lonemountain
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| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... I think you said it all there KingHarold: you put forth a LOT of effort to correct for issues you encountered. A true engineering project! Problems are inherent in every loudspeaker design and I think ATC and Genelec would 100% support you in yo... | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... That is not true in my experience. I don't think whether its DSP or Analog would affect the outcome either, unless its a low quality (DAC or analog) design masking information. I guess its certainly possible to hear no difference. My preference... | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... DJones51, its difficult to judge your posts when you say "front end components are not really much of a concern on a properly designed active". Increase resolution at the speaker (via active technology) and resolution of the front end won't matte... | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... djones51: An active speaker can be an all analog design or a digital input/DSP design and Class D amplifiers, but inputs and amps do NOT make it "active". The critical issue is simply where the processing takes place, at speaker level [passive] o... | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... Some ask for direct comparison of active vs passive of the same speaker and I have done this many times. SCM 40 passive vs SCM 40A active, plus SCM 50 passive vs SCM50 Active. In both cases using ATC P1 or P2 amps to drive the passive. So this... | |
| Tom Petty's Wildflowers in HiFi sounds spectacular on KEF LS50 Meta I am particularly impressed with that mix, Ryan's a total pro and is completely dedicated to his craft. He did tremendous work in gathering all those other tracks in the package that were never released. The family was involved and it was definte... | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? I think many of the mysteries discussed in this thread make it difficult to grasp the unifying issue. Different rooms and different speakers, its extremely complex behavior. ( I swear acoustics is a black art) Is it the speaker or the room? Eri... | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? If I ask someone with Floyd Toole level knowledge of loudspeaker-in-room acoustics (which I can with Billy Woodman at ATC), he would tell me that consistent spectral content of direct vs reflections is the key to imaging. If the reflections look... | |
| Manufacturers I've worked for a lot of different manufacturers in hi fi and pro, large and small. Some of this "ignoring" thing or not answering thing is not intentional. One could look from afar and say "they should do this or do that", but my experience is ... | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? The one issue missing from this discussion is your impression of acoustic treatment at first reflection points completely depends on how wide a dispersion speaker you actually use. A speaker that narrows with frequency, say a horn, will send less... | |
| High Performance Audio - The End? Everything recorded has a defined audience, a place it is intended to sell and be heard. If the intended market is car FM radio or earbuds, you as th4e engineer and producer make it to sound as good as you can on those playback methods. The effo... | |
| What do/did you do for a living? Import and sell high end audio to dealers.Brad Lone Mountain AudioTransAudio Group | |
| Joseph audio perspectives, magico a3, ATC scm40 v2 Well I have done that! I have tried every combo of passive with ATC amps (which is not so difficult when you are the importer). The active wins every time on the same issues: detail, image, transparency, dynamics. I've even done that demo at a... | |
| What do/did you do for a living? High End Audio importer, for recording studios and home audio. | |
| Which material sounds better for speakers construction? Wood, Ply or MDF? Helomech, you make a lot of good points, well done. Its funny everyone gets caught up in cabinet shape, wood or not, shape etc, when the room you put the speakers in makes far more tonal difference than the cabinet. AS you move up the quality an... |