Recent content by Folsom
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Ask your spouse which video sounds more real or natural
I don't know. You'd have to ask Telefunken circa before I was born. Fullranges with low QTS, somewhat high Fs, and low MMS can still have a fair amount of bass output. The electronics really determine what it will look like. The 4" ones I have can have no bass or pretty good bass with a couple...- Folsom
- Post #136
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Ask your spouse which video sounds more real or natural
Room reflections in recordings are heard very differently from a phone recording than ears. The #1 video probably sounds way less thin in real life. But even so the electronics play a huge role in whether or not the phone picks up a thinness regardless of reflections. These are 8" drivers in a...- Folsom
- Post #133
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Ron’s New System
It probably has literally nothing to do with the length. Having extra devices connected opens up paths and effects from them, irrespective of the cable length. I have experiences changes when adding a sub amp that I did not find positive. It has a lot to do with the design of the device being...- Folsom
- Post #5,392
- Forum: Members' Systems
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Videos: Show me MALE vocals
Server is a disc player, nothing special. DAC is a AudioSector NOS DAC. I personally think it is the weaker link even though I love NOS DACs. I haven't had the time to design my own. I do not expect many to be familiar with the album or genre. I was surprised how well the voices really have...- Folsom
- Post #157
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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4 way system - Synergy horns + tapped horns
More please, indeed.- Folsom
- Post #2
- Forum: Members' Systems
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Videos: Show me MALE vocals
I was like 95% packed when I recorded these. All my main stereo stuff was packed, even some of things I setup for Ron to have a listen to. But when I pulled out the mini monitors for packing I decided to see what they sounded like in a recording. Sadly digital, with the only DAC I have that is...- Folsom
- Post #153
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Lamm ML3 + LL1, at last!
There are a lot of variables and I do not now all of them. Under damped drivers with over damped boxes, particularly with acoustical gain choices that like feedback, and potentially being current hungry with low impedance are all factors.- Folsom
- Post #622
- Forum: Power Amplifiers and Preamplifiers Forum
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Lamm ML3 + LL1, at last!
The size of the speaker does not matter directly. You need to look at crossover, impedance, enclosure Q, and driver Q. There are plenty of 15" that would be well more than double as loud as your minimonitors. A mismatch is not due to cone size in itself.- Folsom
- Post #615
- Forum: Power Amplifiers and Preamplifiers Forum
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Neutral power amp recommendations?
Well.... nothing mentioned thus far qualifies to me. CH is not neutral to me. The selectable GNFB is useful for the amp, but not necessarily entirely. To me it either sounds less than or more than neutral, but that works in favor of other things the change the sound in less neutral ways. So the...- Folsom
- Post #31
- Forum: Power Amplifiers and Preamplifiers Forum
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David Karmeli’s Bionor/Lamm/AS-2000 Audio System
I would qualify anything that goes past 2k as potentially tweeter/high-frequency designation. Midranges can play up to 6k in some cases but they're usually past a break up point by then, past that and you're more "fullrange" if it goes low enough. There is definitely a difference without the...- Folsom
- Post #475
- Forum: Ron Resnick Reviews Forum
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David Karmeli’s Bionor/Lamm/AS-2000 Audio System
It is a compression driver that is essentially a big tweeter. A theater has nothing to do with horizontal alignment choice "compensation". Aiming it some is a price of the directivity vs theater shape. Dogma is not preserved here.- Folsom
- Post #472
- Forum: Ron Resnick Reviews Forum
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David Karmeli’s Bionor/Lamm/AS-2000 Audio System
Bionor/Eurodyn crossovers are 2nd order. As in phase of the tweeter is 180* out of phase with the woofers. They are also not physically aligned. All these assertions are wishful thinking. You are just lucky that some speakers support it enough to give you something to talk about. The reality...- Folsom
- Post #470
- Forum: Ron Resnick Reviews Forum
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Why does my TV sound more real?
Movies sometimes are less compressed. It is true they can show whether or not your stereo can take some dynamics, but also not everything dynamic actually sounds loud. The notion that they are "smoothed" purely for tolerance is ridiculous. A more flat frequency response is accuracy and sounds...- Folsom
- Post #33
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Why does my TV sound more real?
Swapping in some really generic items to see where in your chain is the culprit of sounding odd instead of what you want could work. Just choose basic no frill, engineered items that are likely NOT to be your cup of tea, but will be like the TV in nature.- Folsom
- Post #17
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Why does my TV sound more real?
TV is made by engineering standards. Your stereo may have a host of weird audiophile stuff that is impressive in some way but really just sounds funny, unnatural. I cannot speak for the vinyl setup you have, no idea. In fact the only thing particularly familiar is hearing Altec style speakers...- Folsom
- Post #13
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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