AV News 195 - February 2014
The first opportunity to use it in 'anger' was during an RPS/Duncan McEwan
Workshop in Aberfeldy; we were in a large reception room at the B&B and I was
asked to screen an AV I had produced from a previous workshop. The quality of
audio was quite spectacular and, without seeing the speakers or the cables and
without having to sit through my rigging of equipment, the audience were
intrigued as to where the sound emanated from.
I'm not suggesting that these speakers are a
direct replacement for my Yamaha Stage 300
speakers but I now have the confidence to use the
JLP bar speaker in many locations and have been
very impressed. When I had a connection problem
at the last Great Yorkshire AV day, I was happy to
try out the speakers for the first half of my talk. It
proved to be so acceptable (and caused more
interest than my talk), that I continued using it for
the second part of the talk.
The huge advantage with the John Lewis bar speakers is that at 22.0cm x
7.0cm they are light-weight and comparatively tiny, the integral rechargeable
battery lasts about six or seven hours and, providing your laptop has Bluetooth,
there are no cables to lay or trip over. I think the price is now £29 but compared
with the money we normally dole out on equipment, a small price to pay for such
a neat piece of kit.
Hard of hearing? I said hard of.... Howard Bagshaw ARPS MPAGB
One of the facets of high fidelity is the range of frequencies covered. Amplifier or
microphone suppliers proudly boast of a 'flat frequency response from 20Hz to
20kHz' and we pay a lot of money for that quality. I'm not suggesting that our
soundtracks shoul