martykl
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| Sonus Faber Minima versus Cremona Auditor? I own Minimas and Cremonas (floorstanders). The former have been doing yeoman's work in my home office since forever. The latter are in my living room system. IIRC, the Auditors shared more of the "modern" character found in the full range Cremona... | |
| Playing the wifes music choices My wife won't even walk into the listening room.She did discover Pandora on our Sonos distributed system so I do hear quite a bit of her stuff (as interpreted by Pandora), just not on the "real" system. | |
| Fathom 113 no highpass filter Sorry, I meant low cut the mains. | |
| Fathom 113 no highpass filter IMO, the main reason to low pass the mains is that they are (usually) out in the room away from the walls. This means that cancellation caused by reflected energy will cause seriously ragged response in the long wavelengths (low frequencies). If t... | |
| 2 subwoofers and frequency response Doug,First caveat, I couldn't find output data for the JL110, only the JL113 (available at HTshack.com subwoofer test archives). The 113 will reproduce 20hz at 95db (quasi-anechoic) with 10% THD, which means that it probably provides more than eno... | |
| 2 subwoofers and frequency response Sorry - forgot to add the point that closes the loop. Since distortion is reduced (possibly a LOT) at each frequency, we can state a lower F3 for the stated THD and stated reference SPL. Example: where F3 (down from 90db) was 52hz at 10% THD with ... | |
| 2 subwoofers and frequency response I'd characterize the answer a bit differently than those above and note that there is no specific "right" answer to the question that is universal.First, note that the 3db down point is meaningless - unless it's stated against a reference SPL at a... | |
| Monitors for Large Room You might want to consider a subwoofer. Sounds like the monitors are destined to live in the space behind a sofa. If you put a smallish sub (or two) back there, you'll lessen the (bass) load on your monitors and that will make your menu of potenti... | |
| Subwoofer question No. Particularly for HT use, but also IME for music. First and foremost a sub should be matched to the room. That is primarily a function of room size, placement and a sub controller. If you're using an HTR with audyssey or equivalent, the sub con... | |
| Zingali Overture series thumbs "up" or "down" I've owned O3's for several years.The coloration comments strike me as somewhat curious, as these are quite neutral (especially compared to some other horn designs I've heard) to my ear - until you run the SPLs up. Then they get a noticeably "hard... | |
| Vivid Audio ??? Heard them at the LA show several years back. They made an impression as a very dynamic system that sounded MAYBE a touch on the bright side in that particular room. Overall, though, I thought they sounded very good, off a brief audio show type au... | |
| I need help with my Equipment addiction I'm pretty sure that you're not obsessing enough over the wine. If you get way deep into Burgundy, you'll have another endless cash drain. If you're already way deep into Burgundy, there's always small batch, late harvest riesling from Germany or ... | |
| SET Amp question Nothing good (unless you go to higher output tubes).The Verity Parsifal/Encore is a modestly difficult load and it swallowed my Cary 300B monos whole. OTOH, the Cary 805s work just fine with the P/Es. Never even thought to try the 300Bs with my Oh... | |
| Favorite Christmas Music and Movie 2010 I absolutely LOVE the Guaraldi record, but my two favorite Christmas songs are very sharp lyrical observations of family bonds and tensions at holiday time:"The Christians and The Pagans" by Dar Williams"Merry Christmas From The Family" by Robert ... | |
| "NEWEST'" Favorite album Quick heads up to "Kiko" fans: Tin Can Trust is a much more traditional Lobos record than Kiko. "Trust" mixes 1 part electric blues + 1 part Mexican folk + a heavy dash of David Hidalgo's guitar. I love "Kiko", but it's kind of a Lobos outlier. In... |