shadorne
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| the best music dvd video?? Try Black Eyed Peas Sydney to Vegas - good dynamics and actually sounds like a real concert rather than the usual crap. I also agree with the Eagles - excellent sound quality on that one.Of course without the surround channels it is a mute point a... | |
| Side laying Monitors Meyer HD 1 (good active side mount speakers). | |
| Beolab 5 - Four Questionable Technologies the BeoLab5 radiates full power throughout the mid-to-treble range towards the side (unlike a conventional box speaker whose output sharply attenuates to the sides) Not all conventional box speakers have narrow dispersion ( no side radiation ) - ... | |
| Need Speakers at least 4 feet high Just raise the speakers using Omnimount gear and angle them downwards slightly. 200 lbs is not that heavy. ATC do this all the time for clients. I have used Omnimount brackets on smaller ATC's with no issues. You can hang them from the ceiling or ... | |
| bookshelf in a bookshelf? The issue is edge diffraction => claustrophobic sound. You must stay away from any sharp edges close to the edge of the speaker baffle. Ideally you should build them into the bookshelves with a picture frame around the speaker baffle and pack t... | |
| Are Sound Waves Able To Penetrate Canvas Painting? A painting no - except in low frequencies - a porous fabric - yes. | |
| Beolab 5 - Four Questionable Technologies Finally, if you like the Beolab concept you should also consider the Meridian line of active speakers. I agree wiith this suggestion. I am partial to active speakers - so it is goes against my preference to recommend a passive speaker over teh ac... | |
| Beolab 5 - Four Questionable Technologies How much space was there between the speakers and the side walls? About 3 feet - so enough not to ruin the image. If you want to listen for imaging and soundstaging, then sitting in the sweet spot (equidistant between both loudspeakers) is essenti... | |
| Beolab 5 - Four Questionable Technologies Also, the congestion I heard at demo may be due to distortion generated by the speaker as loudish, complex musical passages tax the drivers and force them to misbehave. Or, as I noted, it could have been the set-up or some defect. I was not liste... | |
| Beolab 5 - Four Questionable Technologies I gather you are referring to the lack of the illusion of the musicians laid out properly in space in front of you.Yes Exactly. I wonder if that flaw is the price one pays for the benefits of the Acoustic Lens technology? This technology allows f... | |
| passive vs. electronic passover LOL...ski6132The biggest benefits of bi-amping will indeed come if you remove the passive crossover. The article neglects to mention that an active crossover can also be designed to match the drivers so that phase linearity is maintained across th... | |
| Warner and Blu ray? Well I am glad I went Blu-ray - I have about 30 discs already and I was not happy about chucking these away if HD-DVD won.I wonder what Rysa thinks - he works for Toshiba and they will be very unhappy about this and may have a different story or v... | |
| Are modern speakers better than old speakers? I went from a traditional wood box to a composite material box. I don't think I would go back to a wood box anymore. Do you mean real wood panels for speaker cabinet walls? Most wood box speakers are made from MDF...which is itself a composite ma... | |
| Beolab 5 - Four Questionable Technologies ""The term applied to the use of comb filters to obtain special sound effects." Is that what you mean by flanging? HenryWhat I mean by flanging is exactly that. In the case of two tape recorders playing the same signal slightly out of time then y... | |
| What is FAST? I agree with all the above. Fast would not exist if there were not a lot of "slow" or warm gear around. So like Good is only good becuase of Evil - so it is for fast.Essentially it is abnissue from the combination of dynamics, transient response, ... |