shadorne
Responses from shadorne
| Interconnect cable upgrade disapointment Perhaps I should demo some higher level audioquest and a different line of cables. I will make a trip to my local dealer. FWIW - you should NOT expect to find a substantial difference in one good cable to another more expensive good cable if your... | |
| ? Modded Oppo 983 ? Mjcmt,Let us know how the DAC1 sounds - can you hear a solid imprvement or not? I note that Benchmark's DAC1 has a few years under its belt and yet lives on with high resale value - an almost certain sign of a good product. (I avoid bleeding egde ... | |
| musicality and dynamics without enhancements the term "musical" cannot refer to an audio component. an audio component is not an instrument. it is a reproducer, inaccurate though it may be". Mr T - why so Black and White today when you are nornally in the middle?For sure equipment that adds... | |
| Holographic imaging I've read many posts where requests have been made to explain cable "technology", so I don't agree that it's been given a pass Yes but there is always an army of followers out there ready to jump to the defense of even the most dubious scientific... | |
| Holographic imaging That's not an attack. That's due diligence. Good point but why are some things allowed to go without any demand for due diligence - most cables "technology" for that matter - that was kind of what I meant to imply but you are right to correct me. | |
| Holographic imaging IMO we are dealing with a case of the Emperor's New Clothes. IOW I'm with Tvad on this one. I second Tvad and Ralph but folks remember I am dumb engineer so I don't believe a tenth of the scientific claims in any subject in the audio domain - unl... | |
| Speakers that disappear Tvad is absolutely right - set them up on your front lawn for a couple of days - they are sure to disappear. | |
| Holographic imaging I was referring to an instantaneous shift in velocity of 1:1.005 Well you'll have to be more precise then if you want to help me understand. What you have described is just too vague for me to follow which is why I gave a specifc example with spe... | |
| Holographic imaging Lets assume that a 200 Hz bass note is modulating the 1000 Hz note. This will cause a 1khz tone to shift up to 1005 hz At this level it is a mere twinkle in the eye of harmonic distortion but is distortion nonetheless. Not the way I understand F... | |
| Holographic imaging You dont have to manually change the volume (yourself) your amplifier is changing the gain on the fly I understood that from your previous post. My question is why we do not see this in THD and IMD figures or an analyzer which looks at the dis... | |
| Holographic imaging It is the CHANGE in volume that affects the pitch Since you make no mention of frequency (group delay). I take this to mean that you suspect that the absolute signal level changes the propagation delay in the circuit. This is a non-linearity that... | |
| What is your favorite type of tweeter? Domes are extremely good. They are perhaps the best shape for a driver and give the most even dispersion. Small 1 inch domes are very cheap when used as a tweeter (hence extremely popular) and sound great. The likley reason they are not used on mo... | |
| Next up... new speakers... If you are thinking of a bigger B&W - just a reminder about my warning about on axis and off axis dispersion (which is unsurpassed in your N805 compared to all B&W's apart from the top of the line 4 way Nautilus and the old silver signatur... | |
| Article in WSJ about compressed dynamic range Any lawyers out there - possible class action lawsuit here? I have over 1000 CD's and I would estimate that at least 10% are "hard clipped" throughout - that means totally maxed out with flat square waves on peak parts in the music. In any other r... | |
| DIY cable elevators If you have a basement - drill a hole through the floor and hang the wires across your basement - no ambient noise - large air gap and you can use it to hang your handyman tools - try different tools for different effects - a saw to sharpen the so... |