newbee
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| Holographic imaging Mapman, The pure Omni's are designed to propagate a signal in a 360 degree circle so when you are listening to them you are hearing a small direct signal (think of a 'point source type speaker' listened to in the near field which excludes most of ... | |
| Holographic imaging Well, I've got a different take on what 'holographic' imaging is, as opposed to 'soundstage'. Soundstage, for me anyway, is represented by highth, width, plane of front of the image, and a feeling of some depth behind the plane of the speakers. Th... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Mapman, Good observations about fine tuning your system to two different formats. Very difficult. Hell, I've had a hard time just trying to tune one system to accomodate two different digital systems, let alone vinyl. Everything compromises someth... | |
| How much power is to much power? Vett93, You have learned something of great value, I think. Now to have an even more complete understanding of amp/speaker matching, consider that not only do speakers have an irregular impedence so do amplifiers have an output impedence that is i... | |
| Dynaudio Cont.S5.4, Vienna A.Strauss or La Folia "The sound was kinda cold but very resolving".Were you hearing the electronics? "Very resolving" is, or at least can be, one of the most rewarding aspects of a speaker, so long as it is not just an 'apparent' resolution created by an up-tilted upp... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Mapman, Out of curiosity, this 'pitch warble' you are hearing, is this from an analog source remastered to digital or was it a digital recording in the first place? One of my few dis-satisfactions with vinyl was related to constant pitch, even wit... | |
| How much power is to much power? FWIW the difference in power, translated into db's from your speakers is about 1 1/2 dbs. hardly audible to many people even when they are listening well within the power range. For example if you clipped at aprox 140 wts you'd be producing peaks ... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Kijanki "I remember seeing similar threads on SS amps lacking the soul compare to tube gear"........And I could imagine that I wrote them long ago after getting my SP10! Only I would have just said 'music'. :-) | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Shadrone, Love your summary. It's been said before though. To no avial, unfortunately. IMHO, the reality is that a lot of folks need to reinforce their personal observations/beliefs so they make a polorizing statement to find support from like bel... | |
| CD player NOT made in China under $1,000? I don't think Trelja is making it a secret. He is a distributor for Consonance. I applaude his candor. | |
| Tubes for Cal Audio Labs Alpha Processor I've had an Alpha for about 15 years - tube longevity has never been a problem for me. Tube selection has always been made based on ancillary equipment and speakers. I like a clear neutral tone, one that if it errs at all errs on the warm side. I'... | |
| Jazz Piano Trio / Spanish Guitar Bill Evans, a premier jazz pianist. Bill Evans Trio recorded by Riverside. Waltz for Debby is a good recording to start with.Tommy Flanagan - A trio with Peter Washington & Lewis Nash on a release called "Lady Be Good" by Verve is a good place... | |
| Vandersteens and room acoustics I would try putting the speakers with their backs to the solid long wall firing towards the balcony railing. I would place them about 4ft out into the room, 9ft apart, and put the listening chair just in front of the rail. That might just work! A ... | |
| Vandersteens and room acoustics You have a major issue with a room that size. It is tough to do anything excet listen in the nearfield, which it soulds like you are already doing. Can you get your speakers out a bit more from the back wall and move your listening chair back, mai... | |
| How can you tell when you need to replace tubes? You don't need to test tubes to see how they are performing unless you have a SOTA system and are anal about maintaining that sound level. First, I agree with Eldartford, except it can be a PITA to put in new power tubes, rebias them etc. Small tu... |