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| Merlin vsm mme owners, Cardas cabling Question. Bobby,Don't misunderstand. I only said that you have your preferences (to be expected) and I have mine and sometimes they are the same and other times they are not. No foul there.I was further pointing out that your recommendations become "gospel"... | |
| what was your wedding song? Ours was "You Got What It Takes (To Take What I Got)", originally recorded by Joe Tex. We used the duet arrangement recorded by Marti Jones with her husband, Don Dixon.Marty | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Bob,If you do not want flat, what do you want?Output gently falling as frequency increases from app 100hz to 8 or 10khz, flat above that. Flat to gently rising below 100hz to the lowest limit of system response (app. 25hz in my case). Tricky to ac... | |
| Greatest Rock Guitar Riffs One of the "purest" riff songs ever is Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk". Built around a repeating three note riff - -and two other short riffs. For me, this is about as primal as music gets. It does bounce around -guitar/bass/accordian/marching band - whate... | |
| Merlin vsm mme owners, Cardas cabling Question. Let me clarify:No offense was intended by the "cult" reference. I was merely trying to explain how some people have concluded that the VSM won't work properly unless paired with "insert Bobby's choice here". If you search these threads, the produc... | |
| Seeking "Crossover Networks For Dummies," please Thanks. | |
| Merlin vsm mme owners, Cardas cabling Question. Juan,By all means, follow away.I, too, think highly of Bobby's advice.I just don't always agree with him. Doesn't make me right, but it also doesn't make me wrong. I've lived with the speakers for about 10 years now and have earned the right to fo... | |
| Seeking "Crossover Networks For Dummies," please Drew,"monotonically increasing directivity index"?I assume that directivity increases with frequency, but I am unsure what is meant by "monotonic" in this context. Can you shed some light?Thanks,Marty | |
| Merlin vsm mme owners, Cardas cabling Question. Juan,I own VSMs. They sound very good with a wide variety of cables/amps/sources. However, ownership of this particular product puts you in a circle of folks who are so passionate that some embrace certain cult-like rituals, among them strict adhe... | |
| Seeking "Crossover Networks For Dummies," please The Linkwitz (might be Orion speakers - check the A'gon Industry Directory to be sure) web site has some really good info on the subject and touches directly on the questions you pose.Marty | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Kristian,Of course there is a trade-away, although it may not be the direct result of the active design vs a passive design. The real world trade away is whatever particular characteristic you find compelling in a particular passive speaker that y... | |
| Is JL best sub for the money? I've auditioned the better part of the JL line pretty extensively and - if carefully set-up - there's little doubt in my mind that they're terrific, probably among the best out there for most applications, music or HT. However, these products aren... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? I'd tend to agree that active designs address some real issues with a great solution. OTOH, there are some pretty crappy active speakers out there, too. Stop into any place that sells pro audio gear and you'll hear tremendous variation between the... | |
| Subs and the quest for bass. Nem,I understand your point. Take a listen. Take a look (at the SMS-1 readout). Both will confirm that near wall placement (at least IME) yields much smoother response (pre- EQ).If you don't care about the amount of EQ, it may not matter. Put the ... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Kristian may be a trained listener, but I'm a trained measurer. In my listening room, the Ohm 100s are unusually flat (on-axis at the listening position) with a smooth, gently falling FR from north of 10khz down to below 150hz - where destructive ... |