helomech
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| What phono pre am I looking for? @chakster The deciding factors in my purchase of the Parasound were simply that I received a good discount from my local dealer and he had one for me to audition in my home, risk free. It was a worthy upgrade over my Lounge LCR and has great syner... | |
| What phono pre am I looking for? Used opens up many options. As for new, the three I’d consider are the Parasound JC3 Jr, Sutherland Insight, and Gold Note PH-10. I was recently shopping in this range and bought the Parasound. I’m extremely pleased with its performance. Prior to ... | |
| What are some of the downsides of owning a Magneplanar .7 or 1.7i ? @coldearsInstruments on a stage all have varying intensity/ dynamics but the Maggie’s homogenized everything into sonic wall paper. It had tone and colour etc but seemed to lack varying dynamics within that field. Like I said hard to explain.I thi... | |
| Speakers on speaker stands-isolation ideas? @chayro Some valid points. One thing I like about the Acoustech pucks is they grip the speaker quite well with practically no damage to the veneer. When I lift the speakers off the stands there’s a fair bit of resistance - not enough to withstand ... | |
| Speakers on speaker stands-isolation ideas? I like these Acoustech Speaker Dots:http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/41761/AcousTech-Speaker_Dots-Isolation_DevicesThey’re the Sorbothane pucks that come standard with Sound Anchor stands. I’ve found nothing that "sounds" better. | |
| Which material sounds better for speakers construction? Wood, Ply or MDF? @kalali,I know this was targeted at someone else but if you don’t have anything productive to add to the conversation you should just skip this thread and move on. If you feel real strongly about your speaker design knowledge/skills, write a paper... | |
| Which material sounds better for speakers construction? Wood, Ply or MDF? Big speakers big problems. Cabinet materials that have a low resonanceare slow to eliminate them. So they store them and release them slowly thereby smearing the image. This is a fact and widely recognized.Give it up dude, you obviously have not t... | |
| Which material sounds better for speakers construction? Wood, Ply or MDF? @richopp,@helomech Thanks for the comment. I am sorry the 1.7s did not meet your requirements. I might suggest some agonizing reappraisal, to quote a ’70s 7-UP commercial.As you clearly understand, your ROOM is the most important element in any so... | |
| Which material sounds better for speakers construction? Wood, Ply or MDF? @soundsrealaudioI see the confusion now. You're using the term "resonance" to refer to both frequency and amplitude. | |
| Which material sounds better for speakers construction? Wood, Ply or MDF? All speaker manufactures attempt to raise the resonance of their cabinets since low frequencies are extremely difficult to dissipate.False. The thin wall, BBC-derived approach is to lower the resonance frequencies to the bass region. Since you lik... | |
| Which material sounds better for speakers construction? Wood, Ply or MDF? As for speakers, sorry to be grinch, but there is no way a cone speaker (except possibly these woofers) in any cabinet made from any material sounds as accurate as speakers that don’t use cabinets regardless of the materials or design parameters. ... | |
| Please help me find perfect dac for me The Border Patrol DAC. It's Non-oversampling and has a tube but it's not used in the audio path. | |
| Which material sounds better for speakers construction? Wood, Ply or MDF? @soundsrealaudioHarbeth seeks to control resonance by lowering its frequency to levels below the midband where our hearing is less sensitive. The difference is they’re not trying to reduce the amplitude as many manufacturers attempt (yet fail to d... | |
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| Which material sounds better for speakers construction? Wood, Ply or MDF? I would say that because MDF is heavier then Plywood it is going to have a lower resonance point, meaning the MDF will store vibrations longer, much like a heat sink, and release it slowly causing a smearing of the imaging. Then by bracing in an e... |