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| Loss of My Treasured System...stolen at Customs Sorry to hear of this terrible experience. Re the ProAc's, I would suggest calling Bill LeGall, website http://www.millersound.net. (Don't have your computer speakers turned up too loud when you go there!). He is one of the very best in the busine... | |
| Crystal Clear Audio Statement -- What Direction? Feel free to correct me if I`m wrong but directionality of cable is supposed to be myth. Some cables are designed with an outer shield (separate from the signal return conductor) that is connected at only one end. In that case it is generally cons... | |
| How loud is loud, What DB is actually loud? 01-09-11: WeseixasThe 3 db gain is correct for free space ( anechoic) go ahead and measure your hi-fi system, with speakers l/r and with room gain it is more than 3 db, when you turn off one side from the listen position. Weseixas, room effects ar... | |
| How loud is loud, What DB is actually loud? Weseixas & Viggen900, one 100db/100W speaker will put out a certain small number of acoustic watts, in response to the 100 electrical watts that are being fed into it.A second 100db/100W speaker, also being driven with 100 electrical watts, wi... | |
| How loud is loud, What DB is actually loud? Doesn't adding a 2nd driver add 3db if the power stays the same? Been so long I forget. But if 100w does 100db with a single 12 then that same 100w going into a pair of 12's would equal 103db? Driving two 100db/100W subs with two separate amplifie... | |
| How loud is loud, What DB is actually loud? What?:-)Best regards,-- Al | |
| How loud is loud, What DB is actually loud? Rayray8, 01-08-11: 135db in a car is pretty easy to do with subwoofers. i use to compete with my car about 9 years ago and only had 1 12" subwoofer and would score 136db any day. these competitions are bass only, and usually people use simple test... | |
| Gremlins Emerge with Switch to Windows 7 CW -- Ok, that does sound like something that is settings related.I recall seeing a number of reports of similar symptoms with USB audio under Windows 7, which, depending on the specific computer, were resolved by disabling certain power saving fe... | |
| Gremlins Emerge with Switch to Windows 7 CW, what makes you conclude that Windows 7 has anything to do with the problem? Not saying that it doesn't, but for meaningful suggestions to be offered I think that question has to be addressed.You indicated that the new laptop is "much faster." ... | |
| Amplifiers and Damping Factor Hi Emerson,This thread will take some time to read through, but I think you'll find it to be informative.Best regards,-- Al | |
| Amp damping factor? In summary, I love the sound of my ARC VS 115 amp and Paradigm S8 v2 speakers, using the 8 Ohm taps. Maybe I shouldn't, but ignorance can be bliss. BIF, thanks for the update. I don't think there is any reason that you "shouldn't" prefer the confi... | |
| Measure capacitance, inductance and resistance Not as far as I am aware, assuming that you want to measure all three parameters, and with resolution suitable for the low values that are typical of audio cables. These two Fluke models will probably do a nice job, but they cost many thousands of... | |
| Amp damping factor? Bifwynne, I did some quick calculations to provide a quantitative perspective on the effects I described above. In comparison to an amp having negligibly small output impedance, the 1 ohm output impedance of the 8 ohm taps on your amp will result ... | |
| Amp damping factor? Can one say that if a speaker has a nominal impedance of 8 ohms, there should be a good speaker/tube-amp match? Is speaker efficiency a relevant factor? Any other good rules of thumb that might provide helpful guidance? Bifwynne, it's probably not... | |
| Setting Antiskate - visually It seems to me that this "method" is consistent with Lyras instructions, but does avoid the skating effects, if any, imposed by the rotation of the record. Not sure what this means. The method should be performed while the record is rotating. Is ... |