shadorne
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| Sub users... I have been reading about the JL Audio Fathom F113 and one concern I have is that a couple reviews stated that the F113 lacks a high-pass filter, which can be an issue for two-channel use, unless I use an external x-over, which I do not desire to... | |
| If you play your music between 10 and 12 on the d Anything past 11 should be ok. Basically volume controls are not great when attenuating enormously. Some resistor ladders are very good though. Pots are usually bad at the extremes and it is better to play past 11 with 1PM being pretty much gauran... | |
| Which James Bond Theme Recording How about being a Slave to the Rhythm? Notably one of the better Bond adversaries unless you prefer Jaws! | |
| which bang for the buck DAC? I am using Dynaudio S3.4 That speaker has a fairly flat response. It will probably work with the Benchmark DAC1 without sounding too "etched" or articulate. If you check the reviews on the Benchmark everyone says it is lean sounding particuarly i... | |
| Which James Bond Theme Recording I second Mofimadness and woudl add the "orginal theme" from Dr No perfromed by John Barry & Co. and also "From Russia With Love".FWIW - desppiet the racial overtones in Live and Let Die - I still think the apoplectic Louisianna Sheriff that ke... | |
| which bang for the buck DAC? I've compared the Benchmark to the Apogee Mini-DAC head-to-head. The Benchmark was extraordinary, so detailed it was the musical equivalent of watching bodybuilders ripped for competition.That is "lean" indeed! FWIW - a DAC needs to integrate wit... | |
| “Real” bass vs. “Boom” — how do you know which? If you want to know if you have boomy bass just take a look at your waterfall plots! You can see an example of a waterfall on my virtual system. It is simple to do but I suspect most "plug 'n play" folks (who consider a major upgrade to be changi... | |
| Anybody prefer JL Audio or Velodyne subs for rock? Frankly any one of the SVS PB13Ultra, JL F113 or the Velodyne DD18 are going to be excellent in either mono or stereo (it doesn't matter much but you may get a more even in room sound if you have two subs to play with and you have the liberty of p... | |
| Subs for coners or built-in sub inside speakers You'll need something that has low Q (overdamped) and rolls off gently in the bass so that you don't get too much boosted response from the corner placement - something like a Vandersteen sub or REL perhaps? | |
| And the "Best" Dynaudio monitor is...? Of the mini monitors the C1 is without a doubt the best. The S1.4 and Special 25 have the classic small speaker big box sound and have a resonance hump in the bass response (underdamped design) - this will probably sound more impressive but it sim... | |
| Strange amplifier problem Remember the amp cools quickly during the time it takes to replace a fuse and then once you play music again it may run cooler on whichever side of the amp (+ve or -ve signal) that is tending to breakdown. | |
| Strange amplifier problem If the fuse is blowing then you have a power supply problem - a component has failed somewhere or is failing once it gets real heat (things can get very hot on standby on Class A designs - they actually run cooler when operating). When the device ... | |
| Audio Noise from my step up/down transformer You probably have a power imbalance and you are using too small of a transformer for the task. This causes transformer core saturation on either the positive or the negative AC cycles... leading to harmonic distortion and a DC offset that induces ... | |
| “Real” bass vs. “Boom” — how do you know which? I'm not a fan of using drum recordings since the bass drum will have one note pitch so will not offer the differentiation I look for. Good point (although drum sounds are much more complex in their sound compared to typical instruments that follo... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? It would all sound so much better if our ears were analog! What a shame that all mechanical hair movement in the cochlea is converted to nerve impulses in order to be sent to the brain (i.e. an analog to digital conversion, with individual nerves ... |