terraplane8bob
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| Cable elevators It is possible in certain instances where electric lines are installed directly under the audio system cables where they can cause interference. When working as a recording engineer I always had a RF problem in a certain church and attributed it ... | |
| The damper, the tension wire and cantilever position On what planet is this discussion taking place ? | |
| Your experience of moving to two subs Ther seems to be an assumption that bass is omni-directional. It is not. There is a point of origin for the original signal and two subs can resolve that reality. It is like two ears helping locate the direction of a sound or two eyes resolving... | |
| Sat front row at the symphony... I got a real chuckle out of "Mahler 123's" comment : "Hearing the spit clog a horn player's instrument is interesting, but ultimately distracting." Years ago, when my wife was still my girlfriend, I took a real chance when I pointed out to her... | |
| Sat front row at the symphony... Adolf Herseth, the spectacular trumpet soloist with The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, once told a story in a radio interview with Bill [?] Russo about Fritz Reiner who, in my opinion, was the most important conductor the orchestra ever had. Apparen... | |
| Sat front row at the symphony... Viber 6's comment, "If I were a sitting giraffe with my head way over people, then the 2nd row might be nice." That is a great way of articulating my previous comment about achieving a "sight line" to every instrument in an orchestra. From that v... | |
| Sat front row at the symphony... I had the opportunity to perform in the Berlin "Philharmonie" . During rehearsals I was able to go out in the hall and listen to the orchestra. When I returned, my colleagues asked what the hall sounded like. I told them that I was amazed at h... | |
| Sat front row at the symphony... My 50 year career in music was pretty well divided into 25 years as a symphony musician and 25 years as a recording engineer. The major orchestra I performed in played in some of the world's best concert halls. Two of the best were the "Musikver... | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? "Hypoman" made a comment about "eye candy" often being placed between loudspeakers and how distracting it can be. I once owned a gorgeous pair of B&W 801 speakers finished in Rosewood and sold them to buy the exact same speaker in black becau... | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? In the real world ---- not the make-believe world of the recording engineer [I can say this because I was one] --- musical instruments and the human voice have special characteristics depending on your proximity to them. The degree of warmth that... | |
| where and how to find blank "music" CD's I have had three TASCAM CD-RW2000 CD recorders that I used in my live music recording business. My recollection is that I could write a disc that could be copied an unlimited number of times or a disc that could only be copied once. How that was... | |
| OMG Moment I was one of a group of about 6 who regularly gathered at a friend's home to listen to his exceptionally good system in a room specifically designed for audio listening. One evening we found his system to sound less than ordinary. We realized th... | |
| Some famous reviewers have atrocious listening rooms! I recall posting a reference to a thread about "simple tweaks" to our systems and mentioned one of the easiest tweaks for people who normally wear glasses was to simply remove them ! Apparently the idea is still met with derision judging by this... | |
| Open Baffle Experience Since both "russbutton"and "eric_squires" both mentioned the active crossover in Linkwitz designs, I thought I might elaborate on my last post. I was fortunate to be good friends with one of Linkwitz's collaborators on the "Orion" loudspeaker. ... | |
| Open Baffle Experience I own a pair of Linkwitz "Orion" loudspeakers mated with Burmester amps, pre and DAC and can't imagine a more open and natural sounding speaker. If bass is on the recording it is heard in full bloom. The very complex crossover network is crucial... |