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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Thomas Tan returns with his review of the Rethm Trishna loudspeakers. Despite his aversion to single driver speakers, the Trishnas have left Thomas thoroughly impresssed. Listen in to learn more!
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can you really still call this a 'single driver' speaker though?
Yes, you are correct that it is not a single driver in the sense that it has more than one driver. That is why in the beginning, I put a little note at 6 seconds mentioning that it is a 'single full range driver'. In short, it is a speaker that has a full range single driver as one of its driver. Hope that helps and thanks for the comment.
Broadband Driver would be less confusing than single driver.
Nope.
Good to see you review a speaker manufacturer from where I live .❤. I mean they are located so near to me.
Heard these at AXPONA and was pleasantly surprised.
I wish I lived in whatever city you live so I could come over and join your listening parties😂
I had a pair of Rethm first generation speakers about 20 years ago and agree with your assessment of their past speakers. The single driver by itself was great for small acoustic music but didn’t have the room filling dynamics for rock, symphonic or other more complex/large scale music. I would be interested in hearing this new model.
Learn more about Rethm and their line of loudspeakers from owner and designer Jacob George (from 2023's AXPONA): ua-cam.com/video/7_hDr61guV0/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
Thomas, love your approach to audio. You got to try it all. I’ve been following you for a long time. You’re like wine, you keep getting better and better. All the best to you in all your endeavors. ✌️
It would be nice to leave the lions share of the work to a well built active speaker.
Only leaving you with shall we say “ the flavour” of what you want to delve into with less drivers. This is a trend I come across more and more. The dichotomy of system inputs vs the “we’ve done it for you”. Thanks for another interesting and well spoken instalment.
Really like to see Thomas on The Absolute Sound! Great review. Easy to follow and his enthusiasm shows.
12:08 I’d add full range ribbon speakers to that list ( yes, I’m a former Apogee Scintilla owner 😎)
My problem is I tried Maganpan, 40+ years ago, and have not found a box with drivers as good since.
You and me both. I do have box speakers for music genres that maggies dont excel at, but I always go back to Magnepan. Maggies with actively crossed over dual subs is just lovely.
Yup!!!!! Same here! And once you upgrade the crossovers with top notch components, and add a pair of open baffle (dipole) subs - it becomes really, really, really difficult for conventional speakers for less than ten times the price to compete. And even then, the Maggies will do some things better........
Yes and no for me. I absolutely love my 3 pairs of Magneapan’s. I still have a few box speakers because sometimes I want to hear something different.
@@robertdavis1976 AXPONA 2023 I had just visited a number of the most expensive lower level suites hearing big buck systems and was wandering the general sales, records,... room area when I was stopped dead in my tracks. The sound! Coming from a small curtained booth was a fullness and depth lacking in every massive big buck room so far. It was Magna Risers with a pair of .7's. In a BOOTH! That full rich deep soundstage and instrument clarity! Then I had to go back to boxes and drivers!
Later to be exonerated in the Maggie booth. I was the voice that gave The Audio Belle a hard time about listening to boxes for bass.
9:55 Love that tune!
Can we measure shoutiness? I agree that it can happen but at what frequency does this occur?
10k for a pair of speakers made in India? That's a tough sell...
Imagine having a warranty problem 😮
Hey Thomas, what do you think of modern servo subs? Most modern subs attempts to match the speed to specific loudspeaker types by offering numerous models; modern servo subs use 12, 15, 18 inch woofers but are fast enough to play with 6” and 8” woofers on loudspeakers, thus eliminating the need to own a specific sub for a loudspeaker.
I never hear you talk about cube audio single drivers best in the world why not?
I do feel you come over a bit biased in some of your presentations especially Chinese crappy valve amps. Just observing just saying don't take it personally
Hi Thomas, Could you help to name few speakers that can replay or reproduce the sound of Chime accurately? ( or maybe the type of tweeters. )
Thanks Thomas. I'd love to hear them but probably won't be able to. It looks like there are seams in the cones? Not that there's anything wrong with that.
I was not happy about Thomas joining the TAS review staff. I still believe it is a conflict of interest. But his reviews are much better than the lifeless zombies that also do review for them. Even Fremer has turned it around and puts out good content without the smugness.
Thanks Thomas this just came up
3:45 Angie is awesome!
She certainly is!
Anyway you figure it their not single driver speakers.
I wonder how this matches with the Gallion A20
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Single Drivers make for good mid-ranges though.
Acid Jazz, Funk & Brass 🔈🔉🔊
Im just learning not to scoff at multi 6.5" bass setups, done properly you can get 6.5's to pound! I just did a vented enclosure for my vehicle using dual bottom bottom shelf 6.5 woofers @ roughly 100 watts to each. If you heard them without seeing, you would think I had an entry level 10 inch sub rocking!
Thomas, you’re big leagues now…You gotta iron your shirt before you go on TV, man😂
AS is lucky to have you, though. Immediate and much-needed charisma boost for the channel.
Full range drivers make great midranges in fully developed speakers. Whether or not they have full bass, well, that's probably a no from me, I use tapped horn subs with 21" woofers that would be 8 feet tall if I stood them upright, so.
Congratulations on your electronics and speakers Thomas.!!!!! I’m hearing really good things about them and they are priced within reason!!! Congrats man.
I use their top of the line Saadhana with brunoco 2a3.The speakers are very sensitive with the knobs at the back...If you dial them in correctly its magic...but it requires lot of patience to understand them...because they are so revealing , your chain has to be top notch...i would be interested to know how they compared with the macos and the sibelius...did u try them with a brunoco amp?
Thanks for the comment and you are 100% right about taking the time to fine tune it. Sadly, I did not have a Brunoco amp to try.
I was wondering if the name was Indian (and was proven correct). 🇮🇳
it is! Learn more about Rethm's founder and lead designer George Jacob in our interview from AXPONA 2023: ua-cam.com/video/7_hDr61guV0/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
Thomas extensive experience in front of a camera makes his reviews highly engaging and enjoyable. Wise decision by The Absolute Sound to have Thomas as part of the review team.
Now, try to recruit Ron from New Record Day, or Andrew Robinson. and likely your viewership in UA-cam would quadruple.
Ron yes, not so much for Andrew Robinson
A big No on andrew robinson!!!
His videos are style not substance...plus his wife would ask for more money.
Agree, the look is a bit futuristic while toeing the line of traditional. I like the new look.
It is a fine review but I do not see how this compares to, or is, a single driver speaker in the same vein as the Pearl Acoustics which has a single drive unit and speaker. This has multiple speakers. Is it just one drive unit? This seems more like a three way speaker. I must not be understanding the technical configuration.
Yes, you are correct that it is not a single driver in the sense that it has more than one driver. That is why in the beginning, I put a little note at 6 seconds mentioning that it is a 'single full range driver'. In short, it is a speaker that has a full range single driver as one of its driver. Hope that helps and thanks for the comment.
thomas you become bigger and bigger
Too bad they do not have dealers in the States... Thank you for your video.
Rethm is available in the USA. Check with the distributor
current design for me
Thomas - well done!
previous generation
GM☕️