eldartford
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| ''Hissing'' from speakers....cause ? Tubes hiss. Everything else hums. Good equipment (in proper working condition) is inaudible. | |
| Is vinyl dead ? Rockinroni...To paraphrase George Orwell..."ALL audiophiles are in the "lunatic fringe", but some audiophiles are more loony than others". | |
| recommendation of a sound level meter Edle, or anyone...Why not the digital version of the meter?Except for the readout device (DVM vs Analog voltmeter) it's the same instrument. The digital unit has a bargraph display as well as the numeric readout, so it is easier to read in every w... | |
| Rachmaninov Piano Conerto 2 - Recommended LP? In my recent post "Multichannel discs, and Why" I cite this particular concerto at an example of one class of music that benefits from multichannel. If you have SACD capability, try PentaTone PTC 5186 114...Werner Haas, piano. (Actually, this is a... | |
| Four front main speakers for 2 channel listening? It depends. If you put two speakers, "stacked" one on top of the other, you have made yourself sort of a line array, which has some advantages, particularly with regard to imaging. Put the top speaker upsidedown so the tweeters are adjacent. At on... | |
| 1s are 1s, 0s are 0s, right? nonterminatingdecimal@hotmail.com....Exaxtly. | |
| Multichannel discs, and why. Ddlpark...DVD-A and SACD are two formats of digital discs, neither of which will play on a regular CD player. Both formats provide for both Stereo and Multichannel playback. You need to have multichannel amplifier and five speakers.Sony pushes SAC... | |
| How can multiple woofers generate lower frequency? Eight 8-inch drivers makes a line array more than 6 feet tall. I have heard a system built like this, and the result was excellent. | |
| Does something happen when speakers face each othe Reubent...The difference is that I refer to speakers that are about 28 feet apart, whereas yours are one inch apart. 28 feet is half a wavelength for 20 Hz. | |
| Getting into analog is tough.... Was your your first car a Lexus?I think you should stick with digital discs, which are improving lately. However if you want to mess around with vinyl, do yourself a favor...buy a used turntable/arm for about $150 (on E-Bay)...buy a Shure V15X-MR ... | |
| Does something happen when speakers face each othe Sorry to hear that your speakers suck.When I was playing around with my own designs for matrix multichannel, I discovered that a rear speaker operating out of phase with the fronts could very greatly boost low frequency response. Think of it this ... | |
| Why is 2 Channel better than multi-channel? Brainwater...A fair question that I am not prepared to answer without some thought. It would be nice to share a list with rankings from 1 to 10.IMHO every Tacet disc ranks near 10. I have some others (DVD-A and SACD)in the 6 to 8 range but I don't... | |
| Why is 2 Channel better than multi-channel? Brainwater...Try to listen to Tacet DVD-A D107..Mozart Flute Quartets. You can't match this sound with any 2 channel system. Don't judge multichannel by inappropriately or poorly mastered discs. | |
| Do we break in our componets or do our componets ? Check my post of 8/11 and you will see that I expressed the thought that at some level we are all of the same view about breakin, but we draw the line of "ridiculous" at different points.Does anyone doubt that speakers change with use?Does anyone ... | |
| 1s are 1s, 0s are 0s, right? I am quite happly with my system's audio quality and I don't feel the urge to spent $6000 or so to find out if an esoteric player would sound better. (I have other interests to spend money on).It's true that my experience with digital communicatio... |