shadorne
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| Blockbuster goes Blu-ray, HD DVD=beta?, Ears, I'm with you - I bought a Blu-ray player a couple of months - not because I think Blu-Ray is better but because there is more of the new stuff that I want....although I do regret not having Jason Bourne's Ultimatum.., | |
| $40.000 speaker advise. Check out my list Here is a simple rating. These are all excellent speakers - and I have not heard them all. I'd put them in two camps, those with rigid lightweight drivers and those without. Personally I prefer damped cones (paper, woven fabric, polypropylene etc)... | |
| JM Focal 1037 BE speaker placement I'd go 3 feet from side walls and then optimize distance to rear wall according to bass response. The most accurate sound (flattest frequency response) will usually come with speakers placed either 6 feet or more into the room. The most pleasing b... | |
| Quad 2905 midrange balance question I have not made a direct comparison. Dynamic speakers tend to present an impressive often boosted bass and boosted treble. This clearly sells in competitive demos with most folks (sounds more detailed to an untrained ear but will end up being fati... | |
| Please help with speaker choices Your short list has clearly selected some beautiful looking aesthetic speakers (Verity, Audio Physic, SF, Merlin etc.) These are all very good speakers and each has strengths and weaknesses. The one strength that they all share is that they all lo... | |
| Please help with speaker choices Just a heads-up - take a look at this.Note the behaviour in the upper mid range from 2Khz to 5 Khz on the plots. Then look at the peak in the impedance plot and the phase behaviour in this same upper mid-range region. | |
| Blockbuster goes Blu-ray, HD DVD=beta?, The battle lines are drawn. Hollywood bug studios team up with Sony, "the "Corporate" bad guys, and arm themselves with Ratatouille, POTC3 and Blade Runner Xmas Blu-ray releases. Meanwhile Jason Bourne with Sam and Walmart must find a way to fight... | |
| Please help with speaker choices Since you are in a mid to far field listening position and you like loud then I'd go with a three way of your choice (may present amp challenges however) although from personal experience the SCM 20's can go extremely loud compared to other two wa... | |
| A butt-load spent in cables - how much improvemt? Great setup. Those alcoves for the speakers/sub might pose some significant bass management issues have you considered adding bass traps in the corners at the back of the alcoves?I see the fronts of your speakers are brought forward from the edge ... | |
| A butt-load spent in cables - how much improvemt? I'm very happy with my current cabling Me too...I use stock PC's, stock balanced XLR IC's and Monster speaker cable for surround speakers. I do use a power conditioner to get rid of AC line noise and to maintain appropriate voltage and it did mak... | |
| Monitor SPL vs. Full-Range SPL See this Equal Loudness. It is clear that 120 db SPL at 20 Hz is equivalent in loudness to 85 db SPL at 500 to 4 Khz (the mid range). Clearly there is a huge difference in our hearing sensitivity across the audible frequecny range (remember that d... | |
| Midrange Better Than Harbeth or Spendor? I think you are correct regarding my taste and the dip at 2-4Khz which is probably good in my small and somewhat reflective room. If you're room is highly reflective then the Harbeth's may be the perfect "Goldilocks" speaker for you! Enjoy! Those... | |
| Tannoy Westminster Royal HE IMHO you will gain in dynamics and SPL loudness and slightly more flexibility in placement if that is what you desire then go for it. Dunlavy's are wonderful but they don't play extremely loud and they tend to have a narrow sweetspot and tend to p... | |
| Why HDCD did not become a dominant format? Given the amount of compression applied to most recorded music by the studio mastering engineers - I am not sure HDCD was necessary even if it was better on paper... | |
| Monitor SPL vs. Full-Range SPL Cdc,Indeed your hearing is most sensitive from 1 to 4 Khz...therefore sounds in this band will determine how loud you can stand it.120 db SPL at 20 Hz is acceptable to your ears (your body feels most of it and ears are not that sensitive at this f... |