bigtwin
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| Anotherspeaker placement question (distance measurements) @immatthewj Correct. The shorest distance can be any of the three. I think normally there is a Bass driver on the bottom and therefore that would most often be the shortest of the three. Use the formula and the speakers can be in a variety of ... | |
| Anotherspeaker placement question (distance measurements) @immatthewj Hope this helps. Focal, who know something about speakers, uses a flexible equation to find the best speaker placement. “Optimisation For perfectionists, here is a formula for optimal positioning: If A is the distance from the cent... | |
| Those singers you enjoy,....that don't really have a great voice? Bob Dylan Neil Young David Bromberg These three don't have great voices but they are all able to put more emotion into a song than most any other singers I can think of. | |
| Why does pulling out main speakers from wall improve sound? @jumia While most posts answering your question suggest pulling your speakers several feet off the rear wall, Focal, who know something about speakers, do not ascribe to this theory. Focal uses a flexible equation to find the best speaker plac... | |
| Why is it that every time, lately, that I'm interested in a thread... @hilde45 I've not been Audiogon that long but I can spot a dig at MC already. 🤣 | |
| Finding (calculating?) speaker and amp impedance I don't know how to do those calculations but I can say I have never been unable to find that information by just using Google or an email to the manufacturer. Not the answer you were looking got but maybe helpful? | |
| Top 5 Vinyl Recordings All depends on you taste in music, as shown above by jasonbourne. A lover of classical music may say Led who? Having made that point I would say these are very good LPs Miles Davis - In a Silent Way Ry Cooder - Jazz Tower of Power - Back To... | |
| Audioquest Niagara 1200 Is this noise you can actually hear in the music or just a reading that bothers you because it's there. I ask this in all sincerity as I think many of us get all caught up in things that don't really matter? Having said that, I've read a lot of ... | |
| Top 5 Vinyl Recordings Rush??? With Geddy Lee's voice???? Come on. 🤣 | |
| Please tell me the wait will be work it......my rack @meadski It's easy to get carried away with Black in this hobby. Going off the reservation with a speaker grill to accent the rest of the room. 40" x 83" Garnet Red trimmed in dark Cherry. Last system I'll ever build but I may need to build a ... | |
| Please tell me the wait will be work it......my rack @meadski I'm in the process of a major re working of my system. Picture of older version is posted above. I'm having to move some of the heavy peices. Here's where I am to date. I've mounted a 2x4 to the wall, supporting the back side of a Bu... | |
| 2 X Rel Carbons Incoming. Advice on powering? +1 @audiojan My Hegel H30 operate as a differential balanced amp in momo mode and unbalanced in stereo mode. My Rel S/812s hsve be be connected differently for each mode. Hook them up wrong and you can watch all your speakers try to jump out of ... | |
| Please tell me the wait will be work it......my rack @meadski So you have recieved a lot of feedback. What's your takeaway? | |
| Speakers that are good with tubes Aacoustic Zen Crescendo Mark ll. They hold steady at 6 ohms for almost every frequency. Not sure of another speaker that comes so close to being the perfect speaker for a tube amp. Huge power is not required. | |
| Please tell me the wait will be work it......my rack I don’t about profanity. I wish the moderators would remove all the threads that contain insanity. 🤣 |