toddalin
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| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? It is no myth, and you don’t need to spend a ton of money. But you do need to get things right. The speaker spacing, both to each other as well as the back and side walls, is very important. You also want "time alignment" between the drivers. A... | |
| Tube or solid state And in how many cases have people heard "the real thing" just as it was recorded? You would have had to have been there. And what of "the real thing" that never was, but instead was assembled in a studio using digital instruments, analog synt... | |
| Tube or solid state Solid state. Based on my amplification (Yamaha RX-Z9 in Pure Direct vs Melton P/P KT-88s) the highs are so much crisper and articulated through the Great Heils. Levels are matched to within 0.1 dB. https://youtu.be/HTxZJBoOywM https://youtu.be... | |
| Dedicated Line - Things to consider I got a good deal on the wire and one circuit was all I needed. | |
| Dedicated Line - Things to consider We have two breaker boxes, the original, which is fully loaded with breakers, and a second added later that is closer to the street that has a few breakers in it. I ran 125 feet of 8-gauge multi-strand from the stereo location in the living room t... | |
| Which LS3/5a? I have a pair of original Chartwells (with a spare NOS woofer) that were given to me. Great speakers! I only wish they would play louder in my big room as I fear burning them out. (They are in mint/like new condition.) Obviously, that is not wh... | |
| A Question About Time Alignment My creation, the "Mermans" use a JBL 18" (2241H), a JBL ~10" (2251J) and Heil AMT. Each is separate and I time align the drivers to my seating position by physically moving the three cabinets relative to each other. I use a Behringer 61-band ... | |
| Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried... VanessaFernandez, both in SACD. | |
| What type of wire for dedicated 20A AC lines? I recently installed a dedicated 20 amp, 8 gauge multi-strand run. The run is 123 feet in length first going to a 30 amp locking plug (that goes to my surge protector) within the entertainment console then an additional 2 feet to a pair of 20-amp... | |
| What's the heaviest speaker you've ever owned? What's the tallest? One-off Super Big Reds, tri-amped with a one-off electronic crossover, and one-off passive eq units between the Marantz and horns. Uses two Marantz 170DCs for the four woofers and a Marantz 1180DC for the preamp and horn amp. Cabinets are soli... | |
| Do you build anything for your high fidelity system? If so, what do you make? Stands, Speakers (both modified and from scratch including crossover design, https://youtu.be/aTBtgi7QV_U House wiring (dedicated 8-gauge on 20 amp breaker with no splices), Canare cable through walls, A/B/X switcher of my own design. U... | |
| Let me explain something to you jive turkeys. | |
| Let me end the Premp/Amplifier sound debate ... Atmasphere, If the 15 dB of negative feedback was meant for discussion of the Melton MKT-88 tube amp used in the videos, I have no idea where you came up with this figure. Melton advertises 0 dB of negative feedback, and doesn’t appear to have a... | |
| Let me end the Premp/Amplifier sound debate ... holmz, What plastic? There is a cloth cover over the glass table top, but there are no plastic coverings on any of the furniture. BTW, my videos were all made using a Nikon D750 SLR. | |
| Let me end the Premp/Amplifier sound debate ... Then you need to "up your game" and listen on better equipment or headphones. The difference is very noticable on even a decent system. After all, this is an audio forum. No one would expect to go to a gaming site and expect to be competative ... |