shadorne
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| mastering vs room and synergy of equipment A poor choice of room can indeed make for a muddy fatiguing sound - I quite agree. You can also lessen the harshness from bad mastering by depressing the midrange and playing at lower volume levels. Some "hot" overcompressed CD's initially sound g... | |
| Does anyone out there NOT hear a difference in CD of course, that one never really knows for sure *how* neutral one's system is, until an upgrade is made that reveals previous colorations. How do you know that it is not the "upgrade" that is adding coloration? This can just as often be the case ... | |
| best 4.5" midrange drivers under $1K yeah it's 4in afterall..i cant go bigger cause dont wanna to rework much on enclosure and my listening space is limited if not small The cone may be 4" but have you looked at the specifications for the voice coil. It probably uses a 26 MM diamete... | |
| best 4.5" midrange drivers under $1K but have you tried excels? No. But I am old school and a woofer or mid/bass with a voice coil diameter barely bigger than a typical tweeter kind of rules them out for me. You are talking thermal compression big time, IMHO - even at modest levels. | |
| Class A, AB The definition of Class AB is: Class A to some given power, it might be 5% or 75% (doesn't matter), and then 'B' operation after that Surely an amp that is capable of operation to 75% of power in Class A is much more expensive to build than one t... | |
| best 4.5" midrange drivers under $1K I totally agree with Gregm. I would be tempted to double up on most 4.5" midranges when working to 150 Hz. I am skeptical that even the accutons could work well that low even if doubled up at all but the most modest of volumes.Pulp Paper is undera... | |
| Class A, AB I too have Class AB amps that run in class A mode until two-thirds power then run in AB mode. I a not sure of the design principles used - perhaps a sliding bias or the final ouput stage only goes to work at the higher operating range.... | |
| Need help What monoblock power amps for bass? I like fast and tight bass (often connected with SS amps),that is a priority. This will be largely determined by the speaker. I am not familiar with your speaker but it depends how they are designed. Q=0.71 is critically damped and will sound "ti... | |
| best 4.5" midrange drivers under $1K @shadorne: Im trying to find to best my excel midrange, i know theyr colder than paper but to me they deliver clear and as-is presentation Shadorne, I would guess you are a fan of the dome midrange? What material? If Audioism is looking for high... | |
| Does anyone out there NOT hear a difference in CD how do you compare the sound of the recording to what comes out of the speakers ? You use a microphone at a nearfield position or in an anechoic chamber and compare the result to the input reference signal. You can measure all forms of distortion... | |
| best 4.5" midrange drivers under $1K Funny, but I prefer paper for its snappy sound. Poly cones sound smoother but sort of dead IMHO. Exactly my thinking. Poly makes a good material for two way woofer/midbass - not my first choice in a midrange though. It is funny how perceptions ar... | |
| Need New Speakers I'm with Jaybo - get the 8's. | |
| State of the art speakers from yesteryear. I had a pair of NS-10s. They were not what I would call one of the great speakers of yesteryear. Ahh, but did you ever try putting toilet paper tissue over the tweeter and hanging them from the ceiling with bungee cord? That is the all important ... | |
| Does anyone out there NOT hear a difference in CD Shadorne, the watch illustration is fallacious; in timekeeping there is one universal unit of measurement. In audio what is the equivalent universally agreed unit of measurement by which one can easily assess the merit of a component? That is jus... | |
| Ribbons caught my att.- should I buy or build? I am not sure I would start DIY with a Ribbon. They are typically more challenging than conventional drivers. I'd start a DIY project with paper or poly cones first. |