jon_5912
Responses from jon_5912
| There is no substitute for cubic inch or in this case surface area Directionality increases with frequency. Larger midranges will be more directional so placement matters more. My experience has been that I prefer speakers with a smaller midrange. They tend to have more even in-room responses. | |
| There is no substitute for cubic inch or in this case surface area This has been a solved problem for many years. My 20+ year old Velodyne 18 inch sub is -3 at 14hz and distortion is <1%. People who think big subs are slow should turn off their mains and listen to just the subs. There is nothing fast soundi... | |
| Acoustic Research 302 mid range trauma..Please Help I think the 302, 303, and 338 all had the same midrange. I bought a pair of 338s and a pair of 303s from accessories4less about 25 years ago. The 338s were better than the 303s IMO. The big 12 inch woofer combined with the little midrange wasn'... | |
| Bryston Preamps - What do they sound like? I've got a BP25 and BP26 in two different systems. I'd describe them as transparent. The BP25 is 20 years old this year and there is zero noise in the knobs. It works as well as it did when I got it around 2009. The 26 also works perfectly and... | |
| ??? How Much Would You Spend ??? There are too many variables for there to be any reliable ratio of how much to spend on any component based on the price of another. Points of diminishing returns will vary for each type of component so If you're spending 3k on a system you might... | |
| No bass on B&W 800D2 I'd go to a tone generator site and listen to see if the bass sounds way down at low frequencies. My guess is it won't be and what you're missing is the bass transients/texture. I've had this experience a couple of times and the solution was to ... | |
| Thiel Owners Chick Corea & Gary Burton: Tiny Desk Concert (youtube.com) This is so good. | |
| What are the best subwoofers you have heard for music. Speed, Musicality and integration Does anybody have a theory about what specifically makes REL subs integrate so well? I've never heard one. Bottom firing subs tend to have more even in-room response. Subs with smaller woofers have less visceral transient responses that may mea... | |
| The Low Volume Loudness Dilemma I'd figure out a way to have the eq in the chain when you wanted it but take it out when you're listening at normal volume. Maybe a tape loop? It's been a long time since I did something like that. | |
| YouTube Indicates What the Future is For Audiophiles - Interesting Demographics. My 11 year old likes eminem. I guess nothing more appealing has emerged in the last 20 years. On the other hand, how long has it been since you couldn't buy a pair of speakers that costed more than a car? It would've been laughed at and not for... | |
| Fosi V3 Mono...when inexpensive satisfies I bought a v3 for my kid's pc system to power a pair of Vienna Acoustic Bach Grands. It's not audiophile at all and I haven't compared it to anything but I can say it's at least pretty good and it has plenty of power. Very punchy, tight grip in ... | |
| YouTube Indicates What the Future is For Audiophiles - Interesting Demographics. How many people under 50 know what a Krell KSA 80 is? Cheap Audio Man says his audience peaks around 45. I'm sure if you knew the stats for the young guys reviewing headphones it'd be much younger people. "High-end" audio got too expensive. So... | |
| Worth repairing a Velodyne ULD-12 from the 90's? I recently had my DD18 repaired, had to have the amp rebuilt but it's back and as good as ever. Glad I did it. It was a few hundred bucks but it'd be very expensive to replace. | |
| Thiel Owners Norm Macdonald Compilation (youtube.com) this should be removed. | |
| Thiel Owners I understand the concept of time. |