shadorne
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| Making High End Clones at Home for Fun and Savings Given the fairly easy availability of good drivers, can we also buy high quality, simple crossovers? Amplifier kits? Of course.For example; Solen in Canada, Wilmslow in the UK, Linkwitz in the US and many many many others (sorry for not mentionin... | |
| Amplifiers and Horn Loudspeakers It seems that horns are far more likely to own up to the bad side of their reputation with transistors (honky, shrill) Good point. The typical resonance problems of a horn design will be fully revealed in all their glory (ugliness) with SS gear. ... | |
| Upgrade speakers or front end?? Speakers | |
| Best speaker that you dont need a sub under 1.5k Philefreak,I have to agree! Nothing below $10 K that I can think of that does this with a modest degree of accuracy at decent SPL levels. It depends what you want....many $1.5 K speakers produce these frequencies but to do so well is another matte... | |
| Do your speakers have the clap? The best recorded hand clapping I've heard is on a Dave Grusin album called "Migration". I concur - Dave Grusin stuff is just awesome in terms of fidelity (not his live stuff though). Grusin's "Homage to Duke" is such high quality audiophile stuff! | |
| Speaker cone material pro's and con's I second Duke's suggestion! You should definitely get an AES subscription!! (Cone materials are often about balancing of different compromises)Not everything published in AES is perfect nor is it easily digested. Well worth it for those who seek c... | |
| Amplifiers and Horn Loudspeakers undesirably large amounts of negative feedback, a sonic no-no IMHO. The operational amplifier is used in almost every piece of analog circuitry under the sun. Operational amplifiers are employed in circuits using negative feedback to increase the... | |
| What subwoofers are suited 4 audiophiles Was wondering, can I get away with a small cabinet sized subwoofer and still get that accurate smooth blending low frequency boost that I am looking for that disappears in the main speakers output? IMHO, No! If you want accuracy at realistic SPL ... | |
| What subwoofers are suited 4 audiophiles I am looking for an accurate sounding subwoofer that will blend gently into my system and not be so noticed Bear in mind that your ears are far more sensitive at 80Hz than at 20 Hz. 100 Decibels at 10 Hz is barely audible....a mere 30 decibels is... | |
| Aside form the Human voice... The tuba! | |
| Amplifiers and Horn Loudspeakers Some solid state amps operate in Class A up to a certain point, which is said to be close in some respects to the sound of tubes. I have a solid state amplifier that puts out 250wpc (Class A/B), however it operates in Class A mode up to 25wpc. I'... | |
| Symphony 5th - best recording Now we have established that it is Beethoven, I am partial to Christopher Hogwood's version using instruments available at the time Beethoven was alive (or replicas)....rather than modern variations of these instruments.That way you hear the perfo... | |
| What do you look for in damping factor? Negative feedback is not normally a problem unless the device is unstable or is over driven (bad design, misuse). Excessive damping factors may be indicative of a design that is not balanced with regard to other factors, such as stability, distort... | |
| Damaged B&W Nautilus 803... Check with a B&W dealer for repair cost - you can normally order a repair kit or a replacement tweeter. Add the repair cost to see if it is still a bargain. | |
| What about 2 separate audio systems as one? Obviously for pure power an additional system in the same room has to sound louder - what you describe must really rock! By feeding stereo in front and behind the listening position you may cause a confusion of the soundstage and increase the comb... |