Recent content by Tim Link

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    Graham Audio LS8/1 Signature Edition & a New System

    To clarify what I mean by "dry", it's just a cleaner, more direct sound with less perceived midrange and upper midrange reverberance from the room. Not to be confused with a lowered on-axis response in that range, which my experience tells me I will likely find objectionable.
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    Graham Audio LS8/1 Signature Edition & a New System

    I agree there's something about the coherence from the 3.5kHz crossover. The other way around is to get it down near 1kHz or lower with a waveguide. I have some 1" throat waveguides that I was able to load all the way down to 600Hz with good results, and that's without a baffle. Those have a...
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    Graham Audio LS8/1 Signature Edition & a New System

    That makes a lot of sense. I've got my system playing on the long wall now so that might explain why I'm going for the wider treble dispersion at the moment. Also I'm using an unusual set up for 2 channel playback that involves 3 speakers upmixed in a crosstalk reducing array, all right next to...
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    Graham Audio LS8/1 Signature Edition & a New System

    My first thought about these speakers is that 3.5 kHz seems really high for an almost 8" woofer. That said, I've experimented with pushing a 10" woofer that high and it sounded surprisingly natural. The response was smooth on my 10 to almost 6kHz, but of course it gets very directional at those...
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    My Theory of Sonic Cues to Explain Different Sounding Systems

    One area of the sound that I've been heavily focused on over the last year is the problem with the phantom center lacking adequate presence. I started to notice this issue while trying to dial in my DIY speakers using vocalists. I could get them to sound good one speaker at a time, but not both...
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    My Theory of Sonic Cues to Explain Different Sounding Systems

    I've never thought of these immediate add/cancel effects caused by early reflections as standing waves, but now that you've presented it that way, I see that they really are because they're moving in opposite directions of each other causing some degree of phase add or cancel. When I hear...
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    My Theory of Sonic Cues to Explain Different Sounding Systems

    "An audiophile whose most valued sonic cue is upper bass/lower midrange "weight" and density is unlikely to select a full-range electrostatic loudspeaker." I think I resemble that statement! Upper bass/lower midrange weight and density is something I've often felt unsatisfied with from my own...
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    Does DSP belong in State of the Art Systems?

    A good correlation would be hifi gear that's heirloom quality in terms of working practically forever with some basic upkeep, so you can pass it on from generation to generation if they're interested. Another correlation would be it's value going up as it gets older, especially if it has all the...
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    Is Dolby Atmos the future?

    Listening to Norah Jones Come Away With Me album on Apple Music in Spacial Audio mode I hear a weird high frequency ringing between the three note bass descending scales at the beginning of Cold Cold Heart. If I turn off Spacial Audio that ringing goes away. Has anybody else heard any effects...
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    Is Dolby Atmos the future?

    From the video: "Each guy wanted their own speaker" I think I'd like that for their music! They have to consider how it will mix down to headphones too. For me, one of the major potentials with more speakers and channels is the reduction of the need for phantom images. If you want a really...
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    what's best sounding speaker you have ever heard?

    Darn, he beat me to it. It doesn't matter. But that doesn't mean I don't care.
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    what's best sounding speaker you have ever heard?

    As a nihilist, nothing really matters to me. But that's neither here nor there.
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    what's best sounding speaker you have ever heard?

    I have a special fondness for a particular speaker driver - the Eton 4-300-25 Hex. Everything I ever built with those made a sound that I loved. Even the bare drivers without an enclosure or anything can have a captivating effect on me with their vocal rendition. The two I had got ruined in...
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    Any thoughts on Verity Audio Lohengrin II

    Jumping in late on this thread because I just had a long phone discussion about these speakers. I'm not going to claim that my DIY efforts are anywhere near what Verity is doing, but the statement above strongly resonates with me. Extending the midrange driver's coverage often has resulted in a...
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    Is "Walking Up On Stage" a Sonic Attribute?

    The skill of listening can make it so you don't need much in the way of high end equipment to get transported through time and space by a recording. In some ways, lower fidelity playback can give the mind more room. It's helpful if you are very familiar with what live music sounds like. In that...

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