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Complicating this issue is the idea of differentiating sounds from the Sound. My way of thinking about this is that the sounds are the products of the stereo reproduction system. Ideas like bass, treble, transient response, and soundstage are common...
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How do we hear?
A recent article examined the capacity of the optic nerve to process visual signals. Based on the number of neurons in the retina, etc., an estimate of less than a megabyte of information was found, which is surprisingly low. This...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I have a nasty habit to emphasize in my listening attention the things that I do not appreciate[/quote]I am actually very surprised to hear you say this. I have stated before my thoughts on a preference in listening for ad...
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[quote user="Vasyachkin"]things should be PERFECT at least in theory.[/quote] For stereo systems, we start with two small microphones with strictly limited ability to capture an acoustic musical event at a particular combination of phases, reflection...
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[quote user="Vasyachkin"]without having a solid grasp of theory you cannot INVENT NEW technologies.[/quote]
This is a common error that many, many people make, becoming so wrapped up in the theory that they begin to treat theory like a self-sustai...
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Well,
I will say that different people hear different things, which I have suggested before is the reason for different sounding stereo systems and why we sometimes thing someone has wooden ears or golden ears.
After all some people proclaim t...
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For some reason your description made me immediately think of Alfred Schnittke's Gogol Suite. What do you think? Adrian...
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Just to state the obvious, audio designers have for many years and continue to start with a good idea and then just focus on this single concept ad nauseum, extending it to all possible applications, and the Feastex driver is no different. It is a v...
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Ultimately, as I have said in other threads, different people hear in different ways which will necessarily compel them to gravitate to different audio solutions.
We have to ask, when there are multiple paths to an audio solution, is the cost pr...
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So-called omnidirectional sound (of course here we are talking only about 360 degrees within a two-dimesional plane) is framed in the concept of emulating the microphone. This makes no sense to me, since it, firstly , fails to emulate the microphone....
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Yes, it is true that the salesmen are there to sell what is available. It seems Mike admits that nothing comes even close to the Platonic ideals to which he refers, but he tries to find his customers the best of what is available. It seems to me tha...
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I have also used the Eton drivers in a MTM configuration and I very much enjoyed the sound I was able to get out of these for several years until I got the EdgarHorn speakers. Actually, I still have the dynamic speakers set up in the same room, very...
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I would not restrict myself to the idea that things need to be a certain way or a certain configuration of the drivers or ports based on theory alone. I think it is important to ask what is interesting about the sound that the new speaker introduces...
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I recently heard Koussevitsky's interpretation of Debussy's La Mer as performed by the Boston Symphony, and I found it to be delightful, very fluid and pregnant with passion. Does anyone else have an opinion about this performance or have another pr...
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Musical enjoyment is very much a personal experience, a matter of taste, and a set of idiosyncratic goals and expectations. In a nearly pitch-dark nightclub with flashing strobe lights and watered down Jack Daniels and lager beer splashing liberally...
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I have used a lot of record cleaning fluids, actually probably ALL of them. I have made my own as well. I have a complicated seven step process I go through with all the "new" records I get to clean them thoroughly. I won't go into that unless you wa...
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Romy,
What specific objectives did the air caps address in the circuit? You refer to the tempted virtue sound but I am unsure as to the goals that you were trying to achieve with this circuit alteration?...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
Possible, with all my conversation about Mantis I do not remember I ever made any guess or assumption how it might sound. In horns, I feel I am qualified to make sometimes very bold assessments with very high prece...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]1) High electrostatic or whatever other reason make the cartridge very prone to collect dust.
2) Exceedingly hard-reading with slightly overly prominent leading-edges of the phases. This demands VERY high quality...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]For a last couple days I was posting at Vinyl Dedicated forum (http://www.vinylengine.com) trying to get form the guys who use Blue Angel OLIVE Mantis cartridge an idea what lean vs. stout character the Mantis has. As...
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[quote user="starboy"]In the thread I wrote there is another Mantis owner Bauzace50 (a noted gentleman to myself in terms of transducers) who had a Jubilee as his reference and that with no second thought hit the Bay.[/quote]Did y...
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I have just today received the Sansui TU-X1 and set it up in my system. It is very unusual sounding compared to other tuners I have heard.It is very detailed and has excellent tonal balance. It is accurate, but in a softly natural way, an...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Otherwise I would buy Warren’s Ikonoklast speaker with Lowther DX-4 driver and will be discovering how to “proporly” appreciate the Decca cartridge[/quote]Ouch!Did you have to mention the Ikonoklast speakers? Of cours...
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Romy,Sorry for your disappointing experience. I did e-mail Warren to say a friend had his Shelter cartridge die and to give him a good deal. It may be true that the Decca is not optimal for your tone arm; I am not sure why this would be t...
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I am faced with remodeling a bit. I started out with all my equipment on an Arcici Lead Balloon rack and two speakers, which was nice and simple. The mono SE-DHT tube amplifiers I built are now on either side. I recently have come into po...
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Romy, I believe the cartridges are manufactured form Decca by JS Wright in London.The suspension is less of an issue since the Decca cartridges use a novel transducer. There is no cantilever. The stylus connects directly to a metal foil w...
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Romy, I think you are asking if I have the Edgar subwoofers also. Yes, I do, like giant woodgrain refrigerator in the living room. So I do get some bass response.The Decca cartridges sound different from every other cartridge I have heard...
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Romy,If you are looking for a cartridge, I would suggest:The London Decca Reference, great tracker, andThe London Decca Jubilee, closer to life, but not as good a tracker.For me, in my system, you remember I use the EdgarHorn Titans, etc., nothing co...
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In regard to moving coil cartridges, I would say:1. This may simply be a symptom of electricity variability. I would listen for a few days and see if it improves.2. Cartridges not used for a while need to loosen up a bit in regard to the suspen...
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Romy,I really do not understand this diatribe against the idea of the absolute sound. You mention in fact your own idea of absolute tone. Surely the goal of audio reproduction is to faithfully convey the portion of the emotional and acous...
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