ojgalli
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| Recommend a forward speaker As I read through the responses, I kept asking myself, "What is it that makes a forward sounding speaker?" Is it midrange emphasis, treble emphasis, distortion, or something else?The most forward speakers I've encountered are the Newform Research,... | |
| Infinite bafflement? Acoustic suspension and infinite baffle are different. An acoustic suspension is a sealed enclosure that has an air volume less than the equivalent air volume compliance, the Vas, of the driver, usually less than half. An infinite baffle is also a... | |
| New Tweeters: In or Out of Phase? .5 dB is most likely the cause of the brightness you're hearing. If you know what you're doing, you could add a resistor to bring the level on the tweeter back to normal. A less optimal option would be to adjust the treble on your preamp. Phase is... | |
| most accurate loudspeakers.... It's easy to define accuracy, hard (impossible) to achieve. Compare the waveform going in to the waveform coming out. The closer the output is to the input, the more accurate the speaker. Many factors are involved in accuracy. All forms of distort... | |
| Has anybody had experience with the Orions? Jmaldonado:1) Mine are 1 meter from the front wall, a bit less than recommended. Without the rear tweeter I don't believe those few inches are critical, with the rear tweeter is may be more so. After several hours of more listening and some octave... | |
| Has anybody had experience with the Orions? Just finished installing the rear tweeters to my Orions a couple of days ago. At first, I wasn't sure of what difference they make, yet in a short time the most apparent difference is the soundstage, more dimensional, voluminous, with a greater se... | |
| Has anybody had experience with the Orions? I've built a pair and will be adding the rear tweeter to them in the next 2-3 weeks. I've auditioned numerous other speakers upto 18Knot in my price range, but I did it to find out what 10-20K can get you. The Orion has the cleanest most detailed... | |
| The Kids Are Alright Do all those old fart audiophiles really think they have better ears than a 20 y.o., or that "them youngin's" can't hear the difference? Do they really think they have some sort of monopoly on music appreciation? Do they really think. . ?Never tru... | |
| Best Place for Negative Reviews? ". . . jumped the shark." You bet! The reviews are all the same, and user reviews must be taken with great skepticism too. Most users write their review while still in the "honeymoon period" and are trying to convince us (and themselves) that they... | |
| AKUS - So Long So Wrong- Time to Stop Upgrading? You've just discovered THE weakest link the in the audio chain, the recording. We fuss over equipment because that's our end of the chain that we can, to a degree, control. But, time to stop upgrading!? | |
| Online shopping for music For classical: ArkivMusic. They have an unsurpassed selection. It's also an easy site for looking up recordings by performer, composer, conductor, or label. Not the lowest prices, but when you can't find it anywhere else, chances are they'll have ... | |
| How far would you drive to audition a component? A couple of hours each way is about the limit for me. I've done 4 trips (2 stops on one of them). Only one resulted in a purchase, but the others were well worth the time considering each trip saved me $3-5k on equipment that would not have satisf... | |
| Aside form the Human voice... T-bone brings up an important question. What expressive techniques do musicians have available on different instruments? Earlier in the thread frequency range was sighted. In addition there is dynamic range, tonal & timbre range, articulation,... | |
| Aside form the Human voice... None. It's the instrumentalist, a.k.a. the musician, that expresses. | |
| Symphony 5th - best recording I neglected to mention that Gardiner's set of Beethoven synphonies also uses period instruments, but I believe the smaller orchestra is even more crucial to interpreting the music as intended. Beethoven was very specific about the number of instru... |