Bita: Sonawall SonaStudio 2.1 Kwamfuta Tsarin Kira

01 na 05

AirPlay, Bluetooth ... Plus Real Stereo?

Brent Butterworth

Ɗaya daga cikin matsaloli tare da masu magana da mara waya maras kyau (wanda na kwanan nan ya yi nazari akan mashi don Wirecutter, tare da raɗaɗɗen zagaye na AirPlay da Bluetooth) shine cewa duk masu jagoran mai kwakwalwa suna makaranta a cikin wani akwati kaɗan wanda ba zai iya ceton kyau, babban, sauti mai sauti. Bidiyo sauti na iya ba da raguwa na raye-raye, amma an tsara su fiye da fina-finai fiye da kiɗa.

Sonawall SonaStudio 2.1 shine tsarin "kome", an tsara shi don cika matsayin cikakken tsarin kiɗa na sitiriyo da kuma tsarin don inganta sauti. Har ila yau, yana aiki a matsayin tsarin bidiyo.

Maɓallin shine ƙananan tauraron dan adam guda biyu, kowannensu gidaje yana da direbobi 2-inch. An tsara tauraron tauraron dan adam a kan bango, ko ɗakin kwana a kan tsauni idan ka fi so, kuma ana kawo su tare da kayan ɗamarar Velcro. Samun waɗannan iyakoki a kusa kusa suna inganta kayan sarrafawa ta hanyar +6 dB idan sun kasance a bango ko tebur, +12 dB idan sun kasance a tsaka tsakanin ganuwar biyu, ko +18 dB idan sun kasance a kusurwa.

Wannan karin kayan aiki zai bari kananan direbobi su ci gaba da cike da abincin da aka samar da su, wanda ke da woofer mai 6.5, duk abubuwan da suka fito da kuma kayan aiki, da kuma amps da ake buƙata don iko da kanta da kuma tauraron dan adam. (Kundin ikon da aka jera a matsayin 150 watts a kan naúrar da 100 watts a kan shafin yanar gizon.) Ƙananan ƙaramin iko na sarrafawa kuma ya zaɓi shigarwar, da kuma karamin akwatin ƙarfe da alamun LED a gaba (duba panel na gaba) yana aiki a matsayin mai kula da nesa na'urar firikwensin kuma mai nuna alama mai shigarwa.

An gina waya mara waya ta Bluetooth, kuma akwai kuma adaftar AirPlay wanda ya haɗa shi don yawo sautin murya (uncompressed) daga iPhones, iPads, kwakwalwa da kuma kwakwalwa. (Don cikakkun bayanai game da zabar tsakanin matsanancin layin waya, duba "Wadanne Kayan Fasaha Na Kayan Kayan Fasaha Ba Kayi Ba ne?"

A $ 1,199, SonaStudio 2.1 ba dadi ba ne idan aka kwatanta da mafi yawan ƙararradi da ƙananan kamfanonin subdeofer / tauraron dan adam. Amma kawai $ 200 ne kawai fiye da MartinLogan Crescendo AirPlay / Bluetooth mai magana, kuma yana ba ka wani abu ba wanda ba a cikin tsarin daya ba ko soundbar iya bayar da: sauti na ainihi.

02 na 05

Sonawall SonaStudio 2.1: Yanayi da Ergonomics

Brent Butterworth

• Mara waya ta AirPlay ta haɗa da adaftan
• Mara waya ta Bluetooth
• Toslink sauti da kuma saitunan intanet
• Bayanai na analog 3.5 analog da RCA
• Masu magana da tauraron dan adam biyu tare da direbobi 2-inch
• Kayan da aka yi amfani da shi tare da woofer mai 6.5-inch
• Halin Class D don sub da satellites
• Gano nesa
• Gudanarwar matakin don subwoofer da tauraron dan adam
• Ƙarfin ƙwaƙwalwar ƙwaƙwalwa na subwoofer 40-240 Hz
• +3 dB bass ƙara sauyawa
• Ƙananan, tauraron dan adam: 2.5 x 2.5 x 3 a / 63 x 63 x 76 mm
• Yanayi, subwoofer: 17 x 10 x 8 a / 428 x 252 x 202 mm
• Weight, satellites: 6.2 oz / 176 g
• Nauyin nauyi, subwoofer: 16.4 lb / 7.4 kg

Ƙaddamar da SonaStudio 2.1 yana da sauki ga mafi yawan ɓangare. Sararin samaniya ba su da yawa kuma sun dace kusan ko'ina. Kuna riƙe su kawai ga duk abin da kuke so su tsaya a kansu, kuma ana hada da igiyoyi don haɗa su zuwa ga sub. (Na sanya su a cikin sassan katanga na sauraron sauraronmu, kimanin mita 4, kuma na gwada saka su a cikin hagu da dama na dakin.) Yayi la'akari da cewa hanyar wucewa tsakanin tauraron dan adam da kuma subwoofer na da girma - - a kusa da 240 Hz - ya kamata ka sanya sashi a wani wuri tsakanin tsakanin tauraron biyu, a ƙasa. In ba haka ba idan kunnuwanku zasu iya gano abin da ke ciki, ji inda sauti yake fitowa - kuma kuna iya jin muryoyin da ke fitowa daga gare ta, wanda ke da sauti.

Hadawa na Toslink na dijital dijital ya sa SonaStudio mai amfani sosai don amfani da sauti na Intanit, saboda mafi yawan TVs suna da tashoshin Toslink. Ɗaya daga cikin bayanan: Tare da talabijin irin su LG wadanda ke nuna Dolby Digital kawai ta hanyar Toslink, shigarwar Toslink SonaStudio ba zata aiki ba. Amma talabijin zai iya samun kyauta na analog ana iya amfani dashi.

Abinda na haɗu da ni shine kafa na'urar adaftar AirPlay, wadda ba ta tafiya kamar yadda yake da yawancin masu magana da AirPlay a yau. Mafi yawan samfurin AirPlay na yau da kullum suna amfani da app ko haɗin kai tsaye tare da na'ura na iOS don yin saiti fiye ko žasa ta atomatik. Jagoran ya umurce ni in kunna maɓallin WPA a kan na'ura mai ba da injin na'ura, amma na'urar ta ba ta da ɗaya, don haka dole in saita shi da hannu ta hanyar shiga shafin yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizo, ta buga a adireshin cibiyar sadarwa don adaftar, sa'an nan kuma isa ga adaftar shashen yanar gizo. Ya ɗauki 'yan mintoci kaɗan kuma ya fi damuwa, amma da zarar na samu haɗin yana ba shi kyauta.

Akwai matsalar matsala guda ɗaya tare da SonaStudio, ko da yake: Kalmomin sauƙaƙe kawai suna cikin nesa, wanda yake da kankanin kuma mai sauƙi ya rasa. Hakanan zaka iya amfani da tsarin idan ka rasa nesa, ta hanyar amfani da subwoofer da sarrafawar tauraron dan adam a baya, da kuma yin motsi da maɓallin wutar lantarki a baya don kunna ɗayan a kan, amma akwai irin ciwo.

03 na 05

Sonawall SonaStudio 2.1: Ayyuka

Brent Butterworth

Bayan sauraron mai yawa masu magana da mara waya maras kyau, yana jin dadin ji babbar muryaccen sitiriyo wanda SonaStudio ya halitta. Na yi mamakin yadda ma'anar hotuna ta tsakiya tsakanin masu magana biyu, kodayake an raba su da cikakken fadin dakin; babu wani "rami" a tsakiyar. A kan yanke kamar "Rosanna" ta Toto (daya daga cikin waƙoƙin gwajin da aka fi so a duk lokacin ), SonaStudio yana haskakawa ɗakin a cikin hanyar da babu wani mai magana da mara waya ta waya ko mai sauti wanda zai yiwu. Yana da sauƙin saurin sa ido na hoto a duk faɗin siginar sitiriyo a kan waƙoƙin gwaji-irin gwagwarmaya kamar "The Holy Men" na Duniya Saxophone Quartet.

Bass sun cika da cikakke sosai, musamman ma idan aka kwatanta da magungunan basira wanda ya zo tare da 2.1 soundbar; duk ƙananan bayanai a cikin littafin James Taylor na "Shower People" ya yi har ma. Wannan yana cikin babban bangare saboda na iya sanya cafke a cikin "dakin maɓalli mai dadi" a cikin ɗakin, inda wurin bass ya fi yawa ko da idan aka auna daga matsayi na sauraron ku. A bayyane yake, ba ku da wannan zaɓi tare da tsarin sakonni daya ko tashar 2.0 (subwooferless) tsarin sitiriyo.

Kalmomi a gabaɗaya sune tsabta da rashin daidaituwa, ba tare da matukar muhimmanci ba, haɓaka, kirji ko ƙananan kayan kayan sonic. Abinda ke ciki tare da haɓaka murya shi ne cewa ɗayan mata ba su da matsala da yawa da na so - watakila saboda fitarwa daga cikin direbobi 2-inch a cikin tauraron dan adam yana da rauni a kusa da maɓallin karkatacciya.

A daidai wannan alama, "Maɗaukaki Sarkin Sarki" na Culton ya yi kyau, tare da babbar murya mai tsayi, ƙananan buri, da tsabta mai tsabta - amma ƙuƙwalwa da iko na ƙananan E da kuma igiyoyi a kan guitar sunyi ƙyama saboda haka Tunatarwa ba ta da kullun kamar yadda ya kamata.

Amma, idan kuna son sauti marar fahimta, za ku sami karin magana mai kyau. Ƙananan tauraron dan adam da ke dauke da kullun suna iya yin kyau sosai a hanyoyi da dama; fassarar su yana da zurfi a cikin raguwa da ƙananan ƙasa, kuma saboda ba su da wata hanya ta hanyar yin magana a matsayin masu magana biyu, ba su da tsaran tarwatsawa a yankin da ƙwararrun masu magana biyu suke yi. Amma direbobi 2-inch suna da ƙuntataccen ƙarfin su.

04 na 05

Sonawall SonaStudio 2.1: Matakan

Brent Butterworth

Shafin da kake gani a sama yana nuna amsoshi guda uku: amsawar satin din SonaStudio a kan-axis (alama ta blue); yawancin martani a 0 °, ± 10 °, ± 20 ° da ± 30 ° a fili (kore alama); da kuma mayar da martani game da subwoofer (alamar m). Gaba ɗaya magana, mai ladabi da kuma mafi kwance a cikin waɗannan layi suna duba, mafi kyau.

Amsar da tauraron dan adam ke yi yana da kyau sosai. Tsarin yana tasowa daga wasu dB a kan matsakaici fiye da 2 kHz, wanda zai sa tsarin yayi dan haske sosai. Maida martani akan kunne / kashe-tsaren kusan kusan ɗaya ne kamar yadda aka mayar da ita - ba mamaki ba la'akari da yadda kananan direbobi na satelllite ke. Sakamakon aukuwa na tauraron dan adam shine ± 3.0 dB zuwa 10 kHz, ± 4.3 dB zuwa 20 kHz. Matsayin da aka kashe akan / kashe yana da ± 2.9 dB zuwa 10 kHz, ± 5.1 dB zuwa 20 kHz.

Sakamakon ± 3 dB na subwoofer ya gudana daga 48 zuwa 232 Hz, tare da ƙaddamar da ƙirar zuwa mafi girman mita (240 Hz). Sakamakon -3 dB na tauraron dan adam yana da 225 Hz, saboda haka sats da sub ya kamata a haɗuwa da kyau tare da ƙaddarwar ƙwararrun mita zuwa 240 Hz. Duk da haka, ƙarfin ikon mai direba a cikin tauraron dan adam zai zama ƙasa da ƙarfin haɓakaccen mai karɓa a wannan mita, don haka a cikin matakan sauraron ƙararrakin ku iya jin wani "rami" tsakanin maɓallin subwoofer da tauraron dan adam. Har ila yau, ƙimar maɗaukaki mai mahimmanci (80 zuwa 100 Hz shine al'ada a manyan gidan wasan kwaikwayo na gida) zai sanya jagorancin shugabanci, saboda haka za ku iya lura da sautuna daga ciki; Wannan ba ya kamata ya faru tare da subwoofers, ko da yake yana yin sau da yawa a cikin tsarin da irin waɗannan tauraron dan adam.

(BTW, Na auna fassarar tauraron tauraron dan adam tare da mai daukar hoto na Clio 10 FW da MIC-01, a nesa da mita 1 a kan mita 2-mita, ƙimar da ke ƙasa da 400 Hz ta kusa. amsa a 1 mita.)

Max ya fita a yayin da ya fara amfani da "Kickstart My Heart" ta Mötley Crüe kamar ƙarfi kamar yadda ƙungiyar ta iya yi wasa ba tare da rikici ba (game da rabi a kan subwoofer da maɓallin ƙararrakin tauraron dan adam) 104 dB ne, aka auna ta da RadioShack SPL mita na mita 1 daga mai magana da tauraron dan adam na hagu. Wannan yana da matukar murya, game da ƙararraki kamar ƙarar magana maras kyau maras kyau maras kyau. Kyawawan ban sha'awa.

05 na 05

Sonawall SonaStudio 2.1: Ƙaura

Brent Butterworth

Babu shakka, SonaStudio ta nau'i factor ba zai dace kowa da kowa; mutane da yawa za su fi son abin da ke ciki ko sauti don kawai babu igiyoyi masu magana. Amma yanayin SiriStudio na fasaha mai ban mamaki da ƙwarewa yana iya motsa duk wani sauti ko duk-in-one, kuma ƙananan bassasshensa da iko yana damuwa watakila kowane ɗayan da na taɓa jin kuma duk amma ƙananan ƙafafun sauti. Yana iya zama da tsada ga ƙananan tsarin 2.1, amma ga abin da yake ba da farashi shi ne ainihin m.