ivan_nosnibor
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| Natural sweet spot in your system. Several contributing factors here. Volume control non-linearities occur frequently, but seldom account for the severity of the problem you describe. But, it IS a matter of non-linearity, but more generalized throughout your entire system(s). Altho... | |
| What do people place on their platter for dust protection @geoffkait ,Oh, and yes, what you say about the forms of energies above being photons, I should likely stand corrected. But, what I think Alan is dealing with here is how all these things are interacting together in the home environment...the hows... | |
| What do people place on their platter for dust protection @geoffkait ,Asked Alan if he had a simple, direct answer as to why he says that positive ions affect AV quality. Alan has dealt with that topic, at least indirectly, with those of us in his facebook group before, but I'd never seen where he'd boil... | |
| What do people place on their platter for dust protection @geoffkait I do know that virtually all types of environmental electrical noise like EMR, EMI, etc (whether produced by AV gear or other sources) are positively charged ions. Even heat given off from a transformer is a form of EMR. Ever go into a ... | |
| What do people place on their platter for dust protection The "air purifier" would need to be just an air 'filter'. Purifiers work by releasing negative ions that are attracted to impurities in the air which are all of a positive charge. That has the effect of making the particulants "heavier than air" a... | |
| Wear glasses? Play cds? Own PEEPS? Thanks for that heads up. Been using Ultrabit Diamond too, so will try Peeps as well. | |
| Blocking the propaganda I'm more or less am in agreement with @whart . I started out in this hobby trying to find out which brands, if any, had the most prestige or mystique (not that I could afford them). Over the 4 decades since, I then tried focusing on the "basics" o... | |
| Left/Right Orientation of Piano Recordings -- Any Preferences? I suppose I’ve not really thought about it all that much before for some reason, although generally I do like piano arranged width-wise where you can get the sense of the length of the instrument usually, as long as that does not overwhelm the pre... | |
| Who said “ flat freq response “ is the best? @elizabeth , I think you are absolutely, and without any doubt in my mind, 1000% correct!!!Easier said than done sometimes maybe...but not impossible (if you don't confine yourself only to the most immediate possible causes and are persistent). A... | |
| Who said “ flat freq response “ is the best? "Flat" means a component or speaker is not likely to color the sound on its own. The problem is that there are many different components in the system...and then there’s the room itself...and your own hearing, your mood, etc.The problem is not so ... | |
| What makes a speaker sound great at low volume? One thing I'd say you likely Don't need (necessarily) are expensive, overdesigned drivers. Even ordinary paper cones are quite competent and capable of very nice combinations of musicality and detail/resolution. An exception in your case might be ... | |
| Pro Amps - What have you tried? I use Crown XTi-2 power amps (3) to power my system. Class AB, negative feedback, extra digital conversion step and all - but with all the power treatment I have on hand to throw at the whole system, they’re sounding better than great. What attrac... | |
| Munich 2016 and 2017 from a Speaker Designer's point of view A good read. More in-depth in some of the ways that count than about any "reporter" Thanks. | |
| Two Type of sound and listener preference are there more? @rwinner "The attempt to install the 'original recording' as the objective standard for judging a system is doomed to failure from the start because It begins with the false premise that there is one, unique objective sound associated with the rec... | |
| Two Type of sound and listener preference are there more? "To be clear, I fall into the audiophile camp that wants it ALL: realistic imaging, well-resolved detail, dynamics, balance, and I want it in a package that is pleasing to hear. I guess I'd have to define "musical" as just that: pleasant to list... |