erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Is more amp power always better...? Definitely not always. We also can't really say this is true about having more damping factor. The amp/speaker match up is important as is the quality of the first few watts of power. There are definitely speakers with troublesome impedance c... | |
| All speakers have a little EQ built in I would have a very difficult time replacing a variable L-pad instead of just soldering in fixed value resistors. I’ve seen too many of them go bad. Maybe with high efficiency horns that have very little power applied this could be reliable, but n... | |
| Where to go next with the turntable I don’t know turntables at all anymore, but it’s true that adding mid-hi frequency absorption and diffusion will help the bass emerge. Also, a highly resonant room can benefit from bass traps, further improving the bass so that unnatural accents ... | |
| 3-4 dB dip at crossover region: what should I listen for to hear it? It would be very difficult for me to believe that the crossover dip was an oversight by the JBL crossover design team. While ASR is good at measuring and complaining, I’ve yet to see them do an in depth speaker analysis. They measure a speaker, ... | |
| 3-4 dB dip at crossover region: what should I listen for to hear it? @panzrwagn I may have been thinking of the S. Harsch crossover alignment. | |
| 3-4 dB dip at crossover region: what should I listen for to hear it? @panzrwagn no. Linkwitz Riley sum to zero at the crossover if alihned correctly. This is more obscure. | |
| 3-4 dB dip at crossover region: what should I listen for to hear it? Ok, another thing, there are some crossover alignments which forego absolute perfect amplitude for excellent impulse response, the name of the crossover alignment escapes me, but not impossible this is an example of it. | |
| 3-4 dB dip at crossover region: what should I listen for to hear it? One other thing that I'm thinking about is that ASR is measuring the speaker at 1 watt. Lots of speakers measure close to flat ONLY at 1 watt and then have their performance rapidly degrade when louder or heated up by playing (i.e. thermal compr... | |
| 3-4 dB dip at crossover region: what should I listen for to hear it? Couple of things come to mind. First, it could be deliberate to enhance imaging. Next, it may not be "real" in the sense that the overall energy you hear in a room may be different, or it is designed for zero toe in and listening at an angle which... | |
| Please help with sideways speaker installation Normally oriented 2 way speakers often have better response below the tweeter axis than above it. They measure better at the midwoofer axis than above. This has to do with low order-ish crossovers and phase mismatching above the tweeter. Any num... | |
| Subwoofer and preamp output impedance The input impedance on electronics tends to be purely resistive, so doesn't vary by frequency very much, which is different from speakers and headphones. Unless the subs have very low impedances, around 10k or lower, you should not have any probl... | |
| annoying speaker rattle or resonance with--Milk Carton Kids CD? Make sure it is the speaker n not something in the room Test both speakers by swapping l and r see if rattle follows | |
| Are there any issues with connecting speaker wire in this manner? Will this work? Perhaps only as an experiment. Stranded with banana plugs is really a better option. Are you an electrician? Cause this is how they’d wire a light switch. I really don’t recommend anyone use solid core wiring because they are pret... | |
| Speaker Cables : Moderate priced Highly recommend Mogami as a primary cable. My experience is they dont' subtract anything, while high-end speakers rely on some subtraction to create more imaging or detail. Markertek has both single and quad types. | |
| All speakers have a little EQ built in Although many people attest that the analog EQ does not alter the sound trait in general, I am suspecious if that is true. @lanx0003 - Fan though I may be of tone controls, this is not the blanket statement I would make. There are in fact ba... |