onhwy61
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| does mixing kill the soundstage? In modern multi-miked recordings the soundstage is an artificial creation. A talented recording engineer can assemble the individual recorded tracks (typically between 24 and 48) into a coherent sonic image. The juggling of left versus right chann... | |
| Musical accuracy in subwoofers Excellent question. It's probably that the timbre issue is the result of semantic confusion. Pitch accuracy coupled with low overhang should result in accurate timbre. | |
| Loudspeakers played LOUD While the Dunlavys are no slouch, they don't compare, at least in respect to volume capabilities, to the larger ATC (200 or 300 model) powered speakers. They're designed for pro studio use and are highly accurate. | |
| Dielectric? There are a tremendous number of variables involved in home audio reproduction. A large part of this hobby is about controlling these elements. But sometimes you need to just go with the flow and let it happen. Stop worrying about the sound and in... | |
| Looking to Buy My First CD Transport If I had your system and had $1k, I would not buy a transport. It's a bang for the buck thing. My radical suggestion is to sell off all your speakers + sub and purchase a Proac Response 2, or possibly a Spendor S100. The not so radical suggestion ... | |
| New formats, same old story? Rehasing old history...the way I heard it, Beta lost when Panasonic made significant monetary payments to the large SoCal porn distributors to stop making Beta tapes. The home market for Beta quickly went limp. Remember though, Beta did not die, i... | |
| Reviewing the Reviewers Bluntly put, the magazines are whores. But what does that make us? The magazines, like a prostitute, are good at feeding our fantasies. | |
| Making Stereo amps into Mono You have several alternatives. First, you could get more efficient speakers. A 3dB increase in sensitivity is equivalent to a doubling in power amp output. Second, I like your suggestion of getting another amp, but rather than convert to mono, I s... | |
| Do studio monitors work well at home? The primary reason that a speaker qualifies as a studio montior is its lack of personality. A well designed monitor is a professional tool aimed at letting the artist and engineer know exactly what the music sounds like. Accurate components often ... | |
| "sandwich" platform for amps You should also consider using Vibrapods as the interior isolator. They're cheap and when used in multiples can support heavy weight loads. | |
| "more forgiving speakers" Regarding live vs. home reproduction of high frequencies, there is an issue regarding microphone placement. In a music hall the listener is sitting anywhere from 25 to more than 100 feet from the musicians, whereas in recordings, typically the mic... | |
| Do studio monitors work well at home? Near-field studio monitors are designed to be placed directly above the mixing console. They are equalized to eliminate the so-called "console bounce" effect. There is a dip in their frequency response to counteract the reflection from the console... | |
| Room Acoustics Problem? I'm assuming your measurement were at the listening position, if true, then your system measures quite well. The 4-6 dB spikes in the upper midrange could be sonically objectionable, but they could simply be measurement artifacts. Playing with toe... | |
| "more forgiving speakers" What would you rather have, a system that only sounds great on great recordings (referring here to the sound, not the musical performance) and makes a normal recording unlistenable, or a system that might not reveal the Nth degree of realism on th... | |
| Speaker sensitivity? To a large extent there is no direct relationship. Some of the better speakers have low sensitivity and therefore require high power, high current amplifiers. When properly driven these speakers sound super. OTOH, many high sensitivity speakers ha... |