shadorne
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| Any Disadvantage Using DVI-HDMI Adapters? I don't think so - quality is not compromised - after all it is all digital. Provided the source is outputting data that the TV can decode. I use DVI-D (digital) to HDMI from my Mac to my HD TV - this way I can select tracks to play from the liste... | |
| What difference between.......... Dipole surrounds work well in theatres with a wide seating area. In fact they also use arrays to maintain a balanced sound (difficult to keep balance in a huge hall).At home for a few people on a couch I don't think it matters as much - dipole or ... | |
| Headphone Recommendations AKG's are excellent. | |
| Do we believe in Machina Dynamics? Jeff,Great movie Blade Runner. One of those mind bending Philip K Dick stories - Ridley Scott did a great job on that movie. I don't like the voice over and apparentl ythey will fix this in the new Blu-Ray version in December (with 5.1 sound too)... | |
| Why are hi-end active monitors not more popular? Steve,Wow that is an awesome equipment list. I would be delighted/comfortable with almost any of the gear you listed. My only point was that some Mastering Engineers do or have used Active speakers rather than none (as "forget it" sort of implied ... | |
| Why are hi-end active monitors not more popular? Forget it, no ME I know of uses active speakers.Some Mastering engineer's have used Actives...Bob Ludwig, George Massenburg, Doug Sax, Gavin Lurssen, Frank Wolf, James Guthrie ...some of these guys have multiple Grammy's....or some kind of tech aw... | |
| Why are hi-end active monitors not more popular? I agree with Bob...my comments should be taken as "technical Advantages" and not "Sonic Superiority Advantages"....what is sonically superior (i.e. sounds best) is so often a personal choice...so let's not go there!!!! | |
| Down firing vs. normal subwoofer None. Down firing runs less risk of getting damaged by something...vacuum cleaner, knocked over chair etc. | |
| At $5,000.....any thoughts? Great design, IMHO. | |
| Why are hi-end active monitors not more popular? the issue seems to be panels vs cones rather than active vs non active speakers. Ah yes that could be a whole other thread. A two camp battle I suspect.My comments are restricted to the advantages of active acoustic suspension speakers over conve... | |
| Why are hi-end active monitors not more popular? i mention this because so called "accurate" active monitors, may be more inaccurate than one believes. Absolutely! Active monitors and all speakers are almost always the least accurate component in most high end systems. Speaker accuracy is order... | |
| Monster/Music Lovers. FRANKENSTEIN I don't love Monsters but the person you are looking for is Franz Waxman. The orginal movie has only music at the beginiing and end titles so I strongly suspect you may be referring to Bride of Frankenstein... | |
| CNET story on my tube based system Audiogon too ol school point to point wiring like the Atma's. You can see a picture I took under hood of the wiring in my virtual system.Indeed I took a good look "under the hood" very very impressive....no printed circuit board runs; obviously considerable l... | |
| Do we believe in Machina Dynamics? Wow. How did I miss this thread? Unlike other tweaks in which an infinitessimaly small glimmer of audible improvement might be eeked out (according to the usual technobable), much of this MD stuff is really out there, I mean right "on the edge". T... | |
| Why are hi-end active monitors not more popular? I must admit I'm afraid to ask you the time for fear of discovering how a watch works. I am an Engineer and also studied heavily Physics at College ...fortunately I took a great job rather than the PHD scholarship in my final year....I might neve... |