erik_squires
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| A song murdered by someone. Renee Fleming "Somewhere" | |
| Speed kills.... A lot of the aparent speed and detail of electrostats is in the lack of dispersion, but the truth is they can store quite a lot of energy which in any other speaker we’d blame for muddy sounding results. Take a look at figure 6 here:https://www.st... | |
| 2.5 or 3 way; why one over the other? Not all 2.5 ways have identical woofer/mids by the way.Focal Profile 918's used two 6" drivers in a 2.5 way crossover but the top woofer had a smaller voice coil and had better high frequency extension. I disagree that 2.5 way speakers are designe... | |
| 2.5 or 3 way; why one over the other? @yogiboy In a 3-way the midrange has 2 filter sections. A high pass, and a low pass. In the case of a 2.5 way, the "midrange" is missing the high pass filter. That is exactly how you define the 2.5 way speaker system. The woofer and tweeter filter... | |
| 2.5 or 3 way; why one over the other? @yogiboy A 2.5 way is missing 1 filter section. The "mid" has no high pass filter. Typically, the two woofers are the same, but Focal and possibly others, have used slightly different models. | |
| Digital integrated alternatives to SET tube system The amp/speaker matching is entirely different. My suggestion is to get a good but inexpensive SS integrated. Maybe an NAD D 3020. I think you'll find the sound so different you'll give this up. :) | |
| Digital integrated alternatives to SET tube system I'm a little worried if you go all off tubes at once you really won't be happy. What about a small integrated tube setup? | |
| Good USB drive for Node 2? A thumb drive is an excellent choice. Try this one, it will practically vanish after being inserted:https://amzn.to/2xspMo8 | |
| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? Towards the end of life the suspension in speaker drivers will deteriorate, but that is a decade away from first use. The break-in period is usually within first 48-72 hours of use, and designers take this into account, so for this period at least... | |
| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? Possibly. Objectively, speaker drivers absolutely have been shown to measurably change until they break in. The resonant frequency drops during the first 48 hours of significant play. How much this happens is very much driver dependent. Some may d... | |
| 2.5 or 3 way; why one over the other? Width and sensitivity are two attributes that come to mind. 2.5 ways are often narrower, deeper than a 2 -way, but also have more output per volt.In some ways I think they are the ideal apartment dweller’s speaker. The extra woofer helps overcome ... | |
| DIY - Two kits using similar tweeter to Tekton @keithtexas Build them first, I think you'll find them pretty warm sounding, and capable of handling just about anything music-wise. Best,E | |
| Upgrading my Redbook after 18 years Schiit and Mytek make tremendous DACs for Redbook playback.I think you'll be really surprised though. In general, the current crop of DACs perform so much better with Redbook than they did 15 years ago. | |
| DIY - Two kits using similar tweeter to Tekton @keithtexas I think the Ara is an excellent choice. I haven't heard the entire kit, but the two drivers used are really pretty excellent with lots of fans in the DIY community. You can't go wrong. I might swap out the tweeter resistors (R1, R3) wi... | |
| which is a better match for best results Erik, perhaps you can enlighten me- how do you tweak a speaker so that it does rock better than any other genre? Oh no, not I, Atma. Why don't you instead post a few dozen pages on the subject this time without being prompted by me. I haven't th... |