eldartford
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| Phantom Center sound better than a center speaker? sean...For large musical ensembles, a symphony orchestra or the like, lack of a center speaker is not significant. However, where there is a solo performer, vocal or instrumental, or movie dialogue, and that performer is isolated in the center cha... | |
| Denon 2900: Questions, comments sean...The Denon disc loading issue comes up when you switch from one type of disc to another (CD, SACD, DVDA, or DVDV. It does not always happen, and I am not sure exactly what situation gets the machine confused. Cycling the drawer always seems ... | |
| Phantom Center sound better than a center speaker? The short answer is "No", but....This assumes that the center front is the same as the Left and Right speakers. In many cases a solo performer is located in the center channel. It is amazing how well a center sound source images in the space betwe... | |
| Denon 2900: Questions, comments I replaced an elcheapo Pioneer DV45A with the Denon 2900. I notice improved SACD audio quality, but not anything dramatic for DVD-A and CD. I leave the subtle audio evaluations (with various interconnects, etc.) to others.However, I must comment o... | |
| What speakers use SEAS or SEAS-sourced drivers? Don't forget Madisound kits using Seas drivers. Good value. | |
| where do you cross over your ht setup Distortion...Every crossover except 6 dB/octive is a cascade of several filters. The common 24dB/octive slope used with electronic crossovers is four stages. Guess how you make a 48 dB/octive X/O.There is nothing evil about "stacking" two crossove... | |
| Power Cords Snake Oil ?? This is one of the more ridiculous ideas in audio, but, to help our nation's economy, I won't discourage people from buying $2,000 magic wires. However, the suggestion that the power line frequency changes from 60 Hz is completely wrong, and if it... | |
| Maggie 1.6QR amplification questions Elevick...Carver "least detail"? That's subjective, and you are entitled to an opinion, but it doesn't agree with what others say or what I hear with my Maggies. However, the remark about low bass is flat out wrong. Hey: these amps are designed to... | |
| Maggie 1.6QR amplification questions Carver ZR 1600. $800 plus change. Superb. Particularly with MG 1.6. | |
| Need strong passive FM Antenna. Help I live in western Mass (Stockbridge) which is a "fringe" area if not the "boonies".If you are down in a deep valley, no antenna will work. How does your car radio work when parked outside your condo?Anything on the roof, especially with a rotator ... | |
| Going to take the plunge. Huntermusic ...Look before you leap! It's like getting married. | |
| Maggies on my mind. Cwlondon...You mention the heavy oak "U" shaped moldings on those old Maggies. Well, when I scrapped my original MG2 I salvaged the oak, and cut it down to "L" shape. Since I had three speakers, I ended up with an awful lot of really nice oak mold... | |
| Parametric EQ for Mid-bass Hump? I know that electronic equalization is used effectively with large halls, but I have found it rather ineffective in correcting the usual small room response LF "hump". Large amounts of boost or cut seem to have little effect. For the higher freque... | |
| where do you cross over your ht setup Vedric...Agreed that LF from a SW has directional aspects which should be preserved. (Unless you are playing an LP where the LF has already been mixed to mono). I think that every speaker should have its own SW: at least 2, and I have 3. However, ... | |
| Analog a dying breed Zaikesman..."Audiophilecentric" really does not describe me...after all I did persevere to listen to these historic recordings in spite of their problems. Your suggestion that they might have been 78s may well be correct, and perhaps the program p... |