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When I first heard Scarlatti on a harpsichord it was a revelation. I found the tone, in its attack, to be almost like that of an electric guitar, and very energetic. I do not know to what degree this is inherent to the instrument, or how Scarlatti us...
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Romy:I understand what you say. "Brass virtual clipping" is a fine way to describe it, although a player can introduce a similar tone in his instrument well short of maximum volume if he so chooses and thinks it is appropriate.My question is this -- ...
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As a horn player, I sometimes introduce honk because it introduces a stress tone that feels louder, without actually having to play louder. THis gives me more dynamic flexibility, and I can communicate more extremes.I have never heard this introduced...
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Harmon is interesting because they certainly take the most scientific approach. You take the great unwashed, put them in double blind setting, play them whatever, and see what they like more.It is a more honest approach than telling them how expensiv...
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Paul:To build on your thoughts -- I have a sound bar for my TV which manipulates phase so you can pick between the audio seeming to come from a wider source, or from a focused point source. So, for your action movie set it on wide, and for your perio...
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One thing I look for in playback is for the system to scale up as the music gets bigger. So, when there is a single solo, the sound should be small and focused. When there is a huge crescendo, then the sound should be massive and from all sides.I add...
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Romy:I was not aware that manufacturers of multidriver system let you attenuate individual drivers. I guess if you multi-amp, then you have control at that level. I have never encountered such a system so I cannot say, but if it is an option, then ye...
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Romy:IF a person does have personal objectives to shape sound, then what additional options do they get with a 3-way off the shelf B&W that they do not have with full range driver?...
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Oh please Romy:What advantage does multichannel B&W owner have over off the shelf single driver (like Druid or whatever)??The multichannel B&W owner cannot alter level of each channel by 1db. He cannot slide the crossover up or down 20 Hz, no...
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Romy:I know that because of your new mid bass horn, the speaker position is mostly fixed. So you move chair.I am wondering -- to those of us who can move both chair and speaker, how do you go about getting system to play the room? Do you place speake...
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I put up heavy curtain over glass.When I close the curtains, it help reduce problems glass causes. Of course, I then cannot see out. In general though, I do not like looking into sunlight when listening to music....
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Romy:As you explore best listening position, can you please share how you search for new DPOLs?One thing I never understand is, as you walk around room and talk to yourself, you find places where you sound better or worse. You find some places where ...
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Romy:you must mean person with Zu Druid. What did he not like about Druid in the end (bass aside)? What did he not like about Altec? What off-the-shelf speaker is he going to try next, or will he throw it all in and stick with Bose table radio? Or Du...
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what is impact of TV between speaker?I too assume it is only bad, so have never experimented with having TV in and then taking it out.Are you saying it can have good effect?...
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Good point on what mixing, and processing, can do to both mono and stereo recordings.Look at the examples of room simulation here:http://www.quantec.com/index.php?id=sound_clips&L=0OK, they are bad electronic recordings to start with, and then pr...
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Does anyone know of CD mixed especially for headphone?Maybe two mics, 6 inches apart, is the correct way to record for such a playback system....
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I hope this is on-topic.I want to understand more about effect of phase on audio.There is a product, ZVOX, which is alternative to 5.1 surround for home movies. It is stereo system, but it has phase settings (which you can adjust) that make soundstag...
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Romy:I have worked at WHRB (and now outed myself) and I know these people.They, like all college kids, have no understanding or awareness of broadcast quality at all. When they max out compression, and I do mean this, they may not even know they are ...
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Paul S:You are correct, I feel that RTA *might* have some intrinsic value, but I am not sure, and *if* it does have some intrinsic value, I am looking for help and guidance on how to unlock it. Or to be told that I am wasting my time.For example, I h...
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Paul S:DSET is a very high power solution to a question that I only have a very primitive understanding of. It is not right for me at this time.I would prefer if the model etc. of my speakers not be involved in this discussion. I know I am committing...
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Thank you all for your ideas and suggestions on RTA.Romy -- you are correct, measurements always need to be made in context of sonic experience and more importantly musical intention. For me, though, to begin the process, I need to unlearn much of wh...
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Hello:I would like to ask this forum for advise.I picked up a very simple and cheap RTA and decided to use it to listen to my speakers. It is 1/3 octave RTA, so I know Romy will say it is useless. It may not be very useful, but I start with nothing s...
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Romy:You say "This notion of the audio personalization became somehow “popular” recently, primary by the efforts of the sites like mine"Can you please give me some examples? I have not seen concept of audio personalization appear elsewhere....
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I will add that class D sounds the same whether it is cheap $50 30WPC or $1000 300W Rotel.whether this is feature or bug your call...
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Romy:Do you mean that if you begin with digital source, it does not matter whether you use a digital crossover or not since the "damage" has already been done?...
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I am very much interested in your progress on this matter.My room is big to begin with, but worse, it is effectively open to rest of the house and LF transparent to crawl space underneath. So how to measure it's size? Just write in floorplan of the e...
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Romy: I see. So you are thinking about adding more transducers at this point and not just increasing crude level through more Watts. When you said Milquiades SET was insufficient, I thought you meant just W as you can always build more Milqs and have...
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I like your comment about LF being too dry and this not being because room is untreated.In the past, I have tried to "wet up" sound by making room more reflective ("live") and I am guessing that your room is fairly live now as untreated rooms usually...
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I put my speakers (downward firing ports) on wooden boards which can slide easily over carpets.Not only did this improve the sound from my speakers (which was my original intent) but it also made it much easier for me to try different positions. I in...
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Romy:I learn something new today.Let me ask this then -- when you see multiway horns, where the throats and openings are all over the place, I often see you comment "these people do not know anything about time alignment". I thought it was because yo...
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