shadorne
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| Does upgrading the clock always improve the sound? It depends if there is a clock jitter issue to begin with and if the upgrade has less jitter than the existing setup.Jitter is much less the evil dragon that requires slaying compared to fifteen years ago. Manufacturers are well aware of clock jit... | |
| Floor standers or Monitors? I feel personally a set of monitors and sub (s), for the same money being spent on a pair of uprights, should surpass the performance of a pair of floor standers, shouldn't they? Any time you have woofers covering a less strenuous or broad freque... | |
| Monitors vs. Floorstanders - What an eye opener Old Energy Pro 22 monitors were really good (1980's). Energy make good speakers IMHO. Power handling was not their forte but they sounded great at low levels. | |
| Help: Order of importance: Pre, Amp, DAC, speakers Does the Pre, amp and DAC really shine above a speaker purchase? The system can only shine as much as the speaker will allow but good electronics is a great start. Both the speakers you tried are very similar in size and design and purpose (near-... | |
| Break in period Break-in implies a significant change in response with time. Is this something desirable in equipment designed with accuracy in mind? Obviously not. I try to avoid equipment that changes response significantly over long periods of time (weeks, mon... | |
| Rush in 5.1 surround I have not been impressed by Rush recording quality since Moving Pictures. They seem to be mastered with eye to the target market of FM rock stations (a tad over-compressed). Great band though with great music. | |
| How loud do you listen to your music? Chadnliz, LOL. 6 beers may also be the start of a reduction in linearity? | |
| How loud do you listen to your music? Pauly, If the midrange is incomplete, the frequency extremes do not matter. I agree fully with you here.I have been lucky with amps I guess, as I have not run into the problem of a high noise floor or dynamic compression in the mid range due to el... | |
| Big Bass Drum Jazz Grimace,I know what you mean about the drums. This approach to recording is called slap. The drums have a "slap" kind of sound which adds to the rhythm or attack. (Mike placement has a lot to do with it and sometimes a drum reverb machine is used)... | |
| How loud do you listen to your music? Pdn,Check Equal Loudness Curves to see how volume level affects the presentation of the sound.Notice that at around 30 db SPL, the average person won't hear anything at all below 80 Hz. At 60 db SPL one begins to hear 30 Hz and at about 75 db SPL... | |
| Can you correct nulls with acoustic treatments. Stilljd,I am glad this helped. It is an idea straight from recording engineer Bob Katz and his book on Mastering. The single biggest benefit is that this track gives you a clear idea of just how room modes affect real music. | |
| Ringing amplifier Heat sinks do that. Just brush them with lightly with your hand and you will hear a ringing (brush anything with your hand and you will hear something). Your hearing is extremely sensitive and I doubt you can hear this above even quiet music from ... | |
| Frequency range vs frequency response You may have noticed on the link I gave above that some speakers go lower than others. This does not necessarily make them better. You need to look at off axis response, distortion and impedance load in order to get an idea if a speaker will sound... | |
| Will high price HDMI cable makes a difference? Will the differnece be that great between 19 vs. 100? Unlike analog signals or clock timing signals, there should not be the slightest difference between digital signals if the cables are within tolerance and the bits are getting through. The who... | |
| Frequency range vs frequency response The best is to see a plot of anechoic frequency response in a reputable lab like Canada NRC. Speaker MeasurmentsMost of manufacturers cheat on frequency range specifications (use in room boost or use loose definitions of range). |