josh358
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| Need Coaching re: Maggies & Subs Just wanted to say that I agree that your room is probably big enough for 1.7's. The 3.6's and 20.1's would be dicey. For subs, smaller drivers tend to mate better. So do sealed ones. And if you can swing it, two subs, arranged symmetrically, can ... | |
| Why do the new 2009 Beatles CDs sound so good? I don't like them. The stereo remasters have been compressed, which makes them sound louder and "better" in a quick A/B comparison, but that does violence to the music. The mono remasters weren't compressed, and to my ears, they are the better of ... | |
| Carver sonic holography For a more modern, computer-based version of "sonic holography" (interaural crosstalk cancellation), see ambiophonics:http://www.ambiophonics.org/ | |
| Maggie 1.2's Low End Crossover Upgrade If you've raised them vertical, you should be getting a huge deep, wide soundstage. If you aren't, it may be because of room acoustics.Bass extension can be improved by a) playing with placement, both of the speakers and yourself; b) playing with ... | |
| What is the point of point source? >I wonder if a radiator beams more as the wavelength approaches the size of the driver.....<That's exactly what happens. When the diaphragm is small compared to the wavelength that's being reproduced, it's omnidirectional. As the wavelength ... | |
| Seasoned ears only Speakers have gotten better, but progress is gradual -- so gradual that the best speakers of 20 or 30 years ago can still satisfy. After all, they were great to listen to then. And there are great bargains to be had, if you're prepared to deal wit... | |
| Magnepan 1.7 >It also seemed to me that they were eating up the Mcintosh mc275 amps.The speakers were woefully underpowered. Maggies will play loud, but they're only 83 dB efficient. They also rarely sound their best in a dealer showroom, since as I'm sure ... | |
| What makes strings sound "sweet"? The problem I have is that it varies from recording to recording. So there's really no way to balance your system to make everything sound good, unless you roll the highs off so much that other instruments start to sound dead.When I come across a ... | |
| What makes strings sound "sweet"? I learned that from Toole's book, if you have access to it there's an interesting illustration of the weird directional characteristics of violins in Fig. 3.3.Here's the paper Toole references, but they want $25 for it:http://scitation.aip.org/get... | |
| Anything better than 10 guage Romex? Not if it's in the wall and not removable.The best option is metal conduit, because it's shielded and so less likely to radiate hum. BX is second best, for the same reason. Stranded vs. solid doesn't matter, except insofar as stranded is easier to... | |
| What makes strings sound "sweet"? Steely violins are caused by bad mic placement. Violins radiate different frequency bands in different directions. For that reason, if you place a microphone right above a string section, it will sound shrill and steely. One solution is to try to ... | |
| High End Audio and Your hearing as you get older I'm surprised to see so many fundamentals at such a high frequency!Anyway, to answer your question, yes, limiting freq response to 15 kHz is easily audible when your ears are young. FM stereo cuts off at that frequency, and when I was a kid it sou... | |
| Changed Speaker Placement NOW BOOMY Both books are excellent.Anyway, if you can't move the speakers or listening seat, and if your main concern is with one person listening in the sweet spot, I suggest you go with parametric EQ. It will solve the problem at your preferred listening ... | |
| speakers for a smaller listening room Just wanted to add my voice to that of those who say equalize first. All small rooms have bass problems in the absence of equalization or treatment. Equalization works just fine for one listener; equalization plus treatment works even better for o... | |
| magnepan experimenting Hotmailjbc,Interesting, I think I'll give it a try and see what happens. |