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| First Order Crossovers: Pros and Cons A 2nd-order x-over with the tweeter's leads reversed gives you an in-phase output if you're considering _absolute_ phase (polarity). The 4th-order x-over is similar.However, you're still seeing a phase shift. If you look at the electrical input an... | |
| What is the Meadowlark house sound? The drivers appear to be off-the-shelf, so it should be possible to repair them. The cabinetwork is first-rate from what I've seen and almost stands on its own.Besides that, I'll bet McGinty will re-organize, or form or join another company. "He's... | |
| First Order Crossovers: Pros and Cons I don't think I've ever seen a perfect driver, let alone a perfect full-range driver.Given the limitations of current materials, I think that it's possible to do less damage by using multiple drivers, even though you need x-overs.The end result se... | |
| First Order Crossovers: Pros and Cons Srajan doesn't quite grasp the concept either. :-) | |
| First Order Crossovers: Pros and Cons Gregm> "Why not use a wide-range drivers -- i.e. a 8" + supertweet, then a hefty subwoof"Well, an 8" driver is generally going to be getting pretty far away from a pure piston at treble frequencies.Perhaps a smaller mid-woofer crossed at 3-4K t... | |
| First Order Crossovers: Pros and Cons Well, a single "perfect" driver would be large in diameter so as to achieve good coupling with the air load so that it could reproduce low frequencies well. Unfortunately, that leads to problems with directivity and also possibly smearing of the h... | |
| Tube Biasing: do I have to? I had an H-K Rabco table at one point, then a newer H-K. My most recent is a Sherwood belt drive table that I've heavily modified for better damping of resonances.Cartridges have been mostly Grado, but I also had an A-T and a Shure. I prefer Grado... | |
| Tube Biasing: do I have to? I could speculate that you've never heard a quality CD setup. :-)Euphonic distortions sell an awful lot of equipment, usually at very high prices. Vinyl, moving coil cartridges, 8W SET tube amps, very expensive car speakers masquerading as "full-r... | |
| First Order Crossovers: Pros and Cons Rod puts a lot of thought into the articles he writes. :-)I feel series crossovers are better than Rod makes them out to be, but they're not the greatest thing to ever happen to speakers - as some people claim. :-)Bud had an article that he was ma... | |
| Tube Biasing: do I have to? Judy426>Whoa!! You are kidding right?Not at all. The built-in distortions of vinyl are so horrible that any slight problems with CDs are rendered meaningless.The problems with digital are curable, while the problems with vinyl are not. | |
| First Order Crossovers: Pros and Cons There's some disagreement on the benefits of series vs. parallel. I feel series is superior, but I'm not the last word on things. :-)You can find a fair bit of info on the net about series and parallel crossovers. Rod Elliott has some good info, f... | |
| NHT new speakers M60, M80 Yes, John has been rather vocal about the Xd speakers. :-)I have some reservations about the use of metal tweeters, but I haven't heard them yet.There's certainly a lot of potential there, and it's cutting edge in many ways.There are a number of s... | |
| Personal speaker evolution Let's see:I think one of my first was a Utah speaker in a vented cabinet.When I went stereo, I got a pair of RTR 2-way speakers. I later got a pair of Marantz speakers, but didn't really care for them, so I moved to Cerwin-Vega. I upgraded to a mo... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE My current pair of speakers are 15+ years old. They've been upgraded a few times within that period, and I'm going to be upgrading them again soon.Driver technology has advanced, so new speakers may be better for that reason alone. (Assuming that ... | |
| Tube Biasing: do I have to? Brucegel:There are good tube designs and bad tube designs. The same goes for SS. Each has its advantages and disadvantages.As far as digital goes, I feel that CDs are an improvement over vinyl records. It's very hard mechanically to put the signal... |