mapman
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| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? "To put things in perspective, it's perhaps worth noting that each of those increments is small enough to represent 0.0015 percent of the maximum possible ("full scale") amplitude. "Al, thanks for clarifying that! 2^16 is the correct number.Back t... | |
| Why speaker lines come and go "Bottom line, most new high end companies do not offer a combination of product quality, product reliability, company support and stability to deserve to survive. "Unfortunately, I suspect there is a lot of truth to that. | |
| Listening volume "Was dynamic compression limiting my soundstage? Anyone else ever run into this? I'm really puzzled by this- "Dynamic compression is certainly a common limiting factor with modern smaller speaker designs that also have good bass extension for ther... | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? Its a good point that most of these guys are highly regarded in knowledgeable circles but relatively unknown to the masses. Just goes with the turf I suppose. | |
| Why speaker lines come and go "just don't recall they were viewed as darlings of the audiophile community"OHM Fs were and still are to some extent perhaps.But the rest, even the latest and greatest are not that exotic and pretty boring to look at. OHMs have never been marketed... | |
| Why speaker lines come and go Here is an interesting history summary from one speaker vendor that has been around quite a while and re-invented itself several times along the way to survive. | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? I always find Vaughn Williams material to be interesting and enjoyable. Good Chandos recordings there! Britten probably deserves more kudos on this side of teh pond as well. | |
| Ever downgrade and have better sound? What Newbie said.... | |
| Help with new speakers The 4 3 way level adjustments on each of the big OHMs ($6500 pair list) provide 3^8 or 6561 different possible combos to help get them tuned into your room. That's a nice audio toy to play with. Sound great too. THe 500 w/ch Rotels would have been... | |
| Help with new speakers Its a good question. | |
| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? Czar,CD is based on principles of Nyquist sampling theory.I have a lot of experience applying that in digital image processing and resampling. It works quite well in digital imaging. I ran a lot of test cases over the years on various forms of dig... | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? " Laugh In was a hoot in the 60's, now it is just plain silly tripe. "That made me laugh! | |
| Ever downgrade and have better sound? Gotta ask the question: what does a "downgrade" mean really?Cost less? No doubt even used market prices do not always indicate relative merit. So a "downgrade" in cost certainly may sound better.Can't be that a downgrade does not sound as good. Th... | |
| Help with new speakers Or shop carefully and buy used here on A'gon. As long as you do not overpay, you can always sell and move on.Buying home audio new can be a risky proposition. You never know how things will work out for you in YOUR ROOM. If you do buy new, even fr... | |
| Help with new speakers OHM is direct to customer with liberal audition period and return policy. Return shipping cost if does not work out would be only risk I think. A nice option for those with limited nearby choices geographically in particular. |