shadorne
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| Why are LCDs more popular than plasma? I have both and plasma is better. While it is true that LCD can give out more light (convincing in direct sunlight).....they fail in low light situations and start to look like a projected screen - they just can't cut it in low light conditions - ... | |
| whoom instead of BOOM I reckon Dbphd has the solution...get a big Velodyne HGS-15 (or two). Small subs just can't handle the transient energy above a certain point (around 100 db which is not loud for frequencies from 20 to 40 Hz) and run out of gas at too low an SPL t... | |
| a Power vs Volume Question AOLmrd1241,Yes of course - a tweeter never needs more than 50 watts....if you remove the ultra LF load from the amp then it will play cleaner louder... | |
| Smallest room dimensions for good bass to 20hz Arthur is right - big rooms need lots of powerful bass reproduction - very expensive as loud accurate bass is exponentially expensive. So the sound is indeed far better in a large room provided you have the resources to fill it with sound at neces... | |
| whoom instead of BOOM Don't know what you mean by whoom....but if you want to rattle the windows and couch and feel the sound pressure on your pants then you need one if not two big subwoofers with 15 inch woofers and 500 watt amplifiers and huge drive motors. I assume... | |
| Cost no Object but Small Room In my opinion a small room calls for speakers with a well-controlled radiation pattern and/or smooth power response, as inevitably the bulk of the reverberant energy will arrive earlier than in a larger room. ATC SCM 20's are quite nice in that s... | |
| James Randi vs. Anjou Pear - once and for all I'm with Muralman1. I agree that these blindfolded reviewers should be able to distinguish uninhibited signals through naked cables compared to rubber or plastic or leather. I just have a hard time visualizing it. | |
| most accurate loudspeakers.... I agree with Rcprince-Dunlavy's are ONE of the most accurate speakers make around. Of course in used market since the Co went out of business Agreed. Duntech Sovereigns are tremendously well respected, as are the V's. | |
| Does absolute polarity matter? You should keep your sub and speakers in phase...place them all close together and then play with polarity - the strongest signal is usually in phase. Absolute phase has proven to be audible with certain very specific test signals. Some claim to h... | |
| most accurate loudspeakers.... The dealer had a cone on hand to demonstrate how he can stand on an 8 grams 6 cone and not break or bent it. Very impressive.That is amazing!Light weight rigid cones are very attractive for rigid "piston' behaviour. The ability to control them w... | |
| Help me order my new APPLE Computer The best value option is the new intel based iMac with the 20" screen and 2.4 GHz and 320 GB drive. It runs very quiet compared to previous iMac's and power macs. If you are serious then you probably nead to hook it up to an external RAID drive an... | |
| most accurate loudspeakers.... Roy,I have not seen the plots you refer to so perhaps you could PM it? Your observation that ATC powerful mid domes can sound harsh when driven hard is a fair one. ATC claim IM distortion in the inner ear affects hearing at extreme levels (could i... | |
| What speakers can b considered as world reference? He said his major design constraint when engineering the Bose cubes was how to get decent sound pressure for a $4 manufacturing cost. $4!!! How did you think they got that huge advertising budget? I believe it. Sadly, even on high end speakers th... | |
| most accurate loudspeakers.... Perhaps, but it was mainly the fact that they can play loud and not break. Agreed but isn't that what accurate reproduction is about? The 120 db dynamic range of our hearing! Many unamplified instruments have huge dynamic range, which means they ... | |
| most accurate loudspeakers.... If you look at the history of ATC you realize why it is popular in studios. It has nothing to do with the way they sound. Perhaps it is the way they look - such aesthetically elegant black boxes the likes of which few have ever seen!Perhaps they ... |