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| Omnidirectional speakers. The future? Opalchip, I gotta tip my hat to you for consistently holding to your convictions, even if they're very different from mine. I have a feeling your ideas are more the norm than what you're finding on this thread - I think you've stumbled into a hotb... | |
| Omnidirectional speakers. The future? Opalchip, interesting points you bring up. I can't help but have a question come to mind: When you listen to a grand piano in a recital hall, the vast majority of the sound power that reaches your ears from the piano is reverberant energy, not dir... | |
| Causes of long term listening fatigue? First off, let's assume you've narrowed down your shortlist to exclude loudspeakers that are obviously harsh or edgy, and now you're trying to choose from among a few very good-sounding speakers which is most likely to remain non-fatiguing over th... | |
| What makes a speaker perform well at low volume? First, a speaker must have excellent low-level resolution. This is primarily a power-to-weight ratio issue, so high efficiency speakers do well here (very powerful magnets), as do electrostats (ultralight weight diaphragms). The suspension system ... | |
| Atma-Sphere M60 or David Berning ZH270? Hello Laoyuap,Yes you can run the M-60 with only 4 tubes per channel. With most speakers that probably wouldn't work well, but your 14-ohm Coincidents are a special case. When you reduce the number of output tubes in an Atma-Sphere amp, you not on... | |
| Atma-Sphere M60 or David Berning ZH270? First of all the disclaimer: I am a dealer for Atma-Sphere. I once owned and do think highly of the Berning amp, though I'm not a dealer for them.The reason I did not become a dealer for Berning is that I preferred the M-60 in a side-by-side compa... | |
| Speakers for vocalists In general full-range, non-hybrid electrostats do indeed like lots of power, but quality is more important than a high wattage rating. I'm a dealer for both Jeff Rowland and Sound Lab, and the combination works quite well although I do prefer the ... | |
| Ultimate best convention, can it happen Even assuming the competition could be configured so as to be equally fair to all participants (listening tests should be done blind for example), the results would inevitably be highly dependent on the preferences of the judges on the panel. And ... | |
| Media Room Construction Dr. Earl Geddes has written a superb book that addresses exactly the situation you are in. The issues you bring up are almost all covered in his book (and maybe they all are but my memory fails me). Dr. Geddes has directed his expert understanding... | |
| Speakers for vocalists Much of the appeal of full-range electrostats such as Quads (old & new), Martin Logan CLS series, and Sound Labs (which I peddle) is their natural-sounding reproduction of the human voice. Not that 'stats are the only type that can do vocals w... | |
| ultimate best speakers ever- now under 15K Hmmm... micro-details and subtle nuances, vocal and operatic and symphonic works, tonality .... at the risk of sounding ridiculously predictable, by any chance have you considered Sound Lab full-range electrostats?? They don't "do it all", but in ... | |
| More Efficient Sound Labs on The Way? I would expect the Thors to have no trouble driving the Sound Labs, though you might want to check with Paul Marks for his thoughts. I can describe the impedance curve to you if you'd like. The Thors use the same output tube complement as the Soun... | |
| Anyone Using Gradient Loudspeaker? I'm a Gradient dealer, so beware...The designer of the Gradients, Jorma Salmi, takes the radiation pattern into account to a much greater extent than most designers do. Indeed, even dynamic dipole guru Seigfried Linkwitz tips his hat to Jorma. Gra... | |
| Imaging/Soundstaging - Does room size matter? I am inclined to think that off-center images being localized at the speakers may well be a loudspeaker issue rather than a room one. Maybe a driver breakup mode, or a diffraction artifact, or a crossover phase anomaly, or a box resonance (either ... | |
| Anyone hear the latest Genesis 501's? I heard the Genesis 501's in Denver, sharing a room with a pair of forty grand Dali Megalines. Personally, I preferred the 501's to the Megalines, but then I tend to prefer speakers with a warmish overall tonal balance and a relatively rich presen... |