shadorne
Responses from shadorne
| Verity Audio midrange drivers? The Leonore looks like a great speaker, but should I not be a little concerened about the Scandinavian designed tweeter made in Indonesia? No. Tweeters are not that important in the scheme of things. Midrange and Bass drivers are much more import... | |
| Your First Concert was..... Buddy Rich and his big band or Cleo Lane with Dankworth & co - can't recall which was first - my parents took me - and it must have been 1970 or so. (My dad played trombone in a jazz band.) The first concert I paid for myself (as a student who... | |
| Quality recordings of reggae/ska and alternative The SpecialsThe English BeatMadnessHave all produced some awesome stuff ....enjoy.and for something modernRebelution | |
| Verity Audio midrange drivers? I agree with Buff. Skaaning are in another league compared to the others. 2 inch voice coils and large magnets with decent Xmax - they should sound very clean with low distortion compared to almost everything else on the market. | |
| Stones remasters... Jump Back CD is good I have the UK release. Tatoo on Vinyl has great sound (one of the few Canadian pressings I have). | |
| Been listening to The Beatles ... I am pleased with the mono - Rubber Soul came out real nice - however I am not sure if the box set was worth over $200 as none of the earlier stuff (pre-stereo) was that well recorded anyway. | |
| Speakers for Rock Music UREI 813 speakers (A B or C lettered). Big dynamics, time aligned and used on plenty of mixing consoles. Of course they need to be played LOUD to sound best. Not everyone's cup of tea, with the right electronics they are the most dynamic speakers... | |
| Johnny Cash...Sounding Better Than Ever? The soundtrack from the movie "Walk the Line" is also good. (Phoenix and Witherspoon) | |
| Toe-in or NOT toe-in ?? This is highly speaker dependent - well designed speakers (that do not beam like a flashlight at certain frequencies but flood the room evenly with all frequencies) will not really give two hoots for toe-in (except if the speaker is too close to a... | |
| PMC and what electronics ?? He is contemplating of getting another two units of 4B-SST since the speakers can be tri-amped. That would be overkill. The Vifa midrange on the EB1i has a very small magnet (240 grams) with low Xmax and FOR SURE the tweeter does not need 200 wat... | |
| Lost - Your combined experience required Loose,Instead of buying cables, amp and new speakers - try listening to a pair of audioengine 5's - you may be surprised - for a small space they are well suited. | |
| High Current SS amps with input impedance = 200K How about a few Hallelujahs? Very nice to see a good discussion showing a sensible approach...of course, many audiophiles will continue to blame their interconnects and keep spending when their problem is simply a matter of a poor impedance match ... | |
| Bel Canto CD-2 and Benchmark DAC1 Bob,I suspect you have identified Capq's most likely problem. PC audio is a minefield. iTunes defaults with the EQ on and some versions of iTunes are buggy (sample rate issues and volume control issues). The best way to get transparent is to make ... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? MrTennis - your are right that flat frequency response is essential. However that does not reflect the time domain or transient behavior of a speaker/system. For example, resonance of underdamped speaker drivers or amp/speaker systems can also pla... | |
| Amplifier Power Ratings & Speaker Sensitivity I think the 8" driver of the SHL5 must be able to handle up to 102dB since the max SPL I would be pretty sure it can handle that SPL at 1 meter. My guess is that the max speaker output will be around 105 db SPL at 1 meter (with still some headroo... |