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| Holographic imaging Chris, you can't answer your question without hearing the original performance, which we seldom have the opportunity to do. This is one reason that attending a lot of classical performances develops a useful reference. This listening experience do... | |
| Amp for Vienna Accousics Beethoven speakers I've posted a review of the C500 that you may want to check out in the review section of this site. I've also heard the C500 driving the Beethovens and that was very nice indeed. I think it's one of the very best amplifiers for the entire VA line,... | |
| Playback Designs MPS-5 CD/SACD Player I don't know if Robinson watches here, but he does watch the Asylum. If you ask your question there, he might answer there, OR you could correspond directly with PF.I suspect it was because he'd previously put the Emm two-box unit at the top of hi... | |
| How much power is to much power? I think that DF is slightly more than nothing, but not near so much as most audiophiles attribute to it.Dave | |
| How much power is to much power? Exactly Magfan. High power with low distortion equals control. A high DF helps only slightly in the control of the driver. The amplifier starts the drivers, accelerates them and decelerates them and stops them, all at a complex variety of frequenc... | |
| Loud background noise: cables picking up RF? Yes, speaker cables can be attennas, particularly when they are ribbons of wire with no criss-cross (rright-angle) geometry. Even short runs of parrallel wire ribbons can catch RFI.Dave | |
| Playback Designs MPS-5 CD/SACD Player Thanks Albert. BTW, Frontier has some great flights to Denver from DFW. Several Texan A'goners are coming in for the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (two blocks from my home). It'd be fun to have a nice Italian dinner at a great place I frequent just bl... | |
| How much power is to much power? Baroque_lover probably doesn't need much power because, given his nom de plume, he only listens to baroque music. The demands are totally different from Mahler or even a Beethoven piano sonata. He's right, he and I wouldn't buy the same systems be... | |
| Holographic imaging "Bloom" is a term that can be good or bad, depending on degree. Just as "bass" can be overdone, so can "bloom". I think of bloom as the overtones and air around an instrument or voice. As someone said, it's 3-D rather than a one-dimensional cardbo... | |
| Playback Designs MPS-5 CD/SACD Player David Robinson of Positive Feedback added his review at:Positive Feedback Review of MPS-5I agree with everything said; however, I think there should have been more comment on the MPS-5's CD playback, which I consider to be one of its strongest poi... | |
| How much power is to much power? You probably like a little bloom in your bass, which is not uncommon. I listen to lots of music with tons of bass and I play in orchestras and bands with "real bass" so I don't like any added bloom.DF is a technical term that doesn't adequately ex... | |
| Holographic imaging I don't think he's talkinga about "bloom" Mapman. I'm wondering if he heard those other amps in the same system, with the speakers in the same position. If so, then we've got something to talk about. If not, then he's likely talking about speaker-... | |
| Holographic imaging There's little difference in the imaging of properly functioning SS and tube equipment. Dark Side of the Moon, Radiohead, I Robot are a few "holographic" recordings that fill one end of the room with an image as tall and wide as the room and much ... | |
| How much power is to much power? 09-13-08: Vett93 said:"What does "more control of bass" mean? If you meant sufficient current to drive the bass woofers without more distortion, then it is equivalent to a higher SPL. If you meant a higher damping factor, then it is independent to... | |
| How much power is to much power? 09-13-08: Shadorne said:"For your current speakers 140 is far enough - same if you upgrade. Frankly if you need more SPL then get a bigger speaker (three way) rather than overdrive a small one - your little speaker will be mostly distorting when d... |