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| Stereophile test CD2 In/Out of Phase test:question I had this posted by mistake on another thread. Here it is where it belongs.I used the example of the bow wave of a ship being "out of phase". In the news we have another example. When there is a Tsunami the initial effect is that the ocean retrea... | |
| Single vs Multiple driver loudspeakers... For low volume and music where powerful bass and high frequency are not important (or if you are an old fart who can't hear those high frequencires) a single driver can be a good choice.However, although a full range speaker is called "single driv... | |
| tube amp sound more engaging Superhonestben..."Gizzillion" watt amps are cheap. Good high efficiency speakers (like Khorns) are expensive. | |
| plauged by off center image, am I insane? Herman...My use of a center channel (for about three decades) is a direct result of the layout of my room. It has two French doors at one end, leaving three pieces of wall. If the center speaker were omitted the left and right would be much too fa... | |
| plauged by off center image, am I insane? Hifimaniac...You should not assume that I am ignorant of all that precise speaker positioning procedure. I went through that kind of exact positioning when I had a Carver preamp with the sonic "Hologram" feature. Yes, I could get the effect, but i... | |
| plauged by off center image, am I insane? The elaborate setup procedure described by Hifimaniac amazes me. If it is that hard to get good imaging you have serious defects in the speakers. I have absolutely no problem with vague imaging and I think the reason is as follows.1. Planar (MG1.6... | |
| plauged by off center image, am I insane? There is no law to say that a soloist must be recorded equally in left and right channels, so that they image dead center. If your system images well it can put a sound source anywhere between the speakers, and sometimes outside them. The cure for... | |
| Which pre/pros have high output? Sdcampbell notes that most volume controls don't seem to do much for the last 1/2 turn or so. I too have noticed this. I think that the reason is that pots are being made with "linear" taper and with "log" taper, but the "audio" taper that we used... | |
| why no killer multichannel mods? This is due to the mistaken idea that the rear (surround) speakers are just for ambience, and the center is for movie dialog. I had my Underwood 2900 mod done for the three front channels only (on the basis of cost) but I think that the rears were... | |
| Stereophile test CD2 In/Out of Phase test:question Herman...see http://www.holistic-resonance.com/index2.html | |
| Which pre/pros have high output? Turning the NAD way up is good! Why would you want excess gain to be thrown away with a pot? | |
| Stereophile test CD2 In/Out of Phase test:question Tbg...France being screwed up needs no explanation. Australia is geographically inverted, so that explains them.By the way one could take issue with your presumption that the initial pressure disturbance is positive. How about a gong, or less obvi... | |
| Why do mass marketed CD's sound so crappy? Sean...Your rant about tonal balance of recordings is exactly the reason why you need at least tone controls and perhaps an equalizer in your playback system.Compression is not always as bad as you say. The most benign form of compression is "gain... | |
| How important is the Centre Speaker ? For music, where there is no screen to get in the way, the center front speaker is far and away the most important. This has been true from the earliest days of stereo sound, and did not have to wait for multichannel discs. For movies or TV I thin... | |
| Stereophile test CD2 In/Out of Phase test:question Tbg...Why do Yanks drive on the right side and Brits on the left? Here is a reasoned (non-arbitrary answer).1...In England, when people got around on horseback, it was customary, when meeting a traveler coming the other way to draw your sword. Hol... |