jon_5912
Responses from jon_5912
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... The passive only crowd is heavy on condescension and light on knowledge or understanding. Almost everybody is looking for the best they can afford. Sure, there are people who don't care about the difference between $300 and 3 million but I doubt... | |
| Speaker upgrade for classical music I definitely think trying fundamentally different types of designs is a good idea. If you had a chance to hear some Martin Logans or Quads that'd be great, Magnepan is a different spin on the panel design. There are some cone speakers that use s... | |
| Thiel Owners That is quite a list, zero relationship between price and distortion. There's some seriously expensive stuff way down at the bottom. | |
| Speaker upgrade for classical music I'd guess that almost any speaker you carefully is going to be a huge improvement over the Polks. They're probably good for the money but compromises in floorstanders at that price point are huge.I'd have a hard time saying no to these for 8k. T... | |
| I have atcsm40 want possible alternative Has anyone with older ATCs gotten the tweeter upgraded and found that the new tweeters improve low volume performance? I've got a fairly recent pair, around 2012, but they still have the old tweeter. They sound great when you crank them up a lit... | |
| Do speakers choose your music preference I definitely think there is something to this. In my experience you need a decent sized woofer to give the right punch and energy above the deepest bass. A pair of bookshelf speakers with a sub can sound almost indistinguishable from large floor... | |
| Vienna acoustic morzart @stereo5, I've heard macs a few times I think but I never spent real time with them. I'm just going by what many others say about the mac sound. | |
| Vienna acoustic morzart I've got a pair of the Mozart Grands that I got cheap at Best Buy when they dropped the line back in 2010. They are finicky. In my experience they can be very enjoyable but they can also be terrible. They do very deep bass for their size but th... | |
| Subwoofer placement - does it matter? @emergingsoul You can measure it if you want to understand it. bass is difficult to get right. In my opinion the way to go is main speakers that have a slow drop in response starting at a fairly high frequency. Mains that are flat to 20hz are ... | |
| Subwoofer placement - does it matter? Placement makes a huge difference that is easily measured with a real time analyzer and measurement microphone. I did a bunch of that when I was younger and differences can be huge. Resonances build up and the sub in a certain spot will excite c... | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... People fixating on whether the amp is internal or external are emphasizing the wrong thing. I'm sure there are a lot of cheap active speakers that aren't very reliable but that's because they're a cheaply made throwaway items. You can get active... | |
| "Addition of subwoofer to Music System" The current thinking is that multiple subs are the way to go. I've messed around with subs, equalization, real time analyzers and measurement mics to get an understanding of how my perception relates to measurements. I haven't done it yet myself... | |
| Thiel Owners @prof, in the past I've thought that rolled off highs improved imaging. I thought that the very high sounds threw off my ability to hear spatially. I'm entirely in the listen to what you enjoy camp so I'm not at all critical of tube lovers. I j... | |
| Thiel Owners @unsound, 90 dB at 2.83 V 1/m into 4 ohms means current = 2.83/4 = 0.7075. Watts = current x voltage = 0.7075 x 2.83 = 2 watts. 90db at 2 watts, 93 at 4, 96 at 8, 99 at 16, 102 at 32. Regardless, the older I get the more I'm convinced that t... | |
| Thiel Owners Even so, it's 32 watts for 102 db. I appreciate the benefits of extra power but the Krell FPB300 puts 600w/ch into 4 ohms. 64/105, 128/108, 256/111, 512/114. I'm skeptical, do you buy Thiels because you like it loud? They're magnificent with u... |