shadorne
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| Your Favourite Remix Albums/CDs If you are looking for sound quality then Duran Duran "Strange Behaviour" has all the Nile Rodgers & Co extended mixes. The dynamics are nearly on par with Sheffield Labs Drum track CD - so not for any systems that are "faint hearted". (I mean... | |
| Last song on most LP's pressed with compression Reb1208,What you say is a reality. The way you get round it is to put a quiet track on the inner groove so it won't be as noticeable. The other option is to drop additional tracks and make the overall LP shorter. Since it is a physical problem the... | |
| Guitar Hero or Rock Band: Admit You Play? ACDC track pack is a hoot. (Live at Donnington) You can be a prude with your kids or gran kids ( huh - silly games - "I don't do that")Try living a little - stretch the envelope - and you might find yourself having fun! | |
| Emerald Physics: Same as the Quads in the fifties? Do you think the analogy is appropriate? Only time will tell whether this is a flash in the pan. There are very few products that stand the test of time. Since you profess an interest in excellent speakers, I'd suggest you try to find a speaker t... | |
| Can you adjust the phase between subs and mains? Ken,The phazer device appears to be just a variable delay. I don't think it does any more than the delay setting in your DSP amp. If you want to perform phase compensation across the bass between the mains and subwoofer then you'll need to examine... | |
| Please recommend a top-notch bookshlef speaker Be careful placing things on shelves in cabinets - it will collapse soundstage unless it is done very carefully and quite deliberately (a construction project). | |
| Can you adjust the phase between subs and mains? Ken,Well that explains EVERYTHING !!!!When I looked at your system I simply couldn't figure out why the roof of your house was still there. I mean why doesn't it simply blow off?Be warned! With the kind of high quality parts and superb build of yo... | |
| Speakers for HT/2 channel All the ATC designs from the 20 on up sound alike - so if you don't like one you've heard then don't waste more time. They are great for crystal clear dialog even with loads of stuff going on. Dynamics and loudness whilst maintaining low distortio... | |
| Front wall treatment Assuming your speakers radiate forwards then anything thicker than about 4 inches will be worthwhile for broadband bass absorption. I would not bother with midrange or treble as nothing much over 600 Hz goes backwards behind the speakers so anythi... | |
| Quality inversely related to power output? All this points to the efficiency of the loudspeaker as being quite important overall However, this now requires "all other things being equal" in speaker design. It is generally not as easy to find a full range speaker of 100+ db SPL with acoust... | |
| Quality inversely related to power output? Not true. As Gregm says - it is simply more difficult and more expensive to build more powerful amplfiers with similar performance to lower powered amps.If your only measure of quality is distortion then stick to headphones. As far as I am concern... | |
| Gallo vs. Quads ESL 57 Isn't this grounds to convince your wives that you need 3 pair of speakers and 5 different amps? On top of 2 mistresses and 3 GF - don't push your luck ;-) | |
| digital eq/room correction trade-offs As a corollary to what I said above - part of the reason people change gear so much and like re-mixes/re-masters by clever musically trained sound engineers is that they get a different accent on the musical experience - it changes where emphasis ... | |
| digital eq/room correction trade-offs I'd suggest to Step 1: find a good mains positioning and listening position so that you can run mains full range and untouched - the straight wire and gain approach.Step 2: find a good spot for your subwoofer that gives you again the least suckout... | |
| Gallo vs. Quads ESL 57 I think the problem with Quads owners is that we get spoiled...the emotions it gives you with voices and jazz are hard to beat. B&W 802D is not going to work in a small room. Try to hear an ATC SCM 20 or 19 - your tubes might be just enough t... |