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| What are the best Room Accustic Treaments members have found? Books, shelves, art & carpets.But then, I spent a few decades in sound studios, so I'm probably odd man out here. | |
| Bloom air around instruments ^^^ nonsenseThe OP says in his profile "I saw a holographic sound stage at a guys home about 20 yrs ago.It seemed as though you could walk between or stand behind the performers.No one believes me"Come on over. I’ve had holographic systems for 40+... | |
| Bloom air around instruments How do you get air around instrumentsDo you mean get the speakers to disappear?Get better speakers. Most speakers have horrendous time coherence.As a former recording engineer, I can tell you that there is no 'air' in the studio. In good rooms lik... | |
| Buy High Pass Filter or KAB RF1? Do the woofers flop with the sound turned down?What program material? I have some classical recordings where the HVAC is blowing on an unscreened mic. The sub worked so hard it shut down.If you can see your woofer’s flopping, it is likely below ≈1... | |
| Which to Upgrade first? My Amplifier or Speakers? If one appreciates phase coherency, it is next to impossible to achieve in cones. Only handful of cone speakers are anywhere close to phase coherent.Well set up planars in a good room image incredibly well.Well integrated subwoofers set them free. | |
| How Science Got Sound Wrong Musicians. Now, there is a group of people who cannot hear! said the guy who knows one.Of the hundreds of musicians and engineers I worked with, I'd say most could hear better than your average NASA crank. | |
| The midi range, not the tweeter, is the most important driver in a speaker. Unless the integration with box, XO & other drivers is so egregious that it makes no difference that any POS would be equally as awful.What about a 2 way 2k XO? | |
| What does an impedance-matching issue "sound" like? For BiAmping, you really should have crossover, otherwise the amps see an infinite impedance out of band.A simple 6db HP crossover can be effected with a single capacitor for the upper and a LP for the low with a choke.It would be better to use sl... | |
| What does an impedance-matching issue "sound" like? I've never been a fan of anything paralleled or bridged. IMO, the sonics always suffer.Looking at the mq88 schematic, there is a complex output filter and a multitude of pots for bias, gain and balance. It is possible that the particular combinati... | |
| Which to Upgrade first? My Amplifier or Speakers? The room. Only if it is seriously flawed. Rooms can be designed & furnished that don't require 'treatment'Having worked in and built recording studios, a lot of the treatment I see on line is hideous. Many retailer room treatment is all wrong. | |
| Which to Upgrade first? My Amplifier or Speakers? Unless you need more level than the Maggies can provide, forget the upgrade and get a pair of powered subwoofers.I replaced my single Force w 2x Martin Logan 800x. I am a fan of a gently 6db roll-off on the mains with a 18db roll-off in the sub. T... | |
| Night and day speaker connection a low tech, thin gauge of wire going to the actual conethat is thicker than the film in the resistors.When, oh when, will people understand that wire gauge is almost irrelevant when talking about cables. In cables other than lamp cord, Gauge affec... | |
| Audioquest vs. Others All AQ cables have a similar sound characteristicon a system that is either low resolution or impervious to cables.On systems that resolve well, especially in the time domain, AQ cables are all over the sonic map. | |
| Bi-Wire with two pairs of speaker cables Do you think that the designer/manufacturer of high-quality loudspeakers would knowingly use something that degrades the sound?Stuff happens.We once got a new batch of NE5532 chips that had 10x the current draw. My company replaced 7 million Phili... | |
| Bi-Wire with two pairs of speaker cables Is there any technical reason why wire jumpers are better than good quality metal straps ?If the plating or base metal was poor, there could very significant sonic effects.Well done crimps or soldered connections are functionally one. In a crimp t... |