shadorne
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| 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. ... | |
| 21' 13' room: long wall vs. short wall placement Bob suggests a great loacation....the positioning well into the room is extremely important and something many audiophiles do not recognize (it will reduce comb filtering in bas frequencies) | |
| do burnt CD copys sound as good as originals? If you normally rip your CDs with Apple Lossless, should you change that to a non-compressed format for the CDs (or tracks) you wish to burn to new CDs? Apple lossless should not lose any information - this is one of the few commonly used audio c... | |
| The Shape of the Watt / Puppy and Others Drivers are what actually makes the sound...drivers can be very different in quality and cost. For example, several of the woofers in the speakers you mention cost less than $100 (retail)....i.e not much raw material costs (wholesale). So don't si... | |
| do burnt CD copys sound as good as originals? So how do you burn CD's "bit-for-bit" on a Windows system without compressing? It will depend on the software and ensuring that the original file is not compressed. For example, iTunes has a setting in the preferences folder that is normally set ... | |
| Long distance from amp to speakers Monster cables should be fine - you are using an SS amp - so it is not much of an issue. What is the damping factor on your amp? | |
| do burnt CD copys sound as good as originals? Photon6 and Kmcarty,Thanks for the link. I enjoyed reading the Genesis article. Clearly the author has encountered some kind of transport/burning problem. As the author states....according to the "data" it is identical, however, it sounds differen... | |
| Playing Customs Games with Our Northern Neighbors It is the law and laws must be obeyed irrespective of whether they make any sense. Are many of these taxes reasonable or fair?...no they most certainly are not! For example, an item originating from the UK and sold in the US will have US import ta... | |
| How tubes influence sound The crux of it is stated in "A Taste of Tubes", see the link above by Jea48;...the human hearing mechanism tends to interpretlow-order distortion as a welcome warmth and mellowness that canenhance our enjoyment of music. | |
| Acoustical Foam Firecracker,BTW - 4" tiles are no good for broadband absorption....you need greater thickness.... a minimum of 8" with foam - the most effective treatment location being the corners. Tiles may actually be counterproductive as you attenuate the upp... | |
| How close can Merlin TSM-MX's go? The Allison Ones will have an extremely odd radiation pattern...might give you a nice atmospheric sound but I can't begin to imagine how all those early edge diffractions will affect the imaging!Your office is not a good size....have you considerd... |