shadorne
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| The Economy.. will hi end audio mfgs lower prices? Republicans believe in deregulation but that only works when these institutions are honest & can be trusted. Good one. Yes indeed what can we "trust" - the problems run deep!"Trust Me" the wild claims are all bona fide fromSpeaker cable and i... | |
| Using a 15 inch woofer to do mid range 15 inch won't go more than about 500 Hz before beaming, however, horns are narrow directivity anyway. Done correctly, they will try to match the beaming from the 15" driver with the narrow directivity of the horn to make a smooth transition in the... | |
| DAC or a new cd player If you use the DAC1 then you can buy an HDMI switcher that handles four Toslink inputs to one toslink out (out to the DAC) - that way you can have any of your digital sources going to your DAC and no need for a mixer... | |
| You're probably listening too loud Violins have a lot of overtones between 2 and 7K (these can be significantly louder than the fundamental - it is quite normal that in certain situations you can find this instrument strident or unpleasant (especially loud as the overtones are not ... | |
| With $20,000 in your hand, what speaker would you I had problems with the ceramic midrange distorting with dynamic vocals That is common enough with consumer designs. Do you like to listen loud in a large space? Do you want something approaching panel sound in the midrange but more compact and w... | |
| Sibilance in recordings: your experience the same? Aldavis,Nice post. I'd agree that if you have an excellent system then a small portion of your collection will have a little too much sibilance (that is because not all studios are equipped with decent gear - many speakers have a midrange scoop fo... | |
| Where's the bass? To pass bean counters small cab, easy to build and ship,small drivers again saves cost, for WAF small and a nice finish. So many audiophiles buy the costly wee loudspeakers hoping to get performance but also tying to get loudspeaker past she or h... | |
| Wilson Alexandria V2 My Maxx's are great speakers but i'm constantly blowing the midrange capacitors. Have you considered trying pro gear? Most consumer designs don't like being driven hard as the drivers are not built for it. Soundstage won't even test a speaker abo... | |
| The Economy.. will hi end audio mfgs lower prices? Okay Shadorne, so you were right. Tell us what's next. Will Dow go down to 4500 as some now predict I began buying back in when the market dropped close to 50% (bargain hunting). Right now I will continue cost averaging down as the market falls f... | |
| I am sick of cables AlThis kind of thing has been demonstrated many times. One of the most lauded systems on Audiogon suffered a similar fate. Sighted the "special" cable sounded best without doubt but unsighted it was not possible to tell when the "special" cable wa... | |
| The Economy.. will hi end audio mfgs lower prices? {quote] ut of curiosity, can you tell me a stock that the stock market has treated kindly [/quote]Gold has done well. I advised this a little over a year ago when I warned A'goners about the coming stock market rout and financial crisis. Everyone ... | |
| Recommend To Me Some Tuba Music Tubby the Tuba - Danny Kaye more seriously try The Dirty DOzen Brass Band - plenty of sousaphone (equivalent of a tuba inn a marching band) | |
| If cables can break-in, can they then wear-out? If they age and if they also break-in then cables probably never stand a chance of ever sounding correct. To cope with this problem I suggest audiophiles sing along to this therapy.... | |
| John Mellencamp "Life,Death,Love....." T Bone Burnett uses ATC speakers for engineering, mixing and also for mastering (uses Gavin Lurssen). He has a thing about ensuring proper dynamics in what he produces. "Raising Sand" recently won album of the year Grammy. Perhaps there is still h... | |
| The best "imaging" speakers? I find the systems used in most public venues "harsh" and sloppy to my ears-to say the least. True i many cases - although not so at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. They have an excellent sound system. |