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| What kind of active speakers? So is the waveguide's effect solely around the crossover region?As you go lower in frequency the driver radiates widely - by adding a waveguide it will narrow the radiation pattern and reduce off axis energy. The waveguide will increase the loadin... | |
| Help chossing a good speaker. $ 3-5 K Thanks again. I have narrowed my choice to harbeth vs ATC. Either will make a great choice and should make you happy.IMHO, Harbeth's excel at lower volumes with a lovely midrange and warm delicious sound. ATC's prefer to be driven harder as they ... | |
| What kind of active speakers? Bob,Dr. Floyd Toole is an executive at Harmon (JBL) - I believe your speakers are designed using Toole's approach - wide even dispersion with useable signal up to 80 degrees. Most all nearfields are designed this way - and many have a waveguide so... | |
| the grills I don't think it will matter with Electras - on or off should sound equally good. | |
| the grills I checked my George Foreman manual and is says a hot dog takes five minutes but nothing about a yellow lab? Did you mean a black lab? I know of a good Cajun catfish recipe... | |
| What kind of active speakers? Bob, I actually have presumed - from reading some articles, somewhere - that near field monitors were designed specifically for a "close monitoring" setup, exclusively That is true - some are definitely designed and voiced this way. They will not... | |
| Quad ESL owners question Sound Lab or ATC are other options. Gordon Holt used Sound Lab for years - I believe he now uses ATC. I don't think ATC midrange beats a great electrostatic but it comes close and of course it does other things that electrostatics generally can't ... | |
| Jitter reduction, best device? Read up on Benchmark DAC1 also. They pretty much stake their product on its low jitter output even in the face of any extremely jittery input. No reviews with proper measurements have found fault with it, so far, although listeners may like or dis... | |
| How to diagnose the need for room treatment? Al,That is roughly correct but beaming starts a little earlier. If you look at figure 3 you will see that the prototypical 6" woofer and combined midrange should not really be used above 1.8 Khz - like was done in the famous Energy Pro 22 speaker.... | |
| Sub DIY vs mass produced? I get the picture You want to get your hands on her receiver. Damn, Shadorne, this one FINE woof woof. 80 lbs. - whoa! $1800, WHOA! Looks like it's worth it, though...Yes...unfortunately, if you really really want to zig-a-zig-ahh with extremely h... | |
| How much fluid do you guys use? About 10cc... | |
| Sub DIY vs mass produced? If you want to beat or at least equal everything out there then you need one of these drivers. | |
| D.I.Y. Bass Traps- calling acoustic techs.... FWIW - large = minimum of 16 inch thickness for absorbers ...and probably all four corners treated extensively (floor to ceiling)You could use resonators but they tend to ring - and in the end it may be better to have a hump and a better RT60 than... | |
| Stunning Harpsichord Recording You need to look up Christopher Hogwood. He pays a lot of attention to historical detail with period instruments and makes outsanding recordings. | |
| How to diagnose the need for room treatment? Here is a useful chart to explain how the speaker will sound. You can see why B&W would choose to voice it this particular way: bass string pluck, drum and guitar attack and vocal presence will all be increased- giving the impression of more d... |