shadorne
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| best 4.5" midrange drivers under $1K Audioism,In simple terms the ATC unit was tested at 6 db higher SPL and yet the THD is about 10 db SPL lower - and it can probably play even much louder cleanly. Furthermore, if you look more carefully you will see that 3rd order harmonic distorti... | |
| Change to Horns or stay Dynamic Why the talk of stadiums and pro sound? Who cares? Sorry if I confused everyone. I was just trying to explain that long throw horns with narrow dispersion tend to be used to direct coverage over a small narrow area and work extremely well in stad... | |
| best 4.5" midrange drivers under $1K Cdc,It all depends at what level the test is conducted and even the units are different. Shinobiwan's test was equivalent to 96 db spl at 1 meter without an infinite baffle (so the low end distortion rises as you go below 600 Hz as the driver lose... | |
| Change to Horns or stay Dynamic If you look at the modern Klipsch and JBL designs you will see that they tend to respect this by using short throw horns with wider dispersion And I would add - that they sound great! | |
| Change to Horns or stay Dynamic Dgad,Excessively high compression ratio :You get non-linearities in air compression in the compression chamber at extreme compression (high efficiencies). It creates harmonic distortion. I would not think you need to worry about this with hi-fi de... | |
| Change to Horns or stay Dynamic Paul dynamics can not equal the dynamic range of a front horn no mater how much power you feed them. It just isnt going to happen Completely agree. In fact for sound reinforcement and for stadiums really horns are the only way to go. The narrower... | |
| most effective bass traps As an aside, I enjoy your well thought out responses to many questions on this forum. Am I correct to assume that using corner traps, such as ASC tube traps, is virtually always likely to improve bass response? Bflowers,Yes, for sure! Sorry I mis... | |
| Gain of Power Amp vs Playing at low volume It depends on matching with the preamp. I have always used poweramps with channel gain adjust controls - so you can set the gain optimaly.Perhaps you are reading about people using a poweramp without preamp => using the source as pre-amp and th... | |
| What Solid State PreAmp? From Chord to EMMLabs Switchman - what functionality do you want/need - to me the functionality is an important thing in a pre - not just the "specs" (which often exceed the recording quality). Do you want to be able to control one or two subwoofe... | |
| Stranded vs singal core conductors and skin effect As an audio enthusiast with an engineering background, have you ever experimented with DIY cabling?? I have tried 12 AWG 16 AWG - can't say as I can hear a difference but I tend to try to choose components in a rather specific way;=> speakers ... | |
| Stranded vs singal core conductors and skin effect I am an engineer. I would not worry too much - either stranded or solid core will work fine. Skin effect is a minor detail - it may affect what you hear above 15 KHz by as much as a mere 0.1 decibel in a worst case - that is assuming you have ears... | |
| Class A, AB Shadorne, I used the example of 75% to make a point- I don't think there are any amps out there that operate with that much 'enrichment' in AB mode. Atmasphere,Most of the Chord line of power amps are 'A' weighted to two thirds power or 67% - not... | |
| Change to Horns or stay Dynamic Dgad,Based on your comments you might try to audition ATC also - at least before taking the plunge - SCM100asl and upwards (depending on room size). In essence these are one of only very few conventional box speakers that sound as dynamic as the m... | |
| Does anyone out there NOT hear a difference in CD Nowhere is MrTennis so desperately needed as among a forumload of illogical audiophiles as in MrSpock, Audio Trek, "to boldy go where no audiophile has gone before", episode "I, Mudd", as in "is that muddy sound or is it just me being illogical". | |
| How Much Are Canadian Customs on US Made Imports Tobias is correct. I believe that you can import speaker drivers or spare parts from other countries (outside NAFTA) without import duty - however all finished products (like a speaker) get the 6% or sometimes higher "import duty" if not "manufact... |