shadorne
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| Balanced vs Unbalanced? There is no fundamental difference in sound quality between "balanced" and "single-ended" circuits. The major upside to balanced circuits is that they are less susceptible to correlated noise picked up by interconnects, ground loops and power sup... | |
| Black-Eyed-Peas, the future of modern music? Koegz,Sure thing - no talent here! | |
| longevity of good speakers The fluid in tweeters may dry out after about 15-20 years. Woofers can last longer - 30 years or so. It all depends on the quality. Of course one hour of serious abuse can ruin a speaker at any time. | |
| Looking to buy a complete 2 chanel system I listen mostly to classic rock but love Sheffield Labs master recordings.If you want a reference system - start with speakers. Sheffield Labs (Doug Sax) uses ATC. Tom Petty from Gainsville Florida uses them too. There are plenty of other good cho... | |
| Home Depot speaker cable, which one to buy I just received my new speaker cables. Here is a pic of me taking them out of the shipping box;-)FWIW: Me thinks this audio obsession with cables is definitely Freudian. | |
| The Sound or Music Not everyone likes clarity/transparency and resolution (I do). Yes but I think Cindy plays with much more than just clarity and resolution - I detect a hint of John Bonham in this talented lady! (a lot of Tony Williams influence too)Anyway I am g... | |
| How much "more" for how much more $ ? 9K in a speaker may get you drivers costing several hundred dollars each as opposed to the prototypical $50 woofers. Although sometimes it just gets you a high quality veneer. | |
| The Sound or Music I like to hear what is going on - you can't always here everything on bad recordings or bad systems - a walking bass line can be buried. I want to know what tom is being hit and that squeaky foot pedal on Led Zeppelin. The recordings I enjoy most ... | |
| Any cheap powered speakers with digital coax input AVI 9.1 takes Toslink Optical but you can order them with Coax input (optional) | |
| Best '80s/'90s pop Are you looking to buy some compilations.Old School Nation series by Hi-Bias is good - very well mastered.I also like the Ben Liebrand Grand 12 Inches series (lots of extended mixes)Another good one is Richard Blade's Flashback Faves series.After ... | |
| Why not horns? Ralph, I would agree - they are at their very best in farfield applications (12 feet+). This allows the narrower dispersion to better integrate with the room. Horns are outstanding in larger rooms and large venues - in these applications they can ... | |
| Why not horns? Horns have unexploited potential. Lets get busy harvesting their potential. Most other options seem to have reached their limits long ago Horns are great. They are the BEST solution for many applications.However, you cannot dismiss other options s... | |
| What song/album best showcases your system? If you have not heard of these guys then check 'em out - their albums are well recorded. | |
| What song/album best showcases your system? I'm with Eric - something with some good bongos, percussion or a world class drummer!for example - this is classic 80's high quality pop production or this live recording has tremendous dynamics and what a grooveFrankly though, I don't give a hoo... | |
| Why not horns? I find this interesting as the baffle in the "soffit mount" is what gives you the 6db of gain. I should add "in the bass region" which is where it is nearly impossible to keep distortion low at high SPL's.You get even more bass SPL gain by placin... |