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| Horns with good timbre and tonality? @audiokinesis -- Thanks for your elaborations - very illuminating. In your previous post, on which horn type in particular could facilitate a proper reflection field, you wrote: ... Ime what works well is a constant-directivity horn which does... | |
| Subwoofers: Ported or sealed? @jaytor -- It would be interesting to experiment with a pair of open baffle subs in a 2nd listening space and setup - they seem like a very capable design, not least as an overkill i.e.: über-sized option. 180Hz low-pass should be plenty enough t... | |
| Subwoofers: Ported or sealed? @jaytor wrote: Another option to consider is open baffle, if you have the room. I am really enjoying the bass from my open baffle subs, and prefer the bass quality compared to the sealed and ported subs I have had in the past. To me, it sounds m... | |
| Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best, @daveyf wrote: One other thing i have also learned in this hobby is this: it is just as easy to go backwards in regards to SQ when you implement something into your system, as it is to go forwards...and many times, even easier! Interestingly, t... | |
| Horns with good timbre and tonality? @audiokinesis -- Thanks for your insights and pointing to actual mechanisms that to you are vital to achieve a more natural timbre. (addressed by you to the OP) You mentioned full scale symphony. The ability to convey the hall ambience on a g... | |
| Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best, @daveyf wrote: @mikelavigne You are a highly experienced a’phile, why would someone believe that they could improve your system, without a) first listening to it and then b) believe that their knowledge would trump yours??...I don’t really under... | |
| Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best, @mikelavigne wrote: no, i have not done dsp in my 2 channel room. years ago i decided instead to fix the room; building a room without limits. then tune it to work with ultimate speakers. which over the last 20 years i have done. For this cont... | |
| Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best, @mikelavigne wrote: my room is epic, my set-up and room tuning is epic, any sort of dsp would be wasted and regressive in my particular room and signal path. no matter the acronym. Impressive looking setup and listening room indeed. Not to un... | |
| At what price is one considered an Audiophile. @ghdprentice wrote: On the other hand there are audiophile components. These are built to exacting requirements where component costs are unimportant… sound quality is the only objective. So, if one is really to adhere by the boldfaced part, ... | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? @mahgister -- Thanks for the elaborations. Your posts are interesting and informative, but in the context of my previous reply I don't see a significant take-away from your writings to alter my basic position. Now no one listening music in a l... | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? @hilde45 wrote: There is no corresponding "objective reality." That’s right. Everything that "is" must be somehow taken by us. No raw given, no way to check. Even the "real, objective" cello on the stage, playing live, is heard by me -- my sitti... | |
| All Pre 1970 Vintage speakers suck! Prove me wrong Low efficiency, direct radiating speakers with voice coil-fitted drivers - as they're mostly represented today - have improved in a range of areas over the last ~50 years. ESL's fundamentally haven't. The pro segment of speakers have seen their ... | |
| If you were serious about sound you would... @donavabdear wrote: If your audiophile quest is to get the best sound then buy the best equipment used to make the recordings originally. One of the few things nearly every audiophile agrees about is that you can't make the signal better than th... | |
| Would you choose 1 ou 2 subwoofers for a stereo set? @gfguimaraes wrote: Would you choose 1 bigger sub or 2 smaller ones? Neither, I’d go for two big subs from the likes of PSA (you can have two big ones of those for one JL Audio, and not sacrifice bass reproduction quality - on the contrary). | |
| DSP Active Crossover @jaytor wrote: Danville provided a sample 3-way crossover design which I have modified to meet my needs, although I’m sure I’ll make a lot more changes before finalizing my design. I’m starting out with the crossover points set at 180Hz and 1800... |