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| speakers in a bad room Well Pedersen, $30k can buy a lot of stereo. Especially in Denmark. It can buy an AMAZING amount of equipment if you choose ultra hi-end kit speakers over the commercial offerings (where $30k will buy you the equivalent spkrs ONLY). Dipoles are a ... | |
| Do I have enough power for a good quality sound? The short answer is, yes, esp. for classical that has large swings from ppp to fff. The most important thing is, why: in order to produce sound pressure yr spkrs use the energy provided by the amp, so more W capability -> better rendition of mu... | |
| Need Inexpensive Crossover The Behringer 2496 is indeed a lovely way of making x-over dabbling a bit less tedious... with its full array of filter slopes and q. I had considered getting it to use as a tool in designing xovers for my spkr projects (including line level filte... | |
| Line conditioner or voltage stabiliser? I would suggest you look for a 1:1 transformer, with at least 3x the VA (Watt) rating of the equipment to be plugged into it. Preferably use separate trannies (similar specs) for digital & analogue devices.BTW, there was a thread about this on... | |
| Low freq. from small drivers? Is it possible Sean:Series crossovers consist of the opposite components one would use in a parallel crossoverI think that's what El was asking about: how come the woofs are looking, so to speak, at an inductor rather than a cap... | |
| For owners of Clearaudio Emotion Sunny I don't suggest you change cartridge yet -- however certain Clearaudio models are quite nice and you get the company's upgrade bonus. Give your present cartridge ~100 hrs and then re-set the TT. Once the cartridge is broken in, try inserting... | |
| how to increase power? i have 2 pair of speakers at 85db and 89db, will a 40watt amp drive them?Most anything will drive most things, the question is can you get the dynamic range you require.Theoretically, the 40W amp will give an extra ~16 extra db before clipping. In... | |
| For owners of Clearaudio Emotion Dust cover: have one made. People in the promotions business, technicians working with perspex (making signs, etc) can easily do this for you. Measure width, depth & height so as to cover the TT completely, and make an indent for the arm cable... | |
| Blown Tweeters = Some Sound/No Sound? Thanks Gullahisland. Actually, I was wondering which drive units manufacturer (i.e. vifa, scan-speak, seas, etc) supplies your tweet & which model it is! Cheers | |
| Weather-induced amp performance variation Sean, that's easy to achieve. No controlled room -- just an airconditioner at constant temp blowing on the amps 24/7. And another room for the amps. And someone to foot the electricity bill, of course... :) | |
| What is a DAC, and why do I need one? The Digital to Audio Converter (DAC) is the part of the circuit in a digital source (i.e. cd/multiplayer, etc) that converts the digital (binary) information stored on the disc into an analogue signal. In turn this signal is amplified by the downs... | |
| Blown Tweeters = Some Sound/No Sound? $75/tweet is not excessive. I wonder which tweet it is... | |
| the table or the arm first? FWIW, I put my order of importance is table first, then arm, then cartridge. Cheers | |
| How Loud Do You Listen??? Do You Know????????? Sean sez:we all know that volume varies with our mood and recordings, so how do you tell what an "average" really isGood point! One way of "averaging" is to measure voice at listening position. In my case that's ~5m away from the spkrs. I usually ... | |
| Driver efficiency vs. overall speaker efficiency When it comes to speakers, "efficiency" is the % of electrical energy that the transducer converts into sound pressure -- the rest being converted into heat, etc...i.e., lost to our ears.Sometimes this word is used by manufacturers to underline ho... |