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| Toslink @mdrone wrote: I am looking at a DAC that would require me to connect my streamer via toslink. I have read in the past that Toslink is inferior to SPDIF and USB connections. Is that still true? Does it depend on the the Toslink cable used? W... | |
| Dynamic Range - the golden key to music nirvana? @frogman wrote: It is not ultimate dynamic range that matters most. Instead, what gives reproduced music its sense of aliveness (dynamic realism) is HOW the equipment handles the dynamic swings of the music. What is the point of being able to ac... | |
| Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping? @kraftwerkturbo wrote: I now assume that horizontal/vertical deals with the option of using 2 stereo amp for the 2x2 'feeds'. Either one stereo amp for each SPEAKER or one stereo amp for the woofers and one stereo amp for the mid/high. If that i... | |
| Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping? @asctim wrote: ... It was interesting to me that even though the digital crossover had to do A/D D/A conversion steps, people still noticed no obvious degradation in signal. It may have to do with the people chosen for the test. Over and over I ... | |
| Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping? @invalid wrote: what about passive line level crossovers? I have no experience with them, but it seems the article provided by @ditusa has some bearing on their usefulness. that's just one person's opinion. What specifically are you refe... | |
| Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping? Some refer to active configuration simply as "bi-amping," or tri-, quad- etc. ditto, as it requires running multiple amp channels to feed each their driver section. As such it’s an inherent necessity of active and its true asset compared to just b... | |
| Loudspeaker sensitivity and dynamics: are the two inexorably linked? @britamerican wrote: I think you are barking up a tree there @alexberger . No way crossover parts are heating as much as voice coil. Inductors probably not at all and what are we paying all that money for fancy resistors for?? The relevance he... | |
| Loudspeaker sensitivity and dynamics: are the two inexorably linked? @tvrgeek wrote: Thermal compression happens to all drivers, high sensitivity or low. How much depends on how well the motor can dissipate heat. It happens to all drivers regardless of sensitivity, yes, but obviously at different stages; all th... | |
| Loudspeaker sensitivity and dynamics: are the two inexorably linked? @timlub wrote: I was really trying to deal with the idea of dynamics only. I did bring up efficiency a few efficiency issues, but tried to keep it in an understandable format. To those that don't have a better idea of sensitivity vs efficiency.... | |
| Loudspeaker sensitivity and dynamics: are the two inexorably linked? @timlub -- Good post, in which you did however only touch upon the amp side of things and not the speakers, which with low efficiency in particular will potentially further complicate issues with thermal compression/modulation as heat build-up in... | |
| Loudspeaker sensitivity and dynamics: are the two inexorably linked? @deep_333 wrote: ... Since high fidelity gobs of power is quite affordable these days, it is largely silly to chase high sensitivity speakers any more. If only it was that simple. | |
| Loudspeaker sensitivity and dynamics: are the two inexorably linked? @ditusa — +1 | |
| Loudspeaker sensitivity and dynamics: are the two inexorably linked? @bobbydd wrote: I’m not referring to maximum loudness or volume, rather that the music sounds less reproduced and more that the instrumentation and vocals are more real sounding through higher sensitivity speakers. Is this a real phenomenon? Or... | |
| JBL 4367 = Sleep Denervation @jheppe815 -- +1 @james633 wrote: there is almost no information comparing these very large subs other than home theater applications and I don’t trust those opinions as their wants are far different from mine. It is hard to say how something ... | |
| PS Audio Aspen FR20: Planar Floorstanding Speakers @markalarsen wrote: Look at the strange shadows on the wall to the right of the speakers. What were they thinking? [chuckles] Yep, that pretty much sums up the level of quite a few of the replies here. |