bryoncunningham
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| "They are here" vs. "You are there" Cbw I have reread your posts in an effort to construct an argument that expresses your objection. Here is my best guess (Cbw-1) Increasing some colorations, like brightness, increases the audibility of ambient cues in the recording.(Cbw-2) Incre... | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" I say that because of the different time scales that are involved. Given that sound propagates through air at roughly one foot per millisecond, the arrival times at the listener's ears of wavefronts that are launched from non-aligned speaker drive... | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" Hi Learsfool. Your initial comments about the role of mixing are well taken. Onhwy61 brought up something similar when he pointed out that many recordings have no real ambient cues, but only "synthetic" ambient cues added during mixing. Al and I b... | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" You kind of make my point while simultaneously avoid addressing it.I must confess, I do not get your point. What is it? | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" Al wrote: a very key factor seems to me to be what might be referred to as resolution in the time domain.I completely agree with this. Though I failed to mention it, the same thing occurred to me during my discussion with Cbw about FREQUENCY respo... | |
| Speaker power handling I would add only that if you hear a loud banging/clanking sound on big bass passages at high volume, the voice coil is banging against the magnet, you are going too far, and need to back off immediately.I have had this experience with too much pow... | |
| Audyssey powered components Marty - My setup for music is close to what you describe. I use a Meridian G68, and I have been very happy with it. To me, two of the most important considerations for choosing a processor would be:1. How does the crossover sound (assuming you are... | |
| ss multi-ch. amps vs multi seperate amps any adv. Do the Parasound A51's or A21's run hot???Yes, they do. They are class A for the first few watts, so it goes with the territory. But I wouldn't let that scare me off, if I were you, unless you truly have no way of providing adequate ventilation. | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" Some colorations may enhance the cues. Excessive brightness comes to mind. You get lots of detail in bright systems -- to the point that the ambience cues will practically jump out of the speakers and punch you in the head -- but such systems are... | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" In situations where the ambience cues are subtle or absent, having room reinforcement would likely be beneficial. But in cases where the cues are already strong, reinforcement could become excessive.Cbw This is a good point. To the extent that ... | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" Hi Al. Thanks for your comments. Some thoughts The one exception I would take concerns item no. 2. I doubt that it is typically possible for the acoustics of the listening room to resemble those of the recording space in any meaningful way (assu... | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" Thanks for the responses. The majority of posters so far have a preference for the experience of "you are there." I have a pet theory about what creates that experience:Whether a system sounds like they are here or you are there is principally... | |
| ss multi-ch. amps vs multi seperate amps any adv. I had an Anthem D1 before and found it to be thin sounding. Friends told me if I didn't like the sound of the D1 I wouldn't like the Anthem amps.Not sure I agree that, since you didn't like the D1, you wouldn't like the A5 or P5. The Anthem Statem... | |
| Pre/Pro in Computer Setup Like you, I have a computer based setup. Also like you, I'm using an Empirical Audio component before the processor (in my case, the Pace Car 2).I second Ballan's suggestion of Meridian. I use the G68 for both music and movies and I've been very h... | |
| usb dac for hi-end system I agree with the posters who have recommended that you consider a USB to S/PDIF converter, such as this one. You have such an amazing digital front end already. Adding a converter to it would be a very economical way of getting your feet wet with ... |