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Hopkins' System
I have these Teufel speakers positioned in a roughly equilateral triangle about 2.8 meters from my listening position (couch).They are only 80cm (32 inches) from the front wall. Others have not had issues with these speakers positioned close to the wall, but in my case I found that bass was a...- hopkins
- Post #315
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YouTube shorts are nice to share solos - when played from YouTube, the video automatically loops so you can listen to it on repeat for some time :) These early recordings on 78s did not give much space to musicians so everything had to be "to the point", and here it certainly is: The entire...- hopkins
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What's Best in Boxing today?
Very exciting fight today between Naoya Inoue and Luis Nery for the unified bantamweight title. Inoue was dropped in the first round (a "first" for him). He seemed awkward in that first round - something was "off". It was a wake up call (paradoxically). He fully recovered and dropped Nery in...- hopkins
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Trumpet videos
Nice. Dexter Gordon on saxophone and Freddie Hubbard on trumpet (but Hancock is the star of the show here and his piano is nicely recorded and centered even in the stereo version). Typically the kind of recording which probably benefits from a mono version. There's a CD version with both the...- hopkins
- Post #120
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Hopkins' System
I plan on trying my open baffle connected with the woofers of the Teufel (so those would play below 200hz or so - I have to check the crossover frequency). However imperfect the test may be, it may give me an idea of what some bass support offers.- hopkins
- Post #313
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Hopkins' System
Here's another take on that Peggy Lee track. The placement of the speakers in this configuration gives a better sound, IMO, with less "reverb" (also somewhat attenuated by my panels). It's hard to compare different configurations - the time it takes to change things around you forget what the...- hopkins
- Post #311
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Happy with the way this looks (and sounds).- hopkins
- Post #310
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Hopkins' System
I received today the Record Day "Nat King Cole - Live at the Blue Note Chicago" and it is a "must have" for Cole fans. There are quite a few numbers with extended piano solos. Here's a snippet from "Our Love Is Here To Stay": There are lots of discussions, as always, about the sound quality...- hopkins
- Post #309
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Videos of Acoustically-Coupled Audio Recordings
Understood. Personally, I'd like to see more binaural recordings with dummy heads. It's hard to satisfy everyone.- hopkins
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Videos of Acoustically-Coupled Audio Recordings
I think you would find similar differences were the two recordings made at the exact same location. However, you'll only know if you try. Regarding recording at the listening position, it would make sense since you can get very different response at different locations in the room. But sometimes...- hopkins
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Videos of Acoustically-Coupled Audio Recordings
What happened to the idea that we should all use phones to "level the playing field"? :)- hopkins
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Videos of Acoustically-Coupled Audio Recordings
The second video is better. More body, resolution... across all frequencies.The difference is obvious and significant.- hopkins
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Hopkins' System
Really enjoyed listening (again) to this tonight, so I recorded it to share it :) Ellington with a South American touch. He was quite the world traveller. This blog post about his State Department sponsored "Far Easy" tour is interesting...- hopkins
- Post #308
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AXPONA 2024 Ron Reporting
It could just be the video recording.- hopkins
- Post #142
- Forum: AXPONA Audio Show
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Hopkins' System
Here's a cool video of Charles Brown performing live that song I recorded above: Here's an artist who remained at the top of his game until he passed away. The original album is really enjoyable and is well recorded:- hopkins
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