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| Speaker setup experts please? Rules of thumb are general guidelines. Your own trial and error experiments will prove what works and what doesn't. Proportional rules only help at specific frequencies so that no matter what you do, there will always be other frequencies harmed. ... | |
| why not use biamped studio monitors? There are those in the narrow dispersion camp, and those in the wide. Narrow certainly has the advantage of less room interaction. Either way, the off-axis response needs to be linear to preserve the balance of the reverberant field. I listen abou... | |
| why not use biamped studio monitors? Yes, why not? It makes a great deal of sense. I've not done exactly what you're proposing, but something similar with a point source tri-amped set-up. The performance/cost ratio is very high. Getting the passive crossover out of the signal path be... | |
| speakers for classical music Musicnoise:When I listen to orchestra music and the peaks are exceeding 100 dB, it's VERY loud, and then moderate to low volumes passages sound unnaturally higher in volume than they should. It sounds like you're looking for a speaker that's dynam... | |
| Change to Horns or stay Dynamic Dgad: You bring up a common misunderstanding about active systems. Many do have built-in amps, but that's not necessarily a given. Some use external amps, e.g., Linkwitz Lab Orion, Gradient Revolution (I think), Morrison, Nomad Ronin, among others... | |
| Change to Horns or stay Dynamic There's no denying horns win hands down in the efficiency and dynamic department. This is why they are used for high SPL applications. Yet, all driver types have their advantages and disadvantages. Keep in mind that we're talking about *home* audi... | |
| HELP Horns, Stats or Conventional Speakers When I read statements like, "ruthlessly revealing," and "very fast sounding," the first thoughts that go through my head are: distortion and elevated mid-treble. I've owned speakers renowned for their speed and revealing detail, and I can't argue... | |
| speakers for classical music Full orchestra and solo piano are the benchmark source materials for challenging speakers. Most can't hold up under the pressure, they weren't designed for it. If the speaker can stand up to those sources without stressing, without distorting, wit... | |
| In your opinion, what is Hi, Medium and Low end? Some cute answers. Yet, both the serious and fun answers are using the terms hi/mid/low-END, and hi/mid/low-FI, as if they were the same. Are these terms synonymous?Gogirl: You'll certainly get a mouthful of stuff to talk about here, but if you re... | |
| The use of equipment as "tone controls" When listening to a wide variety of music and recordings, we've all discovered that there's a wide range of linear balance. I've found classical recordings sound best flat, but most pop and jazz recordings have stronger bass and need to be trimmed... | |
| Bookshelf speakers and complex/orchestra Yes, full orchestral is the real test for a speaker (solo piano too). Most box speakers get bogged down under the pressure. Dipoles handle it better than most, such as, panel, electrostatic, or the rare open baffle dynamic speakers, by eliminating... | |
| CDPs for full orchestra This may not be the answer you were hoping for, but CD players have little effect on soundstange, imaging, or rendering the complexities of orchestral music. For the qualities you are seeking, the recording is the most important factor. You'll nev... | |
| Confused and unsure about upgrading my speakers. Speakers induce the greatest amount of distortion of all kinds than any other component in a system. The greatest improvement can be made with carefully chosen speakers. The Magnepan 1.6 suggestion is a very good onethey are a great valuenothing... | |
| possible upgrade to biwire speakers The real gain is to go active. Bi-wire is no different than using a heavier gauge wirethe back EMF returns to the same single amp driving the entire bandwidth and dealing with the multiple impedance curves of two or more drivers. Bi-amping may pr... | |
| Mbl Magic? No doubt, the magic of the MBL omnidirectional models is the dispersion patternthe linear polar response and power response. Dipole speakers also do this well with the advantage of less room interaction at the sides where the front and back wave ... |