Dusty Chalk

Very informative thread.

No. Unless you're listening to binaural recordings (and for that matter, binaural recordings of which you know the phase), you're not going to be able to hear the difference. And even in that 1% of the time where a recording is binaural, you may not be able to tell the difference. Absolute phase only matters for imaging, and since headphones screw up imaging in 99% of recordings (which are recorded to image well on speakers, if they are recorded to image at all, which most of them are not). Not only does phase vary from track to track, but it can vary on different tracks of a multi-track master, to which you don't have access. Here's a test that you might have access to: Cowboy Junkies, Trinity Sessions. Listen to it on headphones, try flipping the phase. If you can tell the difference -- and you have a preference and the preference is not arbitrary (I.E. you can tell which is correct, not just that you have a preference for one or the other) -- then congratulations, you should care for this recording.

I heard these recently, they don't suck. Image pretty nicely, with their dual-concentric drivers. And at US$50/pair, they're cheap. I've heard that they like to be well amped, but I only heard them on one amp. I'm tempted to just get like three pairs and mount them in a hexagonical circle and call them my new omnidirectional speakers. But then I would need an amp that goes down to like 2.667 ohms. I'm thinking MF A300^CR (I know it can handle it). That would be funny -- driving US$150 worth of speakers with US$1500 worth of amp.

I found it! It wasn't Martin-Logan, it was Magnepan, and the link is here. And it's planar, not electrostatic.

I call it the BRA-1.

I thought the impressions of the lasagna was an obvious redirect. And by mean, I mean funny mean, not :evil: mean.

You guys are mean. You should also mention weather conditions. Yes, there was weather. No, I don't remember what it was. Here it is, for those of you even lazier than I.

Cute, but what are they (company/manufacturer)? I need a black or dark blurple one.

12.99? I paid 13.99...at Tower, no less... ( Well, no, of course go get it as cheap as you can. Just go to amazon.com for the review. )

LOTW == Listen Of The Week -- your favourite recording you listened to in a 7-day period. Mine, easily, is this: Amazon.com link to Le Fil by Camille with a review by me. If you want my impressions of it, read the review.

If you're asking the question, you already know the answer.

Here's the company's information page, if that helps. I wouldn't mind knowing, neither.

No, I think "what" is the correct word there.

New guilty pleasure (for me) -- I was at a wedding last Saturday, and they played Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie" (w/Wyclef Jean). Godam! Am I the only person who appreciates how brilliant it is to combine reggae and latino rhythms? That's genius. Now I need to track down the single, because the version I heard was from that Voices album, and I don't think I need the rest of that claptrap. Is the rest of her material like that? Do I want to track down Oral Fixation Vol. 2?

So I got one of them non-pro Stax adapters off of eBay, but I have pro headphones (with the higher charging voltage, or whatever it's called). Anyone know of a way to change the voltage, besides selling it off and buying the right one? I'm thinking it's just a transformer tap, but I'm also thinking that the tranny that's already in there probably won't deal, so I'm thinking I'm going to have to get a new transformer...which is alright, as I suspect I'm going to want to (a) ground the thing (it currently only has a two-prong power cord); and ( replace the speaker wires with something better. So what I'm saying is, I'm already going to be inside the thing mucking around. So why not just go all out, neh?

US$3600!!!1! I have no words. They are looking for a distribution deal in the US, if anyone knows anyone.

Really? Remind me never to use that particular colloquialism again. mang

I think it's internet-slang for "man", but I'm not sure if there's anything to it beyond that.

Beautiful, mang.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXxUSgYOPew , she strikes me as a bit of a wiseass. The second half of the vid is all interview, so don't expect any music once the one song ends.

So, basically, most of you (well, not you specifically, aerius) voted for the one with the highest "drag coefficient"...? I.E. the least aerodynamic? ...or would it be "aquadynamic"? Or perhaps you just liked her for her "buoyant" personality. :rimshot: Heh-heh, "...sucked out midrange..." indeed...

No, that would still be a two-way if the two midranges are on the same crossover. Oversimplification, but: two-way == one crossover; 3-way == two crossovers. So: 3-way==woofer, mid and tweet; 2-way == tweet and mid/woof. But yeah, basically: two-way == two (different) drivers.

Oh, what do they know...actually, AdamP88 is a good guy and pretty knowledgeable, IIRC. Seems like a pretty constructive thread, so far...

What other people? You mean, these guys?

So taking that to the logical extreme, wouldn't it be best to rip out all the AC power transformers from all your gear and run them directly off the battery? I realize it'd have to be a custom job, but it seems kind of silly to conver it to AC just to convert it back to DC.