shadorne
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| Nirvana at last? Anybody relate? Absolutely I can relate! Great that you are having so much bliss! That is what it is all about....the Music! Since you like Jazz, here is a suggestion for you to try; Robbie Williams "Swing while your Winning" CD ...it is a lot of... | |
| Best placement of Speakers A good start will be on the short wall - the front of the speakers 3 feet out into the room and 5 feet apart (4 feet from side walls). Listening position should be 5 feet from the back wall behind your head and 5 feet in front of speakers. This co... | |
| Dedicated AC Lines?? If you have very bad power quality then an AC conditioner may help (an unusual situation). As you correctly point out, dedicated lines do not isolate things - neither do power cords isolate noise, no matter what exotic shapes or colors that they c... | |
| do burnt CD copys sound as good as originals? Does anyone know how to edit songs for burning, such as to clip just a portion of a song? I want to make some CDs for component evaluations and don't need entire selections in many cases. Not something you can do in iTunes, is it? Drubin,Here are... | |
| Speaker disappearing act? I have Snell Type A's, which I think fill the definition of a large speaker, and they often completely disappear ....the smooth rounded front baffle of this speaker makes it unusual compared to most "box" shaped designs with a flat front baffle f... | |
| Kind of a dumb question... If you can hear an audible difference between one configuration and the other then this will be an important health check of your system! An audible difference almost certainly means you have a problem either with your system or one of the interco... | |
| Energy Veritas 2.3i or Rc-50 I'd go for the 2.3i without question. Energy sound is excellent. They make their own drivers and the stuff is tested in Canadian acoustic labs. The mid range and greater dynamics is what you stand to gain with the 2.3i over the RC-50. | |
| What is your favorite reference music? Finding an album with many good tracks is tough...finding the odd well recorded song is much easier. Here are a few suggestions for albums where everything is outsanding;"Homage to Duke" engineered by Dave Grusin (also plays piano) - this recordin... | |
| Power cable for tube output cdp More generally, does copper, gold, or silver mate well with tube equipment? There is no evidence that rarer metals such as silver or gold provide any benefit over ordinary and much cheaper copper. Gold plated contacts do not tarnish as quickly as... | |
| What music is your system setup for? Did you set your system up for rock, jazz or classical from the get go? I am setup to play anything from movies to Telarc classical recordings, from AC/DC to Duke Elington, from Black eyed Peas to Sara K. It is a myth that you need different syst... | |
| Sealed Loudspeakers? I have a pair of Hales Revelation III speakers which I love because of the incredibly tight bass they produce. The speaks are sealed. My Watt Puppy's on the other hand are ported and, although they reproduce bass at a reported 20hz, don't have ba... | |
| 21' 13' room: long wall vs. short wall placement Nsgarch has a valid point for keeping the speaker well away from side walls. As long as the difference is at least 7 milliseconds (if my memory still works Bob Katz (recording engineer for Chesky) recommends about 5 millisecs....so in practice be... | |
| What do you look for in damping factor? anything close to a 100 is good, above this you are unlikely to gain significant audible improvements (diminishing returns) | |
| Are Monitor/Subs More Room Flexible? Yes, I would definitely agree with your generalization. Of course there are always exceptions | |
| Maybe MartinLogan not best for AC/DC at 96 db..?? Try a pro audio pair of any of the larger models (audition to your tastes) of JBL, Meyer, PMC, ATC, Genelec, Westlake, Tannoy, Dynaudio....active designs will be more dynamic and tend to go at least 3 db louder for the equivalent amplifier power. ... |