shadorne
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| So, What is the Verdict on the Beatles Box Sets? It's the same ole stuff - added treble emphasis, compression. I agree - I heard it playing in HMV on a terrible system but I could easily hear the tell tale signs of modern compression. Of course, many people will be delighted with the "emphasis"... | |
| Amplifier Power Ratings & Speaker Sensitivity In fact the maximum SPL I have got when listening to very loud music is 88dB in the peaks as my ears often give up first before something blows up in flames of fire. At 4 meters this requires 88 + 12 = 100 db SPL from the speakers. From the amp t... | |
| Amplifier Power Ratings & Speaker Sensitivity One other point I noticed - your listening position appears to be against a wall. This is rather bad news and it will also affect how cluttered and claustrophobic the sound field is perceived at higher levels. You definitely need space behind your... | |
| Amplifier Power Ratings & Speaker Sensitivity FWIW - I looked at your setup and the living room is a lot of space for those little speakers to fill. Harbeths are awesome but that is definitely a near-field type speaker it is not designed for such a large space unless you listen only at quite ... | |
| Amplifier Power Ratings & Speaker Sensitivity Your back of the envelope calculations are roughly correct.However, for every DOUBLE of the distance, the SPL will decrease by 6dB. Remember that 91 db SPL peak is hardly loud at all. Average at 91 db SPL with peaks at 100 db SPL is only beginnig ... | |
| xlr vs rca I understand it is better to used balance interconnects if possible. Is this always the case? With good compatible XLR equipment YES - this is always the case. However connecting between low quality consumer RCA to pro-quality XLR is not always st... | |
| B&W 801 vs 803s But beware, some of the more "accurate" and "revealing" speakers can be very tiring in long listening sessions. Agreed, that is why B&W and many other speakers have their rightful popular place (actually also B&W have several models that ... | |
| How loud do you like to play your music? I must add that the othee plots of BOTH the focals and Ushers are HIGHLY impressive - so I am not saying either one is not an awesome speaker - they both are!! However, I would not expect to be able to drive them hard playing a big jazz band or ro... | |
| How loud do you like to play your music? FWIW - the Ushers show signs of compression at a mere 90 db SPL - so you can forget about clean 110 peaks that Ralph mentioned.And the as for the Focals, well ouch the distortion from what might be the tweeter resonance is scary. I have always con... | |
| How loud do you like to play your music? When I played the Focals at the same mark, the sound was uncomfortable. As Ralph pointed out - distortion and particularly of higher harmonics is usually what makes the sound uncomfortably loud or just plain "uncomfortable" in small stereo sys... | |
| headphone amp Huh? Get the headphones first. If you are happy with accurate pro sound then the Sennheiser HD 25-I-II is extremely dynamic and detailed (love percussion on these babies) and the closed cup on tehse headphones will cut out leakage and noise from t... | |
| B&W 801 vs 803s Abbey Road studios uses B&W 801 with Bryston 7B - they need power, power, POWER- he gives a cruel chuckle!B&W are a popular design that fits many people's tastes. Purists can critique their tendency towards laid back midrange and hefty bas... | |
| So, What is the Verdict on the Beatles Box Sets? There are already about twenty new Beatles threads over the past few weeks - on Audiogon alone. Do a search. | |
| Tight accurate midfield monitor pair suggestions They are the TIGHTEST and most ACCURATE pair of two-ways I've heard, By far. FYI, I've auditioned everything the pro-audio market has to offer ATC, Barefoot, Proac, Adam, K&H, PMC, JBL, Genelec, Meyer etc.... and none are as clean or natural s... | |
| Which matters more, DAC or transport? having owned and demo'd a good portion of what's available on the market. What they do is offer the most natural tonality within the most complete harmonic envelope I have ever experienced. You may think your system has no stridency, but when you... |