rsbeck
Responses from rsbeck
| Do materials alter frequencies and speed? >>most of the time, this is audible and sounds like sibilance on top of the high-frequency information in the music. Metal purity, choice of metals, cryo treatment and other factors affect this.<<This is what I mean by myths and wive's... | |
| Audiogon's Audiophile Wise men, I need advice >>I am buying the above for $3,000.<<Okay, I will echo Aaron's comment. That would be a good deal even if you were only buying N803's in near perfect condition. If you have to buy the whole package to get it all at that price, I would ... | |
| In what ways is Mark Levinson better than Krell? Larry -->>When you have done any of the above (if you have), you are entitled to make your comment of "ridiculous".<<I have done the above so I guess I am entitled. You know what? It feels good to be so darn...entitled. >>If you ... | |
| Audiogon's Audiophile Wise men, I need advice If I understand correctly that he wants you to get N805's rather than N803's, I cannot agree. N803's are nice full range speakers. N805's are bookshelf speakers. Yes, you do need some room for N803's, but I think they would sound fabulous in any m... | |
| In what ways is Mark Levinson better than Krell? I can't speak to the integrated amps, but I have owned both the Krell FBP 350MCX and the Levinson 436 Monoblocks. Even though I kept the Levinsons and sold the Krells, I did not come to the conclusion that the Levinsons were superior. Actually, th... | |
| Do materials alter frequencies and speed? My impression is that people like to throw myths and wive's tales together with things that are half-true and extrapolate from that into the land of the hypothetical based on hypothetical on top of wishful thinking. I had a strong feeling that no ... | |
| Do materials alter frequencies and speed? Here's a chart comparing resistance, inductance, and capacitance between several popular cables -- you might be surprised to see which cables have the highest capacitance.http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/audioprinciples/interconnects/speakercab... | |
| Do materials alter frequencies and speed? >>the broadest spectrum be derived from the use of all three?<<Are you looking for the broadest spectrum? Or, the flattest response over the audio spectrum?Are you talking about at audio frequencies?You can get flat signal response wit... | |
| Do materials alter frequencies and speed? >>Lossy energy transfer can impact.<<I don't dispute that low inductance and capacitance are desirable.But, the question remains ---How are you measuring dynamics? At what point does an increase in inductance and capacitance cause an a... | |
| Do materials alter frequencies and speed? Sliver is slightly less resistive than copper, but you can overcome that by using a thicker gauge of copper. | |
| Do materials alter frequencies and speed? >>the higher the inductance and capacitance, the slower the signal will travel through the cable. This obviously impacts dynamics.<<This is too general to be useful and also quite a leap.How are you measuring dynamics? At what point do... | |
| Help with room treatments The key is that you said you did "nearfield listening." If you really did nearfield listening, then by listening so close to your speakers, you were not hearing the effects of the room and it is not exactly a surprise that you would hear little di... | |
| I need a speakercable that bring voices forward me I've heard interesting things about Kansas City. Apparently, they have crazy little women there. | |
| Bookshelf vs Floorstand speakers for HT???? If it is primarily HT, I would definitely go with bookshelf/monitors. Since you need Sub-woofers for HT anyway, why pay for redundant capability in your floostanders that you will be crossing over to sub-woofers anyway? Not only that, but you can ... | |
| Upgrade the speakers or upgrade the receiver? You're not going to be happy with the Paradigm 100's if you try to drive them with a receiver. |