shadorne
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| Review: Energy Loudspeakers Veritas 2.3 Speaker I have to say that I started my hobby with Energy Pro 22 ...the original speaker that put Energy on the map. I STILL OWN THIS SPEAKER 25 years later....while I have owned many others and let them go....these will never be sold. They were used by C... | |
| Do you believe everything you read on the internet Note to Self: Mmmh.... this is not good. Biomimetic suspects something. To Biomimetic: "Don't be surprised your threads took off. You must have a flair for this kinda thing... I mean be realistic...come on, you can't really suspect an internet con... | |
| Snake oil, subs and alcohol LOL. I have had the same thing happen in reverse. I was testing the Direct Analog sound versus the A/D and back to D/A circuit in my DSP preamp. I wanted to check there was no degradation to the sound using the DSP built in ADC and DAC (an extra s... | |
| XLR or single ended cables and why? Ghostrider45,You are right that I have oversimplified.RCA uses ground to carry half of the signal whilst XLR uses an additional wire. Signal levels are different as well. Circuits are designed differently too. Using the chassis for carrying part o... | |
| Perreaux or Bryston? Yeah go for more power...muhaha! The 4B is the ticket if you are thinking of Bryston. | |
| XLR or single ended cables and why? Salestalk and Ads are designed to make you fearful. Fear that you are somehow not getting the most out of your high $$$ system. And fear propels consumers to get their wallet out and spend more $$$Do not be concerned: Wire is wire. There is no big... | |
| Best sounding system for under $10k Pedrillo,Congratulations on an awesome system. I agree you can do very well on Audiogon buying second hand gear...there are many reasons that people sell excellent gear second hand (divorce, upgrading, downsizing, moving home etc.) - you just have... | |
| Is balanced necessarily better? I use XLR cabling between components and even for runs to my active speakers but I have no illusions - the sound quality is no better than RCA (to my hearing). As some have pointed out, there is indeed better noise rejection and less problems with... | |
| music frequency Beware of the Black & White viewpoint that more LF extension is necessarily better....really it is more of a "gray" area. Extreme LF can be better if DONE CORRECTLY AND CAREFULLY using SPL measurements and careful Room design/treatments and a ... | |
| Speaker 101 - tweeter and cone materials Jtgofish,Good point about thick surrounds and long cone excursion....there is a lot of non linear distortion that occurs at the cone to surround interface as the rubber roll decouples from the cone - often causing a sharp change in response at hig... | |
| music frequency Could not agree more with Eldartford. The same can be said of tuned ports to extend frequency range...often the results are less perfect than can be achieved with a separate dedicated driver (usually from a subwoofer) just for the low end. In the ... | |
| What's output of 4BST convereted to mono? I think the sensitivity switch is a simple mod to the 4BST that can you can have done by Bryston - mine has it; two pot screws on the front to adjust sensitivity level.I would go for two mono 4BST if you really need that much power...they are easi... | |
| minimze ambiguity when describing audio components All knowledge is ambiguous. J. S. Habgood, Archbishop of York | |
| What's wrong with a DVD player as a transport? Jimstew,Although I do not necessarily agree that a DVD player should be better than a CD player or a CD mega changer or special dedicated DAC, my experience is that the differences between players are small enough that I am not at all surprised to... | |
| 2way, 21/2way, 3way, 31/2way speakers There is no simple answer - there are many compromises. 2 way is cheaper to build so it can be better up to a certain price point and particulalry for near field applications. If more power is desired for far field applications then designers tend... |