erik_squires
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| Spade vs. banana plug The biggest difficulties I’ve noticed are with the material of the connector, more than the type. Nickel or Rhodium plated is bad. Just too hard to make a good connection. I’ve had really good luck with gold over copper bananas, and WBT locking ba... | |
| Same watts at 8 and 4 ohms? Hi @dsperMy main speakers are Thiel CS5’s and we have talked on other threads about how they are a difficult load as they dip close to 2 ohms and 82 dbl sensitivity. There has also been associated discussion about how more power can mean more nois... | |
| Lots of bass at walls, lack of bass in center of room/listening position He has NS5000... not NS1000... how did you make that mistake?Enthusiastically! Refunds are in the mail. Still, the basic FR issues appear shared. | |
| How the power of the PC has changed speaker sound Hi @Kenjit,Listen, since you have publicly stated in multiple posts that:There's no such thing as audio engineeringAdvanced degrees don't matterYou disassembled a B&W speaker but had no ideas what the parts were doingI'm going to completely ig... | |
| Single driver vs traditional 3 way loudspeakers Of course, this is a great subject to recommend DIY experimentation. Madisound, among others, has a number of affordable full-range (single driver) kits you can play with while you are stuck at home with the kids. :) | |
| Lots of bass at walls, lack of bass in center of room/listening position AHA !!! If these are the original NS 5000 I strongly suggest you get Troel's crossover upgrades:Everything I was complaining about in your measurements (except for the choppy HF) is fixed here. http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/Yamaha-NS1000.htmOtherwi... | |
| Same watts at 8 and 4 ohms? The distortion vs. output profile is a little more complicated than explained earlier. Please see figures 5 and 7 for what a very well behaved linear amp’s output usually looks like vs. output power. https://www.stereophile.com/content/luxman-l-50... | |
| Pass XA 25 versus Parasound A21+ - anyone compare? I’ve heard a lot of Pass and a lot of Parasound. Neither have great bass, but while the Parasound sounds warm, Pass always sounds lean to my ears. They both lack absolute smoothness in the mid to treble region. I can’t listen to pass for very lo... | |
| Same watts at 8 and 4 ohms? Hi George,Take a look at any speaker review on Stereophile and they will plot the speaker impedance. This impedance is never a flat line at 4 or 8 Ohms and in fact take quite complicated shapes. The lower the impedance, the more current the amp ha... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? Buying a sub (Miller & Kriesel) without knowing how difficult getting it to work right would be. This wasn't that big of a cost in absolute terms, but I was a young audiophile and everything seemed expensive, but that it derailed my listenin... | |
| Tekton speakers with Ribbon / AMT ?? timlub And calling and AMT a ribbon or a ring radiator a dome is to ignore fundamental and important differences in their behavior which is why only you make these simplifications.At this point I might as well call a farm tractor a truck, and bees... | |
| Tekton speakers with Ribbon / AMT ?? I just want to point out that the Tekton tweets may appear to be soft domes but technically they are ring radiators, not domes. Please give credit where it is due. Best,E | |
| Lots of bass at walls, lack of bass in center of room/listening position Hi OP,Here's my blog on how well a 2-way can function in a small room, with room treatment. https://speakermakersjourney.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-snr-1-room-response-and-roon.htmlBest,E | |
| Lots of bass at walls, lack of bass in center of room/listening position Hi OP:Use the tools you have. Move the speakers back to see if you can find a better bass balance. Next, see the tooth like ridges in the high frequency? That’s evidence of regular reflections, possibly even slap echoes. Yes, diffusion is a great ... | |
| Lots of bass at walls, lack of bass in center of room/listening position OP:We haven’t discussed your main speakers. What are they and where are they? It is possible they need more rear wall reinforcement. You also, 100% need mid-high frequency damping and dispersion. If the former is true, moving the speakers towards ... |