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| Horn listeners - Do you have trouble listening to others? @erik_squires --...The reason I’m asking you horn peeps this is that dynamic range is one of the main selling points for horn speakers. Do you feel uncomfortable in the same ways? If so, this is good evidence that we are hacking our brain when we ... | |
| ‘modern’, ‘mainstream’ speakers—too many models converging towards too similar a sound @twoleftears --Advert for Spendor A7 in November Stereophile.Photo of speaker with dimensions indicated: 7" wide, 36 3/4" tall.Advertising copy: "Sometimes, being narrow-minded is a wonderful thing. Especially when the result of a groundbreaking f... | |
| Klipsch Klipschorn speakers @2channeljunkie --If you don’t mind shelling out a bit and maintain true high efficiency, try these with a pair of horn subs:http://simonmearsaudio.com/uccello-horn-loudspeakers.htmlI use them myself, and they combine vintage approach with modern ... | |
| Horns: Why don't they image well? @kosst_amojan --I can imagine a Meyer Setup sounding better than a JBL ditto. At live (amplified) concerts the acoustics and mixing has a huge influence on the perceived sound, but there’s still an imprinting that falls back on the specific gear u... | |
| What albums, in your opinion, sound unquestionably better on Vinyl rather than Digital? Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s ‘Welcome to the Pleasuredome’ (1984). Had the double LP, and the title track inhabited on whole side. Absolute sonic blast of a vinyl, and at least the CD’s I know of sounded malnourished, dynamically flat and bleached ... | |
| Horns: Why don't they image well? As a follow-up to my suggestion above of horns imaging "differently," it's not meant to imply they do so 'per se,' but rather in comparison to a range of direct radiating speakers - I believe that's very important to point out. Really what it come... | |
| Horns: Why don't they image well? @audiokinesis --Erik’s thread is entitled, "Why don’t horns image well?", and the entire text of his opening post is, "Anyone have a theory?".In asking for theories, it seemed like Erik was inviting "tech details" as well as how they "relate to ac... | |
| What you can say about lowbass and midbass perfomance for high end loudspeakers ? In accordance to the above would like add my preference for pro-type woofers. Some designs like tapped horns require of the moving mass not to be too low, yet at the same time have a demand for very high motor force. My main speakers use a 15" "ol... | |
| 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? |