martykl
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| Small room....treating 1st reflection points IME, absorptive and/or diffusing treatments at the first reflection points can help with high frequency problems. As you go lower in frequency, these devices become less effective. Below 100hz or so, Hemholtz resonators are the only reliable treat... | |
| Audiophile music As a general rule, I tend to listen to lo-fi program material in my car or on Sonos (parties, yard time, etc). That's actually a large majority of my listening time.When I'm in front of a good system, I tend to choose better sounding program mater... | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? Notec,If you don't mind posting, how was the Ferrar show?All acoustic, all electric, or a mix?UT, Son Volt, solo material, or a mix?Just kinda curious.TIA. | |
| Do distortion 's affect enjoyment of speaker? If you're using the word "distortion" broadly:Some waveform distortions may be more objectionable to a given individual than other waveform distortions. A different individual may have the reverse preference. In some cases, minor distortions may b... | |
| Bowie documentary Sorry - that must have gotten clipped from the header.The movie is called "Five Years". | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? Other than reliability/service issues (decomposing surrounds on Zingali speakers and horrible Audible Illusions repair service come to mind) I don't hink that I've ever bought anything that I later really regretted (and I have bought a lot over th... | |
| Cary 805 vs 211 amp Joey, I think that the 211 is a push-pull design, right? If so, it's no surprise that Cary sees a better match for that speaker load with the 211 than it sees with the single ended 805. | |
| Speaker Sensitivity Question... Per Al's remark, my understanding is that the sensitivity specification is usually for a 300hz or 1khz input signal, so a sub wouldn't affect that (either way). Moreover, even if that weren't the case, I'd think that a properly designed speaker sh... | |
| Beloved? This is why you should never buy a "previously owned" ported loudspeaker. You just never know. | |
| Fleetwood Mac Ghost,I actually don't own that recording (it's one of the few FM recordings that I missed), but I do remember that Jeremy Spencer was notorious for his "stand-up schtick" (including musical impersonations - Elvis was a favorite at one time) at ea... | |
| Cary 805 vs 211 amp Joey,I'm just speculating because I've never heard the specific combination. There's a tough combination of steep phase angle and app 4 ohm impedance between 1khz and 2 khz on the graph so kindly linked by tls49. I'd personally be concerned becaus... | |
| Cary 805 vs 211 amp IMO, the Cary 805 is an excellent amp (I've owned mine for a decade+) and it can easily drive semi-difficult speakers like my Verity P/Es. However, I'd agree that the B&W's load looks like SET amps need not apply. | |
| What is your favorite 1 hit wonder from the 70's? If we can go back to 1968, "Classical Gas" by Mason Williams should be mentioned, if only for the mind-boggling, finger style guitar cover version from Tommy Emmanuel (available on YouTube). | |
| Fleetwood Mac I'll definitely check it out. Thanx for the heads up. | |
| Fleetwood Mac Enjoy the recordings. I'm pretty sure you will. |