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| Electrostatic speakers and low volume resolution Trying a "super tweeter" sounds worth considering but, as with everything else, there are a couple of things I need to better understand. First, I'm not sure what the term "super" denotes unless it simply describes a driver capable of reproducing ... | |
| Electrostatic speakers and low volume resolution Tricky is an understatement from my standpoint. Phase relationships are so important to realistic sound reproduction one hand and potentially destructive on the other that understanding it sufficient to work with it in my system is making my brain... | |
| Electrostatic speakers and low volume resolution ZD, one of the many things that I've had difficulty understanding, and I know to be important, is the relationship of signal phase and sound quality, especially how it comes into play in designing a system. I've read several papers on the subject ... | |
| Miami, Florida I know these posts are old but I'm interested in meeting audio hobbyists in the area to share info. I'm in Lighthouse Point (Pompano Beach area 33064) and would like to have contact from interested parties in the area, preferably from Hollywood to... | |
| Another UPS Horror Story This ups story goes back a few years but I sold through eBay a beautiful pair of Focal Electras to a guy in Maine. He refused the shipment because of damage to the boxes (original factory). I was sitting in my living room and heard this loud thump... | |
| Electrostatic speakers and low volume resolution Thanks, Zd. I'm not advocating use of an EQ as a solution for all problems and I do understand, or at least am aware of, phase issues associated with additional artifacts being introduced into the sound stream. However, if I had the know how and d... | |
| Electrostatic speakers and low volume resolution Mapman, I don't see your response in any way heretical. As a matter of fact, your response here as many of your others seems more in the down-to-earth, experience based approach to problem solving. I know I will never again hear music the same as ... | |
| Electrostatic speakers and low volume resolution Thanks. When I get it, that's where I'll start and I'm anxious to try it. Should I anticipate any changes beyond the low volume distortion issue being addressed here? | |
| Electrostatic speakers and low volume resolution Actually, Atmashere, I don't anticipate that tonality would be compromised; my goal and belief in trying the Zeros is to improve tonality through reduction of low volume distortion. Because most of the info I've been able to find address autoforme... | |
| Electrostatic speakers and low volume resolution I've pretty much decided to buy an autoformer whether or not I decide to switch to tube amplification but I have a question re choosing the best impedance tap to use. Because I use electrostatic hybrids, the amp sees a very wide range of impedance... | |
| Electrostatic speakers and low volume resolution Atmasphere, I read your article on the development history but forgot to ask an important question. Would it make sense to try impedance matching with my SS amp first before buying the tube amp to see if that improves my low volume issue? Also, if... | |
| Electrostatic speakers and low volume resolution Good, I guess my understanding wasn't THAT far off. Based on what I've learned in these discussions, then, I am interested again in trying a tube based power amp with the ZEROs. I will still keep the Peachtree Nova as a preamp for its latitude of ... | |
| Electrostatic speakers and low volume resolution Going back to an earlier discussion where I asked advice regarding the use of tubes with electrostatics, I kind of abandoned the idea because a number of issues arose that were a little involved for me to get comfortable with. One of the main ones... | |
| Electrostatic speakers and low volume resolution What a coincidence. I went outside right after I sent my last post to see what a police car was doing on our block and two of my neighbors were out also. I told them the situation and they offered their help to get the bridges down from the entert... | |
| Electrostatic speakers and low volume resolution Atmasphere, based on advice provided in my threads and many others of yours that I've read, I'm confident that this will have a good chance for success. I would already done as you suggest, but I'm waiting for help to gain access to the back of my... |