lonemountain
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| Recommendation all-rounded speaker (small room) I have imported ATC for a along time, I have never experienced break in with them. ATC beats the HECK out of them before they ever get shipped-7Hz at 20Volts for LF drivers! Massive excursion is part of the normal QC for every single driver. The f... | |
| Speaker Stand Height And Recommendations For Spendor SP100 Speakers That is incorrect info about Sound Anchor. I rep for them in the US and they can be made to any height you want. You just need to tell them what height you want and what plate size you’d prefer (out of the three of four plate sizes they have). The... | |
| 3-Dimensional Soundstage Danager has it- I read here where people think the artist is the one who "builds" the sound, it's the engineer who builds it to the artists liking. Like many of the Diana Krall records are Al Schmidt, and they all have a very familiar sound as it... | |
| objective vs. subjective rabbit hole I am somewhat different from most who post here as I import and wholesale gear to professional engineers who record for a living. Measurements play a role in confirming what you think you hear or pointing out what you didn't hear. Most who’ve bee... | |
| 3-Dimensional Soundstage Getting speakers away from boundaries usually works very well at improving the soundstage. Want to hear a good demo? Take your speakers and put them in very large space or outside. When trying to improve your image, first reflection points are... | |
| Axpona 2022 We (ATC) were up on #15 near MBL and we haven't been mentioned either-although we were packed all three days, We also had larger speaker down on the main floor in the Auralic Room. We had 40 passives and 19 actives on 15 in two rooms and 100 acti... | |
| Fear Inoculum in Vinyl I know the engineer on that record and it was recorded extremely well and sounds very good IMHO. He is the master at guitar sound and drums. He also recorded 10,000 Days. Hes done some Queens Stone Age records and Slipknot too. I think he is... | |
| objective vs. subjective rabbit hole Forums are quite useful in educating oneself. By reading, one can learn what's important to a majority of the posters and apply this to your own preferences. For example, you might be interested in a turntable, By reading you might determine wha... | |
| ATC SCM 7 V.3 and I’m curious what the reasoning is for why an ATC 7 suffers at low level? Fletcher Munson effects? There is no technical reason why this would be true. One of ATC’s strengths to owners in both pro and consumer is the consistency of sound from high ... | |
| Axpona: Who's going & when? The show is excellent. If you are within driving distance, don't miss it. Lots of people here, well run, lots going on at the show with classes etc, lots of exhibitors. This is the best AXPONA Show that I can recall. I'm up on 15 in the ATC... | |
| Thermal Distortion your loudspeaker most likely suffers from it. But do you care? This "thermal compression" issue really impacts those that listen for long periods at higher levels. In the studio where I go often, this is a MAJOR problem affecting lots of speakers. Active ones and especially passive ones. Cheap drivers or ... | |
| Tubes becoming hard to get? There are 3 major tube suppliers, one in russia (electro harmonix- now closed), one in slavic republic, (J+J) (still open) and one in China (still open). There are couple small ones like Western Electric in the US (they build one or two hi fi tub... | |
| ATC or Audio Note (2-way) In ATC's case, the level of engineering expertise applied to drivers, crossover and their integration sort of tells you it's not realistically possible to "better" their design effort without equal test gear, facility and experience. If you chang... | |
| Can a great system make a mediocre recording sound good? With an accurate system, you have to get to your head into "context" to enjoy them. Many recordings of particular era are limited by technology and share a family sound- say English recordings of the 70s and early 80s or US recordings of the 60s/... | |
| ATC or Audio Note (2-way) ATC's are not midrange centric, they are not "smiley curve" sounding as so many speakers are. Smiley curves sell MUCH better than flat speakers so they are vastly more popular. Manufacturers know this as most are not in the business to build the... |