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Well, prices for buzzed-about earbuds seem pretty silly to me, but to each his own, I guess. And if car audio has fallen off it's earlier peak pace, yet some people are yet spending more than ever for more of whatever it is they are hearing (or seein...
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Since I don't frequent and only rarely visit other audio sites, I have only fuzzy notions about what sort of audio (if any) gets others going these days. Meanwhile, when Romy takes a break, so does this site. If forced to guess, I'd say "most audio p...
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Wojtek, I thought the vintage and pro guys built shrines to the big JBL/Altec compression drivers? For many years I dreamed of owning 375s, but I could never afford them, and at some point I understood that crossovers and horns and ancillary equipmen...
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I just realized that I simply don't understand why Bill's Auro or stereo "should" make the same (audible) bass. Why should that be?Paul S...
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For a long time I have sold the idea that audio changes using different topologies can happen by degrees, and what is unsaid (but pretty much implied) is that different topologies might "overlap" (+/-) in terms of audible results. "Audible Results" i...
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Well, Congratulations, Bill! Most of the audio pros I've communed with are dead now, but ALL of them were early adopters of digital and DSP, and they never looked back. Most of them finally stopped trying to convince me that RTA and shaping are the m...
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Per Yates (then Pound), the centre cannot hold. It was just a matter of time before the other cable elevator dropped. Just tell me - please - that we're not talking about a 45 SET driving the 12".Paul S...
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Good job, Anthony! First Class installation! How low do you run your lowest S2s, again?Best regards,Paul S...
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Rainy weather often makes for good electricity here, and I (finally) moved two large speakers out from behind (and to the outside) of The Loudspeakers. Although I had long since blocked the vents and covered the drivers, they are big, after all. I li...
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If I was (nominally) surprised to think my amps were running under 30W playing Music via The Loudspeakers, imagine how baffled I am to learn (by actually reading the manual...) that the "halfway point" (-20 dB) on the meter is 3W at 8 Ohms (6W at 4 O...
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Jarek, I am not surprised to hear that. I actually get some "ambience" (including reverberation/"space") from well-recorded mono that I have access to, including classical and lots of jazz. While I am not at all "against" RI, my own early experience ...
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Today I listened via The Loudspeakers to the Music and
Arts CD version of Beethoven’s 9th by Furtwangler/BPO, 1942. I have
already gone off at some length (years ago, in Musical Discussions) about this
seminal performance, and I could add plen...
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Robin, I am not sure I’ve
actually heard from hi-fi the sort of ULF I think about, upon which Bruckner “floats”
parts of his symphonies, that one hears/feels from good seats in good halls. None
the less, I have turned it around in my mind, and...
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Up the thread I told that I settled on a pair of 4-way
hybrids (The Loudspeakers) as minimum speakers for my purposes. Germane to this
post, I will repeat something that might be a surprise to some readers just
tuning in, namely that I regard ...
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Jarek, you specifically mentioned Baroque music, and if you are getting acceptable harpsichord from well-mic'd recordings, then very good for you, as this augers well. They aren't pianos, for sure, but can make quite a wide range of sounds and textur...
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Jarek, something we can't get around is the power involved in live Music. It is what it is, so if we want "live music" in our listening room, we have to simulate that power in "open space" in order to be able to hear the play of differences that desc...
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Perhaps this is the thread for "the next chapter" in the "processed sound" saga? Even though Romy has been careful not to get into "it" too deeply of late, he has dropped some crumbs here, and there seems to be another 500 lb. gorilla peeking around ...
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Jarek, I have not responded to your recent posts because "you lost me". I have no experience with most of what you seem to be doing now. I am curious, in terms of what you are listening for vs. what you are hearing, and how your topological choices f...
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Still waiting to hear particulars about "distorted ULF". This term does not conjure synthesized RI from 6" drivers (etc.) for me, because I have not "heard" ULF from small drivers. Anyone want to say what topology is employed in this special case? Si...
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Perhaps treatments are parallel rather than in-line? However, no tests are necessary if you prefer the sound when it's done like you're doing it.Paul S...
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Bill, I looked at the Tai Hang Kinki Power Enhancer online. With the small components and boards, my first thought is that it has to limit current. What gear do you plug into it, and how do any enhancements manifest in system sound?Best regards,Paul ...
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Something to think about if/when using battery power is getting "optimal performance" from the battery. Part of doing this requires repeatedly recharging the battery. I got a "matching charger from the same company" for my AGM/drycell battery, reali...
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Just wanted to add, Mark's dedicated home-run hi-fi circuits (hot, neutral and ground) were all the same phase (120V). Thinking at first this stuff should be in the Electricity thread, but it already is, several posts on this there, for anyone who's ...
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My own limited experience with the house-sized solar and batteries is that the biggest improvements came from dedicated, "home run" audio circuits with a good bleeder ground for the front end. Mark's old solar system sounded best to me when the mains...
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Sorry you missed that, Jamie, but it seems Hope Springs Eternal, in any event. While most people who use Vitavox S2s run them "all the way up", there have been a few who wanted "more" than they were getting at the top of the frequency range. In Romy'...
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Regarding the super tweeter, it surprised me when it surprised Romy, when it turned out to be the fruit and the "keeper" after all his experiments with the 10" Red. Based on my own experience, I like to think I would take a win when one turns up, and...
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Well, I follow your logic in your context, Jamie, and I hope you will share your results here, including something about the Music you're listening to as you make your determinations. I am not so certain about the "given-ness" of the neutral system d...
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Amir, yes, it's a complex process, with a lot of parts and variables, but I think the holdover from the 2005 post is that the drivers either will or won't do "it", to begin with. More recently we've discussed driver (and system) own sound as a factor...
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That 2005 post mentions some tone-capable drivers without suggesting their use as "resonant oops" machines, while Romy's last post before this one in this thread mentions he found a better way to get tone. I have to say, I was somewhat surprised (and...
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Amir, I understood that's what you meant. I just want to emphasize that getting "everything" under any circumstances requires first and foremost a topology that *can* deliver the goods. As Romy pointed out, some drivers just aren't going to do some t...
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