shadorne
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| Horns vs Ribbons vs Dyanamic "These are almost never used in pro audio - so that tells you a lot." Like what? B&W's get used in the pro audio a lot, even with their flaccid, bloated bass. Berenger get's used a lot in pro audio, but sends shivers up the spines of many her... | |
| 3 way vs. 2 way Zar,3 way is necessary for elevated sound levels. It retains balance, clarity and dynamics over a broader range of volumes. It is however much bigger and more imposing and potentially ugly/obtrusive. A two way is fine for "near" or "mid-field" and... | |
| Follow Up On TV Querry For 2007 Purchase...... I have both in 42" size. I still prefer the plasma. I would have bought plasma again but could not find a 1920 x 1080 pixels in a 42" size TV and I wanted something that would take proper advantage of Blu-ray.I don't like mercury back light of the... | |
| How to audition used speakers??? IMHO, get something that is currently supported so that you can repair it, if necessary. Speakers are quite easily damaged when overdriven/clipped amp. | |
| Horns vs Ribbons vs Dyanamic Audiotomb made a good start,Horns - tendency to honk/shrillness but sound good with trumpet and are very easy to drive with low power amps.Ribbons - tweeters are often unreliable, long ribbons behave like planars....lots of reverberation/ambienceP... | |
| most accurate loudspeakers.... A good place to start is to check out what most of the prestigious studios and mastering engineers like to use. Full range accuracy at both low level and realistic live sound levels is actually quite rare in home hi-fi. | |
| Uneven speaker wire runs If you are going to the trouble of bi-wiring (dubious from an engineering perspective if this will make an audible difference given a low impedance SS amp driving your speakers) then I would go for exactly the same length wires to be safe (after a... | |
| Vandersteen 5a or Eggleston Andra II Firstly, as others have mentioned, I would not choose a speaker for the tweeter. Mid range is much more important. Secondly, Bob Ludwig currently uses the Andra II's - do a google on him and you will probably find that he has mastered a great deal... | |
| Home Theater Enclosure Problem? {quote] It's only on DVDs that I miss words occasionally [/quote]In that case it may be normal. Movies are often mixed so that they can be played at louder volume levels than a radio or TV program. They want those sound effects to really envelope ... | |
| Home Theater Enclosure Problem? How is the ARCAM AVR receiving the 5.1 movie data - TOSLINK or digital coax?What about TV - Toslink also?Or are you using analog cabling?I hope you aren't using any Y connectors to jumper two analog line level outputs together from different sourc... | |
| Home Theater Enclosure Problem? An enclosure around your system will boost the bass response from the speakers (if you soffit mount). Pine wood would not be my first choice. My first choice would be heavy MDF board for cabinetry with a nice hardwood for the visible surfaces (for... | |
| Uneven speaker wire runs I doubt you will hear an audible difference. Electric signals travel at close to the speed of light and speaker cables do not filter the signal very much (unless you have a mis match between speaker impedance and amp output impedance...for example... | |
| Anything under 3 years is just flirting.... No flirt here....1995ATC SCM 20 passive since 1995. SCM 0.1/15 Sub since 1999. SCM 100A since 2005. Before that I used to change speakers every year or so and never spent more than a couple of thousand dollars on a pair of speakers. I consider mys... | |
| it all sounds good, but..... I've even heard $70k systems with digital front ends... its sounds great/good/pleasing/almost 3d/etc., but not real. You obvioulsy prefer Vinyl. Nothing wrong with that. All audio reproduction is limted to what the studio engineer can achieve on a... | |
| it all sounds good, but..... Real may be what you are used to or grew up with. Stick with LP's and you will be happy. Digital does not replicate anything close to Vinyl. |