audiokinesis
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| Is soundstaging emblematic of reality? " I don’t think I’ve ever heard a recording that fooled me into thinking it was live music." Once I was at an audio show. It was early in the morning, several of us who were associated with the room were there, and present was a musician (who gigs... | |
| Speakers for High-End Digital Piano @jocar37 wrote: " I'm hoping to revive this thread to see what your thoughts are on the best piano speakers currently on the market. " Is this for playing through at home only, or also for gigging? Do you have a price ballpark in mind? The ... | |
| Where subwoofers are manufactured My cabinets are made in the US, my woofers in Taiwan, my amplification in China, and some of my hardware is made in the US and some is imported, presumably from China. I do the assembly myself in Texas. Yee-ha! Duke | |
| Buying Speakers Based on Specs Not all manufacturers measure ,low-end extension with the same yardstick, so imo you can’t necessarily make an apples-to-apples comparison between different manufacturers based on specs unless you have a pretty good idea of how they arrived at tho... | |
| Pin point imaging isn't for everyone Mijostyn wrote: "Sure Duke but I think there is one caveat. You don’t want reflected energy off the front wall coming right back at you." You are absolutely correct!!"I wish I could draw a picture here but essentially you want the reflection to ta... | |
| Pin point imaging isn't for everyone @david_ten wrote: " Duke, thank you so much for your detailed posts. Very helpful!" Thank you David, my nerdy tangents aren’t always welcome, very glad to hear you found these helpful!@mijostyn wrote: "This is a major reason line source dipoles so... | |
| Pin point imaging isn't for everyone "I’m a little curious about when they were aware of it though." My recollection is that the other listeners didn’t confirm that they were aware of the sounds off to the sides being not as loud as they were used to. So I don’t think it was obvious.... | |
| Pin point imaging isn't for everyone Erik, that primary 2 kHz comb-filter crosstalk notch is something recording engineers have to be aware of. When listening nearfield to mixing monitors in a fairly dead room, the notch is not significantly filled in by the reverberant field, so the... | |
| Pin point imaging isn't for everyone @erik_squires posted an interesting observation: "Even with very good imaging I notice the following: Instruments are always louder at the sides than in the center." Several weeks ago I had the privilege of setting up a set of my speakers in a wor... | |
| Pin point imaging isn't for everyone @david_ten poses a very interesting question: "Do differentials in volume guide perception of distance (of the performer) relative to the listening position?." Volume plays a role, but it is my understanding is that reflections play the primary ro... | |
| Searching for matching(?) Subwoofer solution Clio09 wrote: "I don't run equal lengths of cables to any of my woofers. Instead I cut to the length required for each woofer. I also don't worry about stepping on the cables while they are under the carpet."Same here. Duke | |
| Standmount speakers. I have $5000. Mijostyn wrote: "Hey Duke, I was just on your web site... Your web site does not mention which stand mount speakers you sell!" I am awaiting high quality photos, which in turn are awaiting a couple of final cosmetic tweaks. In stand-mount speakers... | |
| Searching for matching(?) Subwoofer solution "So for those of you enjoying your DBA systems, any suggestions on creative speaker cable management?" You can use 16 gauge zip cord, make the wires as long as necessary to hug the walls if that helps, and you can run ’em under rugs. | |
| Looking for a sub to put in my amps loop function " Is there a way to set a subwoofer up to stop the nova from amplifying 80Hz and below and still be controlled by the novas volume control."Yes, by using the Vandersteen subs with the setup procedure imhififan linked to. The filter slopes are sh... | |
| Looking for a sub to put in my amps loop function Imhififan, If I understand correctly, the Vandersteen hookup puts a 6dB highpass filter into the loop, and then the sub is AFTER the loop, and receives a speaker-level signal. The sub’s internal lowpass filter is the inverse of that 6 dB highpass ... |