phusis
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| Does raising speaker cables off the floor really make a big difference? @andy2 --As a matter of curiosity, would you be humbling if you didn’t see any difference?Not sure I follow what you’re after, but I was merely using an example in a presumably related field to show my willingness to accept an effect of cable rise... | |
| Does raising speaker cables off the floor really make a big difference? While I’ve never really tested the (non-)effect of cable risers I wouldn’t rule out they’re having an effect, whilst quickly saying that if expensive cable risers of some more or less exotic material are promoted as having the biggest, most positi... | |
| Suggestions for higher efficiency speakers ... My main gripe is the pro stuff is dismissed by way to many who have never heard them and have a bias against them because they were told they were bad. Not because they listened and decided they were bad. IF you have heard them all and make a ... | |
| Hidden Gems in Pre-Owned Solid State Power Amplifiers? @avanti1960 --I would look for the Crown Studio Reference I/II. They have a build-in fan, yes, but it will only "go off" when you really push the amp - and believe me, the Studio Ref's barely break a sweat, and when they do they can take it, hour ... | |
| Audiophile speakers that get loud @bundy --What high-pass filter(s) have you been using? I’m using the Xilica XP-3060 in my own setup, and find it to be virtually transparent with my (passively filtered) mains high-passed. So, maybe the Xilica could be the solution high-passing yo... | |
| Auralic Altair G1 Heard the Auralic Altair G1 via a friend's set-up last week, which sat in for testing. I know his system quite well - it consists of S.P. Technology Revelation speakers, a Crown Studio Reference II power amp, and the Blue Cheese Audio (BCA) Roquef... | |
| Eh hem!...Subwoofers... What do ya know? @luisma31 -- apologies in advance as you were addressing someone else, I understand the bass augmentation can be achieved easily with the distributed array, there is such a thing as too much bass, in my array (4x10 inches not morels) I have to tun... | |
| Eh hem!...Subwoofers... What do ya know? ...That’s why this is such an uphill battle. As if the physics, psycho-acoustics, mono, and "integrating" aren’t hard enough, you got to try and convince people the concept is so powerful it overrides the need for great big expensive drivers. Oh, ... | |
| The order of getting more/better bass @mijostyn --Mr Hartley is certainly correct in saying the best bass is expensive. As Mr. Harley put it:Third, accurate bass reproduction is expensive. The lower the frequency accurately reproduced, the more expensive bass becomes. Note the word “a... | |
| Subwoofer advice @pkatsuleas --... Looking to supplement clean low end not anything bloated or overbearing. If you don’t mind going the DIY-route and being you have a fair amount of space allotted, I’d recommend you build 2 horn subs. My experience with them is th... | |
| Daedalus Ulysses @dodgealum --... I don't know if I would characterize Daedalus as an acquired taste. To my ears far too many other speakers fall into that category because they don't sound quite "right". Are there speakers that image a bit better--yes! Are there ... | |
| The sonic rightness of a mono system. To all out there who dismiss mono over stereo, have you ever heard mono-reproduction over a very large all-horn speaker and compared it to the sound of a smaller stereo pair as outlined in this particular context? No need to beat around the bush, ... | |
| The sonic rightness of a mono system. @johnk --Interesting topic. A speaker builder I know well, Simon Mears, talked glowingly about his experience of a single, modified WE12a (augmented with a center-hung tweeter and twin 15" Lambda drivers), and found it to be among the very, very b... | |
| What does the term "Speed" mean in a speaker? Transient response, certainly, as has been pointed out by others, sonically perceived as a lack of smear/crispness, unforced clarity and liquidity. Usually, not least through quality all-horns, I find it linked to uninhibited dynamics as well (or:... | |
| What are some of the most underrated and overrated loudspeakers you’ve auditioned? Don't know if they're underrated as such, but certainly below radar in the audiophile community at large: the JBL 4306 and 4429 (the L100 could also be included here). They image well, are well-balanced, very dynamic, and just sport a clean, hones... |