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| Happy Birthday Bob Marley I saw him live as well, in 1979. The thing I never expected was how charismatic he was, how you were drawn in like a magnet. An amazing experience I remember to this day. There was the definitely a spiritual aspect to his shows. | |
| Tom Jones I was friends with his music director and saw a few shows a few years back in Vegas. He has quite an entertaining show, most of the people there were over 70. The band was indeed very good. Tom and artists like him know that the fans must be impre... | |
| Speaker relative efficiency/sensitivity when using a high pass filter In pro this comes up in "bass managed" speaker placement in ATMOS systems. When you roll out the bass of a small speaker, how much does the total SPL capability change? The answer is you have to measure it. We did so at the ATC factory and it o... | |
| Commonly mentioned speaker brands? Its rather simple: regardless of product, if you can sell more than you can make, marketing is not needed. The speaker brand one I work with fits that description. There are many manufacturers that do not market at all other than attend a trade ... | |
| Dynaudio customer service ignoring me I think getting a non Dynaudio part is a bad idea. Chances of it matching sensitivity and response of the dynaudio part is very slim. Brad | |
| Does measurements really matter? The number of boutique consumer speaker manufacturers using measurement as part of a strict incoming parts QC policy to secure zero variance in all parts is extremely low- perhaps non-existent. If you do measure, as the engineering driven compani... | |
| Does measurements really matter? Knotscott: I don’t think specs make manufacturers honest in any way shape or form. I think they are viewed as a marketing tool by most. Manufacturers cheat and manipulate specs as a specific effort because they know if a spec is "bad", it affects... | |
| Does measurements really matter? hedwigs: I sure can answer that question, but here is probably not the place? Maybe email me at brad at lonemountainaudio dot com? The short answer, appropriate for this forum, is that the major difference is just the woofer; the mid and tweete... | |
| Does measurements really matter? Teo_Audio- WOW, that was a GREAT post. One of the best I've ever read. In such a small word count you explain the issue of hearing vs measurement in a nice nutshell. I love the simplicity of your description: an "incomplete science". I have ... | |
| Speakers: Anything really new under the sun? Another way to look at speakers and design is to study the company. Companies have cultures and some are in for profit (the big ones) and have a quarterly report that drives everything, including engineering budget to invent or build new things. ... | |
| Limited soundstage between speakers The best way to investigate this is buy a couple of good absorptive panels (a pair of the ATS 2 inch deep, 24x36 panels off Amazon), hang them on the wall at the first reflection points and see what happens. I’m betting your imaging improves drama... | |
| Intriguing inquiry, are floor-stand speakers always better than active speakers? Personally I prefer separates and I don't like to idea of being stuck with a speaker manufacturer's choice of amplifier. I don't like the idea of being stuck with a manufacturer's choice of passive crossover, with the many feet of lossy wir... | |
| Are there speakers that disappear regardless of the recording? NO. A speaker- properly designed - will reveal the recording, regardless of quality of said recording. Many recordings, especially pop recordings or old tech recordings, are awful. Its just like movies, a good TV does NOT improve the way all movie... | |
| Looking for nearfield passive speakers that are warm and rich OK, understood. If you want to stick with ATC, the SCM 11 would definitely be perceived as "warmer" than a SCM 7. I think it's the warmest speaker ATC makes and is very pleasant at all times. The SCM 19 would not judged as warmer, but would hav... | |
| Looking for nearfield passive speakers that are warm and rich Okay, these SCM7V3’s are not inherently bright. BUT they can be under certain conditions that would also affect any speaker. The SCM7 V3 speaker is spectrally well balanced and measures very low in distortion. This is a case where experimenting... |