erik_squires
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| Coaxial Ribbon Midrange/tweeter - Can a small midrange ribbon actually do midrange well? Should add, this is not the first time a planar midrange has been envisioned. The most famous are the Infinity and Genesis towers. | |
| Coaxial Ribbon Midrange/tweeter - Can a small midrange ribbon actually do midrange well? Interesting. I'd say there's a lot to consider. This is a rather large ribbon. The larger the surface area, the less it must move to achieve a given sound pressure. I will say that the masurements from the C8 LTS are encouraging. The impulse and w... | |
| How important is it for you to attain a holographic image? Another recent example was the McIntosh XR50. Great transparency, and imaging when vocals weren’t rattling the driver frame. :) Of course, having it all is ideal, but I have so far seen frequency response and imaging to be independent features in ... | |
| How important is it for you to attain a holographic image? Do you realize that it is impossible not to have these things, and at the same time to have "holography". I think it depends on what we are calling holography. If you mean a precise or too-precise stereo image, then no, you are not restricted to ... | |
| Am I the only one that finds the "Round thumbnail frames" irritating on classifieds? I find the new user interface annoying and hard to look at. I've been shopping around for HT processors there and it's really hard on me to sort through what I'm looking at compared to the previous design. | |
| Chord Hugo power supply help @elevick So you think the charging current is intended to be limited by the power supply. That’s an interesting supposition! Could be. That would be a little too well integrated for my tastes, but evidence of some pretty slick cost savings from t... | |
| subwoofer amp with crossover/phase control Hi zipost,Without getting too technical, slope affects phase, so you can get away with changing the slope instead. How about a miniDSP crossover then? You can adjust the group delay, phase and EQ all in one. Then you just need an amp you like. Best,E | |
| USB vs SPDIF, which sounds better? Only way to know is to try it. Noise is a complicated thing. In theory, without noise, USB allows your DAC's clock to take over with the least effort. Sometimes optical is best thanks to zero ground loop issues. | |
| All Kit are Band-Aids TBC: My problem with the thread and the OP is not personal preference. Had he said "I really like music tuned to X Hz" well, that's fine, show examples and we can discuss. That's not what he's doing. He's attributing a choice (440Hz) to having vag... | |
| All Kit are Band-Aids Serious question, what instrument do you play?? | |
| All Kit are Band-Aids My bad, yes, it is a tuning frequency and anyone involved in recording would/should know that the instruments being recorded should be tuned to 432 as it i harmonically richer than 440 which is discordant, as proven by numerous musicians in the YT... | |
| All Kit are Band-Aids Also, OP, you used "discordant" wrong.The entire purpose of having a tuning standard is to ensure instruments are manufactured and tuned to the same frequency. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discord#h1Now had you come in here arguing k... | |
| All Kit are Band-Aids @twoleftearsI was confused at first, and no. The conspiracy theory he’s espousing has no relationship to recording equipment. He means the tuning frequency for A above middle-C. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A440_(pitch_standard) | |
| All Kit are Band-Aids Greeeeeat, so now in addition to spam and snake oil salesmen we get global mind control conspiracy theories.440Hz was introduced in Germany in late 1800’s and endorsed by American Federation of Musicians by 1917. The Nazi party was not considered ... | |
| subwoofer amp with crossover/phase control Hi Zipost,That's a tough one. I don't know of any outside of car audio. Buying a mono amp and a crossover is going to be more likely. Do you need variable phase, or just polarity? Best,E |