eldartford
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| At what distance are balanced XLR cables needed? Kijanki.. And you can pay an arm and a leg for little stones.Atmasphere, whose opinion carries a lot of weight, has suggested that fancy wire is of little value in balanced interconnects. | |
| At what distance are balanced XLR cables needed? If Zone 2 is really 51 ohms you could use that output. 300 ohms is a bit high for solid state but it will probably be OK.Bear in mind that you can spend an arm and a leg for unbalanced interconnects made with exotic wire. Balanced interconnects do... | |
| At what distance are balanced XLR cables needed? If the HT Processor output impedance is about 50 ohms or less (typical for solid state) 20 feet should work fine. | |
| Front port vs Rear port The alternative to ported (front or rear) is acoustic suspension. "Sealed" is not necessarily true acoustic suspension, indeed these days it is hard to find a woofer with specs optimized for AS. If you plug the port you do not have AS. | |
| Why is 2 Channel better than multi-channel? Edorr... If you locate your speakers as recommended the "surround" speakers are to the sides. not in the rear corners. This would be quite a reasonable set up for live musicians. I think we still have the right to play music any way we prefer, alt... | |
| Why is 2 Channel better than multi-channel? Kr4... I agree with you about the size limitations of your room, and that is why I recommend the one-instrument-per-channel approach just for chamber music and jazz. I have experience with both live in a small room which is perhaps why I like it. ... | |
| Why is 2 Channel better than multi-channel? "a lone violin started screaming out of one of the surrounds" is unreal--- unless there really is a violin located there. My apology to those who have heard me say this before but... ...the most effective multichannel music I have is TACET DVDAs o... | |
| Why is 2 Channel better than multi-channel? People who buy high end (uberexpensive) audio equipment almost always express distaste for the multichannel format. It seems to be part of their personalities. Liking multichannel disqualifies you as a "serious" audiophile.Because of this it is no... | |
| Looking to upgrade my back surround sound speakers Chadnliz... Agreed. Same goes for 8th, 9th, 10th...etc. | |
| Looking to upgrade my back surround sound speakers If you are only concerned with ambience, minimal surround speakers are OK. But there is quite a lot of music where the surround speakers are important... properly recorded antiphonal music in particular. I had to upgrade my surround speakers when ... | |
| Judy Collins Dtc... You're right. The mix was screwed up on the CDs. Use the vinyl. | |
| Judy Collins Back in the day, two cuts by Judy Collins were (are) the most amazing examples of what can be done with matrix multichannel, although they were never promoted as multichannel.Amazing Grace....She sings up front, and a congregation comes in all aro... | |
| Proper use volume control? "Correct" volume level is something I have come to realize through multichannel recordings. A solo part,for example a violin, is usually located in the center channel. I know how loud a real violin can play, and I set the volume accordingly. Howev... | |
| A history question about planar drivers I believe that a speaker using the electrostatic approach came before the magnetic cone speaker. We are talking about the early years of the last century. | |
| I know this is heresy, but... If you put the DEQ2496 between the preamp and the power amp its A/D will be working with only a few low order bits. The advantage of 24 bit hardware will be lost. You may not like the sound.The solution to this is to attenuate at the input to the ... |