phusis
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| Anyone know where the Virtual Systems went? There is a fix to view Virtual Systems, be that your own or others, although I’m not sure if the same applies for everyone here. For those with the issue of not being able to view a Virtual System, try the following: Notice that when you try to ... | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? @mijostyn wrote: @Phusis, if you think those speakers image you have never heard the image of a current state of the art system. Experience is the best teacher. Next, what do you know about CAD when it comes to speakers? Do you actually design s... | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? @mijostyn wrote: the technology was the same a century ago but speakers had different requirements. Given the state of amplifier development, efficiency was a very important issue if you wanted to fill a whole theater with sound. Now we have CAD... | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? @holmz wrote: @mijostyn I am assuming that you do not abide legacy speakers from a 1/2 century back as being within the spirit of the thread with “Advances in technology” in the title? To some the question mark in the thread title is less of a... | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? @mijostyn wrote: The big theater systems were never intended for home use and in home environments they SHOUTED at you. Be specific, which of them in particular are you referring to? My own EV pro cinema speakers are placed ~11ft. from the lis... | |
| Do your speakers bite?? There’s a curious phrase audiophiles use for speakers with well defined leading transients, or extra string or reed sounds: bite Ergo, "well defined leading transients" are something "extra" as well? Speakers being transiently capable to my ear... | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? Thank you, @larryi. @mijostyn wrote: magnificent? Hardly. They were awful and they still are awful. I guess the following says it all: If you want to wax poetic over an antique speaker try the KLH Model 3. Not great either, but a lot more l... | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? The very high efficiency, and thereby all-horn systems of yore weren't really intended for a domestic environment - the likes of cinema speakers from RCA, Altec, Western Electric, Klangfilm and Vitavox - but they arguably were and still are among,... | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? @larryi -- +1 Advance in tech only gets you so far when the overall package of a speaker is diminished in size; it’s the one thing we can’t miniaturize without severe sonic implications. Like on the driver side: a several thousand $$ 1" dome twe... | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? @mbmi wrote: One thing no one ever mentions when talking about speakers....Speakers have voice coils and they take up to 30 minutes to heat up and expand. THAT’S when you’ll hear the optimal sound from that speaker...not until. People will run t... | |
| Active Speakers Better? No, per Michael Borresen @lonemountain wrote: If you use a super low distortion [active] speaker system, it reveals more about everything upstream. Agreed. So my question: How is active taking choice away or reducing the [audiophile] hobby? There is far more to a s... | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? @jumia wrote: How much more effort is required too perfect a speaker? my speaker is several years old and all the gear and the speaker are all broken in. And now I'm being told to upgrade. You're not being told what to do, if anything you're l... | |
| What is your take on high efficient speakers vs. low efficient speakers? Few bring up high efficiency subs from a point of home experience, probably because they take up too much space (i.e.: Hoffmann’s Iron Law), and yet others seem not to believe high eff. down into the lower octaves is even possible. Well, it is, an... | |
| Magico Titan 15 $32,000 active subwoofer overview $32k for a dual 15"-loaded active sub is just bollocks. Sorry, but it is. One could have more for much less, like arrays and bigger overall displacement area, and with a plethora of bigger cones moving much less cabinet vibrations would be the les... | |
| Experienced only: What have you done with room correction? At one point used DRC Designer - a room correction software working in both the amplitude and time domain - over my previous, passively configured all-horn speakers. At the same time at had those speakers high-passed, digitally, just below 80Hz in... |