shadorne
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| You're probably listening too loud BTW - odd harmonics somehow tells our ears/brain that it is loud - so adding compression can make something sound subjectively much louder. This is why the teenage daughter with the tiny PC speakers cranked can sound unbearably loud (distorted) wh... | |
| You're probably listening too loud with many rock and other popular recordings distortion is introduced both intentionally You bet it is. Nearly everything is compressed which naturally adds odd harmonic distortion (square wave is all odd harmonics). The terrible masking that occu... | |
| Sub output: Is it the woofer size or the rated RMS the ability of the cone to stop quickly when the input signal stops? That would be system Q or damping. An overdamped design would be extremely inefficient (low SPL output at 20 Hz) with a small woofer in a small box.Compare a WAF friendly produc... | |
| Sub output: Is it the woofer size or the rated RMS Interesting debate. IMHO, there is no question that a larger well built subwoofer will sound better than than ten small cheap ones sharing a box. The issue is that the single large woofer may cost up to $2K! Most high quality 15" subs are expensiv... | |
| Most agreed upon best speaker? But, I've never heard a horn sound quite right,(to my ears obviously) in terms of just raw staging. What is it that I'm missing? And which horns can and do stage accurately? Perhaps it is the narrow dispersion pattern that gets you. To produce co... | |
| Louis Bellson RIP yeah "skin deep" is like jaw dropping stuff - RIP | |
| You're probably listening too loud I find that 90 db SPL is generally most pleasurable but I do enjoy up to 100 db SPL continuous when Angus is playing three chord rock ;-)...some people forget that music is dynamic and exciting but I agree with those who say it should not be deafe... | |
| The Economy.. will hi end audio mfgs lower prices? Will there be a shake-out in high end audio? Will we continue to see $10k preamps and $30k amps? If the "banksters" keep paying themselves average bonuses of $112,000 then I expect $30K amps will continue to sell easily (especially if taxpayer ba... | |
| Which DAC has a deep wide sound ? Lavry DAC's tend to have wide sound. Basically anything with less than perfect phase between both channels will tend to give you a wider soundstage, as opposed to a tightly focussed narrow sound.Of course the biggest effect on wide sound will be y... | |
| Which DAC would fit me best? The DAC1 from Benchmark has a good headphone amp. I'd get that if I were looking for a cheap DAC to use with high quality headphones. I doubt you will find it used for much less than $800 though. | |
| How can you not have multichannel system Roger Waters and band performed the entire Dark Side of the Moon. Do you have Roger Water's Amused to Death done on his home studio using Q sound and ATC's? It is two channel but fun. | |
| Transient Attack and Amp Design Transients require large amounts of near instantaneous current without the voltage in the power supply dropping. Essentially the bigger a power reservoir you have the better an amplifier can cope with transients. It matters less how the power is s... | |
| The best "imaging" speakers? realistic dynamics are beyond current techology) It would be fairer to say that realistic dynamics is extremely rare in most small elegant tall home speakers but you do find realistic dynamics with some significantly large speakers and often horn... | |
| Can good speakers take edge off digital? Agree with Psacanli - I'd add that jitter is one of the culprits - so clean power helps as does gear that is low jitter. | |
| Need dynamic DAC Benchmark DAC1 is dynamic. |