donbellphd
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| Are the Klipschorns mainly for Classical music ?? I'm very out of date. My experience with horns, including those of Klipsch, was for monaural listening. The rational for such horns, placed in the corner of a room, was that the adjacent walls extended the horn. The sectoral horn used in several o... | |
| How big should center spkr be to set to "large"? I use full range floor standing speakers for my front LR, but I find the sound more open and transparent even for stereo if I set all the speakers to small, and let the sub handle LF.db | |
| member system photos??? Although I have a room that is dedicated to HT and stereo (it does have a computer in it), there is still a compromise because of the location of the door to the room and the alcove leading to a dressing area, walk-in closet, and bath -- it's desi... | |
| Balanced/Unbalanced --- Whats the difference? Richmon,I think you meant to thank Shadore for his citation and Tobias for his "lucid and clear explanation."db | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? I recall a study by RCA Labs in the nacent days of "HIFI" (late 40s, early 50s) in which they found that listeners preferred a mellow sound, and expecially disliked extended high frequenices. Nevertheless, Capitol Records released a boxed series o... | |
| Tubes or Solid State????? A fellow audiophile who likes to tweek his system replaced a many-tubed Cary amp with a TRL solid state amp. Those of us who listened noticed improvement in transparency and imaging.db | |
| what is good sound ? Mrtennis,I think you are not a serious person nor should your posts be taken seriously. I'm sorry I wasted my time and the time of anyone who read my responses to your supposed dichotomy. It's preposterous to imagine that anyone could be serious a... | |
| KEF 104/2 vs 105/3 I have owned 102/2s for years, and was looking for a larger speaker. I considered both the 104/2s and the 107/2s. I noticed that the 104/2s seem to have a fanatical following, and I was going to use a Velodyne HGS-15 for LF below 80 Hz anyway, so ... | |
| what is good sound ? Mrtennis,If by equipment-based, you mean evaluating equipment as a physical entity, its reputation, or its cost as opposed to listening to its acoustic output, then I could agree to such a dichotomy. If you mean critical as opposed to ralaxed list... | |
| what is good sound ? Mrtennis,I think you present an illusory dichotomy. The perception of transparency, neutrality, and accuracy is a physiological/psychological process. I agree with Audiokinesis that you use critical listening to select and setup an audio system th... | |
| Sony SCD-1 or SCD-XA9000ES for stereo I talked with Dan Wright and another fellow at HE2006 in LA a few weeks ago about an SCD-1. They advised against buying an older player. Apparently there have been reliability problems, and parts can be difficult to obtain. OTH, Sony seems to have... | |
| Point of diminishing returns Macrojack,Most of the responses seem to have addressed the theory of diminishing returns, but you asked about point of diminishing returns. Imagine a plot of goodness as a function of cost. Assuming you have a metric for goodness -- the great devi... | |
| IMAGE PROBLEMS VOCALS OFF CENTER Newbee,Isn't the near-field listening position for speakers 8' OC just under 7', i.e. sqrt of 64-16?db | |
| Warning: Sony SACD & pilot error Rich,I tried putting in the disc, letting it initialize, then turning off the power with the remote with no effect. Then I tried the same procedure except turning the power off at player and waiting a few minutes. That seemed to do the trick, and ... | |
| Warning: Sony SACD & pilot error Rich & Dweller,Thanks Rich. I'll try your suggestion. I forgot about Audio Asylum, and that may be where I read so many of complaints about 9000s failing to play the SACD layer that I decided to post my experince.Thanks Dweller for the info ab... |