atmasphere
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| Need Reel to Reel Tape Primer Sources Andy_p, heat is not the enemy, humidity is. 90s is fine for tape if the humidity is low- they will be less sticky. | |
| Why not horns? Eldartford, cheesy horns do have resonances, the way many other speaker technologies do. A good horn has less resonance than the your speakers do though. Don't misunderstand me here, I totally empathize with people that have trouble understanding ... | |
| What is wrong with negative feedback? Kirkus, I appreciate your input as always, and I am always interested in expanding my knowledge. I don't contest what you are saying, the problem is that it does not address my experience. I went to school too, FWIW.The issue I see is that if you ... | |
| Need Reel to Reel Tape Primer Sources What is important about tape performance is making sure that the tape head bias during record matches the tape you are using. To set this up usually requires a bit of test equipment.Modern tape absorbs moisture over time which causes them to shed ... | |
| Why not horns? Herman, just to be clear here: I don't know the actual impedance of the drivers in the Duo, but in a case where the minimum impedance is 8 ohms, I would expect most amplifiers will have the voltage response to handle that. Its when you go from 19 ... | |
| What is wrong with negative feedback? Kirkus, my technique for measuring propagation delay is simple: compare the input to output while using a squarewave source. Observe the difference in time between the rising input waveform and the rising output waveform. That's the delay time. I ... | |
| What is wrong with negative feedback? If you can increase the speed of the amp (decrease the propagation delay) theoretically you could speed it up to the point that the odd-ordered enhancement is pushed well outside of the audio band.Our amps are also pretty fast- 600V/usec is a typi... | |
| Why not horns? Unsound, Herman and I agree on something :)Herman, The reason the Trios and probably Duos have such an impedance curve has to do with the way the crossover works. Let's use the Duo as an example, but this is only an example, my experience with the... | |
| Why not horns? With regards to amplifier power and amplifier types used on horns: My speakers are horn hybrids, using a high efficiency pair of 15" woofers, which limit the efficiency to 98 db. If I push the system hard, I am really challenged to clip a 30-watt ... | |
| What is wrong with negative feedback? Loop feedback in any form is supposed to reduce distortion. It is questionable whether it increases bandwidth, and in some models (see the link I provided) it reduces 'output impedance'. You'll see why I use the quotes if you look at the link.The ... | |
| Why not horns? Like many other things in audio, its all in the execution. But there is also an 'ignorance is bliss' thing that seems to play out. I've not heard Herman's system so it may well be me who is ignorant. One objection I've always had to generic electr... | |
| Why not horns? Herman, your machine is doing 64bit calculations but the DSP signal is only 24 bit, if that. DSPs can be harnessed to a lot of tasks; one thing you learn really quick in dealing with them is they suck the life right out of the music. The master ta... | |
| Reel to Reel decks The next is anger, then comes the deal-making, and finally, acceptance :) | |
| Why not horns? Macrojack, you had me up until the DSP part. I've spent a lot of time with digital (using both DSP and plain vanilla) and analog recording systems. We use both in our recording studio. While digital falls flat on its face using the master files ag... | |
| Reel to Reel decks A few comments. First, tape **Can** sound better than the source. Why? Physical vibration. If you have the speakers playing while making the recording, the tape will *not* sound better than the source, but if you use headphones to monitor and turn... |