holmz
Responses from holmz
| Sound is better when I stand up? simao I note you have removed the toe-in. This is the purist position. If the production was classic then there was a spaced pair of dipole microphones in front of the musicians. If you don't toe-in you are hearing what the mics heard. ... | |
| For Vandersteen owners & lovers: Which other brands do you like? @patrickdowns I started out with a PSE Studio1 pre driving a PSE Studio-II amp. Switched out the PSA S1 for An Audible Illusions Modulus pre, then a Nagra Jazz. Switched it the PSA S2 for VTL Monoblock compact 100s, then Primaluna Dialogue HP P... | |
| Open Baffle Experience It is really sad to see more and more dogmatists spoiling this forum, which I thought was meant to create an easy way to exchange our experiences: EXPERIENCES, not theoretical arguments. It is not that sad… There is kind of room for both the... | |
| Open Baffle Experience Let’s see here — on the dipole side we have Nola, Vandersteen, Spatial, Magnepan, Martin Logan, SoundLabs, etc, and on the other side we have…kenjit. Hmmm. I for one would love to see kenjit debate the great minds behind all these very succe... | |
| Open Baffle Experience @erik_squires I attracted a ban on another form overnight. I think it was for a personal insulting against the company Topping. Which I suppose makes sense as companies and ships and airplanes, identify as “people” according to the law. And there... | |
| Sound is better when I stand up? Let’s review this: you need the speakers custom tuned so that they sound brilliant when youre sitting down rather than standing up. Nothing to do with acoustics. Its the speaker crossovers need retuning Notice the use of a chair without wings: | |
| Open Baffle Experience kenjit Its apparent that there is something you don't understand. It has to do with the human ear/brain system. When the ear hears a sound, a copy of the sound is made and the ear/brain system looks for other examples in near-time. If it find... | |
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| Are advances in technology making speakers better? I’ve been into high performance audio playback for almost 4 decades and I can’t say I’ve noticed any jaw dropping sound quality difference. For whatever reason I felt that there seemed to be an actual dip in loudspeaker performance during the... | |
| Open Baffle Experience The OB may be out of polarity, but who cares in the upper freq ranges? You used the term “not in time”. A lot of folks do care. Magico, Kef, B&W, Wilson Audio, Focal, Genelec, Revel. Ok @kenjit you seem hung up on the back wave being o... | |
| Sound is better when I stand up? holmz Ahhhh. Haven’t joined Audiogon and bukake in quite some time. Thanks for the reminder. I cannot think of a better term for loads of advice thrown out in a seemingly random fashion, mostly to make the person offering advice to feel good... | |
| Open Baffle Experience bpoletti The sound coming from the back of the open baffle speakers IS out of phase with the front, I dont need you to tell me that. You need to convince @holmz Hes the one disputing that not me @kenjit I need no convincing, his under... | |
| Sound is better when I stand up? Why is this? No matter my listening room (large basement with 7 1/2 foot ceilings or small office with 8’ ceilings), the sound is more open and more spacious when I stand up from my listening chair. When I sit, the sound compresses a bit. Sitti... | |
| Open Baffle Experience Out of phase compared to what? It is more like they are focussed way back at infinity. The front and back waves are not in time with each other. Show me an open baffle that has both back and front in time. It’s the same speaker cone… it is a... | |
| Open Baffle Experience That is not true. Open baffle designs are WRONG. They emit sound that is out of phase out the back end. If you can show me an open baffle design that can emit sound IN PHASE not OUT OF PHASE from the back end then I will happily throw my box spea... |