jon_5912
Responses from jon_5912
| ATC SCM150ASLT I had an exchange with a previous ATC importer (Keogh?) and he told me that the 50 was the most accurate. As woofer size increases the top of the pass band is more directional and results in a less accurate frequency response. He said this wasn'... | |
| If you were serious about sound you would... A huge part of the cost of those speakers is the ability to play incredibly loudly. Nobody needs that at home. The goals of a system like this are a lot different than a normal home stereo application. Linear Peak SPL3: 130 dB with crest ... | |
| DAC as pre amp I resisted buying a preamp for a long time. I eventually did and was surprised how it improved the sound. I don't know why, it made an improvement in definition and/or forcefulness. I didn't spend a ton either. I bought a used Bryston BP25 for... | |
| ATC buying advice The idea that it takes superior engineering to do digital crossovers or eq is hillarious. Anyone can do that. The only reason to do digital is because you don't have the engineering to do it analog, obviously. | |
| Velodyne DD15 - worth repairing the plate amp? I seriously doubt the SVS-SB2000 is better than the Velodyne DD15. Contrary to Chat GPT, the DD15 has more power and better extension than the SB2000. A 15 inch driver has a lot more surface area than a 12. It's proportional to the radius squar... | |
| Velodyne DD15 - worth repairing the plate amp? I didn't have too much trouble getting the amp out but I'm not surprised it happens. There's no adhesive but I think some sort of gasket maybe is sticky. It'll come, worst case scenario you have to accept a little cabinet damage and pry it out w... | |
| Should I graduate to floor standers or will larger bookshelves suffice? In my experience you need at least an 8" woofer for a speaker to play large scale music to my satisfaction. It's not about deep bass, I think it's dynamics in mid and upper bass. In a 3 way speaker a 10" woofer is about ideal. It only matters f... | |
| The latest audiophile streamer craze This idea has been around for a very long time. I remember reading about the cantenna over 10 years ago. How to Make a Cantenna: 10 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow | |
| Velodyne DD15 - worth repairing the plate amp? @m-db Mine was a DD18 made in 2006. I'm not complaining about the failure. It went 17 years with no problems and I got it fixed for not that much money. | |
| Velodyne DD15 - worth repairing the plate amp? With subwoofers bigger is better with regard to longevity. Small subs require huge excursions to do the lowest notes and that requires a lot of power and means there's a lot of pressure in the box. These things both result in higher failure rate... | |
| Velodyne DD15 - worth repairing the plate amp? I had the amp from my 2006 DD18 repaired just in the last few weeks. I used "the amp man" who you can find on ebay. I was somewhat surprised it could still be fixed but I had it back in about a week and couldn't be happier. Total cost to me was... | |
| Fraudulent sale on eBay I just got the best deal ever on ebay. I've been buying cheap little subs because I want to try out the multiple sub thing. The guy was selling it as "for parts or not working" because he couldn't test the speaker level inputs. He has a video a... | |
| Will China become the poor man’s dealer for high end audio? China is following the pattern Japan did. Advance rapidly in a few decades and be very financially successful while having a very low birth rate. When you aren't spending resources on bringing up the next generation you can have incredible econo... | |
| When Will We Learn? I had a pair of Thiel Viewpoints destroyed in shipping. The price was great, the shipping was terrible. In retrospect I should have sent him the packaging. The price was so low it was clearly someone getting rid of something he didn't care abou... | |
| Inexpensive but decent 8" subwoofers I've been curious about using multiple subs for years so in the last year I've been buying cheap subs off ebay. There's a custom install only brand named Episode and I bought two of their 8 inch sealed subs and one sealed 10 inch model. I paid a... |