mapman
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| Is a vinyl rig only worth it for oldies? I have a few CDs of remastered hits from the 30s and 40's. THese are some of my favorite recordings to listen to these days. I grew up in the 60's-70's rock era when listening to most music that pre-dated The Beatles was not "cool". Being the geek... | |
| why do we argue? I kind of like the fact that on the Internet, people are more apt to say what they mean and tell you what they think of you than they might in person. It can be a double edged sword when things head south but a useful tool for self improvement tha... | |
| why do we argue? "I've been called all sorts of stuff by folks that would never have done it in person both because if we discussed in person we could both better communicate and also the obvious smack in the mouth."Yep. A "Smack in the mouth" web app could be a h... | |
| frequency range for instrument vs speaker Or "combination tone"?From what I read, it would seem to account for hearing frequencies lower than the fundamental but is believed to be most likely due to non linear inter-modulation distortion associated with how we hear more so than an aspect ... | |
| More power for better sound at low volumes? Listening to most really good stereo recordings on headphones is in fact the stereo equivalent of watching a 3-D encoded movie without the required glasses. Room acoustics are the equivalent of the 3-D glasses for a stereo recording. And of course... | |
| More power for better sound at low volumes? Newbee, you are right of course.Check my last post again. I had edited and expanded it to cover that exact caveat. | |
| More power for better sound at low volumes? "No one listens to music in an anechoic chamber but it might be interesting to hear in other than a nearfield set up what all of the subtle detail sounds like without interference from all of the reflections which would mask them, especially the h... | |
| frequency range for instrument vs speaker BEtter link:Missing Fundamental | |
| frequency range for instrument vs speaker Clearly a sub often if not usually makes a big difference but the existence of lower frequencies in the harmonics is not required to explain it.Often when adding a sub, the difference can be the result of the sub being able to better deliver flat ... | |
| More power for better sound at low volumes? "I do note in my travels that in the US there is a tendency to overdampen rooms, and suspect that if a listening room is overdamped, details get lost at lower listening levels."I would agree.My wife bought me a very nice plush recliner for my list... | |
| More power for better sound at low volumes? Magnepan and triangle are the low volume champs i have owned. The lightweight yet rigid paper cone used in tbe triangle bass/mid driver is a big reason. The Triangles are fairly efficient, maggies not, so that does not support any efficiency theor... | |
| More power for better sound at low volumes? I would expect those Martin Logan's and and any good electrostat to sound pretty good on the grand scale compared to other speaker types at low volume. Same with Maggies/planars. Traditional cone designs can sound as good at low volume or even bet... | |
| why do we argue? Actually, Dan wrote:"Why do people want to get philosophical in a hobby forum? :-) "Note the smiley face. I know I missed it at first.Actually, I find our Chimp-like DNA (this is a scientific fact I believe the # I have read is 95%+ similar) a muc... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Tex,Yes, those are an interesting approach to a point source/wide dispersion/omni type design!I would only point out that they do not appear to make any use of Walsh driver technology though, so they can't "out-Walsh" anything in that sense, for w... | |
| The Problem with Synergistic Research I tend to think about these things in a manner similar to Sabai.It's amazing to me that especially in these days of a rough economy, the internet, free information flow, etc. that more do not go out of the way a bit in the interest of good custome... |