toddalin
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| Big speakers, are they really the best way to get great sound? Not if done right. I've heard videos done this way where the separation is retained and the room acoustics are greatly reduced. Knock yourself out. Especially listen to videos made by Mr. Boochie on his JBL L300s (e.g., Page 331). And while ... | |
| Big speakers, are they really the best way to get great sound? mihorn, If you are posting a pic of the CD cover, I'm not so convinced that you are actually placing the mic in the sweet spot. How do we know that we are hearing the room? I know plenty of people who set up mics so many feet from each speaker ... | |
| Big speakers, are they really the best way to get great sound? @mihorn: I will compare to any audio system in the world. Please you show me any audio system’s live recording video sounds better than mine. Alex/Wavetouch audio OK, I've heard your videos and I’ll play. I cobbled these together with used pr... | |
| Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better? To the OP, you could "Put your money where your mouth is." With all the brew-ha-ha about tubes, I went out and bought a Melton P/P KT-88 tube integrated rated at 80 WPC to see how it compares to my 20 year old Yamaha RZ-Z9 in "Pure Direct" mode. ... | |
| How Do Amps Affect Soundstage? If we think about it in it’s simplist terms, a deep, wide soundstage requires a stereo signal. The more "mono" the signal is, the more it will "move to the center" narrowing the soundstage assuming the channels are in phase. If the channel intera... | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? "Are you saying depth is a result of sound bouncing off the physical room? And since there’s nothing to bounce with in a headphone, there is no depth? I’m sorry for not understanding." Not so much bouncing off of stuff in the room, but the intera... | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? "About soundstage, I've owned TOTL headphone and I still couldn't notice soundstage. I've clearly sense what's in front of me from front left to front right. I've also heard things up close to my side left and side right. This kinda qualifies as s... | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? Buil in mic..., so of course separation suffers. But the Nikon actually does a pretty good job, and lots better than many cell phone recordings I’ve heard. | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? The Behringer mic used to display the spectrum is mono. You cannot "analyze" mono pink noise through both speakers simultaneously because of constructive and destructive interference in the room. I've shown only the left speaker, but the right is ... | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? It is no myth, and you don’t need to spend a ton of money. But you do need to get things right. The speaker spacing, both to each other as well as the back and side walls, is very important. You also want "time alignment" between the drivers. A... | |
| Tube or solid state And in how many cases have people heard "the real thing" just as it was recorded? You would have had to have been there. And what of "the real thing" that never was, but instead was assembled in a studio using digital instruments, analog synt... | |
| Tube or solid state Solid state. Based on my amplification (Yamaha RX-Z9 in Pure Direct vs Melton P/P KT-88s) the highs are so much crisper and articulated through the Great Heils. Levels are matched to within 0.1 dB. https://youtu.be/HTxZJBoOywM https://youtu.be... | |
| Dedicated Line - Things to consider I got a good deal on the wire and one circuit was all I needed. | |
| Dedicated Line - Things to consider We have two breaker boxes, the original, which is fully loaded with breakers, and a second added later that is closer to the street that has a few breakers in it. I ran 125 feet of 8-gauge multi-strand from the stereo location in the living room t... | |
| Which LS3/5a? I have a pair of original Chartwells (with a spare NOS woofer) that were given to me. Great speakers! I only wish they would play louder in my big room as I fear burning them out. (They are in mint/like new condition.) Obviously, that is not wh... |