eldartford
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| Phantom Center sound better than a center speaker? sean...True, my speakers are further apart than I would put them if I didn't have that center speaker. (The geometry of the room dictates wide spacing, and hence the center channel). However, even with "normal" spacing, I find the "phantom" center... | |
| Omnidirectional speakers. The future? sean...To be precise, the wavefront generated by the original Ohm speakers is cylindrical, rather than spherical.Lack of vertical dispersion is a good thing when the speaker is used in a room with ceiling and floor to make reflections, and is a ch... | |
| Warped record playback Warped records ceased to be a problem when I bought (decades ago) a Sony PS-X800 table with linear tracking Biotracer (servo controlled) arm. It will track anything. Really amazing. | |
| Omnidirectional speakers. The future? The "point source" thing doesn't really make sense if you think about it. Most instruments are pretty big points. Furthermore, even if the instrument were a solo kazoo, its sound would propogate as a spherical wavefront, and after traveling 30 or ... | |
| where do you cross over your ht setup Vedric...I normally don't use the LFE channel to drive my subs. If and when I get into movies I can switch the center SW to use the LFE signal. | |
| Do I really need a crossover when running 2 amps? sean....In general I agree with your comment about the superiority of driving speakers directly (not through X/O components), although I can think of a better analogy than the one you used.Of course I biamp between my subwoofers and the MG1.6 main... | |
| where do you cross over your ht setup Vedric...I have cited my reason for a "high" (80-90 Hz)crossover...(to keep the LF that requires large cone excursions out of the mains so that they can better reproduce the rest of the sound). You have recommended 25-35 Hz, suggesting that there ... | |
| Power Cords Snake Oil ?? "Snake oil"? With all this talk about string theory, corona's product (or at least his ideas) might better be described as a "can of worms". | |
| Do I really need a crossover when running 2 amps? Johnymac...Ideally each amp would be connected directly to a driver (woofer or tweeter), completely bypassing the internal passive crossover. This is OK for the woofer, but the tweeter should be protected against inadvertent LF inputs by a series ... | |
| Do I really need a crossover when running 2 amps? Elecronic crossovers are simple, cheap, and free of distortion compared with passive crossovers internal to the speakers. Do it right. Get one. | |
| Wire type frome Home Depot good for 12-volt trig I can see it coming! Comparisons of audio quality depending on the type of insultaion on the remote power control wire. How about polarity of the 12 volts which pick up the relay? Should it be +12 or -12? How about the wavelength of the LED in the... | |
| What does Flat Earth mean in audio circles? Ffontan...I know what you mean, but the guy who thought up the term "fuzzy logic" was asking for ridicule. | |
| Multi-Channel Music: SSP/PrePro with Time Delay?.. Distortion...Check page 32 of the Denon manual. As I mentioned, there are technical reasons why SACD cannot offer the variable delay feature. (Another point for DVD-A). | |
| Multi-Channel Music: SSP/PrePro with Time Delay?.. Distortion...Are you sure? I had the impression that the SACD spec did not allow for this feature. It does seem that delay of the signal would be technically difficult if it is not in PCM (word) format.I will look into it some more. | |
| Multi-Channel Music: SSP/PrePro with Time Delay?.. I thought that time delay was standard issue for all multichannel stuff. My Rotel 1066 has it, as does the Pioneer DV45A and Denon 2900 players that I have. However, no such adjustment is implemented for SACD. Why? Go ask Sony. |