shadorne
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| Please explain amplifier output impedance Output impedance is defined by the amplifiers Damping Factor. It is the ratio of the output impedance to the nominal speaker input impedance or load impedance.In practice the higher the damping factor the better because cabling and the interaction... | |
| What should be the first component when upgrading? IMHO speakers/room setup add the most colouration, distortion and have greatest impact on the sound. One can almost always hear a marked difference between two types of speaker. (not quite such a marked difference between amps/sources/cables) Spea... | |
| Is Digital actually better than Analog? It depends on what you prefer - both can produce excellent sound. | |
| Speaker suggestions Sounds like you would be best served by near field monitors - move your listening position away from the back wall if you can. Bass is generally boomy if you sit close to the rear wall opposite the speakers | |
| Looking For High Quality Drum Music. Try On Broadway, George Bensen, Weekend in LA, Harvey Mason on drums....Mike Lavigne recommended it on another thread and he was right .....it is simply superb!....you will feel that Harvey is there in the room in front of you. This track is not c... | |
| Best rock song of all times Sweet Child O'Mine has a great riff... All above suggestions are excellent candidates too - check this out url for a "researched" list....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_in_English_labeled_the_best_ever | |
| Importance of warm up. I hope this helps someone Speakers will change response as heat builds up in the voice coils --- you get thermal compression after some minutes of play as the coils inside the drivers warm up. As you play louder the compression will get worse...anywhere from 0.5 to 3DB or ... | |
| Bob Dylan's Modern Times, a new Masterpiece? Hdm and Ben,I agree with your criticisms, no doubt my guess went way too far. A better wording might be "An verbal attack on the way modern music sounds and at the same time to take control of the sound production suggests a certain dissatisfactio... | |
| Bob Dylan's Modern Times, a new Masterpiece? Dylan deliberately took control of the sonic production of Modern Times as he rebels against modern CD and digital - he may be a great artist but IMHO his sound engineering skills are not up to scratch of other pros. I guess his criticisms of CD a... | |
| definition of balanced mode vs. single ended Balanced means both signals float with respect to ground. Single ended means that the negative side of the signal is circuit ground. Balanced usually has better noise rejection and therefore less noise....although the difference in home audio is s... | |
| Bob Dylan's Modern Times, a new Masterpiece? Audiofeil,I agree with your description. The instruments have a far away kind of sound and the vocals are edgy. Whatever is the cause, I find it has the monotonous kind of sound of much of today's pop music, which lack dynamic range due to compres... | |
| Life is complicated, lets keep it simple. Have you considered buying Mac Mini and a cheap/second hand keyboard, monitor and mouse? (many people throw away old keyboards and monitors). I use a dedicated Mac Mini to run my four CD mega changers....overkill maybe but it works and I can surf ... | |
| Your favorite prog rock music? ? I have to say it again....great thread! | |
| Your favorite prog rock music? ? No one mentioned Santana yet...or Roxy music.. or 10cc ....but I'd include them in prog rock IMHO...although may be I am stretching the boundaries. For me Art rock is part of prog rock. I would not count the Cars as prog rock.....but then again...... | |
| Need help with room A narrow spike at 630 Hz may be room related....try moving the SPL meter by 1 foot and see if the spike disappears. If it does then you may want to try acoustic treatments as an EQ will not solve that problem except at that exact listening positio... |