erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Solid state amp that tube fan can be happy with? Luxman is a great option here. Ayre too, but needs auditioning. | |
| SVS SUB BETTER WITH LOW PASS FILTER OFF Also, hot tip: If adding a sub to ported mains try sealing the main speakers. That often leads to easier integration and less distortion. | |
| SVS SUB BETTER WITH LOW PASS FILTER OFF The most vexing and confounding problem I know of is how different speakers measure once in a real room, and how different each room is. I'd go mad if I tried setting up a subwoofer by specs alone. Some may argue that I "went mad" instead, but p... | |
| Replacing Bryston 4BST for Aerial 10Ts Well, one option is to attempt a repair. This is a dual mono design, so you have 50/50 chance it's a power supply issue and fixable. OTOH, at that age you need a full recap anyway. You might get more from e-bay than a trade. | |
| SVS SUB BETTER WITH LOW PASS FILTER OFF The only heresy I know is trying to do this all without measurements first. I mean, it's dogma, but I find getting this right by ear alone is so random. Bloom and bloat IMHO had more to do with room modes, where a little EQ can go a long long w... | |
| Selecting Rear Surrounds for 5.1 system Hi OP: The ideal surrounds have a lot to do with the character of the fronts. If the fronts are very neutral it makes it very easy to pick among neutral surrounds, but B&W have their own sound characteristics. I find that these traits are n... | |
| Magico - Wide vs. Narrow @jonwolfpell - Very interesting perspective. I'm curious about one thing though. Did you find a difference in imaging? Would you say either speaker had a wider sweet spot? | |
| Magico - Wide vs. Narrow @audiokinesis - That's an interesting POV. I would have thought that the slot would act like a severe low pass filter. | |
| Magico - Wide vs. Narrow Also, incidentally, the tweeter and mids on the Snells were among what we'd consider "high value" (i.e. inexpensive) devices today. They did not achieve their performance with supreme high-end drivers. | |
| How much dirt is too much dirt I wish I could tell you that any of these meters gave solid data on noise and perception. So much depends on the filtration in your gear as well. My basic guidelines are to create two zones of power conditioning. One is the clean zone on which... | |
| Magico - Wide vs. Narrow Incidentally, the superb Snell Type A-III mentioned by @erik_squires also had a rear-firing tweeter, if I recall correctly. @audiokinesis is correct, of course. As I recall it could be switched on and off. In my case my audition occurred wit... | |
| Magico - Wide vs. Narrow Duke may be onto something. Snell A/III was wide, but also attempted to get close to hemispherical. The SF Stradivari isn’t just wide but it’s curved as well. Another wide baffle speaker with curves would also be the mid-tweeter towers on the Infi... | |
| The need for variety and endless search for new details @stuartk Indeed, services like Spotify have really changed music culture, without a cultural reason. The way Spotify and other streaming services work is based purely on the economics of the owners. Like Ticketmaster, middlemen who don't actual... | |
| Single ended speaker cables or Shot gun config? I think it’s a bit of a dice roll honestly. More cables = lower resistance but more capacitance, or something like that. Whatever you chose to do, keep it affordable because the end result is not going to be worth as much as your speakers. :) No... | |
| Magico - Wide vs. Narrow Hey @rauliruegas ---- Not really. I get what you mean about apples to orange comparisons but I think it's possible to hear trends, especially in regards to the acoustic effects I'm asking about. :) |