kijanki
Responses from kijanki
| What matters most in speaker design? "There appears to be a point at which drivers are "good enough" in terms of distortion and stored energy."Drew - are you saying that Beryllium tweeters in new Revel Saloon 2 or diamond tweeters in B&W are mistake (unnecessary expense)? | |
| What matters most in speaker design? What is great sounding speaker? Sound depends on many factors and people have different preferences. Do you prefer speaker with underhung motors (less distortion and less dynamic) or overhung motors(more distortion and more dynamics) . Do you list... | |
| Arcam fmj cd23 vs cd33 Ihcho - I've never listen to CD23 but I know that they stopped making it because of yield problems in production of ring DACs. Arcam bought license for Ring DACs from DCS. Idea behind Ring DAC is that at certain point you cannot cross resolution o... | |
| Would you pay to audition speakers Weisberg - that's good point. The problem is that I won't ask dealer without listening and he can still hold my money if we won't agree. I would just stay away from such places. They prices are often insane because they have high overhead caused b... | |
| Would you pay to audition speakers Is it even legal? Are there any lawyers here? If car dealer would charge me $500 to let me test drive a car and would not return the money if I decide I don't like it that would be illegal and I would report him. New car dealer doesn't have licens... | |
| 720p vs 1080i I think that format is converted many times between stations but bandwidth (usable information) stays the same. 720p should be better on the standard TV since human eye is very sensitive to horizontal misalignment that comes from interlacing but i... | |
| Two-channel is inferior to multi-channel, no? Mikelavigne - Does center channel improve sweet spot? Can you hear voice more anchored in the center when sitting far off-axis? | |
| It's Hammond B3 Organ Day Smacky - It doesn't speak bad of my town but rather of popularity of Hammond organs - extremely popular as a solo instrument up to 60's I guess, and loosing popularity afterwards. On the other hand roads were flooded and people couldn't even get t... | |
| It's Hammond B3 Organ Day Danlib1 - I second Joey Defrancesco - he is the greatest of all. He plays on Pat Martino "Live at Yoshi" - one of the better jazz records I know. He came to my small town last fall during thunderstorm and flooding and play to the audience of about... | |
| Two-channel is inferior to multi-channel, no? ELdartford - I'm just trying to understand what gets better. My system is far from perfect but I can here "illusion" of person standing/speaking exactly in the center. It cannot get any more exact - if this means "better". I was suspecting that in... | |
| Two-channel is inferior to multi-channel, no? Eldartford"A discrete center. All playback, even that recorded with only two channels, sounds better with a center (derived). This has been known since the earliest days of stereo."On my 2 channel system I can hear voices at exact positions in the... | |
| bridging a Adcom GFA 545 Chuck - your speaker is still 8 ohms but voltage doubles making it 4x instead of 2x. If you think in terms of virtual ground that divides speaker into two 4 ohm pieces then you'll get 2x in each (same voltage, half impedance) but together it's 4x.... | |
| Surge protection, no filtering, no regen please... You cannot really protect from strong direct hit since it creates plasma 1 foot wide and you need very thick wire and grounding rod to return it to earth, but any protection is better than none (protects from line spikes and indirect hits). I woul... | |
| XLR interconnects? Lacee - I'm 56 but most of my experience relates to electronics. Audiogon is an opportunity for me to learn more."Because I direct solder most of the time." I agree to get rid of connectors when possible but soldering introduces another metal - AQ... | |
| Acoustic Zen Satori VS Analysis Plus Oval 9 Satori - according to reviews has a little fuller lower midrange. It was perfect for my lean class D amp. Bass is strong and well controlled. |