Hōʻuluʻulu hou: Sonawall SonaStudio 2.1 Pūnaewele Alaiho

01 o 05

AirPlay, Bluetooth ... Plus Real Stereo?

Brent Butterworth

ʻO kekahi o nā pilikia me nā leka uila a pauʻole (e like me ka mea i nānā houʻia nei e aʻu no ka Wirecutter, me nā'ōpana kaʻawale no AirPlay a me ke Bluetooth),ʻo ia ka hoʻopiliʻia o nā mea hoʻokele a pau i loko o kahi pahu liʻiliʻi hikiʻole ke hoʻopakele i kēlā maikaʻi, nui, kani nui ke kani. Hiki i nā Soundbars ke hoʻopau i kahi kaʻawaleʻoihana'ē aʻe, akā ua hanaʻia lākou no nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma mua o ka mele.

ʻO ka Sonawall SonaStudio 2.1 he papahana "nā mea a pau," i hoʻokumuʻia e hoʻopiha i nāʻano o kahi pūnaeho mele hoʻokani leo piha a me kahi polokalamu e hoʻonui i ke kani o ke kelepona. Hanaʻia kēia ma keʻano he pūnaewele lohe leo.

ʻO ke kīhāluaʻelua mau satellite liʻiliʻi, aʻo kēlā me kēia hale he 2-iniʻi hoʻokoehua piha. Hoʻolālāʻia nā satellite e hoʻokomoʻia i luna o ka paia, aiʻole pālahalaha ma kahi ākea inā makemakeʻoe, a hoʻolakoʻia me nā mea pale i kākoʻoʻia Velcro. Loaʻa kēlā mau palena kokoke i ka'eneke puka ma o ka +6 dB inā lākou ma ka paia a iʻole ke kele, +12 dB inā lākou ma kaʻaoʻao o nā paiaʻelua, a +18 dB inā lākou i kahi kihi.

ʻO kēlā huahana hou e hoʻokuʻu ai i nā pahu liʻiliʻi me ka subwoofer powered, e kūkulu ana i kahi woofer 6.5 ink, nā mea a pau a me nā huahana, a me nā amps e pono ai iā ia iho a me nā satellite. (E heluʻia ka mana i 150 watts ma ka pūnaewele a 100 watts ma luna o ka pūnaewele.) Kekahi puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi mamao a koho i ka hoʻokomo, a me kahi pahu pahu pahu me nā kuhikuhi LED ma ke alo (e nānā i kaʻaoʻao aʻe) e lawelawe ia ma keʻano mamao ka meaʻike a me ka hōʻailona komo.

Ua kūkuluʻia ka'ōkuhi Bluetooth ma loko, a aia nō hoʻi kekahi mea hoʻokūkū o AirPlay i hoʻokomoʻia no ke kaheʻana i nā kani lossless (uncompressed) mai iPhones, iPads, nā kamepiula a me nā leka uila. (No nā kiko'ī e pili ana i ke kohoʻana i waena o nā'ōnaehana'ōnaehana uila, e nānā i ka "ʻO waiʻo Kekalula Pūnaewele Kai Loa noʻoe?"

Ma ka $ 1,199,ʻaʻole maikaʻi ka SonaStudio 2.1 ma mua o ka nui o nā soundbars a me nā system subwoofer / satellite. Akā, he $ 200 wale nō ka mea'ē aʻe ma mua o MartinLogan Crescendo AirPlay / kelepona Bluetooth, a hāʻawi iāʻoe i kahi meaʻole i loko o ka pūnaewele a iʻole kani kani paha: kani kani kani maoli.

02 o 05

Sonawall SonaStudio 2.1: Nā Āhua a me nā Haumāna

Brent Butterworth

• Me ka leka uila AirPlay e komo i loko o ka hanana
• Kele pūnaewele Bluetooth
• Toslink optical a me nā hoʻokomo pūnaewele coaxial
• 3.5mm analog a me RCA mau kikohoho analog
•ʻElua mau mea kelepona me nā'ōpena o 2 mau 'āpana piha
• Ke kāʻei hana i ka 6.5-inch woofer
• Ka papa hana D Class no nā lalo a me nā satellite
• Ke mana mamao
• Nā māhele papa no ka subwoofer a me nā satellite
• Ke kaʻina o ke alapine frequency 40-240 Hz
• +3 dB ke kumu hoʻonui
• Nano, satellites: 2.5 x 2.5 x 3 in / 63 x 63 x 76 mm
• Nā kinona, subwoofer: 17 x 10 x 8 in / 428 x 252 x 202 mm
• Kaona, nā satelites: 6.2 oz / 176 g
• Kaumaha, subwoofer: 16.4 lb / 7.4 kg

ʻO ka hoʻonohonohoʻana i ka SonaStudio 2.1 he maʻalahi no ka hapa nui loa. Heʻuʻuku nā satellite a maikaʻi i nā wahi a pau. Hoʻopaʻa waleʻoe iā lākou i nā mea a pau āu e makemake ai e pili pono iā lākou, aʻo nā kaula e hoʻohui iā lākou i ke kuhi, e hoʻokomoʻia. (Ua kau au iā lākou i nā kihi o kaʻaoʻao o kaʻu lumi pepeiao, e like paha me 4 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe, a ua ho'āʻo hoʻi au e waiho i luna ma kaʻaoʻao hema a me ka'ākau o ka lumi.) Me kaʻikeʻana he kiʻekiʻe ke kuʻina waena ma waena o ke aniani a me ke subwoofer - - ma kahi o 240 Hz - ponoʻoe e hoʻokomo i kahi i waena ma waena o nā satonaʻelua, ma ka papahele. Iʻole e hiki i kou pepeiao ke huli i kaʻenehana, e lohe i kahi e hiki mai ai kona kani - a lohe pahaʻoe i nā leo e puka mai ana mai loko mai o ia mea.

ʻO ka hoʻokomoʻana i kahi kālani Intohana Toslink optical e hoʻokō pono ai i ka SonaStudio e hoʻohana ai no ka TV ke kani, no ka mea he nui nā hōʻike TV i nā huahana Toslink. Hoʻokahi o ka caveat: Me nā TV e like me nā LG e hoʻopuka wale ana i ka Dolby Digital ma o Toslink,ʻaʻole e hoʻohanaʻia ka hoʻokomo o Toslink ma SonaStudio. Akā, hiki i ka TV ke loaʻa ka huahana leo analog hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohana ma kahi.

ʻO ka hana hoʻokahi aʻu i hālāwai ai e hoʻonohonoho ana i ke adapter AirPlay,ʻaʻole e holo mālie e like me ka mea nui o nā mea'ōleloʻo AirPlay i kēia lā. Hōʻike nā'ōnaehana AirPlay o kēia manawa i kekahi polokalamu a iʻole i kahi pilina kūlohelohe me kahi'ōnaehana iOS e hana i ka hoʻonohonoho hou a iʻole e hoʻoemi aunoa. Ua aʻoʻia au i ka papa kuhikuhi i ka pākuʻi WPA ma koʻu alalai, akāʻaʻole aʻu i loaʻa i kaʻu polokalamu kelepona, no laila pono wau e kūkulu i ka lima ma o ka heleʻana i kaʻu pūnaewele pūnaewele, kaomiʻana ma ka pūnaewele pūnaewele no ka mea hoʻopili, a laila e komo i ke kikowaena. palapala pūnaewele. Ua laweʻo ia i mau minuke he nui aʻoi aku ka pilikia, akā i ka manawa i loaʻa ai iaʻu ka pilina, ua pilikiaʻole.

Aia kekahi pilikia'elegonomi me ka SonaStudio, akā:ʻO ka mana māmā wale nō i ka mana e hiki ai ma kahi mamao, kahi liʻiliʻi a maʻalahi e lilo. Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohana i kēia pūnaewele inā e haʻalele anaʻoe i ka mamao, ma ka hoʻohanaʻana i ke kāʻei subwoofer a me nā mākia o ka mākia ma ke kua, a me ka holoʻana i ka mana nui ma ka hope e hoʻololi i kahi pūnaewele ma luna, akā heʻanoʻeha.

03 o 05

Sonawall SonaStudio 2.1: Ka hana

Brent Butterworth

Ma hope o ka hoʻoloheʻana i ka nui o nā kaikōhine eʻole ka leka uila, loheʻia ka leo kani nui nui i hoʻokumuʻia e SonaStudio. Ua kahaha au i ka maikaʻi o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni i hoʻohuiʻia ma waena o nā mea'ōleloʻelua,ʻoiai ua hoʻokaʻawaleʻia lākou e ka'ōpū piha o ka lumi; ʻaʻohe puka "son ma waenakonu." Ma keʻokiʻana e like me "Rosanna"ʻo Toto (kahi o kaʻu mau leʻaleʻa punahele ),ʻo ia ka SonaStudio e hoʻomālamalama pono i ka lumi me keʻanoʻole hikiʻole ke hoʻohālike i kahi mea heluheluʻole aiʻole leo kani. Ua maʻalahi ka loheʻana i kahi hoʻonohonoho kiʻi pono ma'ō a'ō o ke kahua kani leo kani ma luna o nā kiʻi hoʻonaʻauao-paʻakikī-like me "The Holy Men" e ka World Saxophone Quartet.

Ua piha loa nā kīʻaha a pololei loa, i ka mea i kūlike i keʻano o ka subwoofer maʻamau e hele mai ana me kahi soundar 2.1; ʻo nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa i kākauʻia ma loko o ka'ōlelo "Shower the People" i ka mele o James Taylor. ʻO ia ma kahi nui no ka mea hiki iaʻu ke hoʻokomo i ke subwoofer ma kahi "subwoofer kahi maikaʻi o kahi o ka lumi,"ʻo kahi i pane nuiʻia ai nā pane haʻahaʻa ma ke anaʻana mai koʻu wahi hoʻolohe mau. ʻIke,ʻaʻoleʻoe i kēia koho me nā pūnaewele a pau a me ka 2.0-channel (subwooferless) pūnaewele.

ʻO nā leo i keʻano he nui a maʻemaʻe a weheʻoleʻia, me kaʻikeʻole i ka heleʻana, ka pākī, ka umauma, a me nā mea ponoʻole paha. ʻO ka hopena hoʻokahi me ka hoʻopiʻi leoʻana,ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka makemakeʻole nā ​​mele kāne i makemakeʻoleʻia - no ka mea, uaʻano nāwaliwali ka pukaʻana o nā mea hoʻokele o ka piha 2-innua ma nā kekona.

Ma keʻano hoʻokahi, ua kani nui ka "Mō'ī Mīkini Moi" o Cult, me ka leo kani nui, nā puʻupuʻu ikaika, a me nā kīʻaha mama - akā, ua kaheʻia ka poli a me ka mana o ke ala haʻahaʻa a me ke aho ma ka guitar. ʻAʻole pono i ka lemu ke'ō aku i ka hoki nui e like me ka mea e pono ai.

Akā, inā makemakeʻoe i ke kaniʻole i ka leo, ponoʻoe e loaʻa i nā kaikamā'ī maikaʻi. Hiki i nā lihi liʻiliʻi me nā kaʻa kaʻa piha piha ke kani i nāʻano he nui; ua laulāʻia ko lākou hoʻopuehuʻana ma waena o ka waena a me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, a no ka meaʻaʻohe o lākouʻano kuʻikahi e like me nā mea'ōleloʻelua,ʻaʻole lākou i ka'āpana hoʻopili i ke ala kū moku e hanaʻia e nā mea kamaʻilioʻelua. Akāʻo nā'ōpena he 2 aʻo lākou ko lākou mau palena paʻa.

04 o 05

Sonawall SonaStudio 2.1: Nā ana

Brent Butterworth

ʻO ka pakuhi āu eʻike nei ma luna nei e hōʻike ana i nā pane alapineʻekolu: pane o ka satellite SonaStudio ma ke aniani (blue trace); ka awelika o nā pane ma ka 0 °, ± 10 °, ± 20 ° a me ka ± 30 ° ma ka paepae (ka'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo); a me ka pane o ka subwoofer (kahiʻulaʻula). ʻO ka'ōlelo maʻamau,ʻo ka palaka palaka a me kaʻoi aku o nā laina iʻikeʻia,ʻo ka maikaʻi.

ʻO ka pane o ke aniani ke nānā pono aku. Hoʻokiʻekiʻeʻia ke ala e kekahi mau dB ma luna o 2 kHz, hiki ke hoʻonui i ka'ōnaehana. Ua aneane like like ka pane a me ka hoʻohālike i ka pane pane-axis -ʻaʻole he mea nui e noʻonoʻo ana pehea ka liʻiliʻi o nā hoʻokele o ka satelllite. ʻO ka pane o ke koʻina o ka satellite he ± 3.0 dB i 10 kHz, ± 4.3 dB i 20 kHz. ʻO ka axis / / a mahele / ± 2.9 dB i 10 kHz, ± 5.1 dB a 20 kHz.

ʻO ka hana o ka subwoofer ± 3 dB e holo mai 48 a 232 Hz, me ke kuʻina i hoʻonohonohoʻia i ke ala kiʻekiʻe loa (240 Hz). ʻO ka heluʻana o ka huina -3 dB o ke aniani he 225 Hz, no laila e hoʻohui maikaʻiʻia nā sats a me ka sub me ka ala likeʻole i hoʻonohonohoʻia i 240 Hz. Akā,ʻo ka ikaika o ka mea hoʻokele i ke kiʻekiʻena ke emi iho ka nui o ka kaha o ka subwoofer i kēlā mau alapine, no laila, ma nā pepeiao hoʻolohe kiʻekiʻe ke loheʻoe i kahi "puka" ma waena o ka subwoofer a me nā satellite. Eia kekahi, ke kiʻi kiʻekiʻe (80 a 100 Hz ka mea maʻamau i nā hale hoʻokipa nui) e hana i ke alahele alakaʻi, no laila eʻike pahaʻoe i nā leo e puka mai ana; ʻaʻole i manaʻoʻia e hanaʻia me nā subwoofers,ʻoiai e hana pinepine ia ma nā pūnaewele me nā kinikini liʻiliʻi.

(BTW, ua ana au i ka'enele ala likeʻole me kahi Clio 10 FW analyzer a me ka microphone MIC-01, ma kahi mamao o 1 mika ma kahi o ke kūlana 2-mika,ʻo ke ana ma lalo o 400 Hz he kokoke-miked. ka pane ma 1 mika.)

ʻO ka huahana Max ma ke kaniʻana i ka "Kickstart My Heart" muaʻo Mötley Crūe me ka leo nui e hiki ke pāʻani i kahi pūʻali me ka hoʻohaunaha hoʻonāuki (e pili ana i ka hapalua o ka subwoofer a me nā'āpana kekona) 104dB, anaʻia me koʻu mita RadioShack SPL i ka 1 mika mai ka leka uila hema. He leo nui loa ia, e like me ka leo nui e like me nā mea'ōlelo leka uila nui loa i loko. He mea nui loa.

05 o 05

Sonawall SonaStudio 2.1: Hopena

Brent Butterworth

ʻIke loa,ʻaʻole e kūlike ka helu puka o SonaStudio i nā mea a pau; he nui ka poʻe e makemake i ka mea a pau a iʻole ka soundbar no ka meaʻaʻohe mau'ōlelo waha. Akā,ʻo ka hoʻolālā hoʻokumu hiʻona a me kaʻike pono o SonaStudio e paʻi ana i kekahi soundbar a iʻole nā ​​mea a pau loa, aʻo kona mau kumu maikaʻi loa a me ka mana paha i nā mea a pau aʻu i lohe ai a me nā mea'ē aʻe, akāʻo nā kāpili kani kani kiʻekiʻe loa. He mea maʻalahi ia no kahi'ōnaehana 2.1 liʻiliʻi, akā no ka mea e hāʻawiʻia ai ke kumukūʻai he mea kūpono maoli.