This is audio mythology, a surivial of the past into the present. Of course box resonances can exist. But one of the numerous points of the Gradient experiment...
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sunilm_k2
Jun 3, 2010 2:30 pm
Not sure about the differences between glare, brightness of the speaker, and brightness of the recorded sound often because of close miking. -- Sunil...
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ymm
yipmangmeng
Jun 3, 2010 2:42 pm
Are there any animated pics showing how a large loudspeaker membrane works when it is generating different frequencies and when playing a jazz combo? Ttat...
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tonycdk
Jun 3, 2010 5:05 pm
An unprotected grid structure with up to about 5 kV on it also forms an excellent dust collector! Tony...
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Tip Johnson
etipjohnson
Jun 3, 2010 7:37 pm
I rebuilt the voltage-multiplier of my Acoustat Model 3 electrostatics last year, which needed to generate 5 kV. I had to buy a high-voltage probe for my...
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Tipster
etipjohnson
Jun 3, 2010 7:46 pm
Thanks for the link Tom. My mother recently passed away and grabbed the EPI-90s I had bought for her 30+ years ago (I wish she hadn't thrown out the AR TT...
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Richard Tuck
tuck_richard
Jun 3, 2010 8:14 pm
Hi Mitch Finally got a disc via Amazon UK and US store in their Market place. Two things strike me: 1) This is universally happy music, which has my wife's...
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audiomayvin2000
Jun 3, 2010 9:02 pm
Hi Robert! Isn't the whole raison d'etre of electrostatics that the entire membrane is energised uniformly, whereas your cute little dome tweeter is energised...
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Mitch (rzootoo)
smithml
Jun 3, 2010 9:20 pm
... "...would suggest that logically...." One has to be a bit careful with intuitive thoughts. Just because a surface is energized uniformly doesn't also mean...
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Robert
regtas43
Jun 3, 2010 10:59 pm
This is wrong, that the membrane is less prone to chaos. In fact, the high frequency vibration of the large membrane is very chaotic indeed. In fact, there is...
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Robert
regtas43
Jun 4, 2010 11:45 am
Point taken that there are lots of sources of brightness. As pointed out, there is simply frequency response. This is bad enough, and it afflicts both some...
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Robert
regtas43
Jun 4, 2010 11:59 am
PS This does not mean one needs monsters. The Harbeth M40s for example are very free of glare. WHen the music gets loud, it just gets loud. I think this is...
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ymm
yipmangmeng
Jun 4, 2010 2:27 pm
http://www.atcloudspeakers.co.uk/scm300at.php Have anyone heard this speaker? How does it compared to the Harbeth M40.1? Yip...
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bomanmadsen
Jun 4, 2010 3:26 pm
I have been thinking a lot about REG's measurements and writing about the high frequency response of Quad ELS-63. I am the happy owner of a pair of ELS-63,...
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robert jorgensen
jorgerous
Jun 4, 2010 3:56 pm
I havn't heard in a way that invited real comparisons. It does have vastly greater bass capacity with 2 15" woofers. Robert in sunny Brussels...
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Tom Mallin
thomasmallin
Jun 4, 2010 3:58 pm
Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I think the tests which REG was referring to in terms of the Quad's inability to accurately reproduce piano were tests conducted by a...
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Robert
regtas43
Jun 4, 2010 4:59 pm
The Quads participated in the test reported on by HiFI News done by Musical Fidelity of live versus reproduced. I agree completely that there is no need--in...
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Edward
amadeuswus
Jun 4, 2010 6:15 pm
This is from the Stereophile interview, available here: http://tinyurl.com/333t6ln "It's also important, if you're using more than one pair of microphones, to...
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Robert
regtas43
Jun 4, 2010 6:46 pm
As it happens, I was present at this session. (I drove Nojima up from Los Angeles to Oxnard where the recording was done). From the viewpoint of playing in...
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Tom Mallin
thomasmallin
Jun 4, 2010 7:34 pm
I agree, that the RR Liszt piano recording is one of the very best in terms of listening satisfaction. That said, piano recordings are one type where I prefer...
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Robert
regtas43
Jun 4, 2010 8:01 pm
Well, some people like music and some people like sound effects. Music was designed to be heard by the audience. In practice, some music was designed to be...
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Tom Mallin
thomasmallin
Jun 4, 2010 8:40 pm
Hmmmmm. The RR Liszt recording has a lot of left/right separation of keys, but you said you thought it was one of the "all-time great piano recordings." I...
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Robert
regtas43
Jun 4, 2010 8:45 pm
I said "from the viewpoint of playing in particular" --what I mean is that the playing is all time great! I actually am not all that fond of the sound of the...
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Tom Mallin
thomasmallin
Jun 4, 2010 8:52 pm
Now how did I misinterpret that? Chalk it up to my selective attention, I guess. Sorry . . . . ... I said "from the viewpoint of playing in particular" ...
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HM
listentwice2002
Jun 4, 2010 9:45 pm
My piano has the bass on the left and the treble on the right. The listener close and on axis of the open lid reflection of the grand piano may perceive the...
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Ted Rook
ted_rook
Jun 4, 2010 10:15 pm
Haven't heard them. Not only 2 15 inch woofers, they are capable of 121dB according to the ATC spec, these are speakers for pop and rock monitoring they are...
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Tom Mallin
thomasmallin
Jun 5, 2010 12:15 am
Yip, another active British pro-audio "bad boy" speaker of somewhat similar design is the PMC BB5 XBD-A. This company uses Bryston electronics in their active...
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Robert
regtas43
Jun 5, 2010 2:11 am
This is of course true. This is why recording attempting to duplicate the sound of the instrument at point blank range as stereo never works. What one CAN...
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Fred
glenndriech
Jun 5, 2010 2:25 am
If a recording found disconcerting on one's home system could be replayed in the hall where it was recorded, would it be certain to sound worse? Fred. ... ...
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ymm
yipmangmeng
Jun 5, 2010 6:11 am
Nimbus . ________________________________ From: Tom Mallin <tmallin@...> To: regsaudioforum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, 5 June 2010 04:35:34 Subject:...
