viridian
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| Hi efficient speaker, bass problems "Is it me , whenever I hear low efficient speakers they don't seem to have a grip on the bass like less sensitive units ?" What's less sensitive than low efficiency? Super low efficiency I guess. Or ultra-low efficiency. The wayward audio industry... | |
| Front port vs Rear port The reasons given are correct, but one reason that ports are put on the rear of speakers is that, at high levels, port turbulance can be audible and having the sound exiting the back of the speaker can be better than having it aiming right at you. | |
| How to measure tonearm effective mass Oh and to work the maths backwards the resonant frequency is equal to 159 divided by the square root of the effective mass of the arm times the compliance of the cartridge. Even so, you will only come out approximately, because of variance in comp... | |
| How to measure tonearm effective mass Most actually don't know what tonearm effective mass is. Tonearm effective mass can be expressed as the moment of inertia about the pivot divided by the effective length of the tonearm squared. Which makes it very hard to calculate mathematically ... | |
| Budget Phono Amp / Stage Recommendation? First, congrats on a great turntable choice! You are starting out with a classic that sounds just marvelous.I have owned the Gram Amp 2SE, Creek OBH 8SE, Musical Fidelity X-LP with X-PSU and Ault power suppplies, 640P, Lehmann Black Cube and a few... | |
| tonearm/cartridge matching, mass/damping/tweaking I think that there are at least two issues at play here. First is simply the primary arm/cartridge resonance issue, which is fairly easy to calculate. The secondary issue is how the arm deals with the added energy that excites it from a low compli... | |
| Time Has Come Today-The Chambers Brothers There is a great version of this song on Steve Earle's CD "Side Tracks" with, of all people, Sheryl Crow doubling on the vocal tracks. | |
| Question about entry level tables..Debut/CJ Walker Good choice. The TD160 is much more of a known quantity. The place to learn about all things Thorens is the Analog Department:http://www.theanalogdept.com/Best,Marty | |
| Solid State to Tubes and Back Again Before I had air conditioning, I sold all of my tube gear in the spring of each year and bought solid-state stuff for the summer to avoid the heat, and because I listen less in the summer, and more casually as well. Now, with A/C it's all tubes, a... | |
| Question about entry level tables..Debut/CJ Walker You pretty much answered the question do you want set-and-forget or a hobby/project? Linn was the marque that launched 1000 ships. Those ships were suspened belt drive turntables. Logic, Ariston, Walker, there seem to be tons of them out there. I ... | |
| Mechanical buzz coming from the chassis Nick, the root cause is that all transformers hum, to varying degrees. And differing manufacturers deal with this differently, some use compliant mounting and some just torquing the tranny down on the chassis. Some trannies hum more than others. I... | |
| Kleos Sibilance Bill identified himself as a dealer in his first post in this thread. At the bottom of his post it says "Dealer Disclaimer". That seems pretty transparent to me, but English can be a funny language. I appreciate identified dealer participation in ... | |
| Can clicks and pops blow a tweeter? Well, yes and no. Clicks and pops will not blow a tweeter, however the rise time of clicks and the fact that a lot of their energy is ultrasonic, coupled with an ultrasonic rise in an undamped MC cartridge, could make an unstable amp ring on the w... | |
| Mechanical buzz coming from the chassis First thing is to check that the four screws that hold the power transformer to the chassis are all nicely tight. Then check all other screws on the amp. | |
| Loudspeakers - how best to prolong their lifetime? I have confidence in my own work, so I replace foam surrounds myself. It is not particularly hard if you are handy. Kits can be purchased from various vendors, such as Parts Express. DIY is fun and, when you are done, you know that the job is done... |