YG Acoustics [Archive] - Audio & Video Forums

PDA

View Full Version : YG Acoustics



frenchmon
04-16-2010, 02:21 PM
Slip on some head phones and listen through your computer...Its kinda hard through the computer, but what do you think of what you hear? Best in the world?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AOBvD8Fib0

Ajani
04-16-2010, 02:32 PM
That's the best sound I've ever heard... So good that listening to a recording of a song played on the YG's makes my laptop speaker sound better than a pair of Soundlab U1s.... :lol:

frenchmon
04-16-2010, 02:44 PM
Go on down the list...there are plenty of speakers and gear to listen to....this is great!

I agree....so far they are the best I've heard as well. There are some single driver horn speakers playing some Metallica that I am impressed with being only one driver.

frenchmon
04-16-2010, 02:52 PM
MrPeabody....Klipshorns aint got nothing on these!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgiwDhOlvyM&NR=1

frenchmon
04-16-2010, 02:58 PM
Metallica any body? Check out these single driver speakers....im impressed at what a single driver can do...maybe they are not single driver...I betcha they got a down firing sub at the bottom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdWRyyBW8LA&feature=related

Ajani
04-16-2010, 04:13 PM
Frenchmon, I didn't realize you were serious about evaluating the sound of a system from youtube vids.......

Even assuming that youtube quality plus my computer's soundcard makes all the vids sound equally crappy, recording differences alone would make comparisons between rooms meaningless....

EDIT: But if you are just watching the vids for fun, then that's totally understandable...

Hyfi
04-16-2010, 04:35 PM
I betcha they got a down firing sub at the bottom.



I don't think so. They have one of these amazing drivers
http://www.feastrex.com/products.html

and then scroll down this page to Lumination
http://www.affirmaudio.com/products.html

That is pretty amazing for a Metalica disk.

Here is another good single driver clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLuE1ZW7G1c&feature=related

this is getting addictive

RGA
04-16-2010, 05:03 PM
It's bold advertising - indeed. I didn't hear the best in the world at CES but it's not like most of us can afford them anyway so it's a little moot.

Personally, I like guys who use $90,000 integrated amplifiers like the Ongaku SET amplifier and run it as a guitar amp and homemade electric guitar through a not inexpensive set of Audio Note E loudspeakers . That to me is just more fun to see. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7WZ_db2zVg

Ajani
04-16-2010, 05:12 PM
It's bold advertising - indeed. I didn't hear the best in the world at CES but it's not like most of us can afford them anyway so it's a little moot.

Personally, I like guys who use $90,000 integrated amplifiers like the Ongaku SET amplifier and run it as a guitar amp and homemade electric guitar through a not inexpensive set of Audio Note E loudspeakers . That to me is just more fun to see. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7WZ_db2zVg

I'd recognise the Audio Note Office anywhere... lol.... Clearly he must have worked there (or is facing some prison time for breaking in to play his guitar)....

Jack in Wilmington
04-17-2010, 04:28 AM
It's bold advertising - indeed. I didn't hear the best in the world at CES but it's not like most of us can afford them anyway so it's a little moot.

Personally, I like guys who use $90,000 integrated amplifiers like the Ongaku SET amplifier and run it as a guitar amp and homemade electric guitar through a not inexpensive set of Audio Note E loudspeakers . That to me is just more fun to see. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7WZ_db2zVg

Rich, I agree with you 100%. I wouldn't spend my time looking for the best sound. I would like to hear the most affordable sound. Even if it's on the extreme outer limits of affordable. Even if I hit the lottery, I'm not going out and buy YG Accoustics or MBL101's or whatever. I may not even like the way they sound. To me good sound and money don't go hand in hand.

frenchmon
04-17-2010, 07:16 AM
Frenchmon, I didn't realize you were serious about evaluating the sound of a system from youtube vids.......

Even assuming that youtube quality plus my computer's soundcard makes all the vids sound equally crappy, recording differences alone would make comparisons between rooms meaningless....

EDIT: But if you are just watching the vids for fun, then that's totally understandable...

I was not that serious when I wrote that first posting, but I did notice none of the speakers sounded alike through my earphones. Some did sound pretty good compared to others. I think they where recorded by the same guy because he did speak to a few of the representatives. I could get some sort of idea what the speakers MIGHT sound like from past experience of listening to speakers. The YG Acoustics sounded like they would be a very very detailed speaker with plenty of air around each instrument....the single drive speakers sounded like they would have a very wide dispersion of sound for only one driver...the horn loaded speaker that I teased MrP about sounded like they where not as detailed a speaker as the YG Acoustics...had a wide dispertion of sound...and they sounded more like a fuller sound than the Klipschorn with a better bottom end....I would love to hear each speaker in person to see if what I interpreted was close to what I could tell from the clips....

frenchmon

frenchmon
04-17-2010, 07:23 AM
I don't think so. They have one of these amazing drivers
http://www.feastrex.com/products.html

and then scroll down this page to Lumination
http://www.affirmaudio.com/products.html

That is pretty amazing for a Metalica disk.

Here is another good single driver clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLuE1ZW7G1c&feature=related

this is getting addictive

I wish I could hear some single driver speakers in person....that Lumination is a beautiful speaker. ....You would not happen to know what that tune was that was playing in the clip you sent of the single driver in that youtube clip
would you?

frenchmon
04-17-2010, 07:29 AM
Rich, I agree with you 100%. I wouldn't spend my time looking for the best sound. I would like to hear the most affordable sound. Even if it's on the extreme outer limits of affordable. Even if I hit the lottery, I'm not going out and buy YG Accoustics or MBL101's or whatever. I may not even like the way they sound. To me good sound and money don't go hand in hand.

If I had Oprah's loot, I would not care what I spent....I would have the sound that I loved.

frenchmon

Pat D
04-17-2010, 08:06 AM
I looked at the measurements on Soundstage.com for the main module, and they are very good, indeed. And Stereophile and Soundstage do report they sound excellent. I'm sure they sound very fine, but so do lots of others.

http://www.soundstagenetwork.com/measurements/speakers/yg_anat_ref_main_module/

On the other hand, they don't measure notably better than my own Paradigm Signature S2, v. 1, speakers, and looking at the Signature S1, v. 2, measurements, they don't look any better! The distortion measurments are about equal, and if you go up to the S2, they are better. The distortion does not look troublesome, but still, at that price . . .

http://www.soundstagenetwork.com/measurements/speakers/paradigm_signature_s1_v2/

With a big subwoofer from Paradigm, Hsu, or some others, one could easily outperform the YG Acoustics speakers in the deep bass.

So, even if I won the lottery, the YG Acoustics speakers wouldn't be on my audition list, as they don't seem to be a good value for the money--except for the prestige factor. :lol:
And I'm not really interested in that sort of prestige. In philosophy, maybe . . .

Hyfi
04-17-2010, 09:45 AM
You would not happen to know what that tune was that was playing in the clip you sent of the single driver in that youtube clip
would you?

Addict by The Juice to Make it Happen, it has it on the beginning of the video.

RGA
04-17-2010, 09:55 AM
I was not that serious when I wrote that first posting, but I did notice none of the speakers sounded alike through my earphones. Some did sound pretty good compared to others. I think they where recorded by the same guy because he did speak to a few of the representatives. I could get some sort of idea what the speakers MIGHT sound like from past experience of listening to speakers. The YG Acoustics sounded like they would be a very very detailed speaker with plenty of air around each instrument....the single drive speakers sounded like they would have a very wide dispersion of sound for only one driver...the horn loaded speaker that I teased MrP about sounded like they where not as detailed a speaker as the YG Acoustics...had a wide dispertion of sound...and they sounded more like a fuller sound than the Klipschorn with a better bottom end....I would love to hear each speaker in person to see if what I interpreted was close to what I could tell from the clips....

frenchmon

Why not take a trip to San Francisco at the end of July. Dagogo is hosting a new, hopefully, yearly show in the summer there and tickets are something like $10 for three days and, unlike other shows, is open to the public not just dealers/distributors. http://www.caaudioshow.com/

hifitommy
04-17-2010, 10:37 AM
"On the other hand, they don't measure notably better than my own Paradigm Signature S2, v. 1"

measurements will only tell you so much. its the listening that is the final arbiter. early solid ste electronics MEASURED way better than the tubed predecessors but mostly sounded like crap. even a friend of mine gave his tubed fisher receiver to his sister upon purchase of his new transistor unit.

about a week later, he traded her for the tubed unit back.

YGs should be quite accessible to hear, at least in the larger population centers like LA. of course, it would be nice to have that kind of dough and choices.

audio amateur
04-17-2010, 12:50 PM
It never fails to surprise me how crappy the music is at audio shows.
Of course, to each his own right?
I've also noticed audio geeks often have poney tails or long hair.

hifitommy
04-17-2010, 04:58 PM
is typically sub-par because hotel rooms are not nearly ideal for the purpose AND setup time is usually too short. now and again, it turns out superlative.

the pony tails are leftover from the boomer generation's long hair and some of those guys are musicians who tend toward that look.

mostly the shows are for display of merchandise to tempt you to find the products to listen to AND for potential sales to the retailers. home audition is the best anyway.

audio amateur
04-18-2010, 12:21 AM
is typically sub-par because hotel rooms are not nearly ideal for the purpose AND setup time is usually too short. now and again, it turns out superlative.
Note i wrote music not sound.
As for poney tales you're probably right.

hifitommy
04-18-2010, 12:31 AM
many times the 'music' is chosen for its impact or other demonstration characteristic. otoh, i have been turned on to some truly great music at shows.

the score to american beauty turns out to be not only good music but it has some scarysynthesizer transients and bela fleck and the flecktones-flight of the cosmic hippo reveals victor wooten's ample electric bass skills as well as being a great woofer demo and setup tool.

both of these i heard at shows.

poppachubby
04-18-2010, 01:52 AM
Go on down the list...there are plenty of speakers and gear to listen to....this is great!

I agree....so far they are the best I've heard as well. There are some single driver horn speakers playing some Metallica that I am impressed with being only one driver.

Perhaps you've heard me yakin about Frugal horns, same deal here. They do have a real magic sound. The driver is important but it's actually the chamber of the horn that's doing the real work. I want to build some Metronomes, simple in design. Those in the video probably have a chamber similar to this...

http://www.frugal-horn.com/

http://homepage.mac.com/tlinespeakers/FH/images/dallas-inside.jpg

Poultrygeist
04-18-2010, 05:09 AM
Those Maxxhorns go for $28,500. With a sensitivity of 103dB the Feastrex drivers will rock with a couple of watts. From the front they look for the world like my Tang Bands.

hifitommy
04-18-2010, 07:46 AM
in the pic, that shows to be a trnsmission line. that brings the lows out nicely, that should be gratifying after the build is complete.