shadorne
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| In Whose Ears Do You Trust Most? I trust my ears, but only to a point. We all must trust our own ears, yet it is far too easy to lose objectivitywe need external validation from other disinterested ears, and from empirical measurements. Well said. Although, I find that disinter... | |
| Diffraction be gone Here is a picture of the Dual Hyperdome Tweeter - so you get the idea. The faceplate was recessed so that the foam "gasket" sat flush with the baffle. When you consider that a tweeter generally costs a mere $25 in most speakers and that foam can b... | |
| Diffraction be gone Interesting.Do you have ASLT or 20-2?Do you listen with the grill off? (grill should definitely be ON for the towers to avoid those sharp baffle edges)How close are the speakers to side walls? (4 feet or more away is best)FWIW: I found a significa... | |
| Directional interconnect cables Since you guys are running a tab, I'll have a Pear D'Anjou liqueur and matching set of cables. | |
| Gallos how good are they? The dispersion pattern of most conventional speaker designs is nothing like that of live acoustic instruments. This is perhaps the biggest reason why even many of the best stereo systems sound like stereo systems and not live performances Agreed,... | |
| Directional interconnect cables trust cable companies - they certainly know more and have more experience. I am sure you can trust many of them, however, I would be cautious about their vested interest in selling higher margin products. And a $400 audio or video cable is likely... | |
| fine tuning speaker placement After a month, I finally got it to +/- 5db 20Hz to 16KHz. I also got a basic package from GIK.It had the most to do with where I was sitting.Many thanks for the help. That is exceptionally flat. Well done. | |
| ATC Anniv. vs. REG.Active - How big a difference? Big Difference does not exist at ATC. This may come as a big surprise as most manufacturers offer an array of wildly different sounding speakers to suit a variety of tastes. As for ATC, throughout most of their line differences are quite subtle. T... | |
| Gallos how good are they? You should resist the "itch", IMHO. If you like the MBL 116 then try Mirage or Ohms as suggested but be wary of the extra ambience that comes with these designs - they can really shine but you'll need lots of space... | |
| why are two subs harder to place than full range? I'm getting a second sub for a rather large vaulted room, have an injured back, and would rather minimize what seems like a rather long process, at least for the time being by just keeping the subs with the mains. The best spot is often away from... | |
| How do you explain slow/lazy sound? Slam or attack is in the upper midrange 1 to 3 Khz (when a drum stick hits the skin or a piano hammer hits the strings). If you cut this upper midrange then it will sound laid back (many speakers do so and sometimes deliberately so). Another effec... | |
| Directional interconnect cables Musicnoise, I agree with most of what you said but the velocity of electrons (called drift velocity) required to move a few A of current inside a copper wire is indeed only a few mm per second. For those lay people confused by this. Think of a a ... | |
| Nova Utopia Be or Dynaudio Temptation\Wilson Maxx If you like the Sophia then my suggestion would be to stick to simpler three ways rather than Appolito designs (which use two midranges to increase output/avoid compression but all suffer from lobing issues). You may prefer the sound of the Sophia... | |
| The closest approach...really Interesting discussion. While I can understand the pursuit of best sound reproduction available (within the constraints of your budget if you have one) what I can't understand is how does one know when the pinacle has been reached and that furthe... | |
| faint precession of sound on vinyl As passionate as I am about vinyl, this is one area where CD works. Too bad it sounds as dead as my great grandfather's genitals. Some forms of distortion are pleasing to the ear - since the Beatles engineers have been playing around with effects... |