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Very interesting. I tried something similar years ago but was foiled by inumber of problems, including the fact that I was trying to drive it all with a single stereo SS amp. I just could not get anything consistent, and in my case a...
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then the idea of amp bypassing is relevant to the "clean signal" discussion. But regardless of the measured voltage out vs. driver sensitivity I suspect that there is too little of something in the way of drive and control between a&n...
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I wanted to add that I have found that the effects I just mentioned occur even when the sound is EQ'd to "compensate". Setting aside the other issues raised by EQ, the notes in the EQ'd spectrum still "develop" with the upward tilt, where ...
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The idea of 360 degree radiation of sound has great intuitive appeal to me since I feel the best recordings are done with two omnidirectional microphones. The most precise reproduction of the musical event would seem to be: sounds enter microph...
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Firstly let me say that I believe musicians could be just about the most important people to judge the quality of Hi Fi. They know how the music sounds during creation so can best judge if that quality has been preserved (less destroyed) at playback....
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But doesn't putting the drivers on an inward-firing arc more or less shoot all the sound into a point, like the opposite of the Big Bang?This seems like an invitation to phase problems in the real world, and it also seems like it could bugg...
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Given enough time (and enough distance), most "randomness" adopts (or appears to adopt) some sort of a "pattern" or patterns.This appears at the rote level to be yet another variant of the old "musical versus accurate" conundrum. Yes, the idea ...
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You may remember my first impression of ML2 was its "organizing". And you may also remember my saying that SET just "allows" the signal, including its dissipation.Not to "sell" Milquiades, but how (other than multi-channel and bandwidth limitin...
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Jarek, one might also consider that the "small" Auro-capable processors are 7.2 channels (larger might be 14.2). When thinking/speaking of "Auro 3D", I think we are a long way from Romy's original 2-rear-speakers "RI". It is still not clear to me if ...
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Sheee-it... I finally got the new coils wound and the "new and improved" X/Os "worked out" and soldered together. It will take the (removable!) silicone goop overnight to stick the parts to the DEBZ's integrated X/O "bustles"; then I will tip the DE...
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This might be an excuse to get/play with the Sound Man's staple, the parametric equalizer (analog units are still available). While it is possible, it is not probable that you will wind up wanting "flat" reinforcement of the sound just as the mics "...
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Yes, the main system often seems to require too much of an "investment" to make using it worthwhile, or even realistic.I confess I have let my mind wander in this direction:http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=a5+audioengine&tag=googhydr...
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Well, the Q5s were everywhere when I was trying to find big amps, and they really have no chance to move me. Even to do what they might do would take maybe 500W SS, yet Harley thinks he hears them at their best with the ML2.2. Then again, I suppose...
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Sounds "fun", Romy. I think the late (recently deceased) James Bongiorno contributed the lion's share of ideas for the Constellation, although who can ever be sure what actually makes it to market. Maybe Bongiorno's own (much cheaper) Spread Spectr...
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Hi, Flm. Welcome. Try reading some long threads in our archives and you will get a better idea how to open a dialog. Pretty sure there are some Lowther threads, but no reason to limit yourself to those. "Accurate" in the case of speakers means faithf...
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Edgar, not sure how long you've been at FM, but there is an FM board here at GSC that sould give you some food for thought. As ever, some things stay the same, and other things have changed. For instance, analog has changed to digital, but the weirdn...
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No question that there are basic electrical issues to deal with in matching amps and speakers. After our best attempts to deal with these issues on paper or in our minds, we listen. Part of dealing with reactive loads is keeping amp output impedance ...
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[quote user="drdna"] I know all the compromises involved with the EdgarHorns, I have heard them when I visited Bruce Edgar in Gardena, and they were pretty good compared to most of what is out there. I realized that I would likely never be able...
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"with only disadvantage in sensitively department" That's quite a big disadvantage from where I look at it.The way you describe the speakers with all of your other amplifiers seems to match how I recall them sounding. I cannot imagine how...
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drdna,
The subject of room reflections is kind of completed topic but form what you described I do not think that your problems are there but rather in some kind of bug of your system that you will discover soon. Meanwhile, I would disregard any ro...
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Hi, BudNow that my system is back up and running again I suppose I ought to at least take the offer to try the enabl'd drivers in my speakers.I have no doubt they will sound different, and from the posts you cite I imagine some particular traits will...
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Buck up, Yoshi. I get what you are saying about "yellow", but this sort of de-construction excercise can be done with any driver. For one thing, 3 cu. ft is way too big. If you must have a box, try 1/2 that size.I think the Lowther [sic] ...
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Yes Paul,DSEP is planned. Actually I have already experimented with it only with the 12" Fane neodymium midwoofer that covers 80-1K and using 1 cap for the low pass filter. I really like what it does. I am comparing how it works with ceramic and neod...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]A could years ago here and there begun to pop up small SS class “D” amplifiers made with high-end pretence. They all sounded like shit but by the efforts of a number of typically deaf and stupid or just simply whorish audio...
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Zanon, I do not mean DEQ, but that is one way to do it. D[SET] is another way; and it can be done in real time, by a couple of means.If you actually settle on the mid-field monitor approach, you will want that sort of speakers installed before you g...
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It is a dome tweeter, so I can see how proximity to the floor might have some impact in that at least you have HF hitting the floor. How ti regulates brightness is mysterious to me as well.My personal hamster speakers (for NPR vocals) simple mono Tiv...
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Max, it sounds like this is not a case of ground (loop) hum, although 3V might well cause problems with HE speakers, depending on how the system grounding is stacked. As a control, try running the APS off its battery while it's loaded (ie, the amp i...
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I wish I had other sources for reference, since it's obvious (even to me) that the amps will only sound as good as what they are fed (and what they feed). I think I still have my old CD player around, somewhere, while I wait for my iD...
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I just visited the Highend in Munich and had the chance to listen to two of those monster SETs. Cessaro showed up with monstrous 833 amps and my thought was that there is something wrong with the music. I know it is common in this forum to describe w...
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Romy, you mention the passive radiator and then you link to a normal 5" poly-cone driver. I guess I don't get what you mean.I can't remember hearing a "passive radiator" speaker that was worth the dynamite to blow it up. Those I have heard made reg...
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