lonemountain
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| ATC buying advice Jeff explains it well!. FOr clarification, the "SL" (super linear) LF driver is in the 50 on up, and the mid and tweeter of the 50 on up are much larger motors for higher SPL, wider dynamic range. The amps inside the active 50s on up are also m... | |
| ATC buying advice @soix Regarding tube preamps, I don't have any recommendations for I have not listened to nearly enough of them to make a judgement. I would say ATC active's reveal a lot about what is upstream so it better be a great tube pre! You will defin... | |
| ATC buying advice @n777 - With regard to the difference between pro and consumer models, there are some in consumer that do not exist in pro anc vice versa. SCM40 has no equalivalent in pro, as its a sealed low end cabinet. SCM19 has no equivalent in pro, it is "wa... | |
| Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping? @elliottbnewcombjr : You are using the word Bi amp in such a way as to cconfuse us more. There is only one explanation for biamp. Bi-amp requires an external [line level] crossover BEFORE the amplifiers. The example above is a bi wire set up, ... | |
| Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping? @unsound - You have a point there about active outboard crossovers, and there are very few available. Most active loudspeakers have a purpose built electronic crossover designed specifically for their speaker within their internal or external amps... | |
| Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping? @knotscott Well thanks for taking a stab- I was thinking more of @unsound than you, as he made the comment about passive crossovers compensating for drier irregularities. But regarding youor comment, yes-its hard to not agree with you! I agree ... | |
| Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping? @knotscott - yours is probably the only legit answer for not investigating active more thoroughly. I get that once invested downa path, its difficult to change. @unsound - comment about passive crossovers having "implmentations to compensate" fo... | |
| Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping? The very basics: a [speaker] passive crossover comes AFTER the amps, operating at speaker level. The drivers are connected to the crossover not the amplifiers; active crossover /electronic crossovers come BEFORE the amps, operating typically at [... | |
| How do you add color? @mapman we talk about color all the time in the recording business as well. Anything that changes the sound from what came before is considered "coloring the sound" . Some colors are desirable, some not. It is also true @mahgister that studio m... | |
| What would your "perfect speaker" sound like. I want the recording to be an excellent representation of the “song” or “music” as the artist envisioned it; I want my speaker to be very low distortion, so its not changing the source: I want the room it’s in to not change the speaker. Brad | |
| 3-Dimensional Soundstage The problems created by small rooms are many: 1) small room nearby first reflection points will cancel direct on axis information by arriving late, therefore creating large dips in response you cannot fix with EQ or any kind of DSP. 2) In a smal... | |
| 3-Dimensional Soundstage @cerrot That's a great story Cerrot. Its awesome when you can "discover" better sound in your own system. Working on the pro side, a lot of studio mix engineers and mastering engineers LIVE for that! Brad | |
| 3-Dimensional Soundstage @cerrot a preamp cannot "generate" a 3D soundstage or improve upon what is there. It can hide things though. My guess is your previous preamp and cables took away the 3D soundstange of the recording and your new preamp and cables don't. Brad | |
| 3-Dimensional Soundstage Having sold David Cheske a microphone or two, a major difference between his recordings and many other "traditional studio" recordings is that David usually chooses large spaces with large sources that [together] sound very good. In other words, i... | |
| Can "Dark"Sounding Speakers Be "Brightened"UP??? I am sort of amazed that no one other than Geared 4me has suggested listening angle could be the cause. The FIRST STEP in any speaker set up is being sure you are sitting within the speaker/tweeter "dispersion pattern". For example, if you are sit... |