shadorne
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| 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! | |
| Can speaker cables be too thick? I should perhaps add that it is possible to construct audio equipment in such a way that small cable differences can be magnified.The principle of audio reproduction is that the voltage coming out of the amplifier represents the amplified original... | |
| Can speaker cables be too thick? You do have an axe to grind in that you seem interested in convincing yourself and others that cables all sound virtually the same- and that's perfectly ok- but you're wrong:) No problem Dave, I respect that you and many others disagree on the ma... | |
| Different lengths of interconnects ?????? It is very interesting that most member in Audioasylum believe the cables must in equal length for both channel, but I do not know if they can tell the differences when the cables are in unequal length. Not surprised at that. It is a good rule of... | |
| Can speaker cables be too thick? Chris,Honestly is doesn't really matter but yes thicker is in general is ever so slightly better to avoid power loss and enhance damping. However if you want to delve into complexities see this link Cable diameter and spacingBefore you panic, reme... | |
| subwoofers and panels don't mix Lightminer,I would suggest that Shefield Drum track will highlight most of the reasons panels and subwoofers don't mix. Drums are some of the hardest sounds to reproduce convincingly, although other percussion instruments (like the piano) will wor... |