jonwolfpell
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| Loudspeaker sensitivity and dynamics: are the two inexorably linked? As others have more or less said, given enough high quality power, even good lower sensitivity speakers could sound very dynamic although the system may “struggle” to do so. in my experience, high sensitivity speakers ( maybe 95+ db) can have th... | |
| Dynamic Range - the golden key to music nirvana? I completely agree w/ Frogman. The dynamic swings from silence to a peak & back to silence is to me what mostly differentiates live from reproduced music. It’s how we immediately know when walking into a bar, restaurant or even hear music from... | |
| What Horn loaded speaker/ speaker system for $10k'ish and under I’ve owned & really enjoyed the Volti Audio Rivals for a 1 1/2.years now. They do most things very well & effortlessly at any volume level. The smaller Razz are also quite good for less than half the price. Both are worth a serious auditi... | |
| Immersive Audio and How to Achieve It Everyone needs some “new & different” to sell more equipment & more music sources ( this is often for convenience). I get it, it’s called business.. The really good turntables & R2R decks, virtually 100 year old technology, are still t... | |
| Immersive Audio and How to Achieve It For movies / home theater, I get multiple channels immersing you in sound. I saw the new Mission Impossible last night. Pretty good overall as usual w/ bullets flying all around, car chases, moving trains etc sound on many channels all over the p... | |
| Immersive Audio and How to Achieve It I think the premise of this discourse is flawed. Live venues attempt to create balanced & even sound throughout the venue for as many people as possible which is why the line array was developed & generally works pretty well. The digital a... | |
| Are your listening levels healthy? Doing damage? Well recorded rock music from good bands just starts to come alive at 85db….. Fir that matter, same goes for full symphonic music. What’s the point of big expensive speakers & amps when at 85 db, you need a watt or two for the average spea... | |
| Level the floor That’s a big slope but just because the basement floor sunk or rose in as area, doesn’t necessarily, & hopefully not, mean the foundation walls moved. They’re most likely not contiguous. | |
| Are your listening levels healthy? Doing damage? The “db Meter Pro” app on my iPhone shows very close to the same readings as my old reliable Radio Shack one. | |
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". Just heard yesterday on Sirius / XM a liver version of “ Don’t Do It” -outstanding! The re -mastered 2nd “brown album” on Qobuz is also excellent! It’s a simple & very good recording with the real tone & power of Levon Helm’s drum kit ... | |
| The mistake armchair speaker snobs make too often Clearly there no definitive rules regarding driver/ crossover/ cabinet costs & final sound quality. As I was discussing w/ friend recently regarding another subject, this general principle of economics usually holds true: You don’t always ge... | |
| As A Youngster, What Unit Puqued Your Interest In All This? A mismatched pair of Bozak B302A’s that my Dad built at different times ( added the second when stereo came to be) powered by a Dynaco electronics & cables he built & modified, a Fairchild 15” turntable( he worked for Fairchild) w/ a Woode... | |
| seeking advise please on my short list for new speakers? (15k budget) +1 for the Volti Rivals. Of course it all depends on what you most value. For myself, I think dynamics is what makes music come alive & sound close to the real thing. Many of those suggested require heroic amplification to get there if at all ... | |
| How good is Aesthetix audio? I don’t have any experience w/ their power or integrated amps but owned their Calypso pre amp for several years. It was a very high quality piece, performed flawlessly, sounded excellent. The few times I had questions, was able to speak to very kn... | |
| Gaia versus Mapleshades I think it most lucky depends on what type of floor you have whether it’s best to couple or decouple. If your floor is very solid, cement slab topped with tile or wood or even carpet, then coupling to it w/ spikes & the like works well. If you... |