snickelfritz
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| balanced/xlr vs. unbalanced/ single ended Extremely long interconnect lengths (to the preamp or mixing console, for example) is what balanced connections are for.Unbalanced connections over long distances will pick up hum and noise.Balanced connections are generally for large venues such ... | |
| tight sound and tight $ sub for Silverline monitor Bass "tightness" is often a product of the room response.For example, large response peaks due to room gain will exhibit overhang and ringing, even if the response is measurably close to being "flat".Room treatments, bass traps etc... are surprisi... | |
| speaker break in time or ? Temperature and relative humidity can have an impact on various materials used in loudspeaker drivers.For example, if a speaker is stored in a cold warehouse for a few months prior to being shipped, the internal temperature of the cabinet will hav... | |
| Subwoofer calibration quandary... Thanks.The figures posted already have these corrections. | |
| DIY Bass traps & treatments.. Here's a source for building inexpensive and effective bass traps:http://www.ethanwiner.com/basstrap.html | |
| Subwoofer calibration quandary... Flrnlamb,Thanks for the detailed response!The room is 13x17 with an 8' opening into a 10x10 dining room at the speaker end.Here's a link to an edited illustration I made a few years ago for the tilesetter.(white areas are walls; tiled area is floo... | |
| Subwoofer calibration quandary... The 125hz valley is purely the main speakers and listening position within the room. (the response from 63hz - 200hz is the same with or without the sub)If I move toward the center of the room, the null shifts downward to 60hz, basically gutting t... | |
| Sub on spikes? Spikes have traditionally been used to provide stability in tower speakers on heavy carpet, and also allow the speaker to be plumb and leveled on uneven floors. (the HF polar response could certainly be effected if the drivers are not perfectly ve... | |
| Your auditioning music? Also:Blue Man GroupFlim and the BBsEnya: Watermark (this is a toughy; very revealing of lower midrange resonances and deep bass extension) | |
| Subwoofer calibration quandary... The sub is a Paradigm Servo-15 placed against the center of the 22' front wall, 3' behind the main speakers.The mains are B&W CDM 9NT crossed over at 80hz @ 60º Phase.I'm currently using a 35hz crossover @ 30º Phase, and the results are slight... | |
| Subwoofer calibration quandary... Thanks for the response. :)Here's what I have so far according to my RS meter and Test CD.Listening (measurement) position is at 3/5ths of both room dimensions.First-order modes are 25 and 33hz.The sound of the curve shown is basically weightless ... | |
| Do Audiophiles blow speakers? I Once blew the tweeters in a pair of Cerwin Vegas with an NAD 3020 amp when I was in high school.I also bottomed the woofers hard (CRACK!) in a pair of Paradigm Studio Monitors with an Adcom 5800 four years ago. The woofers were undamaged though,... | |
| Your auditioning music? Here's a few that I find sonically pleasing and revealing of system performance, and are also just plain good music. Govi: Guitar Odyssey Mars Lasar: Eleventh Hour Dire Straights: Dire Straights Paul Simon: Graceland | |
| I want profoundly better bass The big Velodyne servo Sub will probably do the trick for under $4000.Stereophile gives it class-A for integrating with fast panels and electrostatics.The problem with replacing good mains like yours in order to get better bass, is that you end up... | |
| Best Monitors for Rock N' Roll under $2500 I recently saw Judas Priest live at Cricket Pavillion in Phoenix AZ.The main thing I noticed about the sound was the ENORMOUS impact and clarity of the bass guitar/kickdrum. To say it was "visceral" is a vast understatement. My friend said it very... |