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| Can you use Philips SACD 1000 as a transport? OOPS!!! Thanks for the correction Alex. It's been over a year since i used my SACD 1000, hence my mistake above. I did have an optical cable hooked up to my 1000 and must have confused the fact that i was using this strictly for DD / DTS when watc... | |
| Omnidirectional speakers. The future? Opalchip: A microphone picks up whatever is fed into it, both direct and reflected energy. It can't discern if the primary or reflected signal should should dominate as it can't differentiate between arrival times and their individual intensities.... | |
| Omnidirectional speakers. The future? The "Walsh Series" of Ohm loudspeakers are not omni-directional in any aspect of operation. This is specifically covered on their website. They simply present a diffuse presentation, which may confuse some folks into thinking that they are omni's ... | |
| Speaker design question-DIY/techies please help Glad i could help and hope this cleared things up a bit for you. If i can be of further assistance, throw up another post or drop me an email. Sean> | |
| avantgarde with SS amp recomendation Herman: Simple and to the point response. Thanks for making me look at the situation a little more thoroughly. Given the "backwards" design of this amp, i was stuck in a more "conventional" mode of thinking. As mentioned though, i'm sure that some... | |
| Speaker design question-DIY/techies please help Pr: If just starting out, David B Weem's books are about the best as they are a lot simpler than most. Once you get a handle on that, Vance Dickason's books are very educational and full of actual test results and technical data. If you shoot me y... | |
| avantgarde with SS amp recomendation Herman: I'm curious as to why you say that the Pass Firstwatt is incompatible with multi-way speakers? While it was designed for use with single driver systems, i see no reason why it won't function with multiple drivers. After all, "personal pref... | |
| Can you use Philips SACD 1000 as a transport? The SACD 1000 has a digital output which can be used for everything but SACD. If one wants to use the SACD 1000 as an SACD player, you'll have to use the internal DAC's of the unit itself and the analogue outputs on the back. Sean> | |
| Outputs, Technics 1520 Reel to Reel. Albert, have you seen the latest news about recording tape becoming obsolete? The last American plant making tapes is going to cease operation. Details can be found over at AA in a thread that Ray Kimber started. Sean> | |
| What makes a speaker perform well at low volume? All speakers change "Q" ( tuning ) as they are driven at different levels. As such, they all have a specific point where they will operate most linearly. The problem with a multi-way design is that it is possible for each of the drivers used to ex... | |
| Review: Forte Model 4a Amplifier I currently own three Forte' 3's and two Forte' 6's along with a couple dozen other amps. Have also had Forte' 1A's and Forte' 4's in the past. Ned aka Ferrari has a pair of the Forte' 7's, which i've always been interested in but never tried. Giv... | |
| How about a "Remember This?" forum AudioGon? Speaking of "remember this", it's too bad someone hasn't gathered together all of the old Lirpa product reviews from Audio magazine along with the audio related comics of Charles Rodriguez as found in Stereo Review. Some of these were really funny... | |
| BAT vs Pass Labs Amp If you are hooked on tubes, that moves the Pass amp out of the equation right off the bat as they are all SS designs. Sean> | |
| Speaker repair-need help Greg: All i can say to that is.... BWA-HAhahaha... You would have better luck investing in venture capital with junk bond king Michael Milliken than you would waiting for me on a project of this magnitude and scope. Too many different projects and... | |
| ultra low capacitance cables Arthur: When i make a comment, i'm simply sharing my thoughts and that's all that they should be taken as i.e. my personal opinion. Nothing more, nothing less.Many of my comments are simply observations made on the technical aspects of the product... |