shadorne
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| Dealing w reflective surface between loud speakers if you can get those speakers out a couple of feet from the plane of the TV screen, which should be no problem at all if you have already pulled your speakers out into the room far enuf to enhance the sense of depth of image and avoid unwanted ba... | |
| Buzz about pure class A solid state amplifiers ? perhaps in some designs, but you would have to be running the amp at 100% rms power levels for that to occur, (and the heatsinks would not cool appreciably) most speakers and ears would have been damaged. This argument holds no water. [/url]Good ... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Analog tapes have a from of distortion/compression that is very pleasing - many pros still prefer it. Perhaps the close miked approach to music recording means that analog tape is the optimum medium for taking the sting or harshness out of the music. | |
| Are Digitally mastered LPs any better than CDs? Metallica is reputed to be better. Their CD's are normally compressed and flat topping throughout - an effect that is harder to do with Vinyl. So it depends. | |
| poor source material If you are referring to hyper compressed modern CD's then you are not alone with this problem. A lot of music is mastered today for car systems and boom boxes. This can help but it won't cure a hypercompressed CD - it may only take the edge off it... | |
| Buzz about pure class A solid state amplifiers ? The class A approach minimizes the thermal distortions by maintaining a more or less constant device temperature, and therby reducing the distortions caused by heating and cooling Hang on - a pure Class A device will cool when driven hard - it wi... | |
| Widespread Panic on Austin City Limits... Don't you mean New Orleans? | |
| Buzz about pure class A solid state amplifiers ? At elevated levels it is likely that both sound nearly indistinguishable.At low levels Class A is likely to have an advantage.Crossover distortion is not that "level" dependent. Therefore when the music is very soft then the crossover distortion m... | |
| Our home system: How good it is? in both cases it is mandatory to make a good wall tratment to avoid " interferences" Absolutely agree. However, if you sit on a couch with its back to a wall (head within 1 1/2 foot of a wall) then no amount of treatment is going to "avoid" signi... | |
| auditioning sessions vs. listening sessions So my questions are: can one make this kind of a distinction? Is it desirable to keep these two kinds of sessions separate? Nearly impossible to separate except if you listen to just a one or two instruments alone or concentrate on lead guitar le... | |
| Capri to the monoblocs 501, which cables? Clavil,I have no advice for you on cables but your 501 monoblocks ought to be able to drive this speaker (notoriously heavy load). Another Arnie Nudell designed beauty (in addition to your fine R 90's). | |
| Our home system: How good it is? I agree about the seat. I am also stunned by how many expensive systems have a listening position that is a couch with its back up against a wall. It just floors me. People who seem extremely knowledgeable about many facets this hobby who sit agai... | |
| CD recorder? Yes good choice - here is a pro option HHB CDR850In double blind listening tests audiophiles, recording engineers and laypeople participants could not tell when the A to D and D to A of this device was inserted in the signal path. So that is proba... | |
| studio equipment that makes it into home hifi My main point really was to hint at the fact that there may potentially be a lot of purely studio designed gear (often from unrecognised manufacturers) that we would never hear about in hifi magazines/internet forums For sure they have some stuff... | |
| studio equipment that makes it into home hifi Do a lot of the makers you mention actually build to differing standards for home use or studio use - different designers etc? Most of what I mention is the same for home or studio. Although any pro speaker maker needs to add grills and veneer fo... |