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| What is wrong with negative feedback? Hi Bob, the system I have at home uses a pair of Classic Audio Reproduction T-3s with dual 15" woofers and field coil drivers in the midrange and tweeters. They are about 97 db.When we first got them I noticed that phenomena of loudness cues: we w... | |
| Which cost more: your system or your car? I spend way too much on my cars and they give me a lot more trouble than my system does. So far I've got a lot more invested in the stereo, although with the addition of the EV the cars are catching up... | |
| Why not horns? Gawdbless, I philosophically disagree with you, as I don't believe it's reasonable to expect speakers to "enhance music". If a speaker accurately portrays a recording for better or worse, I think it very fair to blame the recording in some instanc... | |
| Your favorites amplifiers for their visual look ? Years ago we wanted a different looking amp that would be a complete departure from anything we had done at the time. I consulted with one of my employees on this, who had an art degree and now works for Bel Canto. I gave him a pretty free reign, ... | |
| How to make record albums Lesse... for a top-notch recording of Pink Floyd, find a copy of The Screaming Abdabs (this is Pink Floyd when they were off-contract) 'Rhapsody in Pink', a 2-LP set. It is recorded in the BBC studios before a Decca Stereo tree, the same kind that... | |
| mogami interconnects If you are running balanced cables, andYour balanced system (preamp) supports the 600 ohm standardthenyou will find no audible difference between the Mogami and any other balanced cable, price no object.Why?The low impedance balanced line system w... | |
| To Preamp Or Not To Preamp,That Is The Question Al, on this one all I can say is that every time I see a digital volume control, my experience with them is that by the time you are down to 85% (as opposed to 100) there is an audible loss in resolution.I get that there is an explanation for why ... | |
| How to make record albums Onhwy61, what you say is not entirely true. A lot depends on the budget and space that is available for a band to record in.An example is something called 'the Church' in Duluth, Minnesota. A good number of local Twin Cities bands travel to Duluth... | |
| Why not horns? Weseixas, if you want to quote someone, you use the brackets around the word 'quote'. Once you are done with the quote, you use the brackets again, this time around the word '/quote'I can even quote myself:like thisSometimes its difficult to see w... | |
| To Preamp Or Not To Preamp,That Is The Question Here's a few general rules of thumb:The further away the CDP is from the power amps, the more likely a preamp will help.If you have a built-in volume control: if analog you will need the preamp less, if it is digital, you will need the preamp more... | |
| Paid a bit too much for a Citation II... The MFA Magus is a nice tube preamp on a budget, if you can find one. | |
| What is wrong with negative feedback? If you get the original Vertigo press there is a lot of bass and bass impact! If you try to play that anywhere near 105 or 110 db, which is justified by the material, most systems just can't do it- too much energy required. The trick it to be able... | |
| What is wrong with negative feedback? Acoustat6, that's true. My system can play so loud that prolonged exposure can result in damage. But playing rock as loud as it is often performed has a bugaboo: most rock recordings are anything but live! Quite often the guitar amps have only 15 ... | |
| What is wrong with negative feedback? The loudness perceived compared to actual SPL was most dumbfounding at first especially in that teh IcePower amp power spec is 4X what I had before (500w/ch into 8 ohm compared to 120w/ch prior). Its almost like the additional power is utilized to... | |
| Why not horns? Mapman, for example; singers with 10' mouths.I'm not getting that at all. I find the imaging to be very pinpoint, as good as any cone or line array. |