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NeoGAF FEBRUARY 2012 Pick-Up Post!! Show Us Your Gaming Goods (Real pics or BAN!)!
- Thread starter MarkMan
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This time, a more major pickup:
Nubert NuVero 4 High-End Monitors
......... 
Top and back-views:
Well, they are rather large for compacts, as full-range 2-way speakers go:
So, how do they sound?? As good as 1100 for a pair can get. Actually, about as good as a passive compact can get. I mean it, this is current end of the line performance for any price.
Top end is about as resolved as a ribbon without any of the ribbon sound, and the radiation characteristic is top notch when you compare horns and ribbons. I still slap my face when Dynaudio dealers insinuated that an Esotar-2 tweeter is just not feasable in a 2500 compact pair. Fuck you, this box has a better silk dome and costs less than half.
Mids are crisp and clean, if not partucularly lush, liquid or transparent but as good as 2-way can get. And that's still veeeery good.
Bass is pretty good from the get go and in a small to medium rooms, if the recording has the right kind of bass, the room will shake. It's no hindrance that Nubert also offers this little Gizmo:
The ATM (Active Tuning Module) extends and linearises the bass response of the chassis down to 40Hz (-3dB). While that's not subwoofer levels, any music besides "I love my subwoofer" tracks will sound deep and tout. Also features two knobs for bass/mid-high manipulation but instead of the normal plateau characteristic you have slopes which means the tonal characteristic of the music does not change when used. Rather, it simply makes highs more brilliant or gentle and makes the bass stronger or weaker. Great for tuning it to your room so small rooms don't get overwhelmed or large rooms don't feel starved. If I want a recording to actually sound darker, well, the Marantz amp still has the classic tone controls to add to this.
Oh yeah, and contrary to the usual mediocre tech used in tone-controls, this one doesn't influence spatial resolution one bit. Thanks for taking this serious, Mister Nubert.
All in all, if you are in the market for high-class compact speakers and don't want or can't place a sub, this is the top candidate. No questions, no contest. Also comes with a hassle-free 4-week return policy. Jaja, die Schwaben
Finally, the end of my quest for an actually awesome sounding compact 2-way. *sigh of relieve*
Nubert NuVero 4 High-End Monitors
......... 
Top and back-views:
Well, they are rather large for compacts, as full-range 2-way speakers go:
So, how do they sound?? As good as 1100 for a pair can get. Actually, about as good as a passive compact can get. I mean it, this is current end of the line performance for any price.
Top end is about as resolved as a ribbon without any of the ribbon sound, and the radiation characteristic is top notch when you compare horns and ribbons. I still slap my face when Dynaudio dealers insinuated that an Esotar-2 tweeter is just not feasable in a 2500 compact pair. Fuck you, this box has a better silk dome and costs less than half.
Mids are crisp and clean, if not partucularly lush, liquid or transparent but as good as 2-way can get. And that's still veeeery good.
Bass is pretty good from the get go and in a small to medium rooms, if the recording has the right kind of bass, the room will shake. It's no hindrance that Nubert also offers this little Gizmo:
The ATM (Active Tuning Module) extends and linearises the bass response of the chassis down to 40Hz (-3dB). While that's not subwoofer levels, any music besides "I love my subwoofer" tracks will sound deep and tout. Also features two knobs for bass/mid-high manipulation but instead of the normal plateau characteristic you have slopes which means the tonal characteristic of the music does not change when used. Rather, it simply makes highs more brilliant or gentle and makes the bass stronger or weaker. Great for tuning it to your room so small rooms don't get overwhelmed or large rooms don't feel starved. If I want a recording to actually sound darker, well, the Marantz amp still has the classic tone controls to add to this.
Oh yeah, and contrary to the usual mediocre tech used in tone-controls, this one doesn't influence spatial resolution one bit. Thanks for taking this serious, Mister Nubert.
All in all, if you are in the market for high-class compact speakers and don't want or can't place a sub, this is the top candidate. No questions, no contest. Also comes with a hassle-free 4-week return policy. Jaja, die Schwaben
Finally, the end of my quest for an actually awesome sounding compact 2-way. *sigh of relieve*
John Blade
Member
Got my Club Nintendo 3DS Case in the mail.
Liking the case quite a lot. Will wait till I have enough coins to get another two more case (I need a total of 10 game case to fill up my ds collection).
Also, got myself FLCL DVD (not the recent release)
Liking the case quite a lot. Will wait till I have enough coins to get another two more case (I need a total of 10 game case to fill up my ds collection).
Also, got myself FLCL DVD (not the recent release)
Piercedveil
Member
Just got these from Club Nintendo!
Great quality cards. I really like them.
Great quality cards. I really like them.
I will start by admitting my jealousy.
I will continue into the depth of my post by expressing my admiration and appreciation for someone who can bypass the 5.1, 7.1, and "Bose Ultrasound Bar 5000" (or whatever the flavor of the month is) to have nothing more than a pair of accurate monitors.
I will conclude this post by wishing you a long speaker life of happy listening, and hope that whatever amplifier you've got going with them is sufficient.
PS. For God's sake, get yourself some better speaker stands
Haha, yeah, I know, I will have to custom make some, since they need a height way below of what's sold.I will start by admitting my jealousy.
I will continue into the depth of my post by expressing my admiration and appreciation for someone who can bypass the 5.1, 7.1, and "Bose Ultrasound Bar 5000" (or whatever the flavor of the month is) to have nothing more than a pair of accurate monitors.
I will conclude this post by wishing you a long speaker life of happy listening, and hope that whatever amplifier you've got going with them is sufficient.
PS. For God's sake, get yourself some better speaker stands
Also, stands are completely overpriced and only matter at levels far above what my room can take. Actually, the setup I have now is floaty decoupling and the books provide excellent damping. Only the "Monsters Menace America" game box has to go once I find enough books in my library to rotate out
Acrylic7
Member
Bam. Check yo Targets.
now thats a deal
GodfatherX
Member
it is, chapel is Caldwell Chapel at the Louisville Seminary (between Cherokee and Seneca parks).
guessing your from Louisville?
Haha, yeah, I know, I will have to custom make some, since they need a height way below of what's sold.
Also, stands are completely overpriced and only matter at levels far above what my room can take. Actually, the setup I have now is floaty decoupling and the books provide excellent damping. Only the "Monsters Menace America" game box has to go once I find enough books in my library to rotate out
I actually assumed you did that for the damping purpose, but I can see things are a bit cramped in there. What model BRAVIA is that?
Will be making a stop on the way home from work, with fingers crossed.
thekonamicode
Member
Someone traded in some import games at my store over the weekend, and I bought two of them! It's a handheld kind of week.
Hazelhurst
Member
Now I just have to wait 9 days for the Vita.
Valerie Cherish
Member
Went downtown to Kinokuniya to pick up the last Tokyo Jihen release ("color bars") and came home to have Uncharted: Golden Abyss and a memory card waiting for me. Now to wait a week for the system :|
legendnthamaking
Banned
It was worth every penny. Being a Earthbound fan knows no financial limits.
And no, Escargo Express did not ship it even though it came in a EE box.
most of my recent pick ups have been for our wedding later this year...photographer, dj, catering ect ect. a lot of money with no physical goods to post pics of. So i'm going to post a pic of my most expensive of the bunch and they are "stock" images but its all of I have damnit lol.
Chapel
Reception Hall
Best pick-up this month.
Congrats man.
Big Papa Husker
Member
deddonpachi
Member
finally!
most of my recent pick ups have been for our wedding later this year...photographer, dj, catering ect ect. a lot of money with no physical goods to post pics of. So i'm going to post a pic of my most expensive of the bunch and they are "stock" images but its all of I have damnit lol.
Chapel
Wow, that's a beautiful place to get married. Congratulations!
Fair enough. If you ever start getting into ALL guides have fun! You can find some that have retailer specific stuff just like the games.
CoachKevin
Member
Picked up a Donkey Kong Cocktail arcade machine today. Needs some clean up and restoring but I can't complain for the price.
I have always enjoyed reading this thread but I finally purchased something I feel I should post here.
How much? [if you don't mind me asking]
It was $700 with the 18-55mm lens. I looked around and that seems to be the price at most of the major online retailers.
Jaja, die Schwaben
Ahh, Nubert!
I only got 2 NuBox Special Edition from a few years back, they are great.
When I have finished my Master's degree, I will buy me a sweet 5.1 Nubert system!
Heart of Black
Member
This was sent over to me by my buddy Katsuhiro Harada along with another unsigned PS3 copy & 2 Xbox360 copies. All of the copies switch to English automatically & the 360 ones are region free, score!
Will post more pics later of my other pickups.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
The_Inquisitor
Member
After building the X-Wing last month I am not hooked on Lego.
You son of a bitch! That's the set I want. How much did you pay?!
SUPARSTARX
Member
Woot! Finally got a stab at these Zelda posters too
Mass Effect art book came in today
Any impressions on the art book?
I ordered my copy along with the strategy guide but it won't ship when the guide releases.
March cannot come soon enough
MiniBossman
Member
So is there a difference between the PS2 version and 3DS version of Tales of the Abyss? Well besides the 3D.
ExitPlanetDust
Member
Sweet! Which disc variant?
Ohhhh yeeeeeah. Only took eight years.