shadorne
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| Living Voice vs PMC? The PMC OB1+ does not use the same high quality midrange as in the bigger PMC's - it uses the Vifa D75MX (which is cheap and compresses quite easily). IMHO, better to get a "real" PMC - the ones with their own big 3" dome or an older used PMC mode... | |
| Are Wilson Sophia 2's lean in the midbass? Do you mean in comparison to other Wilson's like the Watt Puppy? If so then you can see on Soundstage measurement plots that is has a smoother bass response with less of a resonance peak. So perceptively it should sound leaner than WPs. | |
| High end Subwoofer question Since you can do this with Room EQ Wizard or another software I'd say it is more important to choose a high quality sub than to go for features. Many subwoofers are nothing more than excellent harmonic distortion generators. | |
| Uneven speaker cable lengths and cable termination Not necessary. At CES 2008 AJ Conti (Basis Audio) connected one speaker with a 6' length of cable and the other with 75' of cable. Interesting. I do not find that surprising at all - given signals travel close to the speed of light. Provided the ... | |
| Great Sub for NHT Classic Threes? Good suggestion the NHT S-20 might be a good choice. | |
| What could I expect to hear from a Class A amp? It would be nice to know of non-Pass Class A amplifiers that perform well, and why so. ATC make amplifiers with what is probably a sliding bias - you get 2/3 power Class A before it reaches Class AB operating point for the final 1/3 power. I have... | |
| Upgrade from Benchmark Dac? I never thought about it but I can imagine that power and cables would probably have a much greater impact on digital rather than on analog gear. Clean power does seem to affect digital - well it has in my experience. I suspect switched mode powe... | |
| What could I expect to hear from a Class A amp? The usual total harmonic and intermodulation distortion figures do not reveal the abrupt output stage distortions accurately because of the averaging factor involved in such measurements. A spike of crossover distortion may reach 2 per cent, but ... | |
| bryston 4b sst- could you or should you turn Gary,It is fine - it will warm up fairly quickly. I never leave mine on except when in use and it generate loads of heat when I use it. The only thing I leave on permanently is my DAC1 and that is because there is no switch - LOL! | |
| What could I expect to hear from a Class A amp? I'm not sure I understand, though, why Class A would run cooler when outputting signal into a load. It's tempting to think that could result from a portion of the current that would otherwise flow through some of the output transistors (at zero s... | |
| Upgrade from Benchmark Dac? Anything out there in the digital world that will blow me away like the Benchmark? I don't want to spend ten times the dough to get a debatable 10% more "sound". I suspect a lot depends on you. If you are skeptical (as your thread suggests) then ... | |
| What could I expect to hear from a Class A amp? Class A would be most evident at low power operation (less higher harmonic distortion from zero-crossing effects). If you use highly efficient speakers that barely use one watt then I'd definitely consider Class A. If you use something a little in... | |
| dali vrs. harbeth Where's the beef? I suspect you'll find Harbeth have a gorgeous midrange. I suspect you'll find Ikon's bass light and overly bright. Harbeth has the beef! Just two cents. (I am not saying Ikon is bad - they are excellent speakers to and great value) | |
| Treating a small room with diffusers? Here is an example what can be done. Notice the diffusion directly behind the listener. | |
| Treating a small room with diffusers? Diffusion is best when you're farther away as the waves need proper time and distance to spread out. When you sit very close to a boundary, the biggest issue is actually bass buildup which requires absorption. And I fully agree with that. What I ... |