shadorne
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| Soiund pressure levels What sound pressure levels are considered dangerous to hearing these days? SPL level depends on exposure and type of sound. It is not well understood. The fact that people almost always go deaf or at least slightly deaf as they get older complica... | |
| Difference between today and yesterday. Some say that speakers peaked in the late 60's to mid 70's and then went down hill after that.......If we stick to sound quality...I'd agree with the above, as the audiophile market definitely went in the directiion of art deco furniture (tall an... | |
| Which speakers will fill 5,000 cubic ft coherently The accuton drivers are not well known for playing loud/dynamically. So it is not surprising that a two way with these drivers might struggle in a large space. To me I don't think you need to go overkill - most equivalent price range three or four... | |
| Speakers that have wide horizontal dispersion a wide horizontal dispersion so that someone doesn't have to sit in a precise location to hear the best sound. Budget is $1500-2,000. ATC have wide dispersion (Dome Mid) but you will need an SCM20 or more to fill that size room....so look second ... | |
| Speakers in the 1000 dollar range.... ATC SCM20 Passive - look for a second hand older model pair (pre SL are cheaper) - be patient.Based on your requirement;voice, piano and violins and ....good realistic sound stage, transparency and accurate uncolored sound is important. I'd like n... | |
| Help Frequency Hole - Processor? Diva? I agree with Flrnlamp - the golden rule with EQ is "Do not boost for nulls"...so alternatively try different placements and EQ to tame the peaks - also room acoustic treatments can do a little to help to get a smoother response....but room modes a... | |
| Kharma FE 3.2 - be careful, space crucial Springbook, I've watched the same 3 speakers reamin unsold on A'gon for a month In your elite stratosphere this is one of the issues you run into....like the housing market at the high-end it can take well over a year to move a property - sometime... | |
| Are interconnect cables worth $15,000? I believe that 99% of all systems will benefit more from a $15,000 component upgrade than a $15,000 interconnect. Or you can add room acoustic treatment or a better house with a more suitable room to that list - I agree wholeheartedly. IMHO $15,0... | |
| Classical Record Labels and Recording Engineers... Telarc - Bishop ReinerMercury - You are there!Hans Zimmer (don't care for the music but good quality productioins)I see you missed these - so perhaps your group don't care for minimal microphone recordings but prefer the "multi-miked" mixes....it ... | |
| A question about front-ported speakers Paradigm make some good in walls too - so consider these. | |
| 2 10" subs equals 1 12" or 15" sub? But only if they have the same motor. Long-throw sub-woofer motors have xmax exceeding 20mm one-way; while 6-8" woofers often go only 5mm so it can be more like one 15" sub matches the output of 24 6" woofers. Absolutely agree...big is better! big... | |
| Current Trends in multi thousand dollar speakers Agreed - I would add that higher impedance also almost always results in lower distortion in power amps. | |
| Kharma FE 3.2 - be careful, space crucial It's not really that surprising that a two way speaker cannot fill a 5,000+ cubic foot space with sound. Yeah that was kind of my point too. I did not want to quite put it as bluntly as you have done but this is what I suspect may be the problem.... | |
| 2 10" subs equals 1 12" or 15" sub? Each sub will add around 6 db SPL. All things equal, which is rarely the case (same excursion, box size, placement, amp power etc).A 12" sub is around 40% more surface area than a 10" and a 15" is just over 100% more or double. So more or less two... | |
| Why do amps sound different? Kurt,I like your wine example. In amplifiers, it is TIM, IMD and high order odd harmonics that can make it sound "corked" even if the distortion levels are extremely small - would you agree? Perhaps there are other "contaminants" that in extremely... |