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Ayone know the wattage used at a Rock concert?
I remember doing shows with as little as 1000 watts, and that's including the monitors !!! Most "good sized" venues will be running somewhere between 2500 - 6000 watts rms of amplification. On a big tour of big halls, 10K is nothing at all. Most a... 
Sunfire: Holographic Imaging Opinions
Sonic Holography works best with speakers that present a very focused dispersion pattern. Designs that are bipolar, dipolar, omni, etc... won't work all that well. Having said that, i've got it and haven't messed with it in a LONG time. I remember... 
I need help with my room
I agree with your post Rooze. That is, enjoying one's system and knowing that it is as neutral as possible are two different things. That's why i said that i could understand if Nate or anyone else in a similar situation "quit while they were ahea... 
Crossover mods and speaker efficiancy?
What you did works pretty well. This allows one to keep the components for each band-pass in close proximity to each other, keeping the path short, while also reducing crosstalk between band-passes. At the same time, if properly done, one can prov... 
Hales T5's Vifa's $ ohm or 6 ohm?
Impedance ratings are "nominal" at best and vary with frequency. You really have to look at the impedance curve and see how various drivers compare. On top of that, you have to look at the frequency response, sensitivity, dispersion and whether or... 
Difference betweeen Aragon 4004 Mark I and Mark II
If the emitter resistors are "flaming", the amp has a LOT more problems to worry about than just a few smoked resistors. That's because those resistors will only "flame" when the transistors are damaged / on their last leg. As such, you can replac... 
High End Myth Glossary.
Numbers don't lie but you have to know how to interpret them. That specific analogy simply means that the Yamaha produces lower THD, it doesn't tell us anything about how the unit will sound or how those figures were derived. You have to look at t... 
I need help with my room
Nate, i'll start off by saying that you are a brave individual. You've laid your heart, soul, system and room along with all of its' non-linearities out for all to see and criticize. Kudo's to you for having the guts to do that. Having said that, ... 
Furthest range of WGBH FM Boston --Maine, NH, ?
While i'm not familiar with the power output of the station, the locations that you mention, the terrain between the station and the towns that you mention, etc... investing in a "killer" FM antenna system ( like stacked Yagi's or Log Periodic* an... 
New Advent woofers?
I've got AR woofers that have square magnets and some that have round magnets. I've never run them on test equipment to compare them, but i'm sure that there are differences in them and not just because of the magnet shape. Technically speaking, o... 
Hales T5's Vifa's $ ohm or 6 ohm?
Uh-Oh. Was someone listening TOO loud or are you just not happy with the response of the tweeter after the mods that you've done? I hope it was the latter and not the former.Other than that, Madisound or Meniscus would probably be able to help you... 
Crossover mods and speaker efficiancy?
Parts should be as close as possible so that you don't have to use jumper wires between them. You also don't want to keep the factory legs on the caps / resistors real long. That is, point to point from one part to another is ideal, so long as the... 
Am I damaging my Preamp?
Believe me, typical phenolic PC boards don't burn all that easily. You would have to have a pretty sizable amount of sustained heat in order to do something like that. Even if that were to happen ANY circuit board can be repaired. That is, unless ... 
Please help me get my missing frequencies
It looks like the "normal" mode sends the bass for all the speakers that you have set to "small" mode to the subwoofer. If you are running all the speakers in "large" mode, the only sounds that the sub would be fed would be the LFE channel. At lea... 
New Advent woofers?
Ken Kantor of AR & NHT fame has done some testing of re-foamed AR 12's using the Simply Speaker re-foam kits. The foam that they use has to be quite different than the OEM foam that AR used. The parameters of operation all shifted quite notice...