dbphd
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| Open Baffle Terminology? Jeff,I read a number of the posts at the link you kindly provided, but came away with no understanding of the acoustic principles these designs are aimed at. Some of the cabinet bashing seems simple ignorance of acoustics. But at least I now under... | |
| How do you pay? Why? Tvad, John, & Raquel,Thanks for the warning re PayPal. I used it for my first purchase but not since. OTOH, I have paid with cashiers checks, telling the seller to ship when the check clears. Obviously that leaves me wih no protection from a u... | |
| Sony 9000ES service Sherod,Invoice just said parts were replaced, and unit was tested and meets specs. No list of which parts. I listened more Saturday and remained impressed.db | |
| a basic question on HD Yesterday I watched 1080i and 1080p Sony LCDs side by side with the same source. The improvement with 1080p was not subtle.db | |
| How do you pay? Why? Most of these posts seem to be by sellers eager to protect themselves from buyers. As a buyer, who with one exception has paid by BoA cashiers check, I recognize that the risk is entirely with me. If the seller cashes the check and sends nothing o... | |
| How loud do you listen to your music? Photon,Except for very high levels, gun shots for example, hearing loss tends to be induced by fairly continuous exposure. I wouldn't be surprised if some musicians do suffer hearing loss, espcially those who play at rock concerts. The danger of n... | |
| How loud do you listen to your music? The nice link GH provided unfortunately uses Hearing Level (based on an average threshold of hearing) rather than Sound Pressure Level (based of .0002 dynes/square cm). RS meters read SPL, although scales other than C attempt to mimic hearing sens... | |
| Help Please recommend a 5ch amp around $2000 I use a Proceed Amp 2 and Amp 3; I assume the Amp 5 is esstentially the same, with each channel having its own power supply and large toroidal transformer. (The Amp 3 is really heavy, so the Amp 5 must be a monster to lift.) I have been very pleas... | |
| Pioneer vs. Panasonic plasma I find avsforum really hard to navigate. There are streams of posts, often in conversational style. It's as though you walked into the middle of a discussion, but don't know what's being discussed. You find posts that read: I went to the store tod... | |
| Satellite vs. Cable I think it's local. In Santa Barbara it's a toss up; both are excellent. I have used Direct TV for over 5 years, because Cox Cable fumbled when digital first came out. But now Cox is fine. HDTV looks great with either satellite or cable. The decid... | |
| how long to wait for 1080p plasma? Oak244,You plan to go with Blu-ray, but are looking to buy a 1080i rather than 1080p monitor. This doesn't seem to make sense, given the reason for Blu-ray is the higher resolution 1080p.db | |
| Screens I expect to buy a Sony Pearl and the Stewart SST FireHawk developed with Sony for that projector. It would be my first projection system. Might I be better off trying a DIY screen and something like the Opima HD70, to get a better understanding of... | |
| What's the difference between Proceed's amplifiers M,I've read reports that the sonics of the HPA and BPA are not quite as transparent and clean as the Amp 2 and 3, but that may be another person's dry.Having used an Amp 2 and Amp 3 for over a decade, I'd say they're reliable. I had a minor proble... | |
| Speaker Positioning Advice needed In the days of monaural sound, when imaging was not an issue, corner loaded horns were designed to be placed in corners, the aim being LF extension as the adjoining walls became part of the horn. This was true of KlipshHorns, ElectroVoice Patricia... | |
| How far should you be sitting from your speakers? IK pink noise tone? Not sure what the poster had in mid. IIRC pink noise has equal SPL per octave averaged over time vs white noise that has equal SPL throughout the bandwidth. The effect of pinking noise is to reduce the level per Hz at higher, b... |