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Re: Sound of Receivers
casey01 #290010 02/02/10 04:54 PM
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I remember reading that article on Audioholics when it first ran. I also remember even before reading, wondering about "reviews", which all had the same information, taken nearly word-for-word from the PDFs I was reading on the manufacturer's websites, and also using the same pictures I saw on their websites. I subconsciously filtered out that type of review. Although I did find some new music (like Cat Power) when reading the reviews, as them seemed to be talking more about how good some CDs sounded instead of the actual equipment.


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casey01 #290020 02/02/10 05:13 PM
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The Internet. A tool perfectly made for my constantly diversion seeking brain. I started reading your article about reviewers of AV equipement but very quickly ended up following a link to a very well written article on the various experiments that gained our understanding of the atom. In ended up finishing up the article on the atom but couldn't explore the other tabs of articles I opened in my browser for later reference because my lunch hour is winding down.


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Re: Sound of Receivers
RayLewis #290133 02/03/10 02:47 AM
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Ray, setting the crossover at 80Hz instead of 60Hz means that the sub will be more responsible for 60-80Hz and the speakers less. 80Hz isn't necessarily the "right" setting, but it's a good compromise, as determined by THX and others, being high enough to allow the sub to take a significant amount of the lowest bass load off of the speakers, while not being so high as to make the sub easily localizable.


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Murph #290182 02/03/10 12:48 PM
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Hi Murph,

Thanks for the tip, which reminded me immediately of another concert that the Edmonton Symphony recorded years ago with Procul Harem (huge hit in my era: "Whiter Shade of Pale"). It's a live album--I have it on vinyl--and quite well recorded, if memory serves.

I hate generalizing about rock (I still do, of course) because there are so many exceptions in my listening history. I seem to recall liking Tom Cochrane and colleagues. It's just that in recent decades, I've moved more and more away from lots of rock and pop music. I still use Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits) for listening tests sometimes because it's so well recorded and has excellent deep bass and a few other albums that have well recorded vocals that aren't sibilant.

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alan #290187 02/03/10 01:05 PM
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I just received the Brothers in Arms multi-channel SACD the other day, but I haven't had a chance to really listen to it or do a comparison yet. The original CD been a "standby" demo disc for me since it's release.


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MarkSJohnson #290192 02/03/10 01:40 PM
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Well!! get to it man!!


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Adrian #290196 02/03/10 01:55 PM
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I'm waiting for Rick to test his VP100 and M60s in various locations first! \:\)


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MarkSJohnson #290265 02/03/10 06:50 PM
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 Originally Posted By: MarkSJohnson
I just received the Brothers in Arms multi-channel SACD the other day, but I haven't had a chance to really listen to it or do a comparison yet. The original CD been a "standby" demo disc for me since it's release.


You're gonna dig that one, I promise! "Your Latest Trick" and "Ride Across the River" are frequently used when I want to demonstrate my system to others.

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davidsch #290279 02/03/10 07:41 PM
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Thanks JohnK for the response above. I'm a little confused on some of the receiver settings related to the subwoofer and size of my speakers, but I need to noodle that some more and may just start a separate thread to get some good advice if I can't figure it out.

On the music front, I've always really like the Brothers in Arms album. Though a bit of a dated concept at this point, I always thought "side two" of that album was really, really great music.

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RayLewis #290395 02/04/10 05:59 PM
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 Originally Posted By: RayLewis
Though a bit of a dated concept at this point, I always thought "side two" of that album was really, really great music.


My CD won't play anything when I put it in upside down.


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