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| 2 - 16 ohms Bookshelf speakers? Rmihai,It's not which speakers are flexible - but which amp.The speakers are loads. The question is whether the ampcan carry the load or not.A speaker with a 2 ohm impedance requires more current thana 16 ohm impedance speaker. Therefore, a 2 ohm ... | |
| Pros and Cons of Side Firing Woofers Cdc2,It doesn't make a difference.Waves can't "see", "feel", whatever - details that are muchsmaller than the wavelength. The wavelengths for subwooferfrequencies are many feet long.So little details, like which way the woofer is pointing; don't m... | |
| What's the diff. between preamps and processor? Ahlcntyc,First, AC-3 and Dolby Digital are synonomous - they are thesame thing. [ Actually one refers to the codec and the otherthe implementation of that codec, if you want to get realtechnical. ]A Prologic only processor takes a 2 channel stereo... | |
| Anybody with Stewart FireHawk Screen? Ryder,The Stewart screens are "tab-tensioned".There's a cable on each side of the screen that is pulledinto a big arc - convex side toward the screen. The forceto do this is provided by little tabs that connect the screento the cable. Thus the scr... | |
| Speaker cable length for L/R channels critical? The speed of light in a vacuum is 974 million feet per second.Electricity in copper travels at about 94% of the speed of light in a vacuum.Therefore, the signal travels at 916 million feet per second in the cable.Therefore, the difference in timin... | |
| Martin Logan Owners...Why should I? I am also a fan of the Martin Logan electrostatics.I have ML speakers all round - LCR and surround - drivenby an EAD PowerMaster amp.Sounds great.Of course, it's not the only way to go - you could build onthe B&W system if you prefer the B&... | |
| Martin Logan Ascents -what rear speakers match? Timinwi,Since you don't care for the Scripts - how about the Scenario, or possibly the Aeon?Ideally, one should have speakers that match in timbre andcharacter - so that when sounds "pan" from one speaker to another - as an object moves - the char... | |
| Impendance - Resistance & the story of "Z" Joperfi,Impedance is a complex number - that is "complex" in themathematical sense - it has two components. The "real"component is the resistance. The imaginary component - which is the coefficient of "i" where "i" is the squareroot of -1 [ yes I ... | |
| Understanding impedence matching Ccryder,The interface between the TT/cartridge and the preamp doeshave to be impedance matched. However, cartridge makers andpreamp makes have standardized this interface to be a 47k ohmtransmission line - so you don't have to do anything special.... | |
| Understanding impedence matching Sean,Well said in your explanation.I was being "loose" in my use of the word "control". In a way, a speaker that can modulate the amp is not under "control".You are quite correct that in the case of the interface between the speaker and amp - "imp... | |
| Understanding impedence matching Sean,You are correct about the amp output impedance. I know I have an amp with a damping factor of 400 into an 8 ohm load. I got my ratio upside down.The amp's output impedance is 20 milliohms.Let me correct some more of my previous post:Twin lead... | |
| Understanding impedence matching Clueless,I'm sorry - you are misusing the term "impedance matching".When you have tranmission lines - and you do "impedance matching" - you make the impedance of one element exactlythe SAME as the upstream components.For example, if you have a tra... | |
| Understanding impedence matching Ccryder,First - when you are matching speakers and amps - you are notdoing "impedance matching". Impedance matching is when you are dealing with transmission lines - like the coax or twin-lead antenna cable going to your TV. You want to matchimped... |