shadorne
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| Are Harbeths really "all that?" Actually the wide cabinets are preferable to narrow cabinets for edge diffractionNot really. Narrow cabinets less than about 5 to 10 inches wide can be very good (smallest is best and this is important in the mids and HF which is why you sometime... | |
| The disappearance of the traditional amplifier Vertical mounting of course doesn't eliminate the crossover-related off-axis lobing, but it places it entirely on the vertical axis . . . and the vertical-axis listening position in the control room varies far less than the horizontal. Kirkus,Goo... | |
| Are Harbeths really "all that?" They were principally designed with voice in mind - drama and radio for BBC. They have a great midrange and will help make a bad recording enjoyable. I don't think they are exciting or the last word on a full orchestra, big band or rocking out the... | |
| I Just Don't Hear It - I wish I did Nor would you be likely to find any physicists who would say there could be no effect. I know what you mean, this is the type of argument used by the "catastrophic" Global Warming advocates - they all point out that C02 is a greenhouse gas theref... | |
| Jeff Beck "performing this week" OMG Jax2,Yes - keep spreading the word. Thx should really go to Jim for starting this thread. | |
| I Just Don't Hear It - I wish I did No one needs to pay any heed to you nor your willingness by self-selection to serve as a Scam Police I quite agree - everyone is free to spend as they wish. I just report what is common thinking in science circles. Wrong they may all be, but you ... | |
| Solo Violin...suggestions. I am not a fan of Joshua Bell but I do like Anne Sophie Mutter and yes the Pablo Sarasate arrangements are pretty exciting if you want a demo of violin. However, IMHO, violin is better as playing its part in an orchestra rather than profilled too ... | |
| I Just Don't Hear It - I wish I did I really don't understand why some have to take it on themselves to be judges of what is worthwhile, what I call the Scam Police. What purpose do they serve? Certainly when some were selling worthless elixors as cures for ailments with those taki... | |
| I Just Don't Hear It - I wish I did Shadorne, the comment you quoted was regarding putting speaker cables on risers, not putting the speakers on risers. Oops my bad. I retract my statement then. There is indeed no strong reason to use cable elevators in that there is no credible sc... | |
| Do Audiogon members like DIY cable projects? I do this quite often but I don't exactly design them. I just grab the soldering iron, buy the wire lengths and connectors I want and make up what I need. I modified my PS2 Rockband so that it would work with a Roland V-drums set - initially just ... | |
| $20 XLR cables that sound good Jafox,You are correct that I have a lot of respect for paper or the science behind our systems. This may be my problem (from your perspective) - no worries at least we know where we both stand. I just cannot see how a wire should make a significan... | |
| Room Treatment: Whatcha Got? Agreed we do need an acoustics forum - this stuff comes up regularly. | |
| $20 XLR cables that sound good I can tell a HUGE difference between different XLR interconnects on this system. I don't question your observations but this would drive me nuts...how do you know that you have solved the problem? How do you know for sure that $100 or $1000 or $1... | |
| $20 XLR cables that sound good Jafox,My view point is that well designed, well matched and well built gear should not be a victim of slight differences in cables. I know you disagree with this approach to equipment selection but from my perspective we simply disagree on what is... | |
| I Just Don't Hear It - I wish I did “You wouldn’t believe what putting my speaker cables on risers did…it opened the entire soundstage up, the background is so much blacker, I can hear new details…” - thing! Be careful here - many speakers are badly designed. The cabinets waffle ar... |