shadorne
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| Smooth treble Ralph has a good point. Non musical added harmonics would not be smooth (Amp xover distortion - clipping etc.) Jitter would also not be smooth. The musically unrelated stuff (just like non musical driver resonance) is generally harsh or "etched" s... | |
| 2-way vs. 3-way Best 2-way as in.. Biggest-Baddest-Loudest? How about a definite contender for "Best 2-way that can compete with a big bad three way for farfield use?" (seeing as a three ways main advantage over a two way is broad even dispersion and generally a... | |
| How to go from RCA to XLR? So both output amplifier sections would still be driven, and therefore the result would be no reduction in output power capability, just a 6db reduction in gain as I and Atmasphere indicated. This is correct. The problem of using RCA to XLR (apar... | |
| Subsonic Rumble Solutions I suspect you are not able to 'dampen' the vibrations from the wood block or corion table. Squash balls was the right idea. Spikes are a bad idea. Personally I'd try memory foam next or a different sized wood block and platter - to me they both lo... | |
| 2-way vs. 3-way Let's not forget that the 4430/35 was a landmark design that became JBL's most succesful monitor - see this JBL Paper. The 4430/35 replaced many previous three and four way designs - it has extremely impressive even dispersion (power response) AND... | |
| High End jargon; your take Well I always knew that audiophiles were analytical but this thread seems to have taken a nasty turn. | |
| Smooth treble I like the wine analogy. It is very hard to find good new world wines that do not taste like grape juice - most are just way over the top in flavoring (like some speakers). You are absolutely right about wine being intended to be a balanced drink ... | |
| High End jargon; your take "Tight" as in "the bass became more tight." This is determined by system Q - an overdamped, critically damped or underdamped system. Q of less than 0.5 is tight. (impression is less bass until you turn it up and then it seems like someone is firi... | |
| Smooth treble It is all to do with waterfall...driver resonance is what messes up treble. Soft domes treated with damping material on the fabric work well.It is often a fight between on one hand stunning brochure quality frequency response plots versus a not so... | |
| Anyone catch what's goin' on at Tweeter?..deals? I read somewhere that Tweeter was planning a reverse takeover of Hooters. | |
| 2-way vs. 3-way "Far field" is 8' from the speakers? 8 Feet "+" - I think in your haste you missed the "+". If you prefer to draw the line at 10 feet then I would not argue with you. And a two-way just cannot "do it"? Perhaps you missed the conditions I gave for... | |
| 2-way vs. 3-way I'd agree with Shadorne in general. Yes - that is exactly what I meant - "in general". It does not mean you can't find something that will work outside this "general" envelope - say in a particular situation or requirement.I'd add that a two way ... | |
| Ultimate test of your system image It all makes perfect sense... | |
| New LPs with CDs inside The Petty release is something of a break-through insofar has he allows that purchasers of audiophile vinyl might also enjoy an uncompressed CD. What a concept! Tom Petty happens to be an audiophile. He is also probably trying to make a statement... | |
| Subwoofer Frequency Response question Conversely, is the idea behind <1m to keep the suckout in the same region as bass peaks in a typical room? Given the variation in peaks from room to room, this strikes me as quite a risky approach. I see I missed this. The idea of going close ... |