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[quote user="ArmAlex"]
This thread is becoming more and more similar to threads in Audiogon and other look like sites.
But I agree with below comments
Anyway my maxim is:
beware of hifi salesmen (or self-appointed '...
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Yes Paul, one would assume this BUT we have a generation of digital recordings where „digital“ is blamed for bad glaring sound - caused by the microphone mismatch. They were recorded and mastered by the analog engineers - maybe they were not so golde...
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"Older" Schoeps and Neumann microphones have a major diaphragm resonance below 30kHz. This can really screw with a digital recording because of aliasing. Newer generation microphones have the resonance over an octave higher....
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A couple of days ago, I attended a concert with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra conducted by Herbert Blomstedt. They played Death and Transfiguration by Richard Strauss and Beethoven Eroica Symphony.
These young adults (17-...
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[quote user="JOHNR"]One of the things that I picked up in this thread is the fact that if you use 2 PSUs in series, the sound degrades.This is typical of one unit generating common mode noise and this adds to that produced by the second unit.Even if ...
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[quote user="JOHNR"]One of the things that I picked up in this thread is the fact that if you use 2 PSUs in series, the sound degrades.This is typical of one unit generating common mode noise and this adds to that produced by the second unit.Even if ...
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To answer the philosophical questions first - at least from my view:All apply, are measurable, BUT we have no correlation of the measurement to the brain of the listener(s).We are all ultimately responsible for our own behavior, so I believe that the...
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Do we simply not want a non-changing target? As regeneration does not seem to be „the“ solution (especially if the AC cord behind the regenerator changes bass), what does better AC even mean?Perhaps the designers of great equipment need to rethink po...
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Thank you Clark for your comment.Unfortunately, I think that you missed the point. It is possible that a power cord can change things. The description „better“ is a moving target however. Let us take for example a „full range“ driver in a backloaded ...
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Amir,in my world there is a process for selection and it is not AB or changing power cords. That does not mean that I deny that equipment (including cables) can change sound. It means that the normal audiophool description "it was immediately better"...
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[quote user="Amir"]
I think if you use Pure Power 3000+ it is better to use shorter power cables (2m is very good) . the bass and attacks are better with shorter Power cables.
you should not have any ground loop in your system if you use Pure P...
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I visit here daily and the motivation is based on a couple of things:1) a view that life including audio is work in process and that we are never finished, rather have times of activity and other times of enjoyment2) a desire to be able to describe t...
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I do not think that you really can trust an answer from someone willing to tell you what to do. Sure, the Klughorn is a great thing, but I have never heard it suitable integrated - which says NOTHING about the horn and driver but a lot about those us...
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Look up Romys CETLA91 or a new multicell for Macondo.There is a guy not far away from me Markus Klug, who builds these. I heard then at his house but there were "non speaker issues" that did not tell me what in the sound could be attributed to the ho...
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Hafler, Carver, polk and most professional mastering has a technique that actually came from MS recording techniques. A MS microphone array has a "mono" microphone and a figure 8 bipole microphone above it. The stereo spread is controlled by altering...
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The essence of audio is the transfiguration of the intent of the performers in the playback area. It is not hardware, software or even the recording itself. Naturally, this assumes that the artists were driven by noble intent....
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Marc Henry is still behind it and has a much lower cost version than the Grande Castine.https://www.kornhent.bzhThe finished speaker according to the website now costs €9,800 pair. What an aggressive price! Unfortunately, I cannot say if it has the b...
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[quote user="noviygera"] rowuk wrote:I see a problem with any „coaxial“ attempt in one horn. The length of the horn is correct for one band, but not both HF and MF. If the horn is optimized for MF, if is too long for HF and works like a transmission ...
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[quote user="noviygera"]Number one, that I'd like to run by you guys due to it's simpler nature and closer to reality execution is the idea I have been thinking about. No first hand experience with any of this.Say we use something like altec 1505b mu...
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I most certainly agree that the entire listening experience has far more factors than just hard and software. If we are talking about „ideal horns“, then this implies some „gear focus“. Of course the hardware is subservient to the attitude, but then ...
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The ideal horn system would have to be well integrated into the room, acoustically as well as optically/cosmetically. As far as a commercial venture goes, I believe that Marc Henrys "La Grand Castine" was already (except for the ULF dipole panel) ver...
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I would not doubt Tom Danleys capabilities to hear. There just is no long time money in hi fi (especially if you have ears)and he gets an amazing job done in the PA world....
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Maybe there is no difference when you take a Leak... An amplifier can only be viewed in the context of the complete system. Watts say nothing about sound and capacity is relative.In any case, if you are looking for your own system, the amplifier mode...
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Actually, if we use a stethoscope and our ears, we buy standard precision bearings, motors and control electronics. All quite affordable. There is no need to reinvent the wheel. If we look at an old Thorens TD160, how much more engineering does the a...
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There is nothing waveguidy about this product. It is just a bunch of dead highest power drivers in a too small box with a high power DSP Amp to compensate.If you want inspiration from PA, look up Tom Danleys company. At least he has working ears and ...
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We generally accept that Mercedes Benz builds good cars. Several years ago, they invented the A class series and the German press was all excited - until a scandinavian review performed an “elk test”, a fast series of turns and braking to keep from h...
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The short horns like with the Altec are horns, but being too short and generally with a truncated mouth, they do not eq very much in the “midbass”, rather an octave or two higher. In that case, you might as well use direct radiators. The reason for a...
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[quote user="noviygera"]Rowuk,Thanks for the link, I have zero music theory and this will be most useful for me to study. On a side note, are you the guy who has RH-307 amplifier? If so, may I ask you (maybe off site) for your experience with this am...
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This book explains the "sensation" of intonation and what wind players do to create mood. Naturally, intermodulation is crap in audio, but the pleasure of a well managed brass section is glorious...The file is too big for this site, so I will keep it...
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I will make a new link next week....
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