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| Why magic at 80 db? One factor that is probably involved is the Fletcher-Munson Effect. The sensitivity of our ears to low and high frequencies, relative to their sensitivity to mid-frequencies, decreases at low volumes.Regards,-- Al | |
| Backing Up My Ex HD Problems.... While a Drobo or RAID array will go a long way towards providing a fail-safe backup solution, in addition to the possibilities of fire or natural disaster that have been mentioned, the following points should be kept in mind:1)Although unlikely, i... | |
| REL subs hook up Just got a pair of R-305 subs. Am I correct to disregard the yellow wire and hook up the red and black ones to each speaker terminal?First, I assume that your amplifier is not bridged or fully balanced, meaning that the black speaker terminals are... | |
| Do you understand your amplifier? 08-11-11: Foster_9The database could be set up to provide great information.... This could give audiophiles a head start on possible mistakes, especially for the inexperienced. The consistency could be in helping people avoid mistakes in their pai... | |
| Do you understand your amplifier? There should be something like a high end audio expert software program where you type in your room dimensions, the gear you have or propose having, the sound qualities you value etc. The software program would generate recommendations on what sou... | |
| Memory playback worse than disk... Why? See my post here, which describes a fix that I suspect stands a good chance of being applicable. That solution did in fact solve the tics/pops/skipping problem the OP in that thread had, with a Windows 7 laptop playing audio via USB.Regards,-- Al | |
| Great films where music is a central theme. 08-06-11: Jax2... I didn't really want to eliminate films where music was a plot element, yet was not necessarily the central theme.While "Psycho" is clearly not within the thread's boundaries, it brings to mind another Hitchcock film scored by Be... | |
| Great films where music is a central theme. Hi Marco,My favorite film having music "as a key element in the narrative" would have to be "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg". All of its narrative is, in fact, music -- every word in the film is sung, rather than spoken. It is a visual tour de force a... | |
| What do you look for in damping factor? A point about damping factor which is commonly not realized, pertaining to dynamic speakers, is that the ability of the amplifier to "control" and damp the woofer will be limited by the dc resistance of the woofer voicecoil itself (as well as by t... | |
| Soundstage depth and width Gentlemen, if you are looking for a redbook cd of well reproduced solo piano, try to find Wilson Audio WCD-9129, Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 (and other shorter works), performed by Hyperion Knight. I think you would be amazed. I... | |
| Mini-Mac Server as an NAS 07-30-11: AlmargI'll add that I recently installed an external (USB) Western Digital advanced format drive on a Windows XP system, without using the alignment utility, and its speed as measured with HD Tune was as good as I would expect from any U... | |
| Mini-Mac Server as an NAS One more reference:http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=546Regards,-- Al | |
| Mini-Mac Server as an NAS 07-30-11: RichardfinegoldWhat I'm wondering is if the NAS software allows the pc to rip and store on the NAS without having to store it one the pc?The ripping program should allow the target drive to be selected from among all drives that can be s... | |
| Is preamp remote volume a deal breaker for you? Thanks, Kirk. Good points, of course. Re the two adverse situations you indicated as being most likely to occur when a 600 ohm load is used, those reading this should note Ralph's (Atmasphere's) reference to the need to be able to drive 600 ohms "... | |
| Is preamp remote volume a deal breaker for you? Thanks, Ralph. That all makes sense, as I see it. I would add, though, that the values of those cable parameters, and their effects, will decrease as length decreases. I would therefore expect that in the case of a short cable, say a few feet long... |