toddalin
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| 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... | |
| A Question About Time Alignment My creation, the "Mermans" use a JBL 18" (2241H), a JBL ~10" (2251J) and Heil AMT. Each is separate and I time align the drivers to my seating position by physically moving the three cabinets relative to each other. I use a Behringer 61-band ... | |
| Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried... VanessaFernandez, both in SACD. | |
| What type of wire for dedicated 20A AC lines? I recently installed a dedicated 20 amp, 8 gauge multi-strand run. The run is 123 feet in length first going to a 30 amp locking plug (that goes to my surge protector) within the entertainment console then an additional 2 feet to a pair of 20-amp... | |
| What's the heaviest speaker you've ever owned? What's the tallest? One-off Super Big Reds, tri-amped with a one-off electronic crossover, and one-off passive eq units between the Marantz and horns. Uses two Marantz 170DCs for the four woofers and a Marantz 1180DC for the preamp and horn amp. Cabinets are soli... | |
| Do you build anything for your high fidelity system? If so, what do you make? Stands, Speakers (both modified and from scratch including crossover design, https://youtu.be/aTBtgi7QV_U House wiring (dedicated 8-gauge on 20 amp breaker with no splices), Canare cable through walls, A/B/X switcher of my own design. U... |