snickelfritz
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| Can I put receiver and CD player on top of my sub? You can try isolating the equipment from vibration, using thick felt or isolation feet, but I would think your CD player would be more prone to skip at high levels. Also, depending on the quality of the subwoofer cabinet, some panel resonances mig... | |
| B&W Nautilus 800.....where's the bass? IMO, a speaker of this sophistication should be carefully positioned using an SPL meter and 1/3 octave tones.Do this before jumping to the conclusion that your $20,000 loudspeaker is not reproducing bass as accurately as a $3000 speaker."Accurate"... | |
| Best Speaker Placement Rules you've used? Diagonally across a room corner, so the central listening position is located at 1/3 room length and width.ie: for 12x15 room, listener is 4' from one side wall and 5' from the back wall.I've done some basic frequency response measurements with va... | |
| What power is required to drive Paradigm 100's I used to own the original studio monitor, (which is basically the first studio 100).The woofers bottomed-out a few times at high levels with a 250wpc Adcom 5800 power amplifier.The sound was truly impressive though. These speakers come very close... | |
| Has the B&W S805 actually changed from N805? Each "order" represents 6db/octave roll-off.ie: 1st order crossovers have a more gradual blending between the drivers than 2nd, 3rd or 4th order crossovers.This purportedly results in better phase response, but increases the amount of power sent t... | |
| My M20s were humbled The smaller cabinet is stiffer and less prone to lower midrange resonances. | |
| bass traps installed...it's worth the effort Thanks Plato,Ethan stated the center frequencies of the panel traps would be approximately 90hz and 150hz, but I was surprized how effective a single wall treatment can be down into the midbass.I'm probably going to install another 8'x2' midbass t... | |
| Can I bi-amp my speakers with a Denon 3802? Passive bi-amping IMO, is not worth the effort.You will not increase the dynamic range or prevent low frequency signals from impacting the high frequency response, as in active bi-amping.One of the main benefits(maybe THE main benefit) of active b... | |
| Do Plugged Virgos sound better? I have a simple Ratshack SPL meter/tripod and Stereophile TestCD with 1/3 octave warble tones, and a rough correction curve for the microphone response.(close enough for this purpose)BTW, this greatly helps in finding the optimum setting for the X... | |
| Mysterious hum in system... It's probably a difference in ground potential between your electrical service and TV cable.One solution that I have found to work nicely is to install a Panamax line conditioner.At least in my my case(Panamax 5300), this completely rectified a pe... | |
| Do Plugged Virgos sound better? I've measured the 1/3 octave response of my room both ways, and plugging the ports definitely reduces interference between the mains and sub where they overlap.I found this to be especially true if the mains are running fullrange(not high-passed).... | |
| High Powered Speakers? You can lay the speakers down on their backs and take bets on how high the woofer can launch a tennis ball.It'll work at least once.=P | |
| Weight vs Wattage vs Current vs Slam vs Value Hehe, my tongue was firmly placed in my cheek when I made that comment regarding price and weight.You're absolutely right; the best way to choose any high performance audio component is through extensive auditioning and research.Bring a scale and ... | |
| Weight vs Wattage vs Current vs Slam vs Value Amplifiers that continue to increase their output with decreasing impedance loads will have more "slam" or "low frequency dynamic contrast" than those that employ current limiting in the output stage.ie: 200wpc into 8ohms, 400wpc into 4ohms, etc..... | |
| High Powered Speakers? The Paradigm Studio100 can handle clean 7000watt peaks above 150hz.Hardclip a 100watt AV receiver into it for 10 minutes and you'll fry the tweeter.No such thang as having too much clean amplifer power, as long as you're careful with it.ie: don't ... |