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| Differences Between Folded Horn Speakers and Transmission Line Speakers @panzrwagn I remember seeing old stories and photos of home audio systems in rooms with opposing corners. Thereʻs really no point in having K-horns unless you have two corners to put them in. Way Back When, Klipsch tried promoting the 3 channe... | |
| Differences Between Folded Horn Speakers and Transmission Line Speakers @dynamiclinearity is mistaken. When a Klipschorn loudspeaker is placed in a room corner, the walls do act as part of the horn. From Wikipedia: "Utilizing the room walls and floor boundaries as extensions of the bass horn helps extend the speak... | |
| How good is the crossover in your loudspeakers? @curiousjim You ask why you see so few active crossovers in home systems. There are very good reasons having to do with sales and marketing. A system with an active crossover means that you need more channels of amplification. How easily do ... | |
| How large (or small) is the audiophile market? Boomers got into audio because we didnʻt have home computers back then. The hi-end hi-fi market has always been slow and small. As we boomers pass on, the market will continue to shrink, but there will always be those who love it. One big pr... | |
| Differences Between Folded Horn Speakers and Transmission Line Speakers Transmission lines have the reputation of excellent deep bass, but they are also very, very inefficient. They need a big amp. Iʻm not fond of those transmission line designs that have only an 8" bass driver, or even two of them. You need surf... | |
| How good is the crossover in your loudspeakers? The thing that Danny Ritchie loves best is Danny Ritchie and far too many believe him. But it sells, so bully for him. Of course nobody here seems to remember that the best crossover is an active crossover. Here's WHY active crossovers are so v... | |
| Upgrade ....streamer or amp? Streamers are just Linux boxes with a custom front end. Bits is bits. But if you just have to spend more money to get the same exact bits coming down your wire, I'm not going to stop you. | |
| Picking speakers 3000-5000 budget Your very, very, very best value in that price range is a used set of the Linkwitz Orion system - open baffle loudspeakers, active crossover and amplification. Typically priced at $3000 - $5000. It's an insane value. They image well and sound g... | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) @westcoastaudiophile Your secret is safe with me. You told her that you got that old Linn table at a yard sale, right? And tubes! Who uses electron tubes anymore? Must have inherited that from your Uncle Steve. | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) @westcoastaudiophile I get that and agree completely. It's just that the price tag is significant. A lot has to do with the original engineering and mastering. Two excellent examples are: The Arrival of Victor Feldman Kind of Blue The first ... | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) @facten It's not that vinyl can't sound wonderful or that people shouldn't enjoy it. I've sent the last half century enjoying vinyl. I'm just saying that it is only marginally better than vinyl, and definitely not in all ways. Vinyl is: - vast... | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) @newton_john @facten My discussion is really centered on value. The PC/DAC combo Iʻm talking about is something generic. DAC has come a long ways and you get very good reproduction with modestly priced units. The differences between a decent $... | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) @newton_john That modest PC/DAC combo I spoke about is actually quite good and illustrates the unfair advantages that digital has over vinyl. The thing that makes the most difference in your sound is always the loudspeakers. | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) There are things I like about each better than the other. High quality reproduction from vinyl is vastly more expensive than digital. Not an issue for those of you with more money than you know what to do with, but certainly an issue for many. ... | |
| Help me build up a jazz album collection. Can you suggest a must have album? Iʻve got an ad on US AudioMart, selling out my jazz collection. All of the Miles Davis, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, as well as most of the hard bop is gone. But among the things I have left which are well worthy of your consideration a... |