I have the F502, and YES, they tell the source quite a lot, even DACs change the sound. The change on the tube preamp is drastic in tone, and because of this I bi amplify them. Different amplifiers for the woofers and tweeters. I then balanced the sound and the room measurements at the listening position are really good. I did apply a high pass filter to give them more headroom (they have 300wpc dual mono, becase the woofers have dips of 3ohm) - and to minimize the woofer excursion at louder volumes. Added subwoofer 12" and it drops to 20hz. It sounds believable, yet exciting. I can play any genre, from EDM to Opera, from Andean acoustic to Norwegian Black metal. It's all good, non fatiguing sound. I know, the measurements aren't smooth. But I've had KEF R500 and Focal Aria, Klipsch Heresy iii, JBL L100 among others at home. Man, like... The depth, tone, layering, size!!, holophonicness, expressive dynamics I get from this is drunkening. I stopped swapping speakers, unless I want to go fro the 502SP. But all and all, love them. Been just enjoying music months now.
@@rafaurbanik8511 You cannot tell these things from afar. I am a big fan of Yamaha, to be honest. I am a detractor of boutique sound. These questions will cause you to purchase things going around in circles. The room and how you place your speakers have more impact IMO. If the placement isn't great. sound won't be great no matter what. If placement is good and you achieve a decent sound measuring space (it can be done in the living room, even easier than in a dedicated room I have found), it would sound nice. Will improve with better electronics over the A-S301? Sure. How much? Not worth sleepless nights. It is a matter of disposable income by today's standards. How much you can/want to spend on an amplifier. 100, 1000, 10000, 100000? You totally can. No, it's not going to be like listening to a boombox vs live performance. No matter how much you spend, they are ALWAYS a stereophonic gimmick and will sound as such.
This is a very interesting review because the uneven response at the top would suggest -- to me, anyway -- that the speaker should be happier with a more toe-tappy, forward-leaning amp, but almost as soon as I'd formed that thought, Terry said that they'll be much happier with a warmer sounding amp. I wonder if that's more an outgrowth of the faster midrange, than of the uneven top end?
I absolutely love mine, which is used in tandem with a Naim Audio Nait 5SI | Witch Hat Audio SCs as well as a Mac Mini | Rein Audio X-DAC........, and in the end after doing this for well over 43 years, ( and all of 16 systems later ) I’ve never been happier.
F500 falls hard, down to "between SVS and Acoustic Energy", wow. It's becoming quite clear that the well established larger speaker manufacturers have a substantial advantage in budget for R&D, and extensive experience (see B&W, Focal, Klipsch, Wharfedale). I love Fyne Audio's 700 series and above speaker lines, nonetheless. Great work as always Terry, thanks.
Hi David I think there is a bigger difference between big and small speakers, the acoustic energy ae300 are small so don't do big bass but they are excellent speakers
Great review Terry! I do find that tweeter to be double hard b**stard! Looking forward to the final summary video for the group test, it’s been an epic series!
wait till u go for the f501, it is very transparent for the price to the point I have to tune my amp change my speaker cables and power cord because it reveal the rest of the components without much mercy. after that once u get it right they will sound extremely holographic, layering, width, depth and height is jaws dropping. also mind u that u can upgrade your source, amp and power cables these speakers can and will keep up easily. one point to take note it is very sensitive to the choice of speakers and interconnects, u can hear shitty cables how they sound like and good cables u will know it and it will just disappears these speakers are not for beginners or those just starting in audio they are more for more experience audio guys, so do not fault them if u can’t get them to sound right it is because u might have match them with the wrong cables and components.
Have you ever heard of a band called "Gentle Giant"? ;) Great all inclusive review. Just discovered your channel. Very humane, grouping the similar speakers. Cheers!
The F500 seem to share some Design similarities with the KEF uni-q Design, how does it compare to the similar priced KEF Counterparts? Seems to be worth a look!
Great review, first a question... In the USA this speaker is called the f502,,, is it really the f500 in UK? I think you hit most of the points I did. But you missed one that I though was very important. upper freq sound stage is quite narrow, you have to ensure the center of the speakers are aimed at you, or you can hear a drop in high freqs as you move some 20 to 30 deg from center. I almost wish they would have made the cabinet a bit taller to hopefully produce deeper bass. I will say that I ended up purchasing a pair of the younger brother f301 which is an outstanding value for about Half the price. Peace out from Texas.
Hi! I’m a new subscriber and I just ordered these speakers based on a recommendation from a friend. I have a tube amp and it’s more forward in nature and on the fast side of tube amps. It’s a place where people “gather” so I wanted to ask you what’s you’re favorite relaxed/balanced and easy listener bookshelf speaker?
@@PursuitPerfectSystem just watched it! Sorry, this video here was my first one and I had yet to check the other videos out. Right now, I’m binging your channel Netflix style. Thanks for the great and detailed work. I’ve become a fast fan!
I currently have the Martin logan 35xt motion series speakers in a 5.1 setup. I would be very interested in how these compair to the Klipsch and other brands on your list. I had (still own the Polk Audio TSi 200 series). Running a sunfire sub for bass.
Great review againTerry, I'm surprised at the price, you could have bought the f302 floor standers for £399 or thereabout, what makes this better? but they do look sturdy and cute
Floorstanders are not stand mount speakers for the stand mount group test. The F500 is the first speaker from fyne that has the point source design with the tractrix bass port
I read somewhere that it's advisable with bi wire capable speakers to use external jumpers (like what you have) and put the black cable to mid/bass and red to the highs. Any comment on this?
I think you are referring to diamond wiring which I have made a video for if you do a little search on my channel. Jumper cables I always use 1000% and yes I use diamond wiring - it works for me
Which one do you prefer Fyne 500 vs svs ultra bookshelf. Are going to be used with Cambridge cxa81 and cxc. Primary for listening to my cd collection (metal, rock, jazz and much more genres) and watching some dvds. I own in my studio a pair of yamahaa hs8 which I love but I'm looking something for my living room. Appreciate the help.
No the klipsch doesn't have a tractrix bass reflex Don't waste your money on the speakers you can get the 8-inch tannoy series gold monitor active speakers for 400£ a much better speak. Or the seven even less. Can't see any benefit in the speakers specially at that price! they are poor representation of tannoy's You should check out the sound artist speakers concentric drivers, they will be better than these and do an 8-inch model scsb, and a 15-inch model floorstander 15-inch model is fairly cheap for what you get I don't know what they sound like but they look good by anything to go by the 8-inch should be very good. You should try the 8-inch model see how you get on Terry!! Cheap as well.
@Matthew Taylor yeah that's interesting about £2,000 I think, you listen to a pair, depends which tannoys you referring to there's so many with the 15" driver some maybe some maybe not. The £10,000 ones possibly. that's a big statement to say them better!!
@@PursuitPerfectSystem no I can't find that information there just tapered rectangular ports, it would have to have some phase plug to be tractrix bass reflex and they don't
@@PursuitPerfectSystem Great. It'd be good if you could award e.g. best for bass ##, best for classical/jazz ##, best all-rounder ##, best for small room##, cheers!
@@jules153 I am going to break it down to make recommendations easier but I cant really recommend best for jazz because I cant say hand of heart for that one. Other things I can :)
I’d have added they appear to respond to pure silver cables, where mine are the OurCable IC’s from Argentina | Curious USB Cables from Australia........, as voicing wise via cables are vital to both ones source | amplification in said sense.
With a beard you have a film movie look. Like an actor. You should try auditing for acting and see if you can get into acting. If that interests you. Not sure if you can do emotional acting.
Hi Jack thanks very much, I could maybe pass for a villain if I was taller and bulging with muscles haha :) I appreciate your kind comments man I dont know if I could act its made to look easy which I think probably demonstrates how hard it likely is. I dont know what to say other than thanks
@@PursuitPerfectSystem your welcome. A simple way to figure this out. Take a camera, pick a movie scene you like and can do. Reherse for sometime and it. After put it on the screen and see how it looks.
What did I say over and over again please? Also there are chapters so you can easily skip past the beginning if you have seen it before but new people to the video won't have and they need to know how this speaker is being reviewed as part of a group test
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I have the F502, and YES, they tell the source quite a lot, even DACs change the sound. The change on the tube preamp is drastic in tone, and because of this I bi amplify them. Different amplifiers for the woofers and tweeters. I then balanced the sound and the room measurements at the listening position are really good. I did apply a high pass filter to give them more headroom (they have 300wpc dual mono, becase the woofers have dips of 3ohm) - and to minimize the woofer excursion at louder volumes. Added subwoofer 12" and it drops to 20hz.
It sounds believable, yet exciting. I can play any genre, from EDM to Opera, from Andean acoustic to Norwegian Black metal. It's all good, non fatiguing sound. I know, the measurements aren't smooth. But I've had KEF R500 and Focal Aria, Klipsch Heresy iii, JBL L100 among others at home. Man, like... The depth, tone, layering, size!!, holophonicness, expressive dynamics I get from this is drunkening. I stopped swapping speakers, unless I want to go fro the 502SP. But all and all, love them. Been just enjoying music months now.
I have a yamaha a-s301 amplifier will it fit? F500🤔
@@rafaurbanik8511 You cannot tell these things from afar. I am a big fan of Yamaha, to be honest. I am a detractor of boutique sound. These questions will cause you to purchase things going around in circles.
The room and how you place your speakers have more impact IMO. If the placement isn't great. sound won't be great no matter what. If placement is good and you achieve a decent sound measuring space (it can be done in the living room, even easier than in a dedicated room I have found), it would sound nice. Will improve with better electronics over the A-S301? Sure. How much? Not worth sleepless nights. It is a matter of disposable income by today's standards. How much you can/want to spend on an amplifier. 100, 1000, 10000, 100000? You totally can. No, it's not going to be like listening to a boombox vs live performance. No matter how much you spend, they are ALWAYS a stereophonic gimmick and will sound as such.
From the engineers of Tannoy, how it sound is to be expected. Love them!
Great review, Appreciate the time and effort you've put into these speaker reviews terry , its my price range so im very intrigued.
This is a very interesting review because the uneven response at the top would suggest -- to me, anyway -- that the speaker should be happier with a more toe-tappy, forward-leaning amp, but almost as soon as I'd formed that thought, Terry said that they'll be much happier with a warmer sounding amp. I wonder if that's more an outgrowth of the faster midrange, than of the uneven top end?
I absolutely love mine, which is used in tandem with a Naim Audio Nait 5SI | Witch Hat Audio SCs as well as a Mac Mini | Rein Audio X-DAC........, and in the end after doing this for well over 43 years, ( and all of 16 systems later ) I’ve never been happier.
I think Fyne Audio partners well with REGA electronics. Thanks for your review.
Yes they do 👍
good to know I have a rega amp.
F500 falls hard, down to "between SVS and Acoustic Energy", wow. It's becoming quite clear that the well established larger speaker manufacturers have a substantial advantage in budget for R&D, and extensive experience (see B&W, Focal, Klipsch, Wharfedale). I love Fyne Audio's 700 series and above speaker lines, nonetheless. Great work as always Terry, thanks.
Hi David I think there is a bigger difference between big and small speakers, the acoustic energy ae300 are small so don't do big bass but they are excellent speakers
Great review Terry! I do find that tweeter to be double hard b**stard! Looking forward to the final summary video for the group test, it’s been an epic series!
Thinking of to get the Fyne f500!
Me too. Damn, I'm a sucker for that design .
Another top notch review, I’m thoroughly enjoying this series. Just wondering how many hours you put on the Fyne’s before reviewing?
As many as possible, I let them play for several days without listening to them and doing the measuring/ setup
wait till u go for the f501, it is very transparent for the price to the point I have to tune my amp change my speaker cables and power cord because it reveal the rest of the components without much mercy. after that once u get it right they will sound extremely holographic, layering, width, depth and height is jaws dropping. also mind u that u can upgrade your source, amp and power cables these speakers can and will keep up easily. one point to take note it is very sensitive to the choice of speakers and interconnects, u can hear shitty cables how they sound like and good cables u will know it and it will just disappears these speakers are not for beginners or those just starting in audio they are more for more experience audio guys, so do not fault them if u can’t get them to sound right it is because u might have match them with the wrong cables and components.
Valuable information thanks ❤
Sounds like the Fyne's are not in the starting five lineup? Too equipment dependent?
i think this is the most beautiful design book self speaker
Now ask for a pair of their flagship bookshelf speakers please ... forget price category and demo what’s possible with the f1-8 ❤️🙏👍
I would like to for sure lets see what happens
What do yo think about the Elac Unifi 2.0 , is-it a comparaison to make with the Fyne 500 ? Thank's
Which is better for large scale orchestral music?
i like your work with jethro tull....
Have you heard the f500sp version or the rp 600mkii? These are the two I'm torn between....
This is a very well informed review
For the money I’d have the F303 small factor floor stander, F500 is clearly a stand mount not bookshelf.
Can i put these speaskers near wall on shelf? I know its has port down
Have you ever heard of a band called "Gentle Giant"? ;) Great all inclusive review. Just discovered your channel. Very humane, grouping the similar speakers. Cheers!
Any review on the Fyne f500 centre speaker. Thanks
The F500 seem to share some Design similarities with the KEF uni-q Design, how does it compare to the similar priced KEF Counterparts? Seems to be worth a look!
Great review, first a question... In the USA this speaker is called the f502,,, is it really the f500 in UK? I think you hit most of the points I did. But you missed one that I though was very important. upper freq sound stage is quite narrow, you have to ensure the center of the speakers are aimed at you, or you can hear a drop in high freqs as you move some 20 to 30 deg from center. I almost wish they would have made the cabinet a bit taller to hopefully produce deeper bass. I will say that I ended up purchasing a pair of the younger brother f301 which is an outstanding value for about Half the price. Peace out from Texas.
Hi! I’m a new subscriber and I just ordered these speakers based on a recommendation from a friend. I have a tube amp and it’s more forward in nature and on the fast side of tube amps. It’s a place where people “gather” so I wanted to ask you what’s you’re favorite relaxed/balanced and easy listener bookshelf speaker?
Hi I think the info in this video would be ideal for you th-cam.com/video/ZlWShSH5RRs/w-d-xo.html
@@PursuitPerfectSystem just watched it! Sorry, this video here was my first one and I had yet to check the other videos out. Right now, I’m binging your channel Netflix style. Thanks for the great and detailed work. I’ve become a fast fan!
@@sunvalleydrivemusic2332 thanks man appreciate it
Pretty light speakers tbh, if that's any indication of quality/build.
I currently have the Martin logan 35xt motion series speakers in a 5.1 setup. I would be very interested in how these compair to the Klipsch and other brands on your list. I had (still own the Polk Audio TSi 200 series). Running a sunfire sub for bass.
Great review againTerry, I'm surprised at the price, you could have bought the f302 floor standers for £399 or thereabout, what makes this better? but they do look sturdy and cute
Floorstanders are not stand mount speakers for the stand mount group test. The F500 is the first speaker from fyne that has the point source design with the tractrix bass port
@@PursuitPerfectSystem Yes, I'm sorry for implying, my fault, got totally confused,
@@iariag1 no worries man ;)
I read somewhere that it's advisable with bi wire capable speakers to use external jumpers (like what you have) and put the black cable to mid/bass and red to the highs. Any comment on this?
I think you are referring to diamond wiring which I have made a video for if you do a little search on my channel. Jumper cables I always use 1000% and yes I use diamond wiring - it works for me
@@PursuitPerfectSystem thanks didn't know you made a video on this already I'll definitely go check it out
Please do a Mofi Source 8 or 10 versus Klipsch Ref RM 600
I have a yamaha a-s301 amplifier will it fit? F500🤔
Which one do you prefer Fyne 500 vs svs ultra bookshelf. Are going to be used with Cambridge cxa81 and cxc. Primary for listening to my cd collection (metal, rock, jazz and much more genres) and watching some dvds.
I own in my studio a pair of yamahaa hs8 which I love but I'm looking something for my living room.
Appreciate the help.
I can buy fyne audio f501 for 1000 dollars. Unfortunately I can't Svs ultra Bockself. In Europe there is only prime series.
No the klipsch doesn't have a tractrix bass reflex
Don't waste your money on the speakers you can get the 8-inch tannoy series gold monitor active speakers for 400£ a much better speak. Or the seven even less.
Can't see any benefit in the speakers specially at that price! they are poor representation of tannoy's
You should check out the sound artist speakers concentric drivers, they will be better than these and do an 8-inch model scsb, and a 15-inch model floorstander 15-inch model is fairly cheap for what you get I don't know what they sound like but they look good by anything to go by the 8-inch should be very good. You should try the 8-inch model see how you get on Terry!! Cheap as well.
Check the spec for the Klispch John
@@PursuitPerfectSystem not what I've seen of them you got a link
@@johnsweda2999 Bass-Reflex via Rear-Firing Tractrix® port
@Matthew Taylor yeah that's interesting about £2,000 I think, you listen to a pair, depends which tannoys you referring to there's so many with the 15" driver some maybe some maybe not. The £10,000 ones possibly. that's a big statement to say them better!!
@@PursuitPerfectSystem no I can't find that information there just tapered rectangular ports, it would have to have some phase plug to be tractrix bass reflex and they don't
Very Fine 🤟
did you mean fyne? haha :)
Is this speaker made in the UK?
Great review, looking forward to the next part
thanks man, next one is the last one and then the finale :)
@@PursuitPerfectSystem
Great. It'd be good if you could award e.g. best for bass ##, best for classical/jazz ##, best all-rounder ##, best for small room##, cheers!
@@jules153 I am going to break it down to make recommendations easier but I cant really recommend best for jazz because I cant say hand of heart for that one. Other things I can :)
I’d have added they appear to respond to pure silver cables, where mine are the OurCable IC’s from Argentina | Curious USB Cables from Australia........, as voicing wise via cables are vital to both ones source | amplification in said sense.
With a beard you have a film movie look. Like an actor.
You should try auditing for acting and see if you can get into acting. If that interests you. Not sure if you can do emotional acting.
Hi Jack thanks very much, I could maybe pass for a villain if I was taller and bulging with muscles haha :) I appreciate your kind comments man I dont know if I could act its made to look easy which I think probably demonstrates how hard it likely is. I dont know what to say other than thanks
@@PursuitPerfectSystem your welcome.
A simple way to figure this out.
Take a camera, pick a movie scene you like and can do. Reherse for sometime and it. After put it on the screen and see how it looks.
'Lock Stock and Two Smoking Floorstanders'. :D
They need a 10"!! 👍
Musical fidelity always matches well with Tannoy dual concentrics, I'd guess that's the same here.
Hi pursuit a perfect system why people don't like Dali speakers
I do like Dali speakers
Pursuit a perfect system hi are d oberons good where I live there is dealers for Dali n also dynaudio
Isn't this a tannoy concept?
My dad designed them. Yes he was from Tannoy, but a totally different design.
Ex Tannoy engineers, mate.
thay deliver, you are a reviewer remember ok lets start the clip
Why not make your channel "In pursuit of a perfect system"? Pursuit perfect system is not quite right to my brain.
Its already a very long name pps would be better
@@PursuitPerfectSystem it should be "perfect system pursuit."
@@mrglasses8953 yeah that might have been better :) haha
Concentric design all has this problem bad at low and loud volume
They look like small subwoofers
you say some things over &
over get to the point i
un smashed my button
What did I say over and over again please? Also there are chapters so you can easily skip past the beginning if you have seen it before but new people to the video won't have and they need to know how this speaker is being reviewed as part of a group test