tomic601
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| Very Very Interesting NYC Venue and Meeting Place When an audio dealer, no matter the hours uses the word “ fetish “ to describe tge attraction for some vintage bits, they well understand where the $ is…. Seems like a cool place and dude… wish him well… | |
| Would you buy a pair of speakers by just looking at the measured freq. response? @ghdprentice this issue is other confounding variables. The scanner is measuring cone breakup modes … sometimes the ( in the example i am most familiar with a very popular and expensive paper 5” mid is often out of phase with the input…. So add in... | |
| list of speakers Great start ! Clearly a labor of love for music ! Best to you Jim | |
| Would you buy a pair of speakers by just looking at the measured freq. response? OP yes…there is a German company that makes a laser scanner of the cone or diaphragm in motion in comparison to the input signal…. You might be surprised how poorly some materials do at reproducing the input….. | |
| He spent his life building a $1 million stereo. The real cost was unfathomable. Reflection in order and compassion… and a better plan for my eventual passing…. Aside - I attended a nice music listening event last evening to honor the life and memory of a music club co-founder. Bit of a fund raiser for his favorite charities…. | |
| EAR 834P - Sale or try and repair... @bigkidz can fix and improve it | |
| Steely Dan Aja cover The out take says it all…. thx for that and other details…. | |
| Seeking Legit Cartridge Expert? I know a great guy who just did same… he is on a very happy day 2 of the Red. I’ve had ample listening time w Red - it’s excellent and very competitive w peers. | |
| Seeking Legit Cartridge Expert? Bummer about Ortofon….. Hana has some excellent trade in going…. | |
| Linear Power Supply for a DAC wrong calculus…. clean power that does NOT dump SMPS hash back in to the line is not worth worrying over the LPS to component $ ratio… | |
| What affects front to back depth in room/ system? u approximate a cat….. | |
| What affects front to back depth in room/ system? u r chasing u tail….if your system can do it on a recording but not others…. | |
| Would you buy a pair of speakers by just looking at the measured freq. response? Sure as long as the impulse response and the waterfall also look good with an earthworks or better microphone and a competent test setup technician….. my way of saying this is either a brilliant or idiotic OP ? | |
| Seeking Legit Cartridge Expert? I’ve run the ML for significant hours, it’s an excellent VERY accurate transducer and an amazing value… It’s polite so perhaps not the last word in dynamics for Zeppelin…. The Art is probably good or even a properly setup Ortofon Black…. | |
| What affects front to back depth in room/ system? Easy illusion for a time and phase correct speaker….. and get the mid and tweeter about 44” off the back wall so as not to confuse the ear/brain. It’s also quite helpful to use a great reference…like Opus 3 test LP… drumroll…. Depth of Image |