toddalin
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| Do most people prefer tight bass or non tight bass? I prefer a tight, accurate bass with texture (e.g., you can "hear the wood"). This is more a matter of the speaker rather than the amplifier, and I think that an accordion-edged woofer does a better job than a foam-edged woofer, regardless of siz... | |
| Have You Seen - 10 Characteristics of Great Audiophile Sound Slam is not typically something you would experience at a rock concert. This tune is good for demonstrating slam if your system can do it: https://youtu.be/aLEhh_XpJ-0 | |
| Help! Pre amp turning on by itself. We have a heated towel rack that is on a wall timer. This is all hardwired and there is no remote. Lately, occasionally, when I get up at say 3AM to take care of business, I'll find the towel rack on! All I can figure is that late night line sp... | |
| Have You Seen - 10 Characteristics of Great Audiophile Sound #11 System should exhibit "slam" when called for. This is different than punchy bass from a sub and I saw no mention of it. #12 System should be able to play back undistorted at the original level, in its intended environment, whether it be in t... | |
| Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound "If the woofer can reproduce 40Hz with low distortion, how fast the woofer starts is almost irrelevant (within reason of course). It only needs to accelerate fast enough to match the rise time of 40Hz at the fastest point along a 40Hz sine wave. I... | |
| Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound The AMT (Air Motion Transformer) and it's "derivatives" have excellent transient response. It's a matter of whether the rest of the components can keep up. | |
| Best Holographic Speakers ~$7k per pair Obviously you can’t tell from a video where the mic is set at one height and you are listening on ???. But the video shows the speakers and how the placement of the drivers is very similar to that of what one experiences with a drum set. Lower f... | |
| Best Holographic Speakers ~$7k per pair "A consideration that none have mentioned is soundstage height. A tall speaker like a planar magnetic or electrostat can convey (artificially) soundstage height. For example, the high frequencies of the cymbals of a drum kit will be at a realist... | |
| Best Holographic Speakers ~$7k per pair T.H.E. Show is coming to Costa Mesa in June. There will be lots of offerings, though not cheap. You want to hear soundstage/imaging? Come on by for a listen. I'm in Orange County 10 miles north of the John Wayne Airport. You can hear the Merm... | |
| Listening Room or Components or my ears? Maybe none of the three choices. Maybe you are just revealing the noise and poor recordings on the CDs you’ve been listening too? | |
| What is a "reference" system? The ideal "reference" system would be that which is the most heard by the most recording engineers/people so that most everyone would have a common ground on which to base their opinions (i.e., a point of reference). This is why I had previously ... | |
| What is a "reference" system? It would seem to me that a reference system would be a system that was used, or similar to that used, in the mixdown of the track of the specific recording being played at the time. For example, there can be no denying that LS3/5As are "reference... | |
| There is no substitute for cubic inch or in this case surface area ...And then some. https://youtu.be/iGa9259pz-I | |
| There is no substitute for cubic inch or in this case surface area Peter, I was there. Was impressive, but I get better imaging in my living room and this would be unnecessary overkill. But I don't need to fill that much volume and only use two JBL 18"ers, not 12. | |
| There is no substitute for cubic inch or in this case surface area Don't confuse "cubic inches" with "surface area" (i.e., "square inches") of cone movement. While four 6" diameter woofers have the same "surface area" as a single 12" diameter woofer, it is extremely doubtful that each of these 6" woofers could "... |