shadorne
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| Midrange Better Than Harbeth or Spendor? I read somewhere that the Harbeth SLH5 is slightly recessed in the 2 Khz to 4 Khz region - they are deliberately a polite sounding speaker. This may explain your impression that they are articulate without sounding harsh or edgy. The "edgy" sound ... | |
| Audioquest recordings....... > Mighty Sam McClain, Audioquest I have this on CD...nice recording of gospel/blues...you will enjoy this for sure especially the sound quality.Also Give it up to Love also by Sam McClain. These are sometimes used as demo CD's by high-end Hi-F... | |
| Center channel help Either you are over driving the amp or the center channel speaker. I have all three LOTR and they were mastered very carefully on ATC speakers. It shoudl not sound harsh as there is no problem with teh soundtrack. IN fact, the only clipped signals... | |
| Midrange Better Than Harbeth or Spendor? I'm a bit surprised that no one's yet mentioned Quad.I did suggest Quad earlier in the thread and I agree with you that a more full range design with a great mid may be preferable. Nevertheless the question was about a great mid range and therefo... | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER There is still a place for CD's and CD players. But when hard-drive playback is this good, and this conveient, Cd's are on their way out. Now we are on the same wavelength - I wholeheartedly agree about the added convenience of hard-drive playbac... | |
| Midrange Better Than Harbeth or Spendor? I second Lindisfarne, you should definitely audition ATC. Another option might be the classic Quad 989's but you may miss too much of the low end - so I am not sure if everyone would agree that they are better than the speakers you mentioned...alt... | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER As to the sound, if you think that it was euphonic, take it up with Gordan Rankin, the designer. Huh? I was just offering an explanation for the very different sound that you heard - that's all. I suggest is unlikely to be caused by using a PC an... | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER A CD player is a transport that reads digital data from the disc (like a hard drive) and a DAC chip (with software/firmware) that converts the digital data to analog. A PC audio system reads data from a hard drive (like a transport) and then feeds... | |
| Monitor SPL vs. Full-Range SPL The main problem with high SPL level is that it requires costly drivers that do not compress or exceed Xmax easily....this is expecially true in the bass and cost goes up almost exponentially as one desires high SPL at low distortion in the bass. ... | |
| 3 way vs. 2 way I swear they are louder given the same juice than my La Scalas which are rated at 104 db. You are probably correct. The majority of audiophiles assume that efficiency equates to absolute loundness...it doesn't. Some high quality speaker drivers d... | |
| Are dome midrange better than cone designs? Metro04,I am not sure about the general poor imaging of dome mids. This may be one of the design challenges, I don't know. The ATC's image as well as anything I have heard but that is not what really differentiates the dome mid sound. The easiest ... | |
| How Much Is Too Much? I find that the better the speaker and amplficiation the more natural and effortless a good recording will sound; the end result is that the music inevitably gets turned up. I agree that most systems distort on transients and begin to sound awful ... | |
| Are dome midrange better than cone designs? As far as I know, the principle advantage is excellent dispersion. This produces a very even sound field in the room and will result in a more natural and balanced mid range compared to almost all other drivers. What you actually hear is the direc... | |
| What's your favorite audio codec? AAC 128 is darn good...AAC 256 is almost undetectable from uncompressed CD quality, IMHO | |
| Anything better than Magnepan 1.6? i preferred the original quads--2 pair in stacked mode, to any other speaker system i have heard.Agreed but the Maggie 1.6 will do more justice to Shostakovich, IMHO. |