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| What song/composition sounds like another artist? In another recent thread I pointed out the similarity between The Pretenders' "Time The Avenger" and The Outsiders' "Time Won't Let Me". Given the similarity in song titles, I always assumed that Chrissie Hynde had "Won't Let Me" rattling around h... | |
| active speakers, Paradise? Trouble in paradise? Shad,Fair observation. However, I have measured on axis (uni mic) and something like power response (multi sweeps with an omni mic) at my listening position. I suspect that you'd be pretty impressed by both the absolute quality of each measurement... | |
| active speakers, Paradise? Trouble in paradise? Without disputing the discussion re: x-over and beaming which, in my view, is spot on, people might want to consider the other side of the coin. If you cross from the mid driver to the tweeter much below 2K, you're nearing the a region where our h... | |
| New Album from The Cars "Move Like This" Paul:"MartySo insurance underwriting isn't going to get me an incredibly hot model? Where were you 30 years ago when I needed that advice? "In business school. Nothing turns a hot chick on like discounting cash flows! | |
| New Album from The Cars "Move Like This" Plus,Ric Ocasek is married to an incredibly hot model named Paulina Porizkova (sic?). They used to hang out at an Italian restaurant near me in the East Village. One look at him and one look at her....and you knew that being a rock star is a great... | |
| active speakers, Paradise? Trouble in paradise? I agree with Shadorne's point, but I'd just note that there is (at least) one (kinda rare) exception to the high x-over point = beaming rule. Omnidirectional drivers (like those in MBL, Ohm, B&O, etc.) are usually designed with a very high "ha... | |
| Pink Floyd John,"...but I suspect anyone who equates then with a bar band either hasn't seen much of the Dead, much of bar bands, or not much of either."Maybe you were just being polite, but there is another explanation. Any given listener may - without any ... | |
| Who was the best jazz guitarist ever? Iso,Your post motivated me to wade thru the pile and pull out Red Neck Jazz Explosion, the live CD with the Red Neck Jazz Band (Gatton and Buddy Emmons on steel guitar).Zounds! What a fantastic record.Marty | |
| Ohm Walsh 3/3000 upgrade comments....... I use Velodyne DRC (similar to Audyssey, but used only on the subwoofer signal, <75hz, in my case). I've also used full range Audyssey with my Ohms, just to check it out.In my room, DRC for the subs makes a stunning improvement. Improvement fro... | |
| active speakers, Paradise? Trouble in paradise? As a technical matter, Bob's point about passive x-overs sometimes being used ahead of the power amps is quite correct. However, that set-up is IME sufficiently rare (I think Vandersteen uses it on some models) that I actually forgot about it. I g... | |
| active speakers, Paradise? Trouble in paradise? Jim,The value question is tough, because the active pro audio gear is usually built to withstand commercial abuse (probably not required for home use), generally less "jewel-like" in finish than passive high end speakers, and also usually very exp... | |
| active speakers, Paradise? Trouble in paradise? Virtually every multi driver loudspeaker system has to "slice and dice" the signal with a x-over of some sort. In the broadest sense, if the x-over is ahead of the power amps in the signal path, the speaker can be called "active", because the x-ov... | |
| active speakers, Paradise? Trouble in paradise? There's currently a pair of Paradigm Active 40s listed for sale on this site @ $950. These may not quite compare with ATCs, et al, but offer an opportunity to "go active" with a (nearly) full range loudspeaker for a very low price of admission. So... | |
| Blind Person Needs a New FM Receiver The NAD Viso models include a CD/DVD player (per your OP - I think), is well made and deeply discounted by Audioadvisor.com. NAD remotes are well laid out and the stuff usually sounds pretty good, too.Good Luck.Marty | |
| Best place to put a single subwoofer? Martin,Your speculation about suckouts (due to room interaction) seems like a good place to start. Given the low end capabilities of the gear that you're using, I'd guess that room issues are the most likely cause of your disatsifaction with the l... |