knotscott
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| Judging speakers to purchase. @o_holter Your reply highlighted a lot of things I suspect most of us experience...especially the last part about small group sounding fine, only to have things intensifying during the refrain and sort of falling apart. I can't say for sure, but... | |
| Judging speakers to purchase. @immatthewj stellar phase coherency @knottscott , can you expound upon that? In a nutshell, the idea is to create a music wave that sounds natural when it reaches your ear, as if it’s coming from a single source. For example, splitting the ... | |
| Judging speakers to purchase. It’s a given that speakers have to play well in your room, especially in the sub-200 hz range to have any chance of sounding like music. But for me, having see-thru clarity and stellar phase coherency is huge, then they can pass along what they’re... | |
| Small Discrepancies in Speaker Placement 1/2" is pretty small, but placement certainly matters a ton. The impact from a change in toe-in is a significant factor too. There are a lot of variables, and your room and circumstances are unique, so everyone’s results will vary, but I’ve heard ... | |
| Don't do anything! There are variables - weather/atmospheric pressure, temperature, voltage swings, mood swings, allergies, fatigue, stress, etc.... | |
| I’m confused. Please explain. For me, the benefit of listening to live acoustic music is to familiarize yourself with what natural unmiked acoustic instruments sound like. Piano, guitar, voice, violin, cello, trumpet, sax, clarinet, etc. That can help you recognize the subtle ... | |
| Soft dome tweeter replacement for Thiel 3.6s Not the same tweeters or situation, but about 4 years ago I replaced the ferro fluid on my 30 year old Seas H400 tweeters, and it resulted in a significant improvement. Very noticeably clearer, eliminated any "schmutz". FF is not forever. | |
| Do No Harm ... well the least harm anyway @immathewj Yes, I run the subs to the high level inputs off a speaker output from an amp. In my case, I reverse the polarity at the sub input, but some subs off it via a switch. | |
| Do No Harm ... well the least harm anyway Well, there you have it. It seems I have about a snowball's chance in Hell of getting this idea to sound correct. I think I will let the Nefes play full range and let the subs give a helping hand under 50 Hz or so. My subs have all kinds of adjus... | |
| Do your ears deceive you? Cable differences are more subtle than speaker and cartridge difference....usually a lot more subtle. That doesn’t mean they don’t exist, but they are more difficult to recognize. One of the issues with blind testing is the duration of the sound ... | |
| Do No Harm ... well the least harm anyway I'm also in the camp that prefers to run my main speakers full range, and just use to sub to augment the bottom octave or so. Some male vocals can go down near 60hz, and are best reproduced by your main speakers so the fundamental notes plus the... | |
| Do your ears deceive you? @ dill ... The only test that matters is the person doing the listening, in their own system with their own music. Theories and opinions by others are irrelevant. Yep...pretty much sums up most audio discussions. IMHO, it’s important to tr... | |
| Enjoying "Affordable" Equipment There’s a lot of really good affordable gear. It’s wonderful when it gets discovered and enjoyed. There’s not necessarily a direct correlation between sound quality and money spent. I’ve never had much of an audio budget to work with, yet somehow ... | |
| Do your ears deceive you? It’s kinda funny....I’ve wanted every single set of cables I’ve ever installed in my system to sound like "The Ones", yet several sets hang on the wall of my basement shop, got passed on my boys, or got resold, because once all the excitement and ... | |
| Anyone experience any Op amp rolling? About two years ago I was doing some mods to my Hagerman Bugle 3 phono stage, and definitely experimented with several in different op amp positions of that circuit. Other than upgrading the single op amp in a cheap Pyle phono section, the Hagerm... |