millercarbon
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| What does a 'refined sounding' speaker mean ? It seems that this term is used a lot in comparison between cheaper and more expensive gear to justify the price different. Context is everything. Within the context of comparing cheaper and more expensive gear refined definitely does have mea... | |
| What does a 'refined sounding' speaker mean ? We can guess what it means, or we can turn to the great audio reviewer Lewis Carroll who explained it so clearly in his great audiophile tome Through the Looking Glass: "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means... | |
| Modding Synergistic Research MPC to Galileo status Thanks to this thread and Michael Spallone I'm now getting absolutely undreamed of awesome sound from my new (to me, they are 15 years old!) Synergistic Research Element CTS speaker cables.Element CTS are active shielded and these were bought and ... | |
| Suggestions for my system Bass traps, diffusers, and all that are old school. I have experience using and building, enough to know its primitive and not even close to what I'm talking about with HFT. Its like a surgeon just told you about a whole set of scalpels and the co... | |
| Upgrading sub to get a live feel. Some points about the Swarm/Distributed Bass Array approach that have been made repeatedly, but obviously due to not sinking in need to keep being made, over and over again:1. Its not THE sub. Its HOW MANY subs.2. More small cheap subs is far bett... | |
| First Post- what not to do Do not connect speakers directly to AC outlet. Just don't. | |
| Help? Problem With Holding The Groove On A Hot Pressing You have the answer. So why continue beating the dead horse? Especially when said horse is a red herring. As in off the beaten track. As in you were on the right track so why go off it?You have the answer. You had too much anti-skate. Backing off ... | |
| Suggestions for my system My main goals in hifi are an expansive soundstage in width and depth, and holography. You want Synergistic Research. Speaker cables, interconnects, power cords. If you like what you have and want to get that expansive width and depth and holog... | |
| First Post- what not to do Spoil sport. | |
| What differences should I be hearing as my new system breaks in? Right. What I thought. Everything so messed up you couldn't hear even if you knew what to listen for. But the good news, you are listening! I'm harsh but fair. For what you have noticed, good. Keep listening.Okay so now here's the thing. The inche... | |
| Sound diffusers Well the CD rack is a diffuser but foam eggshell is an absorber. So which is it?Anything like your staggered CD solution will work to scatter reflected sound. Anything soft and porous will work to absorb, ie convert acoustic energy to heat. If you... | |
| Auto Room Equalization? Quite the contrary, its precisely on topic. In case you forgot, the question you asked is: What do you currently think of Automatic Room EqualizationWell, that is what I think. Its based on not only very solid understanding but also extensive pe... | |
| Auto Room Equalization? Frequency response is but one item on a very long list of things we can hear. My impression is its like megapixels. Megapixels don't matter. Or rather, so many things matter so much more that how many megapixels a camera has is simply not relevant... | |
| AR xa Turntable Head shell question Long as it holds firm, great. Only thing I don't like, duct tape adhesive tends to get all goopy over time. If you want to try something else, teflon pipe thread tape or a strip of aluminum foil. Each of these should of course have a different aff... | |
| Is this sign of getting old? When I was younger I liked AC/DC Thunderstruck but now I prefer Two Cellos Thunderstruck. |