shadorne
Responses from shadorne
| Source or speaker But I believe the source is the reason spectacular systems sound the way that they do. If by source you include the quality of the actual recording then there is no doubt that a good recording is a also a huge factor. Variability in recording qua... | |
| cables are they worth it? Both cost around $800 each for 1 meter Others will disagree, but $800 is much better spent elsewhere, IMHO. There is absolutely nothing wrong with ordinary Walmart cable in most cases. How much is better construction, better shield, better lookin... | |
| B&W Nautilus 804s and clipping Everyone has their trick - firstly you need to be intimately familiar with the sound of a particular recording - I like well recorded piano and percussion as the best indicator of tweeter quality (as most tweeters compress all too easily and this ... | |
| Source or speaker Shardorne did I step on your toes? Not at all - just poking fun ;-)I simply tried to follow your own logic at the start of the thread. Either you built your system around your source ("get the source right and everything follows") or as you state... | |
| dynamic range -the good and bad? If I turn my volume up so that the orchestra sounds right the soloist is louder than a real instrument can play. That is my experience too. It is one of the reasons recorded music sounds like recorded music and not live music. I like Telarc becau... | |
| Stranded vs singal core conductors and skin effect Sometimes I wonder if even keeping the DC resistance low by using large wire is important. I agree it is relative. If you have a low impedance load then it starts to become a small factor. With well designed speakers and short runs and an appropr... | |
| Source or speaker How I got my sytem to sound right (to me of course) was mostly out of luck. Great point. You can take the totally random luck approach or you can take Bill's advice. I fourth Audiofeil! | |
| dynamic range -the good and bad? Dynamic range is GOOD.The death of dynamic range on modern recordings has made audiophiles an endangered species... | |
| 15 watts & 94 db eff. speakers: how loud? I'm wondering, is this the nature of hard clipping in digital amps, to begin before there is any real noticeable distortion or is something wrong with the amp? Yes this is normal. SS amps generally clip all of a sudden and they can sound very bad... | |
| "Budget" cable advice, please I can't break the bank on cables, but want to get a marked improvement in the system. Monster cables are generally a high priced and higher build quality cable brand already. If you are looking for value then I'd stick with them - especially as y... | |
| sub+satellite or full range? A Sat+sub is a great WAF friendly option. If you wall mount the small satellite speakers the wife may be even happier. They can sound very good but integration can be a challenge/headache so I'd recommend you go with one manufacturer for sub and s... | |
| 16K to Spend. Help me make the end all Upgrade. Baraeryo,For a modest dual purpose space and given WAF considerations you might do well to consider small high quality two ways and a powered sub. You could wall mount the speakers to conserve space and you only need space for the sub. | |
| Source or speaker Bob,Good point. In a way it all often amounts to "insurance". If your engineering minded then XLR balanced "insures" you a better sound because you know it has theoretically better noise rejection and immunity from RF/EM. In reality RCA is often s... | |
| Anyone going Phantom Center Channel? Just remember unless you use the exact same speaker for the center as you do for the mains - then it is automatically a form of compromise....for a single viewer or a couple on a sofa well back from the speakers then Phantom is the lesser of evils... | |
| Source or speaker I just thought I should post that I never determined whether hanging the amp with bungee chords made any difference. Glad to hear you didn't find an audible improvement - perhaps my ears aren't so bad after all. I get the impression from many pos... |