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In Reply to: what exactly is Hi Eff and why should I care? posted by Flyingsod on March 4, 2007 at 13:07:09:
That may help to answer you, if you tell us.It is not hard to get some big sound and for cheap
on pop/techno.
What is difficult and what good hifi does is to put
"ghosts in the room" (as someone said once on this list
- i liked it). For this, my view is the simpler the better,
and this is why high-eff is interesting.Anyway to be convinced you need to listen.
It is just like wines (i am french).
1/ Do not necessarely buy the most expensive
0/ Test by yourself (if you are unable to make your mind
by yourself then it is not for you)
2/ Finish with SETS and burgundy.
Follow Ups:
I listen to anything in the rock genre and lot's in the jazz genre. My big loves are Proggressive rock, Psychedelia, and Fusion. By ghosts in the room you refer to stereo imaging? and is that the same as when people say "soundstage"? Whatever ya call it, it is very important to my listening experience.I supoose if I start with enough burgundy instead of finishing with it maybe I will like what I hear all the more :)
Ah..ah..
Yes i appreciate also some old King Crimson stuff...
Ghosts: I have an old mono record 61 from the BBC
on a live performance of Fidelio... Incredible these
old tapes. You would think that it should sound crap
with that old technology limited dynamic etc..
Actually it is incredibely alive.
By the way last advise: keep your system simple!
I do not like many way systems. Others in the list
will argue for it but by experience X-overs really
suck.
"Others in the list
will argue for it but by experience X-overs really
suck."Well Vince I think there are worse things than crossovers. Such as the poor dynamics, poor bass, poor highs and high distortion of single-drivers.
Regards
Hi Tom,
i have no pbs to play loud if i xo at 200Hz.
I use a 38cm woofer.I am using this deqx for the xo but still
do not like too much the sound of the dac.
With an electronic xo i could not get anything
clean. The bass sounded muddy and "slow".One observation: its seems that an xo at 70-80Hz
is not audible.
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