lonemountain
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| Higher sensitivity - more dynamic sound? Valid points all Duke- my point about dynamic range was "system dynamics" not one system vs another. The 86dB efficiency speaker on a 250W amp has more total dynamics to cover incoming source material of a wider dynamic content than the 102dB/20w... | |
| Higher sensitivity - more dynamic sound? Phusis I think your post makes my point. Efficiency alone is not the sole issue or a spec to chase. Amp power, purpose and many other factors matter a lot. In live sound, 127dB SPL is important. In home audio, its damaging to our hearing. Th... | |
| Higher sensitivity - more dynamic sound? Duke, nice post on thermal/mechanical driver compression. It’s an esoteric topic, but almost every transducer designer has to come to terms with what steps to take in their driver design to cope with heat, bandwidth, efficiency and intended perfor... | |
| Higher sensitivity - more dynamic sound? I know Doug Button, one of the brilliant engineers of the late 80s and 90s who led us to a series of higher output JBL drivers called "vented gap" which enabled dissipating higher heat which enabled higher SPL (and more reliable live sound systems... | |
| ATC SCM 40 question THis is exactly the dilema we face in pro, when the "warts" make some people think it "sounds worse". To avoid this in record making, there's a secret method some top mixers use: turn on subs or even different [EQ’d] speakers for the clients to he... | |
| Pet Sounds: Most Overrated Album of All Time? Hey I just saw that HDTracks (David Cheske's label) has the Beach Boys HI Rez "Sounds of Summer" with a bunch of extra tracks. He has all their hits AND multiple tracks from my favorte BB out of print "Surf's Up" 88.2K/24 Bit. This looks like a... | |
| Most Realistic Recordings Ken Kriesel of M+K, another good one. I also thought of Sarah Jaroscz: been nominated for Grammies for Americana several times. The engineer she uses is amazing, Gary Pacosza. He's does amazing work. | |
| Most Realistic Recordings Im sort of shocked no one has mentioned three companies who specialized in this and achieved some commerical success: Telarc and the modern ioteraction of Telarc: Five Four Productions. This was Michael Bishop (chief engineer) who won more grammie... | |
| Pet Sounds: Most Overrated Album of All Time? In regards to Epstien, yes he was not an engineer- that was Emerick (and a talented one at that). But I think you are missing the "vibe" on an english studio of the early to mid 60s. The engineer was a technician in a lab coat, saying what they co... | |
| Pet Sounds: Most Overrated Album of All Time? What an interesting thread. Amazing how different people's perspectives are. Funny enough, I was never interested in Pet Sounds when it came out, I was in love with the Beatles. I was young so there was a bit "are you a Beach Boys or Beatles Fa... | |
| Audiophile Speakers for Rock, HipHop and Techno That monitor in the video is pro version of the SCM40V2 for home. The key in pro is it must be small and portable. The 40 is in many ways BETTER than the pro version, the 40 has the new ATC tweeter and has a sealed low end cabinets so they go l... | |
| Honest Experience on Effects of Subwoofer Please I think the issue with subs is its far more complex than it appears: 1) SOURCE MATERIAL has varying bass levels. The deep bass in source material is all over the place, and its not your fault. It's not consistent at all and we find a large varia... | |
| Question about speaker angle Good post twoleftears! Is that a Yorkshire related coat of arms I see? Brad | |
| ATC SCM 50A active towers review I am so happy you are digging your ATC's. You are in good stead with some of the best artists in the world who swear by them! Brad | |
| Question about speaker angle All these brand related suggestions are meaningless. Each speaker (sometimes within a common brand) has a unique dispersion angle in the horizontal plane. This is what you are addressing with toe in. You need to know what that is, both by reading... |