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| Active Speakers Better? No, per Michael Borresen @rajugsw wrote: My problem with active speaker designs is that they are not user serviceable after the warranty runs out. You cannot adapt the sound of the Speakers to your own taste either. [...] The JBL M2’s pictured above are actively conf... | |
| Active Speakers Better? No, per Michael Borresen [...] I asked him if he plans an active speaker. His answer was a definitive and immediate "No". He said separates sound better. Not knowing the rest of Mr. Borresen’s explanation on why he clearly favors passive over actively configured speak... | |
| What is the Best Sounding Stand Mount Speaker in the world? It’s a big stand-mounted speaker, but nonetheless: the ATC SCM150ASL Pro’s certainly sound great, as does their even bigger stand-mounted sibling - grotesquely big in this category, I know - the SCM300ASL Pro. That being said, thinking that the la... | |
| Nearly all manufacturers do not advertise/exhibit their product measurements? Why? Speaker manufacturers use measurements as a necessary tool in their development, but they're not necessarily to any good use to the buyer as it pertains to being a worthwhile reflection of their sound in certain respects. In some cases though they... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @frogman -- Well put! | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @wolf_garcia -- I don’t know what planet you’re on, but you don’t seem to comprehend the very basic premise of what I’m trying to explain here with regard to "reference" - your 50 years of experience be damned. Emulating the live amplified sound ... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @wolf_garcia wrote: "each and every live acoustic event is more or less "holy" in and of itself"...even when they sound bad? I’m not a religious person but maybe I should be to understand the "Holliness" of events, but some sound better than ... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @frogman -- Well stated. | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @wolf_garcia wrote: Over 5 plus decades I’ve mixed many live concerts, performed both as a solo player and as part of live bands, done studio work for my own stuff and commercial recording gigs, own my own studio...blah blah blah...none of which... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @wolf_garcia wrote: I often wonder what the deal is with the live sound reference as the benchmark for high quality in audio. Do live things always sound right? If I play an acoustic guitar which clearly sounds different to the player than someb... | |
| Maybe this is the winter you build something! Building is indeed fun. I’ve made my own power cables, IC’s and speaker cables that I’m now currently using, and have for some time now. My subs are DIY, though I had a pro cabinet maker assembling them for me, and he again had the 13-ply panels C... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @sfcfran wrote: [...] I’ve enjoyed watching live bands at small venues for over 3 decades. Anything from a pianist, to cover bands, to original artists of anything from rock, blues, jazz, etc. My personal listening preference for home audio is ... | |
| Background noise. @panzrwagn wrote: Also, regarding high efficiency systems, they benefit greatly from being properly gain staged so that you don’t hear noise when the system is idling. Ideally, you want your preamp/line stage to clip within 3-6 db after the powe... | |
| Background noise. @ghdprentice wrote: I had the same problems with the fans on my amp. While really small, I could hear them. So, I put a line of bolster pillows along the wall behind my system… problem gone. It was all reflection from the wall. Nice solution a... | |
| Background noise. I have two background noise sources: the (low noise) fans on my LabGruppen amp, and a slight hiss coming from the EV horns that’s due to their 111dB sensitivity and being coupled directly to a Belles SA30 amp (such that noise down stream is expose... |