eldartford
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| Why Energize the Whole Room/Virtual Reality Audio? The "sound in the middle of your head effect" happens with a mono signal. Not with stereo.All the comments about low distortion and wide frequency response with headphones are true. In some focused listening situations they are ideal, but most of ... | |
| Dumb question: discrete circuitry/benefits? Individual transistors wired up in a circuit, as opposed to entire circuits of multiple transistors in a single component, called an Integrated Circuit, (IC). | |
| Going from Project Phono to DV P75 or Gram Slee The extra gain of the phono stage will not make things "easier on the amp". The higher signal level will force you to lower the volume control, which, if you believe that pots are bad, is not helpful. Ideally you would lower the circuit gain so th... | |
| Magnepan positioning Six inches won't do the job, even if you put sound absorbing foam behind them. However, they are real easy to pull out a few feet when listening seriously. For background leave them next to the wall. The feet (of the Maggies) will keep them out ab... | |
| Why is it so much more civil over here on Agon? Just don't suggest that vinyl has surface noise. | |
| Equalization done right, experiences? Ad010685...Ok if you want to spend the $. Do those units have a RTA and autoequalization capability? You might want to consider the Behringer just for the RTA. I use one of mine to set up the analog parametric equalizer that I have for my center f... | |
| Equalization done right, experiences? The Behringer DEQ2496 (two of them actually) have been the greatest and most cost effective addition I have ever made to an audio system. I think that the Spectrum Analyser part is important because it lets you see what your room response problem ... | |
| Ready to try vinyl Albertporter...I won't debate with you whether existing DD turntables exhibit "cogging", but, speaking as one with some experience with (non-audio) DD precision servos, "cogging" would be a flaw in the design. It is no more inherent to a DD system... | |
| RTA recommendation I am sure that a $3000 unit would be a better RTA, but how can you go wrong with the Behringer DEQ2496 at about $370 (including mic)? If you can't accept that it is a fine unit, think of it as a learning tool until you get something better (which ... | |
| Comments on Panasonic TH-42PX50U Plasma TV Another cheer for the Panny TH-42PD25 EDTV Plasma. For this size (small) plasma I think that HD may be unessential. Yes, if you compare HD and ED side by side, HD is better, but, IMHO, is still overpriced. | |
| ELP laser turntable - any comments? Tbg...If your TT moves 1/2 inch vertically, and 3/4 inch horizontally, I submit that you have best evacuate the house, especially if you live in California! As to specs...40 dB and 50dB are not significantly different in terms of real world effect... | |
| Sacd/dvd-a, The Hype Is Dead, For Me At Least... It is true that SACD offers an improvement over CD, but the difference is only obvious on superior playback equipment. On the other hand, DVDA offers much more than high resolution, and therefore has a better chance of support from the mass market... | |
| wiring a 3rd speaker for phantom center Make a "Y" speaker connection. In other words disconnect the RETURNS (Black) of the LEFT and RIGHT speakers from the amplifier, and connect them both to the HI (Red)input of the center speaker. (You can make this wiring at the back of the amplifie... | |
| First Order Crossovers: Pros and Cons greenmountainaudio@adelphia.net...Yes the component values, for a particular frequency, differ from a first order filter because the cascaded filters are working from and into different impedances. But they are still two series filters. In the cas... | |
| Cats and audiophiles The cat might jump if the cliff was high enough.In New York, and probably other cities, cats do fall out the windows of tall buildings. An interesting fact has been observed...if a cat falls from the third(I think) floor, it will likely be killed.... |