Dear Paige, Would be wonderful if we can have a video,with sound, of Robert playing his violins and one showing him evaluating test loudspeakers. Thanks, Yip...
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yipmangmeng
May 5, 2005 3:34 pm
What's the explanation for a larger soundstage appearing when a subwoofer is seamlessly added to the main speakers? Yip...
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Tom Mallin
thomasmallin
May 5, 2005 5:01 pm
My assumption has been that subwoofers reproduce low-frequency ambient noise of the recording venue and that this adds to the perception of large-sized spaces....
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palisadespaige
May 5, 2005 7:41 pm
... loudspeakers. ... Dear Yip, Are you teasing me ? A video ? It is a fun idea, but I might overload trying to get this done today......:=) However, I...
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Charlie Daniell
danvetc
May 5, 2005 10:10 pm
Paige, It seems like REG is a pretty lucky fellow, to me. Charlie _____ From: regsaudioforum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:regsaudioforum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
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regtas43
May 5, 2005 11:11 pm
Dear Charlie and Everyone, I am indeed(lucky) with Paige--and I never forget it. REG...
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RZangpo2@...
rzangpo2
May 6, 2005 1:21 am
Update: I did some critical listening last night and the CDP I identified as PRaT-challenged has less bass than the other one. Again I am puzzled. Shouldn't it...
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palisadespaige
May 6, 2005 5:28 pm
... Awww, how sweet of you, Robert. I will not clutter your forum with sentimental stuff, .......however, I have to say , being around you everyday makes me...
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regtas43
May 6, 2005 7:34 pm
OK, YMM, and everyone, picture is up on the regonaudio. I tried to get my listening panel(Freja, Hilda, Linda) in the photo, but they would not sit still! REG...
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Yip
yipmangmeng
May 7, 2005 12:15 am
Removable floor foams? None seen in the pic. At last, a pic of your listening room. Thanks, I would definitely fall off the stool. I prefer a rattan chair. ...
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regtas43
May 7, 2005 1:00 am
Well, the essential aspect of removable floor foam is that it is removable, and in the picture, removed. Incidentally, I try not to have the room TOO far from...
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yipmangmeng
May 7, 2005 9:12 am
Robert, Which frequencies (and by how much) need to be raised or lowered for the M40s in your room to sound more accurate? Thanks, Yip...
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yipmangmeng
May 7, 2005 9:17 am
Tom, It makes one wonders whether those who use small speakers ,like the LS35 ,have ever heard a 'full-range' soundstage - the soundstages these small...
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Ian Boyd
ian_r_boyd
May 7, 2005 10:13 am
I think the Sibelius point you refer to might have been in John Atkinson's review of the original KEF 107s, which was his last review for Hi-Fi News before he...
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Richard Tuck
tuck_richard
May 7, 2005 11:51 am
Depends how close to DC you want to get. But NCH do a PC-based tone and noise generator http://www.nch.com.au/tonegen/ which can then create WAV files which...
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yipmangmeng
May 7, 2005 12:21 pm
I think I will not like to sit in silence in an anechoic chamber but I reckon listening to reproduced music on a Harbeth M40 + sub in an anechoic chamber can...
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Richard Tuck
tuck_richard
May 7, 2005 12:43 pm
Yip Have ever been in an anechoic chamber? It's very uncomfortable you feel like something's tugging at your eardrums. Richard ... From:...
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Yip
yipmangmeng
May 7, 2005 1:01 pm
The concert hall at the Esplanade on the Bay was like an anechoic chamber last evening when the audience was asked to observe a minute's silence for a late...
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Rajesh Desai
rajeshpdesai
May 7, 2005 5:04 pm
Well, I finally measured how my room and stereo system interact. The measurements were generated at my listening position using Stereophile's Test CD2 and...
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Richard Tuck
tuck_richard
May 7, 2005 6:17 pm
Hi Rajesh You don't seem too badly off at all - no big peaks. If you add in the corrections below from the web your bottom end will come up quite a bit. See...
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Tom Mallin
thomasmallin
May 8, 2005 3:03 am
I don't wonder at all, Yip. One of the improvements of the M40 over the other Harbeth is image/stage size. It gets larger yet when you add subs. The LS3/5a...
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ymm
yipmangmeng
May 8, 2005 3:29 am
LS3/5a sold by the tens of thousands over the decades. Many people must be fond of the miniatured images and stages. I think it was HP who, in his infamous...
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ymm
yipmangmeng
May 8, 2005 3:53 am
The Z systems and AudioControl EQs are more like tone controls to me than room correction processors and yet they are being promoted as such by the...
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Tom Mallin
thomasmallin
May 8, 2005 4:19 am
The rhetoric must be read in the context of when it was written. Sure, some small speakers are good at staging and produce remarkably large images--for their...
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ymm
yipmangmeng
May 8, 2005 5:12 am
I think HP was wrong about the LS3/5a speakers not being able to throw wide stages. I am sure they are able to do so if the recordings are processed to yield...
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Heskett Dawson
heskettdawson
May 8, 2005 9:46 am
What is the point in knocking smaller speakers? Regards, Heskett Dawson...
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Tom Mallin
thomasmallin
May 8, 2005 12:08 pm
You also have to remember that HP was not a believer in toeing in speakers or using Blumlein recordings as references either. Some speakers will image violins...
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Tom Mallin
thomasmallin
May 8, 2005 12:11 pm
No knock, just recognizing real-world limitations and keeping things in proper perspective. A good big man beats a good little man every time. ... What is the...
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Heskett Dawson
heskettdawson
May 8, 2005 1:15 pm
Tom, Actually I don't think my statement was aimed at your previous points. However, I don't agree that, "A good big man beats a good little man every time." ...
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ymm
yipmangmeng
May 8, 2005 1:33 pm
I found HP's reasoning unconvincing. Does anyone has a better explanation for the extra-wide imaging for omni recordings with those speakers? Yip Tom Mallin...
