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| The disappearance of the traditional amplifier Rcprince brings up the typical objections to powered speakers. However, when carefully examined, the advantages of active speakers with active crossovers will far out weight the drawbacks. And, what is too frequently overlooked is that not all act... | |
| Sibilance Problem on Digitized LPs Agree that you should check your settings in preferences, click on "quality," set to 44.1 kHz/16 bit (that's the default). Set the real time sample rate converter and high quality sample rate converter to "high quality." I'm not sure how the dithe... | |
| What matters most in speaker design? It's been said that the Achilles Heal of loudspeakers is the passive crossover.Consider the massive amounts of time and money spent fussing over the CDP, TT, DAC, preamp, amp, cables, interconnects, and more.Why, after all that effort, is the beau... | |
| What matters most in speaker design? None of the above. While all those factors are important, they are secondary. The first consideration is the design concept. That must be thoroughly worked out and clearly defined before starting on the driver selection, crossover, or mounting/cab... | |
| Slowest played Goldberg Variation I did a quick check of different recording times and found most are between 60-70 minutes, although some were considerably longer or shorter. Gould's 1955 recording was under 40 minutes. These timing variations are too great to be explained only b... | |
| Two-channel is inferior to multi-channel, no? Stereo, mono, 5 channels, a zillion channels, it's all an illusion. There is no way to recreate a concert hall, or club performance at home. And studio recordings are another can of worms, which for the most part, have completely artificial acoust... | |
| Speaker Technology over the last 10 years Alright, enough Mr.T bashing. One of the most appealing aspects of large panels is the oversized soundstagegreat on large scale recordings, and although unrealistic, quite attractive on intimate small scale recordings, such as, solo guitar, lute,... | |
| Speaker Technology over the last 10 years Mr.T:I would also wager that you, and most anyone, definitely can tell the difference between panels and at least 9 out of 10 cone speakers. To say they sound like big panels; not in every way, but with the positive attributes of panels, the openn... | |
| Speaker Technology over the last 10 years Objections to conescabinet colorations: Get rid of the cabinet or build a properly designed, sealed, and damped enclosure.driver coherence: Put the crossover at the correct frequency for the size of the drivers, and move the crossover in front of ... | |
| great sounding cds to audition new speakers Hens' recommendations are excellent. I'd suggest putting most any Reference Recording on your list. Try Minnesota Orchestra, Eiji Oue conducting, Pictures at an Exhibition. Whether or not you are a classical music listener, full orchestra is a nec... | |
| Baby name opinion.... Summer Phoenix named his son Indiana August. Frank Zappa's kids are Dweezil and Moon Unit.And there are more: http://www.comeunity.com/parenting/parenting-articles/celebritynames.htmlHow about the middle name, Channel? | |
| Gradient Woofer for ESL 57 Mr. T, you need to hear dipole woofers or sealed acoustic suspension. You already know the problem with panels and low frequencies, neither enough surface area nor excursion to achieve the necessary volume displacement. Panels would have to be the... | |
| Orion Speakers truly great or too finicky Truly great. I built the kit from Wood Artistry, and bought the pre-assembled ASP/crossover. Fun project, and the results rewarding. You can buy the plans from Linkwitz if you have the tools and skill to build them from scratch. Finicky? They aren... | |
| Ever discover cheapo speakers actually sound... Interesting statement RockyV. I have a couple of questions. Since the lion's share of distortion comes from the speakers, no matter what brand or price range, and speaker characteristics vary far more than electronics, how can good gear overcome p... | |
| Ever discover cheapo speakers actually sound... I haven't. There's always something out of balance and higher levels of distotion. But you've learned how cheapo equipment can fool our ears into thinking, short term, or on some types of music at low levels, that it sounds pretty good. Many maker... |