erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better This is why active speakers better have volume control AFTER digital crossover or be fully analogue. I don't know any other way to do it. An inherent feature in any active crossover is level matching, or the ability to set the gain differen... | |
| 8 ohm nominal impedance/4.69 ohm minimal impedance--is this a bad load (on paper)? 4 Ohms or higher is usually "easy to drive" as even inexpensive integrated amps usually support 4 Ohms. The combination of phase angle and impedance matters so it may require more current than apparent, but 4.7 is a pretty good speaker. Honestly... | |
| Do You Have to Play a Component to Warm it Up? Speakers yes, amps no | |
| What is the lowest voltage acceptable ? I use a Furman AR which keeps my line voltage within a consistent 118 to 122 VAC, barring severe issues (in which case it shuts off), as well as protecting me from white outs as well. The most compact/affordable combination is this unit. In my ca... | |
| Vibration Control I find this subject quite frustrating if not maddening. It would be easy to demonstrate whether or not vibration control is necessary or not with a variety of solid state components and yet... I've yet to see this happen. I mean, how hard is it ... | |
| Pro-ject X1B Balanced Cable Problem Do you have more specific information about the cable issues? | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better @steve59 To be fair, much of that is the room. A well treated dealer room is not going to sound like your average living room. | |
| Power Sensitive Components Hi OP: No affect on the sound? Quite the opposite, in several apartment moves the Furman always made my system sound more relaxed and open. Until 2021 I lived in rather dense housing and even in a high rise with a nearby elevator motor. The sy... | |
| Power Sensitive Components I should have pointed out that it’s always good to test your outlets. Watch the AC on the hot as well as the neutral which should remain low (< 2V). A high neutral is not only going to reduce voltage to your gear but may indicate a bad upstream... | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better I think @prof best summarized what I was trying to say at the beginning: Whatever the technical advantages in active designs, I’ve yet to hear a paradigm changing moment, listening to an active design. At the end of the day the active or pass... | |
| Power Sensitive Components I prefer the Furman units. Best in class surge protection, and voltage regulation doesn't introduce AC noise. The cost is that they "only" regulate within about 5 Volts. That is, you'll get around 118-122V. The combination of voltage regulatio... | |
| Changing a speaker color Depending on what color you like, I've sometimes considered using a vinyl wrap instead. Removable. | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better Active loudspeakers have widespread use in pro audio. If they didn't sound good I doubt they would be used as much if at all. @bottomzone Absolutely true. Active crossovers offer significant benefits in power efficiency that is much more i... | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better I hear a lot of comments about vibration, and while I have had equipment that was subject to microphonics, that was in the late 1980s and probably because of the use of very cheap ceramic capacitors. I think that overall, outside of tubes and turn... | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better @o_holter You make exactly the right argument for an external, active crossover. If you want to roll your own amps you can't do this with a fully active speaker design. My listening trends lately have been a lot more about movies than music th... |