shadorne
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| Accurate vs Musical I'm with Bob P. and Pbb on this one. You could not have said it better. Accurate is supposed to produce what goes in. Garbage in will be garbage out and an accurate speaker will not hide a bad source one bit, whereas a "musical" speaker can at lea... | |
| 40hz room mode RPG Modex Corner trap? Nik,I think most DSP's have digital notch filters.I have an Anthem AVM 20 (second hand of course) which I feel is great value considering all the features and XLR outs. Good enough for me anyway. There are many other DSP's and some with more expen... | |
| Speaker recommendations in the $3,500-$4,000 range Having read your description of your room, I suggest that nearfield monitors might be apractical solution for you.Try to audition ATC SCM20-2 or 20ASL pro along with all the other good speakers people have suggested ... they are in your price rang... | |
| Energy damping or energy transfer? Cbrentc,LOL ....your thoughts make me think that someone should extend their noise cancelling headphones into a device to cancel vibrations....all you need is a 3 axis accelerometer tied to the device you want to stabilize and then a negative feed... | |
| 40hz room mode RPG Modex Corner trap? My experience is that a digital notch filter at 40Hz with a 6 Hz width worked fine for me....this kind of bass management adjustment is available on most DSP's because room resonance is such a common problem with subs that extend down to 20Hz. Obv... | |
| Energy damping or energy transfer? Generally it is better to dampen vibrations. Most often blu-tak does the job. Sometimes a very flappy & resonant speaker enclosure (poor design) may benefit from anchoring or coupling it to the stand and the floor as this may reduce certain re... | |
| Speaker recommendations in the $3,500-$4,000 range I don't think you can come close to the finest PMC studio monitors installed professionally in the US on a $4,000 budget at least not new....but I guess you know this.I agree with the suggestions already made on this thread so I won't add any spec... | |
| Music volume? What about your sound level? LOL Bigjoe,If you can achieve 130 db SPL levels then I wouldn't want a stereo war with ya! | |
| I bought the Granite for the base for my .... U 571, Star Wars pod race, Jurassic Park III in DTS, Black Hawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, AVP, Toy Story I and II...there are so many. LOTR is bas heavy ... I agree with Mdhoover ....it is probably over the top for most home theatres to reproduce... | |
| Music volume? What about your sound level? I have a RadioShack SPL meter also. Average SPL measurements at my listening position, 12 feet back from the center of the speakers is;Enjoyable but loud listening levels: 93 to 96 db If I turn it up (exceptionally loud): 105 to 108 db These are a... | |
| Ruining music with a cheap sub Unfortunately it is expensive to produce ultra low frequencies with minimal distortion, an order of magnitude more costly than for bass/mid frequencies and two orders of magnitude harder than for a simple tweeter. This is why a good sub usually co... | |
| Newbie balanced cable help Any cable from a guitar or music store will do. Yorkville for example. I would not worry about the cables too much. They will be connecting to very high impedance loads and will be carrying very little current....it is hard to justify spending a l... | |
| Is it Audio, or is it Art? Gold, silver, fantastic shapes, exotic veneers and monolithic designs are all intended to flaunt the high cost and high quality of the underlying audio component. They almost never add anything to the audio quality....but they do look nice and mak... | |
| Bookshelf Speakers on Bookshelves? Assuming you can get the right height/position;Isolate the speakers from the shelves with blu-tak and pack them with books on all sides so that you absorb the rearward LF radiation whilst creating an even surface flush with the baffle for forward ... | |
| What CD's do you take for a speaker audition? I am with Eldartford. Any speaker can sound quite good if you happen to find the right material. The trick is to try to test the weakness of the speaker by giving it all kinds of material, at different volume levels and dynamics....choose good rec... |