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| Tube vs. Solid State Amplifiers @goofyfoot wrote: "atmasphere, certainly would like to own an Atmasphere valve amp. Understanding the options better would help in deciding which one. " I’m one of Ralph’s dealers and also a speaker manufacturer. If by "the options" you mean "spea... | |
| Chained speakers signal connected in series Unless the two loudspeakers are identical, there will be some modification of the frequency response of BOTH speakers. It does not matter which is first and which is second in the series. The difference may or may not be small, it depends on the s... | |
| Excellent Speakers for Classical Music - $2,000 USD Budget IF you have sufficient placement flexibility I suggest Magnepans, be they new or used. When positioned about five feet out from the "front" wall, the spectrally-correct backwave energy of the Maggies arrives after a sufficiently long time delay th... | |
| Has Anyone Ever Run TWO Identical Pairs of Speakers ? Fiesta75 wrote: "Also series speaker connections are not recommended by anyone I know." Well, you don’t know me, but I recommend (and use) series speaker connections in situations where it makes sense to do so, which of course depends on the speci... | |
| Has Anyone Ever Run TWO Identical Pairs of Speakers ? @onhwy61 wrote: "If you must go this route I suggest you try placing the loudspeakers front to back. One loudspeaker pointed towards the listening area and the other pointing in the opposite direction. Something of a bipole radiation pattern."Agre... | |
| Soundstage A soundstage which routinely "extends beyond the speakers" is a characteristic often found with wide-pattern loudspeakers in situations which result in strong early same-side-wall reflections. These reflections broaden the apparent source width (A... | |
| Soundstage Typically there is a "competition" between the desirable venue cues on the recording and the undesirable "small room signature" cues of the playback room. In this case apparently the wall behind the speakers is imposing its audible presence atop t... | |
| CHALLENGE: Best speakers for playing 1812 Overture by Eric Kunzel with real CANON at 92+dB 8 Hz. That’s your frequency target for those Telarc 1812 cannon shots. Your system needs to be able to survive high power at 8 Hz. What sort of SPL would be "realistic"?According to the US Army, the impulse SPL of a 105 mm howitzer at the gunner’s... | |
| Mirage M1 big bipolar speakers in small room In that room, I’d suggest setting up your Mirages along a diagonal (like you room is a diamond instead of a square). This will geometrically delay the arrival of the first reflections. If the reflections from the rear-firing drivers arrives too so... | |
| If you don't have a wide sweet spot, are you really an audiophile? There is another, somewhat unorthodox technique for getting a wide sweet spot, which works well with controlled-pattern speakers. By way of background: The ear localizes sound by two mechanisms: Arrival time, and intensity. If the arrival times ... | |
| Critical subwoofer tip In the bass region, the in-room frequency response is by far what matters the most to the ears. You see, the ear’s time-domain resolution is very poor at long wavelengths: We cannot even detect the PRESENCE of bass energy from less than one wavele... | |
| I expected more from my speakers (not high end) Johngaltwho, I just checked the classifieds to see what was available in the two grand ballpark and one of my speakers was there, a custom version of the (discontinued) Planetarium Alpha. This is a high efficiency system with a built-in down-firi... | |
| Anyone try stuffing their ports? @roxy54 wrote: "I do not understand the idea of manufacturers or reviewers suggesting that ports should be stuffed with plugs if the end user is having problems with the bass. After all. speakers that are sealed boxes were designed to be sealed, a... | |
| Reliability of Dutch & Dutch 8C speakers I have two customers who own the Dutch & Dutch 8c. One is a very experienced ultra-hard-core audiophile with a superb dedicated room, and the other is an extremely meticulous recording engineer. The latter owns the first pair that came into th... | |
| Tube amp Friendly Speaker That Sounds like Klipsch Cornwall @ozzy62 wrote: "Many people, and not saying this is you, conflate earlier Cornwall versions with the IV. They are very different animals." I don't have experience with the Cornwall IV but I do have some experience with horn design, and imo the... |