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| Any experience with the JBL 4430 Pro Monitors? The baboons butt is a classic. These are usually soffit mounted and you may suffer slightly from edge diffraction issues if you decide not to instal them in a wall. Mounted in a wall you have a world class sound from a world class speaker - a soun... | |
| Decoupling monitors from a dresser? You can buy movers pads (plastic tray with a quarter inch rubber pad). Basically any soft rubber material will help....provided that the monitors are heavy and well braced. Light weight cabinets tend to waffle easily and will color the sound even ... | |
| Re-arranged Room Sounds Awful...How to Improve? The listening position is currently a vacuum with no bass in it, and about 3 feet outside of the listening position in any direction the bass is very strong. It is a major problem.I re-iterate that it is never a good idea to sit in the middle of ... | |
| efficiency- hope i spelt that wright. I agree with Elvick...quality first, however, if you do go with a mere 7 watts then you definitely need a highly efficient speaker...an 83 db speaker will be severely restricted if driven by 7 watts....in that case you might consider horns as an e... | |
| efficiency- hope i spelt that wright. Is a guy wasting his money buying inefficient speakers? No. There is a lot more to speakers than this. Distortion. Dispersion. Driver integration. Compression. I have heard 83 db sensitivity speakers that play much louder than 91 db sensitivity s... | |
| "Mini" to Optical for Airport Express Assuming your preamp is expensive you may likely benefit most by using the digital out from the AE, however, in practice you might not be able to hear a difference (with the volume levels correctly matched.) | |
| Help me choose a power conditioner, please Check out APCCheap but respected by business and IT sectors of the market. Less well known (respected) in the boutique world of hi-fi. | |
| Re-arranged Room Sounds Awful...How to Improve? Place the speakers closer together (either side of the TV) and move your chair back a couple of feet. Don't toe in your speakers - this will create a confusion of left and right reflections and interference patterns (left channel reflects off rear... | |
| how can I use main speakers to replace sub? Yeah - as Elvick rightly says this is normally no problem as almost any DSP pre-amp should be able to redirect the 0.1 channel to any of the speakers you choose. | |
| "Mini" to Optical for Airport Express Indeed there is and I own one made by Sony. | |
| Why are hi-end active monitors not more popular? Tim916,Interesting article. I knew that IMD distortion was much lower in active speakers but I did not know that the difference was HUGE (for those who do not know ....IMD or intermodulation distortion is the worst kind of distortion and it has ab... | |
| Monitor Audio Made in China? Lots of gear is made in China. Many Hi fi brands are now owned by Chinese entrepreneurs...Wharfedale, AudioLab, Mission and Quad are now manufactured in Shenzhen, China. | |
| New Speaker Purchase There are many excellent speakers out there. Given your description I would stay away from ported speakers (although some are very good) - it is safer to go for a sealed box; this usually gives you the least problems relating to bass masking the l... | |
| Ever hear a power cable make a huge difference? power cord sound changes are the hi fi version of seeing the loch ness monster What about a Sasquatch sighting does that count too? I have seen video footage of a Sasquatch - so I know it is exists. | |
| Why are hi-end active monitors not more popular? AktchiYou need to go bsck earlier in the thread - I list the pros.Active speakers is not the same as putting a single passive amp in a box. For example the Woofer will be driven by a separate amp of say 275 watts, the mid range is driven with a se... |