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| Horns: Why don't they image well? @audiokinesis --My statement about the Oblate Spheroid profile was based on my understanding that it is the mathematical optimum for minimizing detrimental internal reflections within the horn. There are other profiles optimized for other things -... | |
| Horns: Why don't they image well? Horns: Why don’t they image well?Horns can image very well, I find - certainly going by my own all-horn speakers. Perhaps there’s an aspect of horn speakers imaging differently compared to direct radiating speakers due to their dispersion characte... | |
| Neutral or Detailed. You can't have both At least not how I understand the audiophile terms. The problem comes in the mid-treble. A truly, measurably, objectively neutral speakers doesn’t come alive until the volume is turned up, but will lack the perception of detail, because those deta... | |
| Is there actually a difference? @kosst_amojan --Mostly what you're paying for in really high dollar amps is the ability for a high power, multi-stage topology to deliver the nuance and performance you get from a simple, fairly inexpensive low power amplifier. That's really, real... | |
| Small or large sub for music @noble100 --(I am familiar with the ’crazy home theater guys’ typically loitering at AVSforums and other a/v sites with their brute force approach to reproducing bass in a home environment. However, I have too much respect for the supporting mecha... | |
| Let's talk Tweeters! I'm a horn guy well - for the entire frequency spectrum, that is (currently contemplating a tapped horn subwoofer to augment my main all-horn speakers, that would replace my well-integrated SVS SB16-Ultra) - and prefer horn-loaded compression driv... | |
| JL Fathom repair @Ozzy What's the "updating" nature of your F-113, and how old is it? | |
| JL Fathom repair JL Audio's Fathom (and Gotham) subwoofer series sport foam surrounds, not rubber, and while earlier types of foam surrounds have been known to deteriorate more readily than rubber and not least cloth surrounds - typically going into degradation mo... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Per my earlier post above on trying the Belles ARIA preamp in my setup, a little update. I borrowed the unit from my kind dealer for just short of 3 weeks, a period of time I found sufficient to evaluate its impact. Overall, the encounter hasn’t l... | |
| Do Bigger Speakers Mean a Bigger Window? …So, if you are after high fidelity sound, why would you buy small speakers? I never would, never again. Moreover, the "small(er) listening room small(er) speakers" mantra has no real bearing or justification - to me, at least. Smaller rooms mayn'... | |
| Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? @kosst --Going by your experience and the venues in which you’ve predominantly(?) heard "horn" speakers (again, most of them have likely been hybrids; not that this is necessarily a bad thing sonically, but it waters down the model of definition h... | |
| Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? I’ll agree with most of the above, and most of that is exactly why I dislike horns. I’ve never attended an acoustic performance that sounded anything like what I’ve heard through a horn system. I don’t know the horns you’re referring to here, but ... | |
| Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? … Most horn systems are physically large, and like a lot of other large speakers, they deliver a "big" sound. The sound seems to fill up a large volume of space and envelop the listener. I like this quality a lot. When one listens to tiny speakers... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Will try out the Belles ARIA preamp shortly, and evaluate whether it can wring out even more potential from my Belles SA30 poweramp. Currently the SA30 is direct-connected to a SOtM sDP-1000 DAC/preamp, but I suspect the SA30 is not firing on all ... | |
| How much power can a pair of Klipsch La Scalas take ? My room is 25-20, my La Scalas are 1970. I up graded caps and tweeters. They sound great I run a svs ultra sb16 with them. I like loud music but also like clean sound down at lower sound levels.It’s great that a pair of (partly upgraded) almost 50... |