bryoncunningham
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| What is “warmth” and how do you get it? 02-11-11: LearsfoolI know we hashed this out on your neutrality thread already, but I still cringe when I read someone assuming that "warmth" must be an "addition" or "coloration." I still vehemently disagree with this. For me, again because of th... | |
| Replacements for Dynaudio Floorstanders Since this is a free-for-all, I will throw my hat in the ring: I think the OP's warmth problem has nothing to do with his speakers. I think it's 50% the Krell and 50% the Benchmark. Changing either or both might solve the problem. Changing the spe... | |
| What is “warmth” and how do you get it? Hi Mapman - Before I owned the Focals, I owned Dynaudio speakers for several years. They did have a warmer sound than the Focals, as you point out. But ultimately I concluded that their "house sound" is somewhat too colored for my tastes. I have n... | |
| What is “warmth” and how do you get it? 02-11-11: JohnsonwuMany confuse foggy muddy systems that can only play one or two of Carol Kidd's ballads as the ultimate warm systems.Making a system foggy and rolled off masks the lack of dynamic linearity, stability, and distortion from transie... | |
| System Synergy This is an interesting question.I think the closest thing to a "formula" for system synergy is to "work backwards." Start with the room. Match the speakers to it. Then match the amp to the speakers. Then match the source/preamp to the amp. Then ma... | |
| What is “warmth” and how do you get it? 02-10-11: Learsfool...you can have a system that measures very well in the frequency response that still sounds very cold (or doesn't resolve timbre correctly) - I have heard many of them in dealer's showrooms - so that is why I do not equate "war... | |
| Speaker crossover mod. Your advice? Don't really have much of an idea what they are worth. The original MSRP was $8k. They were heavily discounted toward the end of their production run, when I bought them (new) for around $5.5k. That was roughly a year ago.I looked at your outboard... | |
| Speaker crossover mod. Your advice? Thank you, Jeffrey, for your advice. I will attempt to remove the crossover board and trace it, to determine exactly what parts are in the tweeter's signal path. It may take me a day or two to get the time to do it. I will report back when it's do... | |
| What is “warmth” and how do you get it? 02-08-11: HifibriRecording studios can and usually are 'warm', dead maybe, designed to lack reverberations to control the sound, but not usually characterized as cold. Great pains are taken to control studio acoustics.02-08-11: LearsfoolGreat pain... | |
| Speaker crossover mod. Your advice? Thanks to everyone for your input. I have two principal concerns: the plan and the execution. As for the plan...You can see a picture of the crossover here.At the advice of another Audiogon member, I tested some of the caps on the crossover board ... | |
| What is “warmth” and how do you get it? 02-08-11: Mrtennisit would facilitate communication if there were "standard" definitions for terms frquently used in discussion so that each of us would not have to qualify or explain the denotation or connotation of terms used in a sentence...thi... | |
| What is “warmth” and how do you get it? One thing I’ve noticed about the various characteristics that go by the term ‘warmth’ in the context of playback is that most or all of them seem like ADDITIONS to the signal. For example, ADDITIONAL low order harmonics, ADDITIONAL lower midrange/... | |
| Bach: Six Suites Unaccompanied For Cello At Ymh's recommendation on this thread, I bought Steven Isserlis' recording of the Cello Suites, and I'm enjoying it very much. To my ears, it has a more spontaneous and improvisational feel than some of the other notable performances. At times it... | |
| What is “warmth” and how do you get it? 02-05-11: TmsoroskWarmth is an added artifact of electronically produced music. A properly tuned acoustical instrument should not have the added warmth that you hear on many systems. 02-07-11: FrogmanMusic that approaches the sound of a live perfo... | |
| What is “warmth” and how do you get it? 02-06-11: Almarg“Woodiness,” “body,” etc. are for example certainly important aspects of warmth, and their successful reproduction involves capturing the fine detail and harmonic balance of the instrument. That in turn can be expected to be compr... |