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| Best sounding Dean Martin Christmas Album Also try Michael Buble - a new young crooner. He has done a few traditional Xmas tunes. | |
| A Bass Question I agree with those that say for music the Low E on the guitar is generally enough. If it rolls off after that then I would not worry about it at all. In fact, unless you have a very high end system, it is better to have bass roll off much earlier ... | |
| How to make sound less detailed with warmth? If the Thiel 1.3 uses a metal dome tweeter then this may explain your problems with the violin - high Q resonance from a rigid diaphragm - it is a common problem with all light weight rigid diaphragms (ceramic, metal etc.).Some designers (such as ... | |
| Top Speakers for Nearfield Listening in Small Room At that price range for a small two way monitor the world is your oyster. What is best will depend on your taste but you can afford something extremely well finished at that price, as small montors are rarely that expensive. What don't you like ab... | |
| Speakers that do rock justice ... What about speakers that are good at rock, but also sound very good at mid to lower volumes? There are a great many speakers to choose from at low to mid volume capability levels - most of them sound excellent. A good audiophile rock speaker will... | |
| Recommend a forward speaker I told the dealer what I thought about the Sophias, and he told me that Wilson actually intentionally de-emphasizes the decay in their crossover. I am not sure what the dealer means here. Any resonance will be controlled by the box volume, portin... | |
| Recommend a forward speaker (Wilson Sophia) they had a very unnaturally truncated decay What were you listening to? Are you sure it was not the recording? Could it be the setup or room? I find this observation surprising on such respected speakers. FWIW: It is impossible to... | |
| Von Schweikert VR4-JR Any chance you are over-driving your amp into clipping? | |
| Speakers that do rock justice ... Here are a few rockers that have used the speakers mentioned by Bongofury; Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, Robert Plant, Roger Taylor, David Gilmour, Mark Knopfler, Lenny Kravitz, Sting, Lou Reed, Rick Springfield, ACDC, INXS, Suzanne Vega, Ian Anderso... | |
| single versus multiple driver? Consider active speakers. There is no crossover and less IMD from the complex interaction of multiple drivers all connected to one amp. Tannoys have active dual concentric speakers if you are concerned about point source. | |
| What Volume do you listen at? Grand Piano = 110 db SPL, Drum Set = 115 db SPL...if you like live music or have ever played any instruments then you will know that music is loud because instruments are intended to be heard by others.Furthermore your ear can handle from 120 db S... | |
| Why Do Audio Engineers Use Different Speakers? Fishboat, if the engineer uses such different equipment/speakers (relative to an audiophile) & optimizes the sound based on very different speakers...Then it will not sound the same...yes this is a big problem. However most engineers know how ... | |
| Beolab 5 - Four Questionable Technologies 20+ years is a long time - so choose wisely. If you want a statement/conversation piece then the Beolab looks like it came from Forbidden Planet - no guest will miss it - it is a stunning art item as well as a speaker. Since you listen to music as... | |
| Why Do Audio Engineers Use Different Speakers? David Gilmour also uses Shunyata as do many other studios.=> your friend is wrong about this point. | |
| Beolab 5 - Four Questionable Technologies Just be aware that omnidirectionals work best pulled way out into the room (6 to 8 feet from wall/window). The Wilsons will give you more placement options, IMHO. If you place the BEO 5's too close to those glass windows then the soundstage may co... |