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| set speakers large or small? Found a few references. In a nutshell, Interaural Level Difference (ILD) and Interaural Time Difference (ITD) are the means for interpreting the location of a sound source. Level difference is mostly used for high frequencies due to wavelength rel... | |
| set speakers large or small? Sounds below 80 Hz can be localized. The issue to address is not localization, but rather, a smooth, linear transition between mains and sub. It might be possible at 80 Hz, but highly doubt it could be done any lower with the Thiel 1.6. Velodyne's... | |
| set speakers large or small? Set all to small. Crossover at 100, twice the low end of the mains. If you set the x/o lower, you will have a dip in the response because the speakers roll-off overlaps with the x/o roll-off. The 'double' roll-off won't sum together correctly with... | |
| Classical Music: A How-To Guide for Beginners For beginners nothing is scarier than 20th century music. All that atonal stuff is difficult enough for musicians. But, there's way more to 20th century concert music than serialism or bizarre "crash and bang" experimental sonic art. 1) Rachmanino... | |
| Speaker Question...first post on the gon It sounds like you know what you want, and that's a good start. Based on your criteria, look for sealed speakers, powered woofer, soft dome tweeters and a 3-way design. All these things are needed for the well defined bass (sealed), good dynamics ... | |
| Sub/Speaker Crossover? The rule of thumb is to set the crossover one octave above the F3 of the main speakers. This much overlap is needed to get a smooth transition. If your speakers are -3 dB at 45Hz, then you should set the crossover to the sub at 90Hz. No matter whe... | |
| Ground source hum I assume this is too your Orions. I had a problem with hum also. You may have already done this, but since you've ruled out the cable, check your outlets for proper grounding. It's not uncommon, even in newer homes, for the wiring to be incorrect.... | |
| Best Speakers new/used for around 2k Think about adding Ohm to your list, especially since you're doing HT. The Magnepans are a great value, but for single listener, dedicated rooms. The Ohms are also an excellent value. They have a wide sweet-spot good for HT and generally more forg... | |
| "Seeing" a Musical Performance Humans are primarily visual.Most people really do go to *see* a concert.To some degree it is just a linguistic convention, but one must ask why it became one?Jim in Logan Square:I'm in complete agreement with you. Too bad more people don't go to l... | |
| Speakers that disappear Sounds like you should consider open baffle dipole or other omnidirectional speakers, the latter with sealed acoustic suspension, not ported woofers. (Curiously, the MBL has a bandpass bass unit, no?) And research active (but not necessarily power... | |
| Crossovers, why so few options? You bring up a good question, why not more use of active crossovers? It solves so many issues and makes for truly superior performance. For anyone who is *truly* serious, active is the only choice, yet for some unknown reason most audiophiles are ... | |
| Tubes vs. solid state. I've asked over 200 audiophiles. 47.6% prefer tubes, about 9% prefer SS, the remainder have no preference. | |
| When did you ever hear a system sound so life-like I've heard systems come close, but never hit the mark. It is almost completely dependent on the recording, so much so that the system may be less important than we think. | |
| Oppo on the inside and Lexicon out,you decide. Here's the link Lexicon review. | |
| Crossover Tutorial You don't need an external active crossover to bi-amp. Merely using separate amps to each binding post does not require an external active crossover, BUT there's much less to gain if you don't go active. This means separating the bandwidths *befor... |