herman

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Speakers The single most critical component
@phusis yes, good eye, that is a Genelec HT3 sub. It is part of a home theater system completely separate from the 2 channel. I have a Trinnov processor running a 7.3.6 system. You  can see the L-R Paradigms sitting inside the bass horns too. You ... 
Speakers The single most critical component
The notion that there is only one right approach, which implies only one correct set of priorities, is unreasonable. I am a fan of extremely dynamic speakers, such as full-range, full-range used as wide range drivers in multiway systems, and horn... 
Speakers The single most critical component
Active DSP crossovers negate many of those issues.point takenYou can also implement DSP in a digital front end but impossible to implement in my  analog chain .... Turntable >> Phono stage >> volume control >> amplifier >> ... 
Speakers The single most critical component
Mr Mozart... we may differ on details but fundamentally agree. The path to the truth for me is highly efficient speakers and low powered amplifiers. That has led me to the horns I have today which are around 110dB efficient30-180 Hz covered by the... 
Speakers The single most critical component
DOAH !!! FR = Full Range .. HA! I get itunfortunately, despite your passion, you are incorrect. Full range drivers as dletch2 pointed out are inherently flawed, just like all speakers are inherently flawed. This is the reason they are the most cri... 
Speakers The single most critical component
OK I‘ll nail my colours to the mast: my primary directive is ’garbage in garbage out‘, with ’weakest link’ lurking in the background.By that I mean that the source should always take precedence, and that a  top down hierarchy is justifiedGive me y... 
Speakers The single most critical component
What he confuse with "echo" is the walking speed and changes of position while singing of the singers...They move constantly on the stage or in the studio and their head is never fixed but turn right or left singing or speaking... It is easy to he... 
Speakers The single most critical component
Try my test with Kurt Weill and listen the singers ....If they comes from your back where there is no speakers then the room is not only good BUT under controls.I'm done with the "most critical component" discussion. But I'm curious how you determ... 
Speakers The single most critical component
This is EASY to buy a relatively good pair of speakers, very easy.... BUT Controls of the room are NOT so easy to install...the thread is about the most critical component, not about what is easyand if you hire an expert in room acoustics the room... 
Speakers The single most critical component
All what you say after miss the essential point...The room is the cake, you must design a room with all the passive and active acoustical controls necessary to help your speakers...“No , I nailed the essential point, which I stated very clearly,..... 
My personal top Tone Poet records
As much as I hate supporting Amazon, the price for these on the Blue Note site is typically $35 while Amazon usually has them for around $25-27. Just pre-ordered the 2 newest releases. I have them all except for the Chet Baker Sings and Grant Gree... 
Speakers The single most critical component
Garbage in = garbage out is a red herring.. even entry level source and amps are pretty good.. therefore there is no "garbage in". There is a little bit better in, there is I like the sound of that in a little better than another in, but there is ... 
Low gain dac!
You think where the volume knob points matters. It does not. that is wrong... just plain wrong. You can google around for the technical explanations, but it is a well known fact acknowledged by any competent designer that operating a system with a... 
Wow, $10k+ cables
But I think OCC single crystal wire is the best wire on the marketI’m going to speculate here... This person has probably auditioned a small fraction of the cables out here, and furthermore most of us have auditioned a small fraction of them espec... 
Help! Spakers damaged during shipping?Paid insurance (with proof)being told not Insured?
"Insurance is a scam. Period."it is not, you just need to know the rules.I've had several claims paid by UPS. In each case I did not have the original packaging. However, I took it to a UPS store and paid to have them package it. If they pack it ...