samujohn
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| Anyone try stuffing their ports? Response to the "leave it as designed" argument. Simply make a list of the designer's problems:1. Which shape, size and furnishings in the room?2. Used with what equipment?3. How close will actual production be to my specs?4. What safety factors m... | |
| Anyone try stuffing their ports? Using plastic straws on my Mirage M3's changed nothing until there was a sustained bass note like a pipe organ, for example. The straws then prevented the woofer from oscillating. The improvement in such cases is dramatic. The Reference Recording ... | |
| El cheapo sleeper amps.... "How did Sony make Marantz popular?"I worked for Sony/Superscope when it bought Marantz and launched the Japanese receivers made by Standard Radio. Receivers were the coming thing in audio products at that time. The American make Marantz receiver ... | |
| El cheapo sleeper amps.... My favorite cheap old solid state is a Marantz 1060. For tubes, a Dynakit SCA 35. I have owned and used several of each and keep running into them still working and sounding better than most of the competition. | |
| How close to the real thing? I have flown through the Gand Canyon in a helicopter, and I have seen Imax. I have also tried memory experiments and read books about how recall works. The texture of simulation is far removed from real sensory experience and memory is but a type ... | |
| How close to the real thing? Yes, removing the room signature with digital equalization is a most promising technology. I have used the Tact system for years. Goes without saying that it is a work in progress, but a little recognized benefit is the lowering of the noise floor... | |
| How close to the real thing? Atmasphere, as usual, has something to say. Those of us who play an instrument which can be amplified (classical guitar), know that even cheap mikes and speakers can sound more "real" than any recording. The storage systems are the most destructiv... | |
| How close to the real thing? An old trick, often used at shows, such as CES. Go near some expensive demoand throw some spare change up in the air. When it hits the ground heads will really turn. Reality is so much more complex than any reproduction. | |
| How close to the real thing? If memory serves, the late Peter Walker (Quad) answered to such a question- about 15%. | |
| Are audiophile speakers turn on for single women? When women first see my eight foot tall electrostats their typical reaction is laughter. | |
| Subwoofer with good monitors Generally, despite all claims, monitors have little power response below twice the -3db point. Room lift at certain frequencies adds the illusion of bass and sounds fuller, but a decent sub will add real power response at say 40-100 HZ. You will i... | |
| Should Equalizers make a comeback? Oddly, even white noise can improve intelligibility. One reason so little progress is made is that people have a tendency to accept logic rather than to experiment."EQ involves additional stages, capacitors in signal path etc. (some form of signal... | |
| Should Equalizers make a comeback? I sympathize with Rgs92. Realizing equalization that does more good than harm is difficult using the products currently available. The market simply has no interest in the subject. It would be fairly easy to design a module which would measure the... | |
| Should Equalizers make a comeback? Every room is acoustically different. Speakers have different radiation patterns etc. Who actually thinks that he is hearing the same thing in his room that the recording engineer heard in his? Many "straight wire with gain" folks roll tubes, chan... | |
| Anybody own any direct-to-disc LP's? My early copy of "Growing Up In Hollywood Town" came in a box. The later version was in a sleeve. They sounded different to me. Others in the series also seemed to vary in quality from copy to copy. Just saying the usual rules still apply to press... |