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| Speakers That Will Party Hard In a large room and with the dancers obviously not sticking to the sweet spot, a loudspeaker's power response (summed omnidirectional response) is much much much more important than its on-axis response. All the moreso given that a dancehall's aco... | |
| best way to break in Sound Labs U1? Just play music on 'em! They don't need any special break-in procedure. They'll sound a bit better after a couple hundred hours, but it's not like you have to wait until then before they sound good. To me, they sound more lively after being plugge... | |
| Are Zu Druids really good HE speakers? Nakolawala,The Zu Druids do have a very full-bodied sound with great dynamics. To my ears they have a subtle characteristic sonic signature that I couldn't promise you'd find non-fatiguing, but evidently many owners have. In my admittedly limited ... | |
| Anthony Gallo Micro Ti or Adiva Ti for music? I personally prefer the Adiva Ti, as it goes a bit lower than the Micro Ti which integrates better with the sub.I acquired the line based on how the Adiva Ti's sound reproducing good old fashioned two-channel. | |
| Quad Listener Contemplating Horns It seems to me that hardcore audiophiles often gravitate in one of two directions - either towards fullrange electrostats or high efficiency horns, as each does some things quite a bit better than we typically find with "conventional" systems. The... | |
| how far off the wall If possible, put your panels at least five feet out from the wall. The reason is, reflections delayed by more than 10 milliseconds are less detrimental to imaging than earlier-arriving ones. However, ten milliseconds (roughly corresponding to a te... | |
| Poll:Best High sensibility or line array speakers I like the Avalon Eidolon a lot. I'd pick it over most of the speakers on your list above.Okay that being said, based on all too few auditions I'd pick the Pipe Dreams over the Dali Megalines, and I'd pick both over the Epiphanys. The latter reall... | |
| Magnepan vs. Martin Logan I've owned both, and sell yet another planar.I'll assume we're talking about hybrid Martin Logans, and leaving out the sadly discontinued CLS. In general, the Martin Logans have a bit better detail and better imaging. The Maggies have better coher... | |
| certin speaker makers harder to get dissounts fro Cj1capp,I carry roughly a dozen high-end electronics and loudspeaker lines. On paper the average mark-up is right at 40 points, but in practice it's less because in most cases I have to pay for shipping. I have one line that's at 50 points if I pa... | |
| Ultimate Amplifier for the next 20 Years Hi Ptheo -True Class A at 60 watts per channel is defintely not cool-running. Are you serious about needing a cool-running amp? If so, may I be so bold as to suggest that the best deal in the world on a product that does't meet your requirements m... | |
| taming female voice Something that can happen with two way loudspeakers is this:The radiation pattern of the woofer is quite narrow in the crossover region, while the radiation pattern of the tweeter is very wide. In fact, for equal on-axis sound pressure levels, the... | |
| center channel speakers --- low height I agree with Rives, and know several people who have gone from using a center channel to phantom center mode and prefer the latter. To widen the listening area in phantom center mode, you might try this: Toe your left and right main speakers in se... | |
| BEST BALANCED XLR TUBE PREAMP FOR JC-1 MONOS? I'm using an Atma-Sphere MP-3 with JC-1s right now and think it's a great combination. I am a dealer for both. If you go with the MP-3, be sure to opt for the regulated power supply option. Sonically it will meet your criteria, but it does not hav... | |
| New book on "Audio, Acoustics and Perception" Just an update - the first three chapters of Earl's book are online now. The third chapter, "Psychoacoustics", is especially relevant.http://www.gedlee.com/audio.htmDuke | |
| High Pass a hard-to-drive speaker - Now Easy???? Typically it's the woofer that sets the system efficiency. Taking a low-efficiency system and high-passing it at 80 Hz won't change the efficiency. Depending on what the impedance curve looks like, once highpassed the speaker may or may not presen... |