shadorne
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| In-wall speaker recommendations Yeah I have B&W's installed throughout house (bedrooms, bathrooms etc.) and outside in the garden on two levels too. My mains (not B&W) are in wall mounted also. Go for it. | |
| High power rating=better speakers? My experience is that this is all very deceptive. I have found 85 db sensitivity speakers that played much louder than 91 db sensitivity speakers. How is this possible? Very simple...the 87 db sensitivity had much larger Xmax specs on the drivers.... | |
| Subwoofer Question on Placement. I find that the right or left wall - slightly in front of the left or right speaker works well in most cases. This way your sub is at the same distance to your listening position as your speakers...consequently transients should arrive coherently.... | |
| Anyon know of wallmounts for B&W 805's Check out Omnimount, they are bound to have something. They handle everything even studio grade stuff (very heavy). Their website has only their basic lines.A google search for Omnimount 60 will show you some of their larger wall mount brackets to... | |
| What should be the first component when upgrading? IMHO speakers/room setup add the most colouration, distortion and have greatest impact on the sound. One can almost always hear a marked difference between two types of speaker. (not quite such a marked difference between amps/sources/cables) Spea... | |
| Is Digital actually better than Analog? It depends on what you prefer - both can produce excellent sound. | |
| Speaker suggestions Sounds like you would be best served by near field monitors - move your listening position away from the back wall if you can. Bass is generally boomy if you sit close to the rear wall opposite the speakers | |
| Looking For High Quality Drum Music. Try On Broadway, George Bensen, Weekend in LA, Harvey Mason on drums....Mike Lavigne recommended it on another thread and he was right .....it is simply superb!....you will feel that Harvey is there in the room in front of you. This track is not c... | |
| Best rock song of all times Sweet Child O'Mine has a great riff... All above suggestions are excellent candidates too - check this out url for a "researched" list....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_in_English_labeled_the_best_ever | |
| Importance of warm up. I hope this helps someone Speakers will change response as heat builds up in the voice coils --- you get thermal compression after some minutes of play as the coils inside the drivers warm up. As you play louder the compression will get worse...anywhere from 0.5 to 3DB or ... | |
| Bob Dylan's Modern Times, a new Masterpiece? Hdm and Ben,I agree with your criticisms, no doubt my guess went way too far. A better wording might be "An verbal attack on the way modern music sounds and at the same time to take control of the sound production suggests a certain dissatisfactio... | |
| Bob Dylan's Modern Times, a new Masterpiece? Dylan deliberately took control of the sonic production of Modern Times as he rebels against modern CD and digital - he may be a great artist but IMHO his sound engineering skills are not up to scratch of other pros. I guess his criticisms of CD a... | |
| definition of balanced mode vs. single ended Balanced means both signals float with respect to ground. Single ended means that the negative side of the signal is circuit ground. Balanced usually has better noise rejection and therefore less noise....although the difference in home audio is s... | |
| Bob Dylan's Modern Times, a new Masterpiece? Audiofeil,I agree with your description. The instruments have a far away kind of sound and the vocals are edgy. Whatever is the cause, I find it has the monotonous kind of sound of much of today's pop music, which lack dynamic range due to compres... | |
| Life is complicated, lets keep it simple. Have you considered buying Mac Mini and a cheap/second hand keyboard, monitor and mouse? (many people throw away old keyboards and monitors). I use a dedicated Mac Mini to run my four CD mega changers....overkill maybe but it works and I can surf ... |