shadorne
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| How can power cords make a difference? Changing a power cord could make a difference. It simply means that either 1) the audio equipment is too sensitive to the input power supplied or 2) the electrical supply is falling outside the acceptable range for the audio equipment.Good audio e... | |
| What are the specs of a full range speaker? I have to agree with Mdhoover and some others who are arguing against the "greater frequency reposnse is necessarily better" viewpoint. Quality reproduction in the 80 to to 12Khz range is more desirable than a speaker that is "flat" from 20 to 20 ... | |
| What are the specs of a full range speaker? For me above 15.5 Khz I hear nada....so I would agree that linearity in higher frequency response in a system is not very important to me at least above this level.I respect that some can hear up to 20 KHz and when I was younger I could hear somew... | |
| who surprised and who disappointed Disappointed: Most "pop" artists disappoint in live performances...Duran Duran, Spice Girls, Dido, Rod Stewart are some of the worst I can recall but there are many others. They depend on good producers/engineers and many takes IMHO. It is mostly ... | |
| music room design questions dimensions/flooring The simple answer is it isn't simple experimentation trumps theory in my view.In theory, ideal is;Height:Width:Length1:1.6 :2.33which suggests you should make your room 6.2 Meters long and if you placed large acoustic panels (such as Realtraps, GI... | |
| the more bits the merrier? Ben,Unfortunately there is no simple answer. A well designed single bit DAC can be low cost and can be exceptionally good when implemented properly.A single bit DAC is elegant, very linear, low cost but has the disadvantage of high out of band noi... | |
| Bloated speakers/weight wise What about the event horizon? I heard that some speakers are so heavy that not even light can escape their gravitational pull let alone the poor audiophile who buys them....captivating sound no doubt! | |
| IMAGE PROBLEMS VOCALS OFF CENTER If you have swapped interconnects (between source and power amp) and you have (in a separate test) swapped speakers with their respective cables (left channel to right side and right channel to left side) then you have eliminated your system as th... | |
| Longer Power Cords Sound better? Clearly, even in audio, size does matter. | |
| Bloated speakers/weight wise My mains tip the scales at 142 LBS for each speaker. Weight wise this is rather ungainly. Heavy speaker usually equals bigger box, bigger magnets and heavier braced damped cabinets. This is all good but I think you hit diminishing returns after ab... | |
| Speaker Height? Sure does... too low and you risk to knock over the beer can or wine glass... an essential part of the experience. | |
| New Eldar CD Live at the Blue Note Yeah this has some of the best audio engineers behind this (and the artist is a prodigy). I believe Doug Sax did the mastering and he has an excellent reputation.Just added this to my list of CD's on order!Thanks for the tip! | |
| Can DAC placement cause CD player skipping? DAC should always be below the CD player...in fact as a general rule audio components in a chain should always be mounted such that the earliest source is highest and the final output is lowest. (For obvious reasons, as gravity will assist in an u... | |
| Plasma vs LCD help, which is better? I second Dtsag comments...Plasma still has the edge (although LCD is indeed catching up) and Panasonic has best value performance in my mind. | |
| World Cup of Audio D_Edwards,You have no fancy cable or tweaks....shame on you. Nothing has a chance of winning a vote without glowing tubes, thick cables supported by power line isolators, spikes for speakers, pads for components, a turntable with a platter sized t... |