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| slew rate and rise time 'Z' means impedance in 'electronic speak'Amps damping factor is another one of those minimal specs.Above a certain minimal value they don't mean much except to the advertising copywriting guy. Besides, the amp doesn't 'absorb' or 'Damp' or 'contro... | |
| Using a Pre-Out to Bi-amp Test w/O-Scope is confirmation.Your reasoning is overall sound, but some amps may contain circuitry which acts in a time delay manner and May be audible. Something over 1/4 millisecond should do it.I was just suggesting time delay as a possible oc... | |
| Using a Pre-Out to Bi-amp Amp 1 is 'quicker' or 'slower' to transfer a signal than #2. Say....about 1/2 milisecond. 1/2 milisecond at the speed of SOUND translates into about 6 or 7 inches.If the 'late' signal gets to the tweeter, than it will appear as out of phase/ time ... | |
| Subwoofer: room 16 x 18.5.... I may do so, in the future. BUT, I know my character and once I start down this path, I'll be nuts until I figure it out. Yes, there are 2 schools of thought on this 'hobby / avocation'1. Just listen and enjoy2. Analyze and measureI DO have a radi... | |
| Best and Worst Rock Concert Moments Saw Emerson, Lake and Palmer at the Swing in SanBernadino back in the early 70's. Nearly deafened and a real stiff of a 'date'.California Jam 1 was a MONSTER. Went there with about 20 friends in a rented moving truck! It took about an hour to get ... | |
| Subwoofer: room 16 x 18.5.... Thanks so much for the kind offer! Even though I am on the 'left' coast, feel free to drop in. But, I must respectfully differ. One theme running thru many posts is that measurements DoNot matter. The fuse guys and some of the cable guys are good ... | |
| Best movie for subwoofer test ? NOT a movie, but the Telarc recording of Wellington's Victory is amazing. 12lb cannon recorded LIVE. 1st time I turned this up, a woofer from a friends (former) system ended up 3 feet away, on the floor face down and connected back to the speaker ... | |
| Best CD player $500 or less used Sony PS-1 !!!!! | |
| recapping crossovers....do or don't? My Maggies have 22mfd in series with the tweeter. This is composed of 4 caps from 0.1mfd to 10mfd. Any harm in simply replacing with a single 22mfd unit of the appropriate voltage?Maggies ALSO use Solens of about 5$ ea. Is there any middle ground ... | |
| Subwoofer: room 16 x 18.5.... the Human Ear is fairly insensitive to Bass Distortion. Several % should be doable, if not more. I know there is research, but I'm scared to look it up. That same amount of distorion at 5 or 6khz would drive bats from the room.EQ'ing a room may ma... | |
| Using a Pre-Out to Bi-amp Fact of the matter is that an electron is in a fuse about 8.5e-11 seconds and people claim to hear that. But who's counting? All that has to happen to create time smear is for one amp to have a slight amount of latency....even 1/2 millisecond is a... | |
| Using a Pre-Out to Bi-amp I have to agree, in principle, with Elvick.A time delay in an amp, maybe call it 'latency' of 1 millisecond...... =.001 seconds will produce about 14 inches of apparent motion of the affected sound range and it can be forward or backward. Hook an ... | |
| Subwoofer: room 16 x 18.5.... one of those 1 into 2 splitters would appear to be the way to go. ONLY proviso would be if the impedance drops too low. This would only happen if both subs are fairly low to begin with.If subs are located near the amp, you could also go with speak... | |
| Your three favorite audio dealerships? Stereo Design here in SanDiego. Huge store, great staff, 8 or 10 listening areas and a good selection of pre-loved gear.What's not to like? Stocking Magnepan dealer, too!Up in Carlsbad there's DSS. This is a smaller store but always have something... | |
| Subwoofer: room 16 x 18.5.... Just looked up PEQ. The recommendation to put the sub where you sit than eq away will have you end up with a single spot...where you placed the sub, as the 'premium' seat. If you go to the trouble...and man, what a hassle, of putting the sub in 3 ... |