shadorne
Responses from shadorne
| Best place to put a single subwoofer? Rule of thumb. Place on left or right hand side of listener against the wall. Position sub 4 to 6 feet in front of main speakers. I find this position tends to help fill in any suckouts left by the mains and room modes.Your best approach, however,... | |
| Hearing Damage over 20khz? There is no evidence that the ear detects wavefront slope. The ear is like a digital device - hairs in the cochlea move and trigger nerve bundles. The on and off of the nerve bundles allows us to determine frequencies or tones. The combination of ... | |
| Best place to put a single subwoofer? A singles bar ? | |
| Tidal Speakers owners I would add that Tidal are sticking their neck out by designing to neutrality as EVERYONE knows that a "smilie EQ" on a speaker will sell. All you need do is 1) above all make it look good (as though it is brimming with technology) and 2) give it ... | |
| Tidal Speakers owners Focalfan,It is entirely appropriate and acceptable provided the manufacturer identifies themselves.Sadly many reviewers have monetary interest in equipment (getting a special deal on a demo item) and do not make these conflicts of interest well kn... | |
| Does 'Accuracy' Matter or exist ? What measurements are you aware of that provide indisputable standards for accuracy? Frequency ResponseHarmonic DistortionSignal/NoiseWaterfall Plot Group DelayPhaseImpulse ResponseOn and Off Axis Frequency ResponseJitter TestsIntermodulation Dis... | |
| Does 'Accuracy' Matter or exist ? Of course accuracy both matters and exists.It can be measured as well as heard.Although most here clearly prefer the added colorations that come with the setup they have. Perhaps difference matters more than accuracy - above all people here want a... | |
| Old vs. New It just shows how gullible we all are. Only sometimes new is better. | |
| When does the law diminishing returns kick in? I'd say it kicks in as soon as your girlfriend becomes your wife. | |
| Monster Cable You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. | |
| Monster Cable The lesson in the story about Monster Cable is that audio cables is 99% Marketing and 1% vigorous protection of trade marks/packaging and other aesthetic features, as well as plenty of specious technical claims.Sadly there is no actual "technology... | |
| ATC Passive Speakers & McIntosh The general advice for SCM20 would be at least 100 watts into 8 ohms. You are wise to be concerned and if you like to listen at realistic levels then you will probably be disappointed. | |
| XLR and RCA interconnects in the same system? It is simply semantics - my definition of "high end" is gear that reproduces what is on the recorded media as accurately as possible with the least possible distortion from extraneous factors such as cabling.Those who invest in setups that magnify... | |
| XLR and RCA interconnects in the same system? The comment that a cheap balanced connection (using cheap wires) for the balanced interconnect is good?That is hogwash.If you have poorly designed, poorly built and/or mismatched audio equipment the I agree.Some people just don't get it - with we... | |
| Looking for "Last" 2 channel speaker system. Agreed. ATC 100 or ELP 150 should be on your shortlist for sure. |