ieales
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| High order crossovers Time-coherence implies first-order acoustic crossovers, if we’re talking about passive loudspeakers.First order crossovers phase sum electrically.Time coherence would only occur with mechanically identical drivers. As this is seldom the case, phys... | |
| My music sounds brighter Are you air conditioned? What was the change in the weather?We live on the west coast a couple of miles from the beach. August is always a bad month for the HiFi as the listening room gets into the mid 20�°s. | |
| High order crossovers Which is better, red wine or white? Bourbon or single malt?Crossover comes down to integration.There are no flawless drivers. The designer must make decisions as to whether the 4k bump in the woofer/mid is tolerable or not. He may choose to live w... | |
| Best Speaker cable in the $400.00-$500.00 range for 2 meters 1. Ignore everyone that doesn't have your amp.and source and speakers and room and preference | |
| Best Speaker cable in the $400.00-$500.00 range for 2 meters Please read http://ielogical.com/Audio/CableSnakeOil.php before spending your money.Changing cables may make your system different but better is highly questionable from recommendations... | |
| Listening to equipment at home before you buy Please remember you are assembling a systemSource, program, cables, loudspeakers, room acoustic all contribute.Purchasing without a listen in your system puts you at risk of buying a pig in a poke or passing on an ugly duckling which is really a s... | |
| MFSL worth it? MFSL are just like any other pressing. Some were better, some were not.Sometimes the masters were shot, played out.Sometimes the match between the original recorder and the playback deck was poor. Even though the tones aligned, the music didn't.So... | |
| Filling speaker Stands? Another option is cast steel shot if not willing to take precautions. [ dust mask, gloves although the one time exposure level is so low as to be inconsequential ] Its density it about 75% of lead. Sand is barely 15%Rice is probably not a good id... | |
| Listening to equipment at home before you buy @viridian I do not believe that an amp with a class D output stage is representative of the spectrum of solid state amps that are available. I would try again with a traditional power amp topology. This is not a put down of class D, just a suggest... | |
| Listening to equipment at home before you buy Sadly a great many brick and mortar shops are incapable of demonstrating a musical experience. This past year I felt I might also like to update my system having also recently retired. One nice feature of the modern era is the ability to call up a... | |
| Cable Burn In Detailed just emphasizes the leading edge of notes.And just, pray tell, how does a wire emphasize the leading edge of notes? That makes as much sense as saying that some ethernet cables italicize while others CAPITALIZEThe electrical signal is a c... | |
| Filling speaker Stands? So did anyone actually AB the system with filled stands and without filled stands?The question is a typical GK inanity.Most probably everyone who filled stands listened to their system with unfilled stands, filled them and listened again. Unfilled... | |
| Filling speaker Stands? Lead.It does not ring like steel and substantially increases the stand mass over sand, steel, pebbles, etc. Best would be lead filled with sand.Sorbothane works very well in coupling the speaker and stand. The improvement in mid-bass detail is imp... | |
| Speaker spike feet? For audio cones, the way the rating of materials vs sound quality works is the HARDER the material the faster energy exits the system.ROTFLMFAO! We have a 100 pounds of MDF wobbling about in space and the 1µS delta between a 1 inch aluminum vs be... | |
| Cable Burn In If burn-in valid, then materials cannot be inert. If the materials are not inert, then they must always be affected. If the materials are affected, then a cable that's had thousands of hours of playing should have measurable deltas to its twin tha... |