kraftwerkturbo
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| Experience with adding super tweeter? I remember the plasma. Ingenious (no mass!). But widespread use I think was also hampered by the Ozone (O3) that plasma 'flame' generates. Small doses are healthy, but higher/longer can cause problems (cance) IIRC? Ozone (O₃) is a colorless to bl... | |
| Experience with adding super tweeter? The PHASE thing: at 10kHz, the wavelength is 3.4 cm. So moving the supertweeter through that entire range is not too difficult, maybe in 10 steps of 3mm or so. But as with any OTHER speaker, the PHASE will only be "correct" (in line with other s... | |
| Songs you use when auditioning gear 45 years ago when our small group 'got into audio', we soon started to use classical music. NOT because we liked the music (NOT), but because all the modern music was CRAP, recoreded/mixed/molested to death with their umptieth track and gazillion ... | |
| Experience with adding super tweeter? For test purposed (proof of concept), would it be sufficient to get my hands on a 'super tweeter' (ribbon, similar) and make a simple 6 db/oct high path (with various crossover points to play with)? | |
| Experience with adding super tweeter? Makes sense, more 'airy', less 'precise'. | |
| Experience with adding super tweeter? thanks for the input. What happened to the soundstage (size, precision)? | |
| Bananas rule, spades drool. End of discussion. There are such things as SOCKETS to TIGHTEN stuff. On my FIRST DIY speaker, I simply used copper screws and nuts. As with EVERY bolt on your car, proper tightened with a socket and a wrench, they never come loose, and provide gigantic contact ar... | |
| Finally...subwoofer that's aesthetically pleasing! I thought about it, but then walked away since the colors clashed with my rug. | |
| How does bi-wiring work? That: "NOTE: bi-amping is a different story". VERY different. | |
| Yes, cables do make a difference -- regardless of price... Cables make a difference. Anecdotal evidence/example: 40+ years ago when our small group of young enthusiasts/future engineers/tinkerers dabble heavily in audio (and the first CD came out, yeah!), we soon found ’thicker’ is better (instead of 0.7... | |
| Smaller plug-in AC Purifiers -- Shunyata, iFi, Puron...something else? What do you like? Just curious: using a Monster Power HTUPS 2700 Home Theater Surge Protection and UPS. Does it do anything to reduce noice, improve sound, or just a glorified UPS and surge protector? | |
| What is going on here? Streamer or DAC? Is it an indication that there are no issues when streaming video as per OP? | |
| Speaker Spikes - Working Principle Just re-read this one: "Rubber has a lower internal impedance than say wood which is lower than concrete. The highest internal impedance I think is Diamond.". That is the reason why they are now building all Stradivaris from receycled tires :-) | |
| Speaker Spikes - Working Principle @audiopoint Yeah, right. And all is on top of the fact that 'hard' spikes do nothing except 'hold' the speaker. And no: even solid gold spikes don't do more (except are high on pixel dust content). Is the above meant to be SERIOURS? Or a nicely d... | |
| Ripping CDs Not sure what the OP's background is, but if you have a trusted collection of lots of CD's, why would he PAY for streaming what he already owns! So naturally, you rip the CDs. No internet and bandwidth to worry about, no fees to pay for streaming ... |