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| Weird, fascinating phenomenon on Yes Fragile LP Shadorne, could it be that they used different takes for different pressings? Why would they do that? That happens a lot too. Say for example the album sells really well but a record exec in the US wants a different sound for the US market...they... | |
| Wide bandwidth = necessary? Possibly, I don't know how high you are talking. For example, an analog filter with a low slope is going to have a large knee with an effect on frequencies over about a decade. (so a simple analog RC low pass filter with a 3db point way up there a... | |
| Amplifier reproduction of instrument Timbre If the Ayre has no negative feedback (as per Al) then it will likely have a higher output impedance and this could modulate the response you hear according to the impedance variation with frequency of the speaker. This will certainly affect timbre. | |
| Weird, fascinating phenomenon on Yes Fragile LP That is very common - often different takes are spliced together or a mistake is over dubbed.See this linkI would say you can hear what could be categorized as errors on at least one third of what you buy. The most common is for distortion due to ... | |
| Speaker Technology over the last 10 years Johnnyb53Well Said. | |
| best WOOFER ??? TAD makes some excellent 15" woofers that have free air resonances in the mid-low 20s. They sure do! TAD are among the very best. | |
| Loudspeakers with a wide sweet spot The tweeter is unique and patented. It goes down to 2KHz- well within the range of image definition. This reminds me of the Energy Pro 22 - they had a hyperdome tweeter that they made themselves and which was crossed over at 1.8 Khz. Great speake... | |
| Bass, more or less? "The search for perfect bass is futile, because if you want more you miss it and when you have it it disturbs you". Yes - technically speaking low frequencies will mask higher frequencies. So what you gain in bass may turn out to be a loss somewh... | |
| Apple Lossless vs iTunes Plus It very well could be, Shadorne. I don't know...I can only tell you what I hear. And I don't doubt you. Here is a manufacturer's explanation for why differences are sometimes apparent when "in theory" there should be NO difference. It turns out t... | |
| Wide bandwidth = necessary? I found out that I could hear the introduction/removal of a low pass filter at a frequency well above the frequency at which I became stone-deaf to a sine wave (the usual test signal). That is quite normal from many sharp low pass or brick wall f... | |
| Apple Lossless vs iTunes Plus Mathematics or computer science may have nothing to do why, and perhaps I don't understand it. It is probably related to software bugs. If the algorithms were bit transparent then it ought to sound the same. | |
| Apple Lossless vs iTunes Plus Naschbac,What you say makes a lot of sense. As long as the software is "bit transparent" then there should be no difference. There is some info on Headfi discussion forums about this issue under the Benchmark DAC1 threads. | |
| B&W 802d Room Placement The B&W 802D can be compared to the above link I gave for the N805 above.To compare - see the lateral response plot here.Note the "scoop" is deeper than the N805 (because the tweeter is crossed over much higher - probably to allow greater dyna... | |
| B&W 802d Room Placement I think that side wall relationships are more significantly related to toe-in as is speaker to listener distance. That is an indisputable fact. However, it can be minimized by designing a speaker with an off axis response that is wide with even d... | |
| 128kbps AAC files... 128 AAC (iTunes) is pretty good. 256 AAC is slightly better and hard to identify against redbook in A/B listening on music. Of course, both are lossy so this is not audiophile quality but it is pretty darn good - say 99% there. |