shadorne
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| Assessing room response Don't freak if you get some strange results. This is why we treat rooms, and many conclude that their room is the component that most affects the results. Absolutely. Expect to be disappointed compared to a stereophile speaker freq plot... | |
| Proac Studio 3 any info ? 20+ years old, use ATC SM75-150 3" mid driver and an ATC SB75-234SC 9" woofer but I am not sure of the tweeter. These would probably be similar to an older (non SL version) of the ATC SCM50. If you just bought them then listen carefully for any "b... | |
| Burn in question and evaluation before burn in I think the question then becomes, is it even possible to build an amp that is unaffected by component burn-in? My experience, and not just with the Almarro, leads me to believe that it's difficult, maybe impossible Yes - It is possible to minimi... | |
| How to reproduce sound of piano Newbee and Dave,You guys are on to something - how to make a grand piano sound real in a room that is not big enough for a grand piano. It seems we all missed the obvious...it just ain't possible. The room is a good 50% of what you hear... | |
| Assessing room response I you have a PC try Room EQ Wizard with your Rat Shack meter. | |
| Burn in question and evaluation before burn in My example will be the Almarro A205A. Low power but very nice sound, even stock. The total number of hours to "settle in" will, of course, vary with the equipment and the caps, but you get the picture. Exactly! I completely agree. Those tubes and ... | |
| Using CD player without Preamp? The gain of the analog output circuitry can be changed under digital control. Exactly! A Crystal digitally controlled resistor network volume control chip with 0.5 db SPL intervals costs around $10 and has excellent performance. (Surprisingly thi... | |
| How to reproduce sound of piano this generally requires doped paper/pulp or woven fabrics - anything to "deaden" the sound of the diaphragm itself and prevent ringing I would add that the latest approach is to this problem is to use "Constrained Layer Damping" - instead of dopi... | |
| How to reproduce sound of piano Shadorne,How true, but I hate to have my head mimic a soundstage. Exactly - me too. I don't like the sound being in my head. Headphones eliminate the pinna and that means they can never sound realistic even if they have superb performance. | |
| How to reproduce sound of piano People say panels like the Quad 57 sound fast...this is the effect of a clean waterfall...there is no lingering ringing coloration to the sound - everything has a "light" realistic quality about it and you just hear more of the details on the reco... | |
| How to reproduce sound of piano Hello, Shadorne said a while back in this thread,"Let me say you need a very clean waterfall plot."What exactly do you mean by that? Also why do you want this? What does it mean ? And how do you get this? How do you identify this? The best is to ... | |
| How to reproduce sound of piano Anyone else feel that best headphones do better justice to piano than most speakers? Headphones have very low distortion levels and only a handful of speakers are designed such that they could begin to compete with $1000 headphones. I mentioned t... | |
| What happened to Plastic CD Cases? Less plastic and recycled paper = Green CDGreen CD's also sound better ;-) | |
| Burn in question and evaluation before burn in If my current experience about burn in is jusitified, I would not judge a brand new equipment just because it does not sound good right out of box. That is exactly what the manufacturer and salesman would say. Just be patient - eventually it will ... | |
| Digital Drum Kits I was a drummer for nearly twenty years. I know drums. You might enjoy the V expressions custom kits much more than me. I bought the Hodgepodge - 30 kits - all Acoustic and more dynamic/realistic than what the TD-9 came with (although what it cam... |