270: Ukusebenza

Brent Butterworth

Njengoko ndisoloko ndenza xa ndiqala ukuphonononga isithethi, ndandidla i-Radius 270, ndidlala i-jazz irekhodi wam umhlobo uNick wandiboleka. Wayengayiphulaphulaphula ubuncinane ubuncinane iminyaka elishumi, kodwa yavela ukuba igcinwe kakuhle - akukho nanye kubo yayingenanto encinane. Kanti esinye isizathu esikhulu sokuba nomntu onokuthi: Ungabhalela iirekhodi kubangani bakho abangenayo i-turntable.

Iindlebe zam zanyuka ngokukhawuleza xa ndakuva i-Radius 270 ephakamileyo, ehamba phambili, ekhuphe ngaphandle kwegitare uGabor Szabo, uMnxebi , icala elingu-1967 elirekhodiweyo lihlala kwiJazz Workshop eBoston. Ingqungquthela ye-Szabo (i-string-steel string, acoustic flat-flat) kunye nomgibe kaMarty Morrell kunye namacangci ayezwakala ngathi baxhuma kwiindonga ezinzima zeqela eliphakathi. Ndandithanda indlela uRdius 270 ebonakala ngayo ukuphinda abuyele kwindawo leyo ngokufanelekileyo. Njengoko i-web search yandixelela kamva, i-Jazz Workshop yayiyiyona ndawo yendawo esezantsi efanelekileyo, into efana ne-Village Vanguard okanye i-Small kwiSixeko saseNew York, ngokucacileyo i-Radius 270 yafumana into eyiyo.

Umdlali weDrummer U-Chico Hamilton ovela kwiLizwe ezimbini (kunye no-Szabo) wawungcono kakhulu, kunye nesandi seCharles Lloyd nesandi ebonakalayo esivela kwisithuba esikhulu esingaphambi kwam egumbini lam kunokuba ivela kwi-Radius 270s.

Iirekhodi zamandulo ze-jazz, ke, akuzona izinto ezifuna ukunyusa, ngoko ndatshintshela kwii- 10 zokuzithandela zamathandabu zokuhlola . U-Steely Dan "U-Aja" (ngokwenene akayena omnye ophezulu wam 10 kule mihla kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo kwinqanaba lam eli-15) lizwakala kakuhle, kunye nepiyano enzima ukuzalisa ekurekhodeni engabonakali ubunzima obungathandekiyo ininzi izithethi zinikeza. Ama-270 ayiphatha ilizwi likaRonald Fagen njengeliso ngokucophelela.

Ndiqaphele ukuba ngoxa i-Chuck Rainey yayingqinekanga, yayingenamandla, kwaye ipiyano yayingenamzimba. Ndabona kwakhona amacangci abonakala ebonisa ukutsalathisa okufutshane ekugqibeleni, kodwa kungekhona inkcazelo ephezulu kwi-10 kHz. Oku kwenza ukuba ndizibuze ukuba mhlawumbi i-Intelligent Monitor iinjongo ezixutywe kwi-intanethi ngokukhawuleza ukulungelelanisa kangcono imveliso ye-basof ye-woofers encinane. Oko kuya kuba yimpumelelo, ndicinga-ngamanye amaxesha i-tweeter eneempendulo ezicwangcisiweyo kwi-20 kHz inokuvakala kakhulu xa ihamba kunye ne-woofers encinci.

Umculo wam "oqhelekileyo" womculo, uToto "u-Rosanna," uzwakala ngokugqithiseleyo ngeRadius 270, ngezwi elibalaseleyo, elibuyiselwayo ndicinga ukuba iqela liya kulo. ('Kungenxa yokuba uyazi wonke umntu ekuqaleni kwee-1980 zaza kuhamba loo nto.) Njengoko ndagxotha umthamo ngaphaya kwe-92 dBC, ndilinganiswe kwisitulo sam ukuphulaphulisa iinyawo ezili-11, isandi sagxininiswa kwaye ibhola yokukhaba elahlekelwa ukukhaba. Kwi-Mötley Crüe "I-Kickstart My Heart," i-Radius 270 yandibulala xa ndizama ukuyikhwela kwinqanaba eliyanelisayo. Kodwa ukongeza i-SB-2000 subwoofer kwinkqubo ejongene nale ngxaki ngokukhawuleza.

Ndiyayithanda loo nto i-Radius 270 eyenziwa ngamazwi ngokubanzi; yonke imculi endidlala ngayo yayiphumelele, ingabonakali ngombala wokubambisa okanye umbala we-midrange. Kodwa, ndaphawula ukuba kwi-James Taylor yokurekhoda kwe "Shower the People" esuka kwi-Live kwi-Beacon Theater, ilizwi likaTloron lizwakala lincinci elincinci kumanqaku anzulu. Ngako uMfundisi uDennis Kamakahi ekubhaliseni kwakhe "Ulili'E." Ndacinga ukuba le nto yayiyi-artifact ye-bass bump I-ingqungquthela yeenjineli ze-Monitor zongezwa ukunika ibhalansi ye-tonal ngaphezulu kwe-heft. Ukutshintshela i-subwoofer kwakhona, kwaye ngoko ke ukucoca ii-frequencies ezingaphantsi kwe-80 Hz ngaphandle kwe-270, kwazisa i-vocal ranges backs kummandla weqiniso.

04 we 05

Jonga i-Radius Audio 270: Imilinganiselo

Brent Butterworth

Ukuphendula ngokuphindaphindiweyo
I-axis: ± 2.8 dB ukusuka kwi-51 Hz ukuya kuma-20 kHz, ± 2.0 dB ukuya kwi-10 kHz
Umyinge: ± 3.5 dB ukusuka kwi-51 Hz ukuya kuma-20 kHz, ± 2.1 dB ukuya kwi-10 kHz

Ukunyamezela
Ubuncinane 4.7 ohms / 280 Hz / + 2 °, i-oh ohms ekhethiweyo

Ubuninzi (2.83 volts / 1 meter, anechoic)
84.8 dB

Ndikulinganisa impendulo yexesha eliqhelekileyo le-Radius 270 usebenzisa ubuchule be-quasi-anechoic, ngesithethi esiphezulu kwema-28 intshi (67 cm) kunye nomlinganiselo we-microphone kumitha eyi-1, usebenzisa umsebenzi wokuqhawula kwi-Clio 10 FW yomsombululo womsindo ukuphelisa imiphumo ye-acoustical yezinto ezizungezile. Impendulo ye-Bass yayilinganiswa ngokusebenzisa indlela yokuhamba komhlaba, kunye nemakrofoni emhlabathini 1 imitha phambi kwesithethi, ngoko ugalela umphumo kwii-quasi-anechoic curve kwi-250 Hz. Inkcazo eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kwitshathi elingentla ibonisa impendulo yevama kwi-axis; ulandelelwano oluluhlaza lubonisa umyinge weempendulo kwi-0, ± 15 no-30 degrees ngokulinganayo. Iziphumo zahlanjululwa kwi-octave ye-1/12.

Ezi ziphumo ezihle kakhulu. Naliphina isithethi esilinganisa ngaphandle kwe-± 3 dB ukuhlukahluka kwi-axis ngokuqhelekileyo kuthathwa njengelungileyo, kwaye i-Radius 270 idibana naloo mgangatho ngokulula. IAnomalies? Ngokuqinisekileyo, kukho intambo encinci kodwa ebanzi ephakathi kwe-7.5 kHz (mhlawumbi imbangela yeso sigxininiso egxininisiweyo endiyikhankanyileyo), kunye nokunciphisa ngokunyanisekileyo kwi-balanceal tonal, engenza i-Radius 270 isandile nje ithambile. Impendulo ye-off-axis iyinto ecocekileyo kakhulu, kunye nokunciphisa ukuphendulela ngokukhawuleza kwindlela yokuphuma kwi-degrees 60-off-axis.

Ukuvakalelwa kwesi sithethi makube malunga ne-88 dB kwi-gumbi (ndilinganisa i-anechoic ukuzwela ngenxa yokungqinelana), okwaneleyo ukuba ne-16-watt amp iya kukunika malunga ne-100 dB.

05 we 05

Jonga i-Radius Audio 270: Final Take

Brent Butterworth

I-Radius 270 ayithengi kakuhle kwi-~ 1,000,000 / isithethi se-tower tower, kodwa kwakungenjongo yokuba. Ungakwazi ukufumana lula isithethi esikhulu senqaba, njenge-PSB Image T5, enezinga elifanayo lokuhlengahlengiswa kwee sonic kunye nemveliso engaphezulu. Akusilo nto, nangona kunjalo. I-PSB Image T5 - kwaye phantse zonke ezinye izivakalisi zentaba kule ntlawulo yexabiso-zibukeka ngathi zikhohlakeleyo zithethi zebhokisi, ngokuqinisekileyo ziyakuthandwa ngabantu abaphulaphule kodwa zithiywe ngabo bahlanganyela nabo.

Inzuzo ye-Radius 270 kukuba kukunika ukulungiswa kwezi zithethi kwifom yefom ekhangeleka kakhulu kwaye kuncinci kakhulu ukufaka izikhalazo ezivela kwenye yakho ebalulekileyo. Ukudlala i-jazz okanye udidi okanye ukukhanya okuqhelekileyo, mhlawumbi konke okufunekayo. Yongeza into encinane ye-subwoofer kwaye i-Radius 270 ifanele ilingane nemveliso yabaqhubi bayo abakhulu.