eldartford
Responses from eldartford
| How loud do you like to play your music? I try for a "realistic" level. In practice this means, for example, that the violin in a violin concerto should not be louder than a real violin can play. Unfortunately, when recordings are mastered the (featured and highly paid) soloist is often ... | |
| No preamp 'Balance' control? In my experience a Balance control is most useful in troubleshooting. Never necessary with prerecorded music. | |
| Anti-Cabls Ic's alternatives? Muralman1...Since I retired the company (General Dynamics) has hired me back two times for about a year each time, as a part time consultant. This is a real good way to ease in to retirement. It keeps you in touch with the technology while still g... | |
| Anti-Cabls Ic's alternatives? Muralman1..I am not a dealer, as my family likes to eat :-). As I have described before I am a retired aerospace engineer who has had an interest in audio equipment since about 1954.Perhaps you don't remember the "acerbic criticisms" I have taken ... | |
| Anti-Cabls Ic's alternatives? Flushing works best with an H2O amp. | |
| The Best Tube Amplifiers vs Spectron ? Nothing compares with the H2O. Ask Muralman1 :-) | |
| interested in exploring classical Mozart is the most easily appreciated. Beethoven is more of an acquired taste. | |
| Light bulbs are constanly burning out The good news is that light bulbs are much more sensitive to overvoltage than most other electrical equipment. They are giving you a warning...like the canary in the coal mine. You should get the problem fixed. | |
| Foam Plugs Trelja...I concede that the Fs of 14 or 15 is what I would expect for a 12" or 15" AS driver. 10" or 8" would be higher, which is perhaps why such drivers are less successful as AS drivers. Note that my point is not that you can't achieve a ration... | |
| Foam Plugs Trelja...Kindly explain what you mean. And. please. no pontification. | |
| Foam Plugs Trelja...A low Fs is most definitely an essential element of acoustic suspension. (Not to be achieved by loading the cone with mass). To the extent that the cone compliance is tight (high Fs) its spring restraint is mechanical, not pneumatic. Ther... | |
| Foam Plugs Rodman99999...The KLH driver was 12". I happen to know its Fs because I had to buy a replacement from KLH, and every driver was tested, and the Fs marked (to a tenth Hz) on the cone.With a "real" AS driver you can bottom out the cone simply by han... | |
| Foam Plugs Rodman99999...Long throw and wide surrounds...yes. But what is the Fs? | |
| Foam Plugs A true "acoustic suspension" speaker system involves a woofer with a free air resonance of about 15 Hz. My KLH12s were 14 Hz. You can't find a driver like that today. Evidently speaker system designers today just don't trust that trapped air creat... | |
| AntiSkate-crooked Cantilever correlation? The skating force, or the antiskating force, is small compared with the vertical force. The same elastomeric stylus suspension resists both directions of force. VTF will affect the stylus before skating has an effect (if ever). |