shadorne
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| Are there digital front ends with the body... I guess that is what you get if you produce for all-day-long sonic drizzle out of small dickey boxes that only digital made possible, muzak instead of music (am I getting old or just a bellyacher?) No you are right on - sonic drizzle! | |
| a Power vs Volume Question To add to the discussion;1) Each additional speakers gives you 3 db SPL2) Each time you double the distance you lose 6db SPL ( 2 meter is -6 db, 4 meters is -12db )3) Line arrays drop at 3 db per meter when are very close to the speaker....as you ... | |
| budget Cables / Interconnects recommendations? Mr Bean, I'm wondering I'f I'm missing out. Very few dare question the consensus wisdom of the "extraordinary" differences available from changing cables. Even Best Buy emphasizes that it is essential to purchase high quality accessories/cables wh... | |
| What speakers can b considered as world reference? Acoustically large enclosures in the tweeters' pass-band make diffraction a problem which is exacerbated by 90 degree enclosure edges. Agreed. This is such an obvious and well documented drawback of any speaker that it is amazing that so little i... | |
| a Power vs Volume Question A lot depends on the speakers. There was a thread explaining all this about one week ago but it got nuked.If your speakers are heavily compressing (like most do) at 200 watts then you gain very little if anything by going to 300 watts...you need t... | |
| what causes sibilance? S, sh, z etc.Some vocal artists are better than others at avoiding this. Microphones pick it up. In normal situations this is attentuated (high frequencies attenuate faster than low) so you don't notice sibilance.A sibilant sound will make it feel... | |
| What speakers can b considered as world reference? Speakers that are perhaps most Live-like are the type used as studio main monitors to impress clients (musicians). These systems generally have a large sweetspot and have huge dynamic range with low distortion and are listened to from a far field ... | |
| Food for thought for all us audiophiles It is an interesting article but the author fails to recognize the crucial importance of work by Sherif and others on cognitive dissonance etc. Sherifs study suggests that in such situations, you will align with the group. You can imagine that th... | |
| Pet audiophile peeves - name yours Sebrof, People with nice gear that I'd love to own, but when you look at their system it's in the living room with no room treatments, one speaker behind the couch and the other one halfway in the fireplace with a huge TV in the middle. Then they ... | |
| Best sound at RMAF Note I can say I have a system that sounds so much better than what I heard at the show. Wow that is disrespectful to the audio industry. Surely there were many manufacturers and dealers that made an effort to go there and must have had stuff wor... | |
| Low volume music As some have already pointed out. Bass is an issue. You need to use the equivalent of a "loudness" button at low levels or you will lose the bass response due to reduced hearing sensitivity.If you refuse to have any tone controls whatsoever (often... | |
| Are there digital front ends with the body... As several have mentioned you need to stick with something specifically designed to reproduce the old analog sound, such as Tvad suggests. Analog has advantages in many areas such as "soft clipping" on tape etc. Many older generation audio profess... | |
| bass affected by stand filler level? A heavy braced speaker cabinet will mean it matters least. Dynaudio are pretty good. The box should not flap around as it has a fair weight for its size. So it is probably damped quite well. If you had Harbeth's this would be a much more important... | |
| Can speaker cables be too thick? Slv,Yes inductance appears to be one of the factors that can begin to affect roll-off in highs. Skin effect can do this to (ever so slightly). However, the effects of inductance are still pretty small unless you go to large wire spacings (ribbon c... | |
| GRASS IS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE I would be happy with those NS1000M's too! |