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| Zu Druid questions Kehut,The original poster said that the Druids "have peaked my interest". I didn't read that as excluding interest in all commentary other than a direct comparison with Usher and/or Klipsch speakers. And... well, I don't know any other way to say ... | |
| Zu Druid questions Macrojack,The issue of the SoundStage measurements came up. I posted a possible explanation. Note that Zu hasn't really described what their enclosures do, so we are left to surmise - and note also my request for clarification and correction on th... | |
| Zu Druid questions Ait,Thanks for the input from your perspective - that of someone with a professional scientific background. Here's a link that talks about an effort to better correlate measurements with perception in audio by means of a psychoacoustically-weighte... | |
| Zu Druid questions I don't really understand audiophiles belittling science. That's like people who eat belittling agriculture. Now there are discrepancies between commonly used measurements and subjective preference, but that's hardly a secret. The applicable term ... | |
| Zu Druid questions I have built underdamped pipe speakers, and speculate that the Druid's enclosure may be a variation on an underdamped pipe.The 150 Hz notch would indicate an internal path length of about 90 inches. When the path length is equal to one wavelength,... | |
| Question concerning db sensitivity Shadorne,Very interesting site, thanks for the link. I've used that ATC midrange driver and agree that it is a very high quality unit. It doesn't really fit in with my present speaker design paradigm so I'm not using it any longer, but in my opini... | |
| Question concerning db sensitivity Nearfield monitors are typically not prosound equivalents of high-end speakers. Natural sound is not necessarily a high priority for a nearfield monitor.Main monitors on the other hand do place a high emphasis on sound quality. While it's true man... | |
| Question concerning db sensitivity Jmcgrogan2 wrote: "Generally, there are no generalizations in the audio hobby."LOL! That's great! I presume you did that on purpose.There's a great deal of truth in that statement. One can find exceptions to most of the generalizations (and if I'd... | |
| A musical subwoofer Well KG - you have company! I haven't posted any Audiogon subwoofer ads yet, but not long ago sent out my subwoofer system to be beta-tested by some planar owners. I take it you've looked over what's available in the subwoofer market and concluded... | |
| Question concerning db sensitivity Assuming equal box size, the less efficient speaker will usually have deeper bass, or better bass transient response, or some combination thereof.Peaks in the frequency response are more audible than dips, and the process of smoothing out a driver... | |
| Zero feedback and class A,which is better? That's a good question, and I'm hoping some of the amp manufacturers that lurk hereabouts will post a response.Many SET amp manufacturers and at least one OTL amp manufacturer combine zero feedback and Class A operation in the same package (three ... | |
| Turntable Pre-Echo Sound....? I saw a cartoon in Stereo Review years ago wherein a customer asked his dealer about hearing the first few notes softly before hearing them at full volume. The dealer replied,"yes, that's a common phenomenon... YES, THAT'S A COMMMON PHENOMENON..."... | |
| Five "Golden Rules" of HiFi? 1. Make sure there really is a record on the spinning platter before you lower the needle.2. Set up an electric fence around your ribbon speakers before the neighbor kids come over. Don't forget to plug it in.3. Your speakers should probably cost ... | |
| Alternatives to the Paradigm S4? Biomimetic,Most of Earl's "Transducers" book is over my head, as it's pretty math-intensive. But he lapses into English often enough that it's still useful to the likes of me.In my opinion the more accessible and in many cases more useful book of ... | |
| Alternatives to the Paradigm S4? Thanks, Biominetic. Revel is in a rather unusual and perhaps almost unique position as part of Harmon International. They have ready access to the rocket scientists, and president Floyd Toole is a leading researcher in correlating subjective prefe... |