phusis
Responses from phusis
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... @erik_squires wrote: Thanks, but in the interest of staying with the OP’s topic, I’m NOT discussing the use of external crossovers and amps. Not only was that not mentioned in his post, but the use of active crossovers and external amps in the ... | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... @erik_squires -- Kudos on your active center channel speaker achievement. Without getting too much into the alleged technical merits of each design, the thing that passive speakers give me is the ability to chose a very colorful amplifier. Yo... | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... @lonemountain wrote: ... I cannot believe there is this much misinformation about active. Indeed there is. | |
| Using PA Speakers In A Home "Audiophile" Application! @atmasphere wrote: I’ve run into breakups in older designs (like Altec, with their aluminum diaphragms) and also in newer designs, like the JBL speakers I use for my keyboard setup. If I get over a certain volume, the speaker doesn’t handle it t... | |
| Did your system getting better the more money you spent or more experience you gained? @asctim wrote: Experience saves me money. Ultimately I can get better sound if I spend more but I have found there’s an upper limit to my ability to enjoy. Once the sound quality reaches a certain threshold I’m basically there, so no reason to p... | |
| Using PA Speakers In A Home "Audiophile" Application! @deep_333 wrote: Could you suggest an "audiophile grade" active crossover? Like poster @kckrs suggested, the Xilica XP-series is very good - I use the XP-3060 model myself. There’s also the Danville Signal dspNexux 2/8, which has received some... | |
| Using PA Speakers In A Home "Audiophile" Application! @atmasphere wrote: My concern would be breakups in the drivers, which cause distortion and harshness. PA stuff mostly does not care about that sort of thing since sound pressure is the main goal. But its a big deal with home audio speakers, wher... | |
| Using PA Speakers In A Home "Audiophile" Application! @ellajeanelle wrote: ... When you want "raw power" and high sound pressure levels there is no substitute, but if you want refinement, hi fi speakers are the way to go. You have to decide what you are after. Just my humble opinion... In my humb... | |
| What news in 2023 struck you? MQA appears to be about to-a-degree compressed, so-called high-res music files sold off as true high-res, and deals made with hardware and software manufacturers to deliver MQA-"ready" products that unfold MQA material to its fuller potential. I ... | |
| Efficient speakers -- What was your journey from A to B to ? @benanders wrote: Consider speaker design category (e.g. in your mention - K-horns) not just brand. Format of the driver arrangements can be a good predictor of efficiency, and past that it will matter if you like the way a given speaker model s... | |
| What to ask when buying used speakers? Lot’s of a "worst case scenario"-mentality abounds here, though while I generally recommend buying used equipment I have only bought used speakers from dealers and pro dealers that I know very well and trust, and I’ve never encountered any problem... | |
| Speakers - Your "Safest" Choice @audiokinesis -- +1 | |
| The subwoofer site we don't talk about enough I Know the site well, and have for years. Josh has some great sub designs under his belt as well. | |
| What would your "perfect speaker" sound like. @mahgister wrote: Good drivers and very good crossovers are not enough... They are not even necessary if you understand acoustics, you can do with what you have for the price you had pay for ... A good driver needn’t be hellishly expensive, t... | |
| Why "bookshelf" sspeakers? You can only make a small speaker so big, which is to say that a stand-mounted speaker is usually just that: small. However some larger speakers, albeit mostly pro segment, aren’t shaped like towers - like ATC’s pro, active monitors SCM150 and 30... |