lonemountain
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| Why are speaker stands so expensive?! @mitch2 Can’t argue with any of your statements. Sound anchors run around $1200-$1500 for bookshelves, and more for larger monitor type speakers but still under $2000. It is a challenge for some to add this amount to the speaker, but it can be a... | |
| Why are speaker stands so expensive?! Mitch: You use sound anchors and are the rep for them in the USA. I’ve always recommended them over the years a solution for most people. Very popular in pro, less so in Consumer but should be. Not sure I understand your comment above? Are you s... | |
| Why are speaker stands so expensive?! @audiopoint Excellent post. Ive been involved in pro and consumer for 40+ years. Stand demos are the most shocking demos in the business. Cheap stands add a sound to the speaker that cannot be removed. A good speaker can be ruined by a crap st... | |
| High end speakers at low volume @ricco275 I'm with Phusis on this one. The post from @elliottbnewcombjr seems to address the calibration issue, so that is interesting. Id like to look into that. Some believe there are "transparent" electronics one can use in an audio system... | |
| High end speakers at low volume Experience with lots of pro and hi fi systems over the years says low level sound quality is mostly related to higher gain audio quality- as simple as that. Despite the obvious Fletcher Munson ear sensitivity issues, that would point some towards ... | |
| Do I need a sub woofer to match my ATC SCM11s I have a different take, The SCM 11 are not bass light or bass shy, they are actually the "warmest":(the most bass in relation to the midrange) of ALL the small ATC 2 ways. So the bass light impression of the SCM11 shoild not be, I suspect its all... | |
| High end speakers at low volume @ghdprentice You have the right aswers....low level sound quality and efficiency are not related. Sound Quality at low level is related to how low the driver distortion is and the front end quality. ATC has very low driver distortion and sound... | |
| Surge and Conditioning I'd look for smaller transfomer isolated device, from other companies. Equitech starts at 15A, but I think there are 5A and such on the computer market. It looks like Tripp Lite makes smaller ones.. Brad | |
| Surge and Conditioning I recently started working with Equitech, and Ive learned a ton about all the different types of "power conditioners" available. It is very confusing world with many different types of units all called power conditioners. Surge protection: not... | |
| power conditioners in $3000 to $5000 range I work with them so I am biased, but Equitech is the power conditioner/iso system most of the mastering houses use, as well as the best recording studios. What makes them different is this "balanced power design" that is designed to work on ordina... | |
| Interesting Read From a Recording Engineer about EQ @lordrootman Okay since you failed to answer, or give insight to what you mean, I'll give more information to explain how your comment could not be more wrong. The artists make records these days, using their own money most of the time, unles... | |
| Are carbon fiber speaker cabinets inherently better than wood or metal ones Years ago I worked for Jon Dahlquist as a his rep in Chicago. He developed a series of loudspeakers called DQM that used Magnat drivers inside a revolutionary cabinet (to me anyway) using a double wall of variable density MDF with a layer of Next... | |
| Are carbon fiber speaker cabinets inherently better than wood or metal ones @bdp24 I'm with you. Adding mass/bracing to loudspeakers dramatically helps sound, especially when you're aware of the resonant frequencies you are trying to avoid. Carbon fiber is for looks, not speaker structure- especially when variable densi... | |
| the big one: how do you choose speakers? By what features, data? @fleschler I think you are right about a Yamaha receiver- Ive bought several in different houses as the sound and feature set is good even at low cost levels. In my own world (as I do import both pro and hi fi ATC to the US), a pair of ATC SCM 1... | |
| the big one: how do you choose speakers? By what features, data? In reading these posts, it seems many people do grasp the challenge of "room sound" -that their future speakers need to work well in their room- but the way of assessing this is through their own listening impressions. This is not a reliable metho... |