shadorne
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| Wilson Audio Haters Bo has simply discovered the weird directivity effects of ribbons. Nothing new about that. A ribbon tweeter is much too tall for the frequencies it is transmitting. This means you get weird flanger comb filter type effects - some frequencies total... | |
| Wilson audio MAXX 1 VS Wilson Audio Alexandria X2-1 This may seem counterintuitive but the best way to get more mid range clarity may be to tame the bass on this monster. Almost all Wilson have a characteristic bass resonance around 80 Hz (usually 5db boost around 60 to 100 Hz) and Wilson tend to b... | |
| 12 ft pair of thick speakers cables?? Can they be cut downt to a 6 ft pair?? Just a bunch of individual wires soldered together at each end to make two speaker wires from many. Anyone can do it with a few parts from RadioShack - heat shrink tubing, wire strippers and cutters, and a soldering iron. | |
| Stand mount speakers for a very large room !! +1 for Wharfdale Jade 3 Impressive mid range response! No mid range off axis response dip as is commmon in nearly all speakers (even high end speakers)Can such a small speaker really fill your room - that would be my concern - since you have an SV... | |
| atc scm40 v2 and c1 subwoofer ATC are very musical and their subs integrate well. The subwoofer bass is clean and tight - ideal for music but not boomy (for movies). I would not hesitate if you already know you like the 40's. | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? Douglas,You keep attacking the others. Why not provide all this evidence that you speak of? If a Boulder amp at a cost of 99K needs a special power cord in order to function then surely the power cord is included in the box with the amp? Seriously... | |
| B&W 802 Nautilus speakers Assuming you have eliminated the amplifier and source, the most likely reason the speakers cut out is that the midrange and/or tweeter are blown. In this case the voice coil may be rubbing against the housing and they only get over the resistance ... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? I have noticed that when people have no logical or persuasive point to make in support of their position then they just attack the others. I still have not seen a good argument as to why buying equipment that is highly sensitive to wire connection... | |
| Budget Audiophile Looking For Amplifier Suggestions Bryston or NAD | |
| Your choice of the most "inert" cabinets ? MDF is good and practical. Not sure that there is a best. Amusing to see proponents of inert cabinets also supportive of rigid metallic or ceramic drivers. Gee gosh golly - speaker cabinets need to be inert but I guess it is ok for the diaphragms ... | |
| REL Subwoofer Rattling +1 Jafant way too much "junk-sourcing" from China these days - I had not heard that term but highly appropriate | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? Douglas,I don’t need to quote authority. The whole basis for design of equipment is to reproduce the source signal accurately. A filter is designed to modify the signal and runs entirely counter to the purist approach - it is a band aid best used ... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? I don’t discount Doug’s findings but the whole concept of cables or interconnects being used to affect sound is wrong. Properly designed audio should minimize extraneous effects (wires between components).Amplifier manufacturers can design amps to... | |
| Wilson Audio Haters Ok back to Wilson. I like the Sasha’s a lot - not that they are the best speakers in the world but they are excellent hi-end speakers. They are are much better than B&W IMHO! Sasha’s have few faults whereas B&W make some big fundamental er... | |
| Wilson Audio Haters Douglas, Darwin clearly has it mostly right. However there is more to it. I can’t explain here but in essence Darwin does explain much of what we see however there are surprising things we have only recently leaned about with viruses and DNA causi... |