shadorne
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| woofer combo & alignments: on large vs few small What is the trade off in having one large woofer vs several small woofers? A single large woofer is an easier load and can be put in a single box. Generally you get the most dynamic bass response (moves more air) and large voice coils cool better... | |
| What kind of active speakers? A smooth off-axis response I understood to be important to obtaining a larger listening region, but I had not given any thought to its impact on reflections. That makes sense. Especially important when you realize that we hear the energy from the... | |
| What kind of active speakers? Musicnoise,I have this book. It is excellent although a bit long winded for a useful reference. (Not enough math for my tastes but plenty of psychoacoustic discussions) | |
| Two-part headphone question HD650 is top line quality. If your headphone amp is not great quality then get something with low impedance. My Sennheiser HD-25-1-11 Pro's work great with crap amps - extremely dynamic and great for PC's or airplane trips as you get around 17 db ... | |
| Subwoofers - Front Firing vs. Downward Firing As a general rule - as you move the sub out into the room you'll need to use a sharper low pass filter and lower cut off to achieve proper integration and don't forget to add delay based on the sub position to the listener => 1 foot closer = 1 ... | |
| Subwoofers - Front Firing vs. Downward Firing Bear in mind that by moving the woofer around you are altering the position of the bass driver. This is similar to moving a speaker or raising it on a stand. If your subwoofer is 2 feet high then if you turn it upside down you have rasied the woof... | |
| Subwoofers - Front Firing vs. Downward Firing Acoustically there is likely to be only a small difference in the bass. The downfiring sub will be close to the floor surface at a high pressure point - so you may get slightly more acoustic output (think how loading helps a horn) - although this ... | |
| Q. on speakers, powered or regular Setup will be the biggest factor. I'd get something designed for it rather than a dogs breakfast (audio at 2 feet will sound different - you will probably need an HF cut to retain balance if you use a regular speaker and integrated). Sound will be... | |
| Upgrade...Sounds great...Goes away No. Never. Something is an improvement or it isn't. Improvements are hard to obtain above a modest investment - but you can easily get all kinds of coloration that will be pleasing or impressive and excitingly different. Added distortion and color... | |
| What was the movie? Clockwork Orange with Malcolm Mcdowell. You go the plot a bit mixed up. The music is mostly classical (Beethoven) but reworked by Wendy Carlos. Here is an interesting piece of audiophile trivia: Scene Four in that movie - Battling Billy Boy - happ... | |
| David Gilmour Live in Gdansk Oilman,In case you are interested in the production of "Live in Gdansk", there is an interview with the Pink Floyd's sound engineer at RecordProduction. There are a few photos of the Studio he uses. Gilmour with Pink Floyd.Most memorable was their... | |
| Help chossing a good speaker. $ 3-5 K Do you think I will need to crank the ATC's volume up to more than an average of 75-80 db to get them to sound good? Sincs you have a sub you will be able to compensate for teh lean bass response of ATC at low volume levels. However, I think that... | |
| Flash report from 2009 T.H.E. Show -"Live or Memorex" (DSD recording VS live piano) Is that Doug Sax and Bill Schnee demo of their new high resiolution recordings using TAD compact monitors and the Florian DAC?Did you find the playback convincing? | |
| What kind of active speakers? The idea of sound field integration (if that's the correct term) based on distance to the listener is confusing to me. I don't have a visual image in my head as to what's going on. Try to imagine how as a listener you are hearing the direct signa... | |
| What kind of active speakers? It won't affect the tweeter response much at high frequencies. But it may help to flatten the off axis response at higher frequencies (at the expense of narrowing dispersion slightly. |