lonemountain
Responses from lonemountain
| ATC SCM40 @soix There are two versions of the mid driver, the "normal" one in the 40 and the pro 25 and pro 45. Then there is the "S" version (for super dome), which is in everything else (50 on up). I remember when I was first getting to know these parts... | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... @erik_squires You make perhaps the single most powerful point in the active vs passive argument: does anyone care? For many, flying blind, going by other peoples opinions and the power of brand marketing is too powerful a set of conditions to ov... | |
| ATC SCM40 @steve59 With all due respect, I work with ATC so I am terribly biased in their favor, but I have worked in the speaker industry for 40 years with many different manufacturers including those with large engineering departments (such as JBL). I ... | |
| can subwoofers make things worse? Small rooms are always the source of the a lot of issues, as the bass wavelengths are longer than the room itself. So is also our visually driven tendency to want to put a sub in a symmetrical location- half way between our mains for example. So... | |
| My speaker upgrade journey - and a few questions @cdc This is the biggest issue with demos, trying to [sonically] relate one space to another when you really cannot. | |
| My speaker upgrade journey - and a few questions @cdc I know its not about baffles or or square boxes. 100s sound very open in a proper environment. Was the room small? Its the room Im guessing. | |
| My speaker upgrade journey - and a few questions @cdc Yes I am the importer for ATC pro and consumer and have been for 20+ years. Worked for JBL and EV before that and repped many high end consumer lines going back to the 80s including Dahlquist Genelec any several more. I dearly love hi fi ... | |
| My speaker upgrade journey - and a few questions @cdc I caught that comment about the ATC dome midrange having an effect on dispersion- you are right it does- you are wrong in that drastically improves it, not degrades it. This wider dispersion aspect of performance is a core value of ATC engin... | |
| Greg Timbers interview Now that was was a nice article and interview on real enginering. Greg is a legend, he spans the time from James B to modern day. | |
| ATC SCM40 @jallan That’s pretty accurate overview ! I remember that GAS amp (I hate to say I’m that old) as at the time, they were excellent for the money. Ampzilla/son of was a great amp, more reliable than many others at the time. SAE was similarly reliab... | |
| High quality recordings any genre I think its always tough in these " whats a great sounding record" hreads as it hard to tell with a poster if its the music that makes it a great album or whom mixed (or mastered it). I tend to follow the mix engineer, as these are the folks most... | |
| High quality recordings any genre @mapman @drmuso Ryan Ulyate Now Available In Dolby Atmos: Ryan Ulyate’s Act 3 (Immersive Edition) | IAA (immersiveaudioalbum.com) | |
| Was 1971 the high point of popular music? I agree the early 70s was amazing and it was the diversity of popular music impressed me. Today pop music tends to follow a similar path. For a while everyone sounded like Ariana Grande, now it's Taylor, Olivia Rodriguez, etc. BUT the diversity... | |
| High quality recordings any genre @mapman I must congratulate you on a very good take on music. This is the way people who make it (tracking/mixing/mastering) feel. If you want to check out something very new and quite extraordinary, check out ACT 3, Ryan Ulyate. I attended ... | |
| Receiver with subwoofer level buttons? I wouldn't say more remote buttons are always positive or user friendly. The OP mentions he doesn't use 90% of them already. Having more "places" to turn things up and down, change phase, crossover points etc also create blind alleys some folks ... |