On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 22:00 -0700, quadguy wrote: > With my Quads I'm in serious lust mode for some Quads. They have sounded great every time I listen to them. But they are too big, require too big a room, and totally flunk the WAF in my world.
> There are a few professional reviews out there that compare it's > digital to it's analog mode, Got any URLs? I find "professional audio" trade magazines to have even less credibility than the high-end audiophile stuff. Most of them do not really review stuff. One of my big shocks getting into recording was that I've been reading the car buff books for 25+ years. They regularly do comparisons with four or more cars aimed at the same market. The "Recording" and "Mix" and the like never compare and rarely make more that "you should consider this" as a comment. > The reason I mention this is that after having suffered with room > problems for the past 15 years of my audiophile career, Room problems are serious and I think under considered. Guess it is easier to buy a $400 interconnect than fix a listening room that is 8x8x24. Real Traps, sold by Ethan Winer, actually are big enough, and are really engineered to stop the 80 to 300 hz standing waves that typical home listening rooms are cursed with. They are not cheap, and don't pass WAF for me. Acoustic treatment is tough. The random "skyline" diffusers work, but at frequencies that are usually not the major problem. To work at room standing wave frequencies, each "step" has to be about four inches, and you need to cover many feet. Cue Recording Studio has a suitable low frequency diffuser in their "A studio" that you can see in the background of http://www.cuerecording.com/aroom.htm There is no way such a treatment will exist anywhere near my living space. In my studio, I use lots of old sofa, etc. -- Pat Farrell PRC recording studio http://www.pfarrell.com/PRC _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
