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| Radio Shack SPL Meter corrections Restock...Behringer DEQ2496. $300 plus about $70 for the mic. Great unit. See Behringer website. | |
| Transparent Interconnect Question.... Nsgarch...OK. I'll bite!Balanced output provides twice the signal, but twice the circuit noise as well. Since signal/noise ratio is what matters you need to find another reason for balanced. A balanced interface avoids noise pickup in the wires, a... | |
| Volume Level Unless you were playing a mono LP it may mean nothing. | |
| Radio Shack SPL Meter corrections I bet that the RS meter is being used, by audiophiles, for an application that it was not designed for...frequency response. The RS meter seems to be meant for measuring overall SPL, as for a factory environment, planes flying over, or your neighb... | |
| How can I get rid of a 4khz-8khz room spike? Nanotweeter...If you must use the RS meter, use it with the Rives Audio CD that has tracks which are corrected for the RS meter error.My personal experience is that a spectrum analyser (such as the Behringer DEQ2496) is a thousand times better. | |
| Reviews with all double blind testing? When someone claims a dramatic difference exists, a double blind test will effectively evaluate that claim. If only a subtle improvement is claimed the brief listening time of the typical DB test is a problem. | |
| Do you think you need a subwoofer? 4yanx...The integral subwoofer that you describe in the Vandersteens is a very good approach. What you end up with is a four-way system. A passive crossover for a three way system is a tough design job, and a four way would be worse, hence the use... | |
| Do you think you need a subwoofer? Rauliruegas...It happens that I have a spectrum analyser in my system, and can therefore give sure answers about frequency response.The Maggie 1.6 low end rolls off rapidly around 40 Hz, which is exactly what Magneplanar says. For most music their... | |
| Do you think you need a subwoofer? Rauliruegas...I read the links you recommended, and find little with which to disagree. In particular, discussion of the "slow bass" myth is exactly consistent with what I said in my earlier posting. I have been designing, building, tweeking subwo... | |
| Do you think you need a subwoofer? Newbee...SW crossover frequency depends very much on what your particular subwoofer can do. Based on quite a bit of experementation I have also concluded that the type of music being played also has a big effect, so I have crossovers that enable m... | |
| Do you think you need a subwoofer? I regard the "subwoofer" not as a separate speaker system, but as part of the main speaker system...the part that the manufacturer left out because of size and cost. Naturally this means that every main speaker has its "own" subwoofer driven by th... | |
| What happened to the loudness control? The "purest" of audiophiles, the vinyl fans, think nothing of the RIAA equalization (drastic) that is applied to their signal. And yet the minor adjustments needed to restore tonal balance at low volume is viewed with horror. A loudness control ca... | |
| What exactly is meant by Original recordings are made with many more "tracks" (channels) than the 2 (or 5 or so) that exist in media that is sold to the public. The multitrack masters are mixed down to 2 or more channels. If the original recordings still exist, they can b... | |
| Is B stock a safe bet? I have had good luck with "B Stock", or as they used to say "Factory Seconds". Sometimes it just means that the manufacturer made too many, and needs to clear inventory without reducing MSRP. But do be sure it comes from an authorized dealer. If i... | |
| Room Size and Loudness If you want to maintain tonal balance at SPL far from the original sound level there is really no way to do this other than electronic equalization. Old time preamps addressed this problem with a "Loudness" control, which is just a volume control ... |