donbellphd
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| The Perfect Listening Room Marakanetz,An anecohic room is far from ideal for enjoying your speakers. Such rooms are oppressive and the sound of speakers is disappointing without reflections. This is especially true for rooms that are anechoic even at low frequencies. There'... | |
| Dipole surround speaker to match KEF 104.2? I use a pair of KEF 102/2s with my KEF 104/2s. They are located along the walls lateral to the listening position. The center channel is a KEF 200 C. I run all the speakers in bi-wire mode. Frequencies below 80 Hz are shunted to a Velodyne HGS-15.... | |
| Tube or SS for Vocals/Strings Marco seems offended by the characterization of differences in sound as distortion, but if not for distortion doesn't it follow that all systems would sound identical to the source. He happens to prefer the distortion tubes introduce, and given th... | |
| whats your idea of loud music. As I recall, studies of people isolated from loud sounds suggest hearing loss is not a normal aging process. In some individuals, there can be calcification of the ossicular chain, but a surgical procedure, a stapedectomy, usually offers good resu... | |
| Tube or SS for Vocals/Strings Ask a silly question, get a bunch of silly answers. You need to listen to both types of amps to decide which distortion your prefer, because that is what the "tube" sound is. Your particular speakers are a far more relevant determiner of the sound... | |
| How do you listen your system? Front, mid or back Trelja,I've had a couple of well known acousticians (e.g. presidents of the Acoustical Society of America) as colleagues. A common practice both use to get a feeling for the liveness of a room is to clap and listen to the magnitude and decay of th... | |
| Modwright Sony 999ES: Impressions of Modifications I spent several hours comparing my cousin's Signature Truth (tubes & spearate power supply) 999ES with his early model Cary CD. We both agreed the modded Sony sounded better, with a deeper soundstage. The rest of the system was Cary analog wit... | |
| Notice how many SACD collections for sale? Having listened carefully to CD, SACD, XRCD, and 33 & 45 rpm vinyl, I don't understand the fetish for vinyl, an older technology that entails additional electro-mechanical transduction processes. Nor do I understand the fetish for tubes as val... | |
| New book on "Audio, Acoustics and Perception" Duke,Thanks for the link to the resume. I didn't get much out of the first chapter, but I applaud any effort to bring rational rigor to sound reproduction as realized in the home. High-end audio is an area of too much mysticism, with "audiophiles"... | |
| New book on "Audio, Acoustics and Perception" Nobody I know calls themselves Dr. Doe, rather John Doe, PhD or MD or DDS or ED etc. I didn't get an indication of whether Geddes doctorate was in acoustics, EE, medicine, dentistry, education or that rare specialty of a PhD started by S. S. (Smit... | |
| Floorstander or Sub/Sat My exprience first with KEF 102/2 monitors then with KEF 104/2 floor standing speakers is that the KEFs sound more open and transparent when frequencies below 80 Hz are shunted to the Velodyne HGS-15. I've heard people say this about other speaker... | |
| experience w/ Auralex room treatment Slightly off topic, but the Auralex SubDude really eliminates boom from my Velodyne HGS-15 sub, and seems to extend the perceived low end. Knowledgable listeners agree that the sub now integrates seamlessly with the KEF 104/2s, and you could not p... | |
| How would you describe your class D amp's sound? I may have missed it, but who makes the H20?db | |
| Sources of 45 RPM recordings Thanks for the links. I've ordered several selections and find the web sites well designed. Again, thanks.db | |
| Cary 303, ModWright Sony 999ES, 33 & 45 Vinyl Well, I'm sure what I'm about to write will invalidate my observations for some of you. The answer to Schipo and Clio09 is I don't know the model of the turntable, tonearm, cartridge, stylus, or phono stage. I believe my cousin said he bought the ... |