Kvart & Bolge Sound Sommeliers Speaker Review

01 ye 05

A Radically Affordable Audiophile Speaker

Kvart & Bolge

Shamwari yangu Steve Guttenberg haandiiti ini kazhinji, naizvozvo paanodana ini ndinoziva kuti nguva dzose kune chikonzero chakanaka. Nguva yekupedzisira, yaive kunditaurira kuti iye angadai akaita shanduko dzakapinda mu "Hondo yeHudha" - uye kunditaurira kuzotarisana nemutauri wekusangana webhajheji itsva yaakawana. Mukurukuri is Sound Sommeliers naKvart & Bølge.

Steve akatsunga pamusoro pevakurukuri. Akange akabatwa nezwi raaifunga kuti ndinofanira kuvanzwa, uye kuita zvakadzama kuongorora kwehutano hunogona kujekesa chimwe chinhu pamusoro pokuti nei vachiratidza nzira yavanoita.

Pandakaenda kune webhusaiti yeKvart & Bølge panguva yehurukuro yedu, ndaifunga kuti mukurukuri akagadzira yakanga yakanaka chaizvo, uye ndakashamiswa nechechina-wavelength bass loading, teknolojia yakagadzirwa nevazhinji vanozvi-ivo-ivo pachavo vatauri vekukurukura uye vanoshandiswawo transmission-line speakers. Izvo hazvina zvakawanda zvekutsvaga mutsara yemitambo kunze uko, asi iyo yandinonzwa ini inowanzodiwa. Dzidziso ndeyekuti (kuisa zviri nyore), nekuita nzvimbo yebatoti yemagetsi kwenguva yakareba chikamu chimwe chete chekukura kwetsamba yakadzika yaunoda kubereka, mafungu emhepo anobva kumushure wehurukuro anotora uye asingapindi nenzira ipi neipi nemafungu anonzwika achibuda pamberi pekutaura.

Asi kunyange kana iwe uchida kuti mutauriri wako arambe achienda kune 40 Hz chete, iyo inotakura mamita manomwe. Zvizhinji zvekutaura-mitsara inotenderera inotakura pipe, asi zvakadaro, izvo zvinoguma muhurukuro yakaisvonaka uye kazhinji inodhura mutauri. Kvart & Bølge inyanzvi haisi kuenda kune zvakadzika pasi, asi panzvimbo pacho kuita sendima-wavelength hurukuro inogona kunge yakawanda zvokuti inokodzera makamuri akagara.

Chaiko chakandishamisa, kunyange zvakadaro, apo Steve akanditaurira mutengo. Ndanga ndichifunga kuti chigadzirwa chakadai chingave chakakosha mumatafura matatu akakwirira, asi kwete: zvakanyanya kutsika. Iwe unogona kuzviwana nemhando dzakasiyana-siyana: huni dzinogadziriswa, mavara akasiyana, kunyange vanyori-vakagadzirwa.

Kunyange zvazvo Steve neni tine nzira dzakasiyana zvakasiyana-siyana dzekutinhira - zvakakwana zvachose, zvangu zvakanyanya sehafu-vateereri, hafu-teknolojia - Ndinowanzozviwana ndichibvumirana neanoongorora. Ndinoyemurawo kufunga kwake kwekuzvikudza, chimwe chinhu chisingawanzoitiki pakati pevanyori vehurukuro. Saka ndaifanira kungonzwa-uye kuyera-izvo mutauri uyu aigona kuita.

02 of 05

Kvart & Bolge Sound Sommeliers: Zvizivo uye Zvichemo

Kvart & Bolge

• 3-inch full-range driver
• bhanana-jack hurukuro
• 32.9 x 3.9 x 5.7 mu / 836 x 99 x 145mm
• 10.1 lbs / 4.6 kg imwe neimwe

The Sound Sommeliers ichingove bvudzi riri pasi pe33 inches high, uye bvudzi risina masendimita mana. Vanoshandisa mutyairi mumwe chete-masendimita masere kuti vauyezve mutsara wose werinzwi - saka iwe haugoni kuwana mabhesi akadzika, asi iwe unodzivisa kuva nekutora crossover circuit.

Ndakagamuchira maviri yakanga yakarongedzwa nokuda kwechiitiko chekudhiridza. Imwe neimwe inogadzirwa kubva kune imwe nhete yeruminiyumu inonzi extrusion, ine purasitiki yakaiswa kumusoro. Nheyo yesimbi yakadzika pasi inoita kuti shongwe duku dzive dzakasimba.

Pane zvishoma zvinonakidza zvisingakwanisi pano. Kutanga, iwe unogona kushandisa chete mharidzo dzesiperesi dzakaguma nemabhanki emabhanki, kunyange zvazvo iwe unogona kuwana nyore nyore mabhanki emabhanki anonamatira kusina chinhu. Chechipiri, mukurukuri anorongwa kutora 25 watts simba chete, uye rated sensitivity yake yakaderera pa 84 dB. Nokudaro, yako yakawanda inogadzirwa ichava kune imwe nzvimbo inenge inenge 98 dB - iyo inonzwika kwazvo, asi yakanaka 5 kusvika ku7 dB pasi pane vakawanda vanogona kutaura.

Ndakashandisa Sound Sommeliers kunyanya ne12-watt yangu yeMengyue Mini tube amp. Ndakavaedzawo neDenon AVR-2809CI A / V rekugamuchira, uye ivhu rakashandurwa kusvika pakero yakaenzana. 'Nokuti iwe unoziva, nemagadziro ehurukuro, inotamba pane imwe nzvimbo, simba rinobva kune imwe 12-watt amp sezvo richibva kune 100-watt amp, chero bedzi chiyero hachidari kana amps 'kukwanisa. Kunyangwe iine 12-watt amp, kunyange zvakadaro, ndakawana zvakakwana kune kwandingakwanise kuteerera.

03 of 05

Kvart & Bolge Sound Sommeliers: Kubudirira

Kvart & Bolge

Chinhu chokutanga chandakada chaizvo pamusoro peSonome Sommeliers ndizvo zvandaitarisira kuda: kujekesa uye kusarerekera kwezvinyorwa. Aiwa, mabhasi haana huwandu hwakawedzerwa kana simba, asi ane ruzha, rucheno ruchena pasina rimwe reonant boom iro vazhinji vanotaura, kunyange zvakanakisisa, vanobereka kune imwe nguva. Izvo zvinondiyeuchidza nezvevamwe vehurukuro dzakasununguka shure dzandakanzwa.

Bhuku reSkulls 'pop-metal tune "Nightmares" zvichida haisi chinhu chokutanga chaunofunga kutamba kuburikidza neIntern Sommeliers - asi ichocho chikonzero chakanaka chokuchiita sechinhu chero chipi zvacho. Ndakanga ndisingashamisi kunzwa kuti hurukuro iyi yakanzwika sei kuburikidza nevatauri veganda. Nzira yepamusoro yakanga yakakura uye kufungidzira pakati pevatauri kwaive kwakanyatsotarisa. Steve akanga akarurama kuti vatauriri ava vanonyangarika vanonyangarika vachienda kune imwe yero inoshamisa; zvose zvandaiita sezvinzwiwa mazwi nemidziyo yekufungidzira pakati pevatauri uye mamiriro ekunze achikomberedza mukamuri. Izwi rakanzwika zvishoma tizzy mukutenderera-nyaya inowanzova nevanokwerera-yakazara-asi zvisingaiti, chikamu chakanga chisingashamisi chakanga chisingatori. Mabhesi akadanidzira kunyange, kunyange zvazvo asina simba kana punchy, asi ndakawana pfungwa ndakanga ndichinzwa zvimwe kudengenyeka kana kuti resonance kubva pamakona.

Ndaifunga kuti vakarurama ndivo vanotungamira saxophonist David Binney's "The Blue Whale," kubva kuHielded Land inogona kuita kuti madhairiki maduku adanidzire mukurwadziwa (sezvinowanzoitika nechekodhi, yose-in-one Bluetooth uye WiFi speakers vanowanzoedza) , asi kwete-handina kunzwa chero kushandiswa kwese pamusana pekuteerera kwepamusoro. Ndakanzwawo chimwe chinhu chandakanga ndisati ndacherechedza mukudhindwa uku zvisati zvaitika: chimiro chakasimba che stereo chezvinyorwa zviri kurudyi, akagara panenge chikamu chechitanhatu chemugwagwa kubva kumutauri wekurudyi kuruboshwe. Kazhinji mabhasi anonzwika zvakanyanya uye zvisinganyatsofungidziri zvakajeka. Nemhaka yezvishoma zvine simba uye, ndinofunga, zvisingakwanisi kuwedzerwa kwepamusoro-shanduro yevatauri, handina kuwana ruzivo rwakawanda rwemakwakwakwa esimbi uye kusvetwa kwemusungo, kana kufema kwekutaura kwaBinney, asi madhiramu uye sax akafungidzira zvisinganzwisisiki.

Zvinyorwa zvakadzika zvinotungamirira kurema huru yaHolly Cole ye "Good Time Charlie yakagamuchira blues" haikwanise kupera Sound Sommeliers, kana, kunyange iyi tune imwe yeBluetooth speaker killer. Zvakare, kufungidzira kwaifadza, nezwi reClele, the pious acoustic, uye mabhesiti akarurama akamira zvakananga pakati pevatauri. Zviduku zvishoma zvakange zvisingagoni kupa piano muviri waidiwa, uye pane humwe humwe hwakanaka muzwi reClele, asi zvakadaro, zvaive zvakanyanya kufadza kuteerera uye zvichida imwe yezvinonyanya kukurudzira zvandakanzwa kubva pane zvisingakwanisi mukurukuri .

Kunyangwe mabhesi akasimbirira eChirungu Beat's "Hands Off Zvangu" hazvina kukwanisa kuitika Sound Sommeliers; ivo havana kuridza mhere asi vakaramba vachirichengetedza nemanzwi nemagirita, uye mabhesi acho akaratidzika zvakanaka kunyange. Zvakare, manzwi aya akanga asinganzwisisiki kumusoro, asi vatauri vazhinji vanogara vachitaura pamusoro pemutambo uyu uye mutauri muduku uyu haana. Icho chiri kutaura chimwe chinhu.

Ndakanga ndakataridzirwa zvakanaka nekudzika kwakadini Sound Sommeliers inogona kutamba paGean Geissman's "Cool Man Cool": Havana kuita sekunoderedza chero mabhesi, uye vakapa pfungwa yakajeka. Uye zvakare, ndakaputirwa nekunaka kwekufungidzira kwe stereo pakati pevatauri, uye ndakashamiswa nekupararira kwezwi. Yep, apo rwiyo rwacho rwakazosvika pakuguma kwayo, vatauri vakatanga kutinhira zvishoma, asi havana kubvisa kukanganisa pachena.

04 of 05

Kvart & Bolge Sound Sommeliers: Zvimwe

Brent Butterworth

Iyi chati inoratidza mhinduro dzenguva dze Sound Sommeliers pane axis (blue trace) uye yevhareji yemhinduro pa 0 °, ± 10 °, ± 20 ° uye ± 30 ° necheriri (ruvara rwekutsvaga). Iyo yakazara uye yakanyanyisa iyo mitsara inoona, zviri nani mukurukuri kazhinji.

Pasi-axis kana kure, iyi ndiyo mhinduro yakaipa, asi inofanirwa nemutyairi wakakwana. (Zvakawanda nokuda kwezwi reTruism rinoti "zviri nyore zviri nani.") Zvisinei, dzakawanda zvepamusoro-soro uye mapepa pano ndiwo mhedziso yezvinyorwa zviduku uye kuregererwa; chimiro chechigadziro ichi chinonyanya kunzwisiswa ndechekuti yakawanda, yakareba midrange / inowedzera pasi inowedzera kubva 1.4 kusvika 3.8 kHz. Kakawanda apo pandinoona kunyorova kana kuvhara mukati memhinduro pakati pe 200 ne500 Hz, ndinofunga kuti ivo vanogadzirwa kweproasi-anechoic nzira yandinoshandisa (iyo ine chisarudzo chiduku munharaunda ino), asi madipsi pa 230 ne370 Hz dzakadzika uye dzakapinza zvandiri kutarisira kuti dzinhu huri hwehukuru hwemukati acoustics. I -3 dB bass response iri 60 Hz, iyo yakanaka chaizvo kwekanguva shoma, slim tower. Kubuda-axis response kunonyatsonaka kusvika kusvika 7 kHz, asi kwakanaka kusinganzwisisiki pamakwikwi akakwirira - zvinowanzoshanda kune mutyairi wakakwana we-inch 3-inch.

Kutsiva kunokwana 8 ohms uye kudikira kusvika pasi pe7.1 ohms / -7 ° chikamu pa 380 Hz. Icho chinyararire chine mhedziso yakakosha iyo ipi zvayo inogona kubata isina chinetso. Anechoic senitivity maitiro 81.7 dB pa 1 watt / 1 mita; iyo inofanira kuva ine 84 dB mu-mukana. Nokudaro, iwe uchada 10 watts kana kuti kuti uwane simba rinoshandiswa; Qinpu Q-2 zvichida haisazova sarudzo yakanaka.

Ndakayera Sound Sommeliers neChio 10 FW analyzer uye MIC-01 maikorofoni, iri kure nemamita 1 pane imwe mamita 1; chiyero chiri pasi apa 160 Hz chakatorwa nekuvhara makumbo mutyairi uye chikepe, kuwedzera kupindura kwechikepe uye kuenzanisa maviri.

05 of 05

Kvart & Bolge Sound Sommeliers: Final Take

Kvart & Bolge

Izwi rakanaka Sommeliers harisi guru rose-rakapoteredza mukurukuri munhu wose anofanira kumhanya nekutenga, asi vateopolisi vanoda kuisa pamwe purogiramu yakagadzikana iyo yakabva zvachose kubva pachimiro ichada avo vakurukuri. Izwi harifaniri kuchinja kana kusagadziriswa, asi iyo inokurudzira uye inokurudzira sumo imwe chete. Itai izvi pamwe chete nediki shoma duku tube inoita seMengyue Mini, kana chimwe chezvinhu zvisingakwanisi zvinyorwa zvitsva kubva kuPart Express , uye iwe uchava nesimbi yakagutsa uye inogutsa mumhanzi.