eldartford
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| Are first order crossovers best? Bombaywalla...The link you provided looks interesting, and when I have time to spend I will study it. However, I must dispute your suggestion that the phase difference between drivers in higher order X/O does not remain constant at frequencies awa... | |
| Are first order crossovers best? Unsound...I had forgotten the Walsh driver...but, I think that even that had a mechanical X/O of sorts. The top part of the cone for a couple of inches (near the voice coil) was made of metal, while the rest of the cone was some other material. | |
| Haven't played my LP's in 20 years - still good? I also think that LPs are tougher than most people think. In particular, everyone knows that they should be stored standing up on edge, but I confess to having sometimes left LPs stacked horizontally for a year or more without any bad effect. If t... | |
| Are first order crossovers best? Brianmgrarcom...Take a look at the schematics for first and fourth order X/O, and think again about which is more difficult and expensive to design and build. However, your comment about having fewer components in the signal path is very valid. IM... | |
| rumble, on records or from turntable? To check TT rumble, test records are made with a "silent groove". I am sure that these test records are not perfect, so the "silent" groove really ought to be called the "as good as it gets" groove. Many LPs do have LF rumble recorded into the gro... | |
| Are first order crossovers best? Unsound...Where did you (and a lot of other guys)get the idea that a first order (6 dB/oct) crossover has no phase shift? Actually the woofer and tweeter phase varies with frequency, but always differs by 90 degrees. The tweeter can be physically ... | |
| An observation about "Modern" classical music. Robm321...You are absolutely correct about Beethoven's late chamber music. At the time he was deaf. | |
| Room setup...diagonal or standard and how to treat Diagonal setup can be great from the audio viewpoint, but is rarely even attempted. WAF you know. | |
| An observation about "Modern" classical music. John...My initial posting describes how it evolved from a listening session. Without going into all the details..."If I can't hum it I don't like it". This phrase may sound simplistic, but it concisely states the opinion of most (not all) people. | |
| An observation about "Modern" classical music. John...I don't know why you and other modernists assume that I have not listened to modern music, and seriously tried to grasp it. I think I pointed out that, like many, I initially disliked modern art, but over time came to appreciate some aspect... | |
| Mood lighting I am surprised that this thread has not yet been hit with condemnation of dimmers. Long ago dimmers used to create lots of noise in nearby audio systems, but I have found that new ones don't have this problem. However the bad reputation lingers on... | |
| Monster Cable interconnects too tight Albertporter...Please note that I did not assert that your fluid has no effect...only that micro arcing seems like an unlikely explanation. The basis for my view is that unless there is a difference of electrical potential there can be no arc, and... | |
| Monster Cable interconnects too tight Albertporter...The tube rolling comment was a :-) Maybe it doesn't get done that much, but it sure gets talked about. | |
| Monster Cable interconnects too tight Albertporter...What is "microarcing"? If the two parts of the connector are making any sort of electrical contact the potential between them is near zero, which rules out arcing. Maybe the stuff does something, but I don't believe the explanation.... | |
| An observation about "Modern" classical music. Lousyreeds1...Yes I have heard Copland"s "Rodeo", one of his more popular works, but I didn't know about his inspiration from tuning up. Of course, inspiration is not quite the same as the actual sound, which I still think could be passed off as a... |