richardbrand
Responses from richardbrand
| Optimized Center Channel @traubr Hi Robert Looking at your photo of your setup, I am interested in the number of drivers you have and their very close proximity to each other. Hearing loss as one ages typically affects the higher frequencies, and we typically find it ... | |
| Will these subwoofer be enough ? @ghdprentice I used to have two subs Just interested in what you have now and why you changed? | |
| Shielded Speaker Wire 12AWG @cgbgreg I agree with others - there is no need to use shielded speaker cables. Firstly, they carry huge signals compared with interconnects of phono cables, so any RFI will be miniscule in effect. Secondly, because a speaker cable is a pair o... | |
| Why not more wireless connections? @ghdprentice cashing all the bits Surely they cash a lot of your money, but cache the bits! | |
| Why not more wireless connections? @bzawa Why not wireless connections between sources and amp and between amps and speakers? The big fat wires normally connecting amps and speakers have to transmit power measured in tens or hundreds of Watts. We are talking microwave ovens w... | |
| Walk-in soundstage @lanx0003 I think ESL 63 has similar trait to 57, correct? Yes and mainly NO! Both are electrostatic, so have no box around them to resonate. The almost-as-light-as-air diaphragms have no overshoot unlike massive conventional drivers. Both... | |
| Praise for Dutch & Dutch @kofibaffour that seems to be missing in this GAS scenery That is double Dutch to me? | |
| Walk-in soundstage @lanx0003 What really amazes me is the Quad ESL-63, which emulates a ‘virtual’ point source behind its large flat diaphragm. Learned something new today. I wish I could also grab one on the used market Better get two if you want a walk-in sou... | |
| Walk-in soundstage @vitussl101 Prokofiev - Ivan the Terrible - Slatkin MFSL Super Audio CD Hybrid Multich UDSACD 4003 Do you get the walk-in (or walk round) effect on 5-channel DSD playback, and/or DSD 2-channel playback and/or CD playback from that disk? My e... | |
| Subwoofer Question @elliottbnewcombjr the thing (any thing) that vibrates creates both fundamentals and simultaneously creates a new set of harmonics, again, each time Not if it vibrates as a pure sine wave, when there are no harmonics. You would be better off... | |
| Optimized Center Channel @soix I’d still try disabling the center speaker and trying a phantom center, because if that sounds clearer/better it might indicate a problem with the center speaker. Absolutely agree. If you have a good pair of main speakers (ones with a... | |
| Electrical question A little known fact about microwave ovens is that the magnetron is either on or off. When a microwave is set for 50% power, the magnetron is switched off half the time. Usually 20 seconds or so at a time. Here's what AI says: In a microwav... | |
| Electrical question @yogiboy larger microwave ovens can draw as much as 1500 watts, and these need their own dedicated circuits Wow! Every general purpose outlet in Australia is rated at 2400 Watts so that is what most kettles, hair-driers and electric heaters ... | |
| Walk-in soundstage @lanx0003 I’d like to hear more from users about your transport, DAC, and/or cable components You asked, so here's mine, which will be vastly different to most in North America! Because I live in Australia, my house is fed 240-Volts AC (ofte... | |
| Subwoofer Question @elliottbnewcombjr the cone of the driver that makes the fundamental ALSO makes the overtones. They are not generated electronically, they are generated physically, relative to the fundamental Whatever gave you that idea? Your first video is... |