toddalin
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| 2-way design vs. 3-way design means ? No, not necessarily. A 2-1/2 way just means that there are two woofers that are allowed to play all the way to their "bottoms" (i.e., no high-pass filter) and are low-passed at different frequencies. My 2-1/2 way Mermans use a JBL 18" and a JBL ... | |
| Why isn’t more detail always better? Lowering the noise floor certainly increases perceptible detail. But you can’t lower the noise floor on poorly recorded material where the noise is part of that material, and in some cases maybe it is better just to "reduce" it a hair to make tha... | |
| Why isn’t more detail always better? I believe that we should strive for all the detail we can get. If it’s there, we should hear it! HOWEVER, the area of the band that includes much of the detail also includes much of the "hash/noise/distortion" present in all recordings, to some e... | |
| Large speakers plus EQ, what have you done? pickindoug, these eq units are what you need, but they are probably "one-offs" made especially for my "one-off" tri-amped Super Big Reds with their "one-off" electronic crossover. I bought these from a recording studio that went under. | |
| Large speakers plus EQ, what have you done? You can "eq" the speakers through component selection in the crossover (even if unintentionally) and this is probably why some people prefer passive crossovers to active crossovers. Case in point. All the values in the crossover have an "ideal" c... | |
| 2-way design vs. 3-way design means ? I like 2.5 way designs and have a few including the "Mermans" that I developed (JBL 2241H 18", JBL 2251J 9.7", modified Heil AMT) and the Super Big Reds with the Altec 604-E2s/Utahs. Mermans: The JBL 4435 is also a 2.5 way design. | |
| Vintage JBL Floor Standing Speakers What kind of money are you looking to spend? 4345s/4350s/4355s would be the way to go if you can find and afford them. They will be cheaper than Paragons or Hartsfields and offer way more fidelity. For a sampling of vintage JBLs and prices (thoug... | |
| Give Me a 3D Printer and Who Knows What I'll Come Up With... Came out nice! Initial listening shows improvement in focus, clarity, and imaging..., as would be expected when you take the "steps" out of the audio path and limit vertical dispersion off the angled ceiling. The top, bottom, and flairs probably ... | |
| What is the Altec 604 sound? It is debatabe as to whether Abby Road used 604s or 605s, or both just changing them out over time. | |
| What is the Altec 604 sound? 605s lack the high end of the 604 due to the reduced magnet on the horn. My brother had a single 605 in a utility cabinet and it was sort of dead sounding even though the horn seemed to work fine. | |
| What is the Altec 604 sound? In So Cal? You are welcome to hear my one-off, tri-amped, Super Big Reds using vintage Marantz equipment. The cabinets are 15.5 cu ft exterior volume. https://youtu.be/4MWmYYV1bg4 | |
| Acoustic Panel Help I just saw this on Nextdoor before coming here: https://www.slathub.com/ | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? But what if it is really a high quality system with expensive components that the owner is extremely proud of, others have said they like, and you just can't stomach? Maybe open backs just aren't my thing. https://youtu.be/K5xmzXp1cE4 | |
| 3 tone control integrated amp/preamp An old Marantz won’t depreciate and may actually increase in value over time. | |
| 3 tone control integrated amp/preamp Does it have to be new? Old Marantz had three tone controls and an adjustable "contour" (variable loudness) to boot! |