shadorne
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| Tweeter characteristics The tweeter is the least expensive driver in most speakers. If it is too apparent, strident or dominant then the mid range may be lacking in the speaker design/driver quality. I would chose a speaker based on the mid range qualities first, followe... | |
| 25 year old polk 2.3's will I hear an improvement? All speakers radiate bass in all directions..so you will get some reflections and cancellations from the rear wall....the only way to eliminate this is with acoustic treatments,with soffit mounting or placement very far from the wall. (as someone ... | |
| Speaker Distortion or Room Interaction ? Gregm,Yes I agree 100%. My comments are limited to extremely high SPL, dynamic range and low distortion...but none of this adds up to the live experience. No two speakers could ever re-produce the real thing with a large orchestra and chorus on th... | |
| Speaker Distortion or Room Interaction ? French Fries,I am not sure if you saw my earlier post - it may have crossed with yours earlier today.I have ATC SCM 100 active speakers and an ATC SCM 0.1/15 Sub. My room is similar to your room except for 9 foot rather than cathedral ceilings. I ... | |
| The Law of Diminishing Digital Returns What are "tin ears" missing?In the early days of CD, expensive high order analog filters were necessary. Nowadays, oversampling allows for very simple and cheap analog filters to do the job.In practive this means that even the cheapest DAC's have ... | |
| Speaker Distortion or Room Interaction ? French Fries,You have world class gear without a doubt. And yet you want more, your goal, if I understood correctly, is large scale works at realistic volume levels with low levels of distortion, no smearing or harshness.Mmm...I can't believe thos... | |
| HD AND NON HD TELECAST Panasonic Plasma EDTV is best for TV and DVD (pixels fit exactly)....it also looks very good (but not the best) on HD.An HD plasma TV will actually look worse than an EDTV with a regular TV or DVD source....this is because it has to upscale the si... | |
| Need to turn volumn up to break in speaker cable? LOL - Bojack - I love it - feel the force - yeah baby! | |
| Speaker Distortion or Room Interaction ? What are your speakers and amplifier? From your description, this might be one of two common problems; a speaker thermal compression issue (as coils heat up your speaker response characteristics change and may sound dull and compressed)or a an ove... | |
| What material is based below a down firing sub? Subs radiate in all directions because they are only extreme LF bass frequencies - it makes little difference that it is down firing or not...as long as stuff is not rattling (floorboards) or the sub is on an uneven surface and wobbling then you a... | |
| Integrating Subwoofer with ProAc Speakers.... HELP I agree with Bojack...take your time and listen to a variety of music that you like...some source material will sound overwhelming in LF bass and other material will sound lean....adjust cut off and sub amplification level to give you the best bal... | |
| The Law of Diminishing Digital Returns I have found CD players in the $200 range are good enough for my ears. I have several with different DAC's and a DAC on my pre-amp also. I have compard them carefully and the difference, if there is one that is audible, is not enough to be meaning... | |
| what is a big speaker? Macallan25,LOL ;-) | |
| Bispeakering...am I the only one? Surely speaker placement, driver phase alignment, and matching dynamic response at various sound levels would all be very hard to achieve with two separate and differently designed speakers. A home theatre can take hours to set up even when starti... | |
| what is a big speaker? It is almost impossible to generalise in this way. ...other than physical size, what makes a speaker too large for any room..? LF bass response, accuracy, SPL level and dynamic range should all be better with a big speaker (if driver quality is ma... |