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| 1st,2nd,3rd order crossovers,etc As much as i post and as fast as i can type, even i'm not up to writing the novel that such an answer would turn out to be. I would suggest reading these two books. You should read the Weems book first as it will give you the basic background that... | |
| Upsampling. Truth vs Marketing El said: "In Sean's explanation the second set of 20 dots in set B should not be random. Those dots should lie somewhere between the two dots adjacent to them".By placing the "extra" dots ( sampling points ) "mid-point" between the previously adjo... | |
| Need complete stereo help starting with preamp For $1200 and some very cautious and patient shopping on the used market, you can have a preamp / power amp that is staggeringly good for the money invested. If you are in a hurry and want to do this now while the cash is still in your pocket, you... | |
| Do high zoot speakers sound "forced" I have multiple different types of speakers, both multi-ways and "one ways". They all have their benefits and drawbacks. One obviously has to choose what they like best in their specific room with their specific equipment. Personally, i could not ... | |
| Upsampling. Truth vs Marketing Bombay: Your own description answers the problems that you questioned i.e. "On a historical note, Philips is the co. that is to be credited or discredited with the concept of upsampling. The original idea at Philips Reasearch Labs was to somehow g... | |
| Who woulda thunk? How about hearing Iggy Pop doing "Lust For Life", The Buzzcocks doing "What Do I Get", Trio doing "DA DA DA", etc... on TV commercials??? You're right, who woulda thunk it??? All of these "outsiders" have sold out to crass commercialism. Sean>P... | |
| Upsampling. Truth vs Marketing Get an 8.5 x 11 piece of paper and a pencil. Now draw a straight line horizontally across the page about 1/4 of the way down. Do the same think half-way down the page and then another horizontal line at 3/4 of the way down the page. The top line w... | |
| Blind Power Cord Test & results Drubin: My post was not to say that one CAN NOT tell differences right away, but that many differences are subtle and could easily be lost "in the heat of the moment". As i mentioned above, if i had not heard instant differences when changing one ... | |
| Blind Power Cord Test & results One has to be intimitaly familiar with all of the gear being used and the recording in order to identify if there has been a change made. Picking specific parts of a song to use as a cue tends to work well, but if one wasn't quite familiar with th... | |
| solidstate with ML electrostats Most speakers suffer from a very noticeable "dip" in the upper bass / lower midrange area due to what is called "floor bounce". On top of this, you will also have a greater degree of cancellation at certain frequencies due to the dipolar design of... | |
| Blind Power Cord Test & results Quad made a very unique device for testing componentry in a direct A vs B mode, but it doesn't work like a typical ABX type box. This device actually allows you to insert another preamp or amp in series with your existing system and switch it in a... | |
| Blind Power Cord Test & results Dragon1952: This has nothing to do with "audio" or "snobbery". Cutting and pasting isn't a big deal, but if you want someone to look at something, the most logical thing to do is to make it easy for them to do so. Otherwise, it is kind of like say... | |
| Blind Power Cord Test & results Sorry for my rant here, but you guys kill me with the lack of links. The directions on how to post a link is found directly under the data input area and is labeled "No html, but you may use markup tags". Clicking on that will show you exactly how... | |
| CEC modifications - do they work????? I know that Francisco aka Psychicanimal had Dan Wright modify and maybe even cryo his CEC based belt drive transport. I know that he was very happy with it after that. From what i can recall, he had mentioned something about the unit lacking PRAT ... | |
| Omnidirectional speakers. The future? El: I don't doubt your observation. The one point that i would make would be in question form to you. That is, "Is just one or both of the principles stated above coming into play in the last row?". Sean> |