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| Merlin vsm mme owners, Cardas cabling Question. Juan,By all means, follow away.I, too, think highly of Bobby's advice.I just don't always agree with him. Doesn't make me right, but it also doesn't make me wrong. I've lived with the speakers for about 10 years now and have earned the right to fo... | |
| Seeking "Crossover Networks For Dummies," please Drew,"monotonically increasing directivity index"?I assume that directivity increases with frequency, but I am unsure what is meant by "monotonic" in this context. Can you shed some light?Thanks,Marty | |
| Merlin vsm mme owners, Cardas cabling Question. Juan,I own VSMs. They sound very good with a wide variety of cables/amps/sources. However, ownership of this particular product puts you in a circle of folks who are so passionate that some embrace certain cult-like rituals, among them strict adhe... | |
| Seeking "Crossover Networks For Dummies," please The Linkwitz (might be Orion speakers - check the A'gon Industry Directory to be sure) web site has some really good info on the subject and touches directly on the questions you pose.Marty | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Kristian,Of course there is a trade-away, although it may not be the direct result of the active design vs a passive design. The real world trade away is whatever particular characteristic you find compelling in a particular passive speaker that y... | |
| Is JL best sub for the money? I've auditioned the better part of the JL line pretty extensively and - if carefully set-up - there's little doubt in my mind that they're terrific, probably among the best out there for most applications, music or HT. However, these products aren... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? I'd tend to agree that active designs address some real issues with a great solution. OTOH, there are some pretty crappy active speakers out there, too. Stop into any place that sells pro audio gear and you'll hear tremendous variation between the... | |
| Subs and the quest for bass. Nem,I understand your point. Take a listen. Take a look (at the SMS-1 readout). Both will confirm that near wall placement (at least IME) yields much smoother response (pre- EQ).If you don't care about the amount of EQ, it may not matter. Put the ... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Kristian may be a trained listener, but I'm a trained measurer. In my listening room, the Ohm 100s are unusually flat (on-axis at the listening position) with a smooth, gently falling FR from north of 10khz down to below 150hz - where destructive ... | |
| Subs and the quest for bass. Nem,If you're looking for the least EQ, my guess is that the corners wide of and behind the speakers will work well. I tried pretty much every combo of corner/corner, corner/midwall, and midwall/midwall (note: my room has no wall behind the listen... | |
| How low is a piano? Ojgalli,Right you are. Should have said "about half an octave" lower. Digitals with a pitch wheel, however, do go a full octave lower.Marty | |
| How low is a piano? The Bosendorfer 96 key piano (rarely recorded) extends an octave lower than A0 on an 88 key instrument. Many digital pianos and keyboards (much more commonly recorded) also offer an octave of pitch control for each key, so they can also reach down... | |
| West Coast Jazz? BTW, I think you're safe with anything from Baker and Mulligan. AFAIK those two only recorded West Coast style. Just AFAIK. | |
| West Coast Jazz? Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker are the first two names that come to mind. | |
| The most haunting music you ever heard? No one for "Tubular Bells"? |