Quiet_Hollow

I got over there Monday to listen to the Klipschorns, Cornwall III's, La Scala II's, and RF-7 II's. As others have said Ken and Jason were polite, informative, and had no problems accommodating me. Ken connected my own amp and source into their switchboard, showed me what did what, then let me enjoy a few hours of privacy with the speakers. I essentially had the whole evening to myself to critically listen to them. What a pleasant experience. Highly recommended once again. [Y]

It's there on the 1992 CD too. Was just listening to it today at war volume while cleaning up the house. Great album. [Y]

Multiple units can be daisy chained together using their respective RS-232 ports for single point control. As far as properly EQ'ing two separate subs using two separate units? That's not something that can be accomplished solely within the limtations of the SMS-1's hardware.

No, it can only EQ a single channel. What I meant by two units was that the first SMS-1 I bought had issues, then the replacement from Velodyne also had the same issue. Yes, they stay plugged into the subwoofer signal chain as a permanent addition.

Hope it does the trick for you. Parametric EQ is a most valueable asset in getting a powered sub sounding the "way it should". [Y] Unfortunately, two SMS-1 units didn't fare so well in my setup.

I sent Viacom an email. Perhaps they'll look into it. [:-*]

MCACC is doing siginificantly more than YPAO. MCACC can alter the phase response of the outbound signal to correct for driver time alignment issues to a certain extent. It also uses MLS analysis to crosscheck it's EQ and filter settings (similar to Audyssey) to insure it's not adding more error into the system's native transient response.

Top Shelf! [Y] Looks like it's almost time for [~] & [pi]

[bs] The only thing that would be blown away is the voice coils in those cute MTM's, trying to keep up.

I'm really glad you posted the video. I think it's a cool song and that it turned out just fine. Pictures are worth a thousand words sure, but hey with video and audio we can communicate an idea by an order of magnitude. I can appreciate the work that goes into posting a vignette, as making a really good one is not a benign or cheap process.

Just as looking at a person in a picture through the eyes of a lens and a pass through Photoshop is questionable due to all sorts of "variables", right? It will still get you in the ball park. [Y] Last time I was at work, the cafe, or the airport, of those persons who had laptops, none were listening to their speakers. They were all plugged into their headphones.[8]

I'll sell you my Panasonic DMP-BD85. PM me if interested.

You can get a decent recording out of YouTube if you use the right gear and pay particular attention to the media formats during the rendering process. Mic'ing is always a fussy process, given the disconnect between what sounds good to your ear vs. an absolutley indiscriminate device sporting a flat response. Checking out what actually makes it onto the recording is pretty much a given, and the final recording had better be pristine. YouTube will scrub the audio and add noise or a "watermark" of sorts on top of any of the original's distortion. It's subtle, but audible and the better the source, the better the final print. Per usual, headphones are required to play back the entire frequency range. What I use: Canon GL1 (miniDV format) Firewire straight into the laptop using iMovie Export as .dv file Compress and render as a .flv using the following audio settings: .mp3 encoding Bitrate 192 Kbps Sampling rate 44.1 KHz 2 pass VBR That's what was used on the video above. There's even better tricks, but using .flv yields a small file that renders and uploads quickly, with better than average results.

I just finished watching Super 8 on Blu-Ray tonight. I'm in agreement with SuBXeRo, there's some low stuff in there, but over-all soundwise, it's pretty balanced. Nothing that had me scrambling for the remote. It had that Goonies, or Stand By Me feeling to it, albiet with a few post-Y2K CGI effects. It's got some solid re-play value. Absolutely. Even the GF agrees. The only movie I've got that consistently knocks stuff off the walls on the the other side of the apartment....at -10 dB ref. At -0 dB, I once saw a wormhole forming in front in my subwoofer. [:|]

But you can take out all the analog signal handling (and associated distortions) that normally take place post-DAC between there and inside the power amplifier. See: System Design Considerations for True Digital Audio Power Amplifiers Page 7 section 4, Reconstruction Output Filter. Take note that the load is part of the filter. The signal is digital PWM through the back side of the TAS51XX chipset into the filter. It's nothing new persay, just saying the audible result is not comprable to a traditional component DAC-amp setup...and a lot less expensive.

Depends on the amp perhaps. Audio over HDMI (or SPDIF) into a Tri-path or D3 amp would leave your jaw on the floor. Taking the DAC out of the equation entirely.

1/8th space..the ultimate horn..gotta love it. []

I've got Time Warner Cable (TWC). I don't have surround sound, but my receiver always provides an excellent downmix. Pretty much the same thing here. Do you notice a positive change in audio quality when the comercials come on during a break? I honestly believe Paladia's feed is messed up. Like the roadies are told to keep patching into the monitor mix instead of the aux, and we get crap sound every time. ~sigh~

...and you've got KLF's hitched to a 905. If you can't cut you're own head off with combination, with subs no-less, something's gotta be amiss. How big is your room for starters?

He was an engineer raised by an engineer. Somewhere along the way he found his own voice, and the rest was history.

Join us!

.....and that's just the speakers. Careful getting these guys started on electronics. [:-*][6]

Thanks! [] Witnessing his initial reaction to seeing them was priceless....trying to figure out how they worked and all. "Where's the cone?" Just like the first time I saw them. Very easy to listen with one's eyes. But that only lasted the first few seconds into Dark Side of the Moon. At that point the only difficulty he had, was trying to put into words what his ears were experiencing. How true!, how true! +2 Agreed[Y] Will do brother.

Had a bro from work over for a listen today (Saturday). He is a guitar player and has a positive interest in music and listening to stereo systems. This was the first time he'd ever seen La Scalas or heard them. We broke into a bottle of single-malt scotch, dropped in some Floyd at modest levels, and began the day. Instant smiles. I covered the whole range. Vocals, Drums, Bass guitar, electronica... As the booze kicked in, I dialed it up a little then put in some music videos. About three hours later, we concluded the session with the disposal scene from Hurt Locker at -8 dB from reference. "I've heard some pretty loud explosions in the line work," he says, "...that felt pretty close to the real thing." He then paused for a second staring at the speakers, then turns back to me while pointing at them, "..are those things alright man? It felt like we just blew something up in here." I assured him that I didn't even put a full watt into them. "No problem, they're okay," I said, " Well within their capability." He was really taken aback at how loud we had finished the day given the dimunative size of the Panasonic and all, but that there was no distortion and his ears didn't hurt. - Good times.

This is utter nonsense. It's called metrology. The point of which is so that people can agree on things and eliminate "heresy". It's a requirement for design work and the only method through which anything can be directly engineered. Sure, everything is philisophical until you have to pay for it or be solely responsible for it. [] ..'bout sums it up. Right in line with the study from GR.