shadorne
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| Tone controls- to use or not? Altering tone always produces sonic degradation because it puts one more element in the chain (even if you set it 0dB/0dB). It destroys clarity imaging etc. "Destroy" is a strong word.I guess these guys have much to learn about how not to destroy... | |
| Tone controls- to use or not? there is an implicit assumption that that the engineer and the performer want the purchaser of a recording to hear "something" Well erm...Yes that is kinda the idea of music - generally your expected to hear something. I guess some people do use ... | |
| Next step after B&W 802D Speakers are very personal - you need to give more guidance.Have you considered bass traps and acoustic treatments- this might be be the best improvement you could make - given you have a great speaker already... | |
| Is break in quicker with Planars and Stats? When capacitors and other components drift with age and temperature over long periods then I am not sure when this becomes "aging" as distinct from "break-in".Again, careful component selection and design can minimize the audibility of these effec... | |
| Tone controls- to use or not? I've come to the sad realisation that my 40-year old ears no longer have their original upper frequency response. It is not a severe problem. Treble above 12KHZ is of very little of interest anyway in music. If you are suffering much lower down i... | |
| Tone controls- to use or not? Most of high end preamps don't even have tone controls and all amps sold in Best Buy do. This alone should suggest something. That audio purists are masochists and would rather buy several amps until they get what works in their room rather than ... | |
| Best lines in a song Hans plays with lotte, lotte plays with janeJane plays with willi, willi is happy againSuki plays with leo, sacha plays with brittAdolf builds a bonfire, enrico plays with it-whistling tunes we hid in the dunes by the seaside-whistling tunes were... | |
| To bi-wire or not to bi-wire? Musicnoise - with normal hearing, one can hear intensities from 0 dB to 140 dB Agreed. And how most home systems can be called "Hi-fidelity" when they are limited to maximum SPL of 95 db SPL at the listening position (before compression distortio... | |
| To bi-wire or not to bi-wire? This would correspond to steepness of the sound wavefront. A 14KHz tone that is not a sine wave can have a wavefront steepness corresponding to a 20 KHz sine wave. I haven't tried it lately, but supertweeters with response to 40 KHz and higher ar... | |
| Loud and Live Billy Squiers - Stroke Me - there is a live version!Cum On feel the Noise - Quiet RiotTrain kept Rollin' (all night long) - Aerosmith (great cover of this)Police - Next to youBoston - Foreplay/Long time Queen - Live at Wembley - this is an amazing... | |
| Which speakers have wide dispersion? Pedrillo - wide dispersion is possible in a conventional speaker and it is also possible in an omni directional speaker (Beolab 5, Ohms, MBL) However, contrary to popular belief - a large panel tends to have a narrow dispersion and suffer from lob... | |
| Gallos ohms mirages or deuvels Gallos will be really difficult to suspend with bungee cord - not recommended! The ore boxy ohms are a better choice. | |
| Which speakers have wide dispersion? Speakers that follow this principle are many. Audiokinesis, Energy, Mirage, PSB, Merlin, Axiom, just to name a very few...it is the main reason that dome tweeters are so successful. It is one of the major challenges in a midrange - especially in a... | |
| Which speakers have wide dispersion? It sounds more natural - direct and reverbernat energy match. Sound is good in a much larger sweetspot. Sound is easy to listen too and relaxing as opposed to the headphone feeling you get with narrow dispersion speakers. You can enjoy the sound w... | |
| Is break in quicker with Planars and Stats? Perhaps it depends on the design. An Electrostatic with high step up transformers + high voltage capacitors is more likely to change over time than a sealed box speaker with a compliant woofer. In the case of a sealed box speaker single woofer the... |