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With a sabre and ball and powder, how else? Or, wit, as the case may be.
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Lot of morons there who will argue against something without ever having experienced it too.Quote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
But as you say, there are a LOT of knowledgeable folk who really have deep technical ability and know-how. :)
Want to let you guys know that Jerry introduced me over at wigwam. And his predictions were correct. The first thing he had to do was explain the picture of his speakers cause it drew a round of laughs. By the end of the day, however, a couple of guys tossed some accolades his way for the thread. And he hung tough, to his credit. I managed to get some of my posts deleted or hacked to oblivion- Jerry warned me- but had some fun, nevertheless. Thanks, Jerry, for your grit and determination :bag:.
I see they're still into editing other's posts then. :doh:
I don't have anything to add. It justs seems like this topic ain't gettin much love. I suppose I could mention that some bloke named Jim Goulding got a Golden Ear Award from The Absolute Sound magazine in the most recent issue. The lease expensive product to ever to receive the award. I happened to read it. Oh, well.
Excellent - well done, Jim.Quote:
Originally Posted by jimdgoulding
Are US audiophiles more adventurous and open-minded than us dour Brits? (I blame the rain.)
The US orders should be streaming in ... I'm surprised you have time to post here now. ;)
Fantastic stuff Jim, very well done. And if I may say so, thoroughly deserved. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jimdgoulding
Jeez, no offence to Wigwam, but what a bloody carry on!Quote:
Originally Posted by jimdgoulding
Why can't other forums be as open-minded and restriction-free in terms of advertising as ours? :confused:
Hey guys, maybe we need to get more strict on our trade member's asses (excuse my borrowing of parlance from Jim's homeland), heh heh... :eyebrows:
;)
On second thoughts, NO! :)
Marco.
It would seem so, Jerry. Australia, too. Thanks, all. The doctor is always in and inquiries are welcome.
I should add that earlier this week I removed the velcro pads from my baffles and the baffle covers and replaced them with ultra thin double sided adhesive pads across the entire area. They now fit really cleanly to the baffles and look a lot smarter and squarer.
I decided that they are a permanent fixture on my speakers and I wanted them to look more a part of the speakers themselves.
:)
A polite bump if you will indulge one. How's it hangin, fellas?
Got this from a Brit living in Texas recently:
"Hi Jim,
Those little babies work well! In fact, I'm surprised at the magnitude of the improvement. They seem to eliminate a lot of 'hash' at the top end which allows more detail to be heard, and this has a positive effect on what can be discerned at mid and lower frequencies too. As far as I can tell, there are no negatives in the pitch, rhythm, and timing areas (PRaT) and the stage is wider, deeper, with more solid imagery without getting that horrible 'floating head' effect with vocalists.
I'll be posting a report on the Naim forum in the next few days and I'll e-mail you a copy. Thank you for a well thought out, inexpensive, and effective product.
Best Regards, MD"
Made mention elsewhere that Naim didn't take too kindly to my replying to the lad. Banned me for no other reason than telling subscribers that it was me what made them and that I would happily answer questions. Really, that's all there was to it. Hacked up the fellows post, too. Pompous and shameful, IMO.
Believe I will skip over to the music side and start a thread about JAZZ if there isn't one already. I'm knowledgable about the subject if anyone is interested. Thanks. Be seein ya.
As the frequency goes down, waveforms become physically longer. They wrap around our enclosures and are reflected later in time by room surfaces and boundaries. The frequencies most responsible for the rendering of instruments and space are propagated by our tweeters. These waveforms are very short and carry the first arrival of midrange info along with all things high frequency. Critical waveforms they are and it's these that are being diffracted by our baffles and cabinet edges. They would be arriving out of time and phase with what your tweeters just sent to you. They muck up your presentation spatially and dimensionally. Using my pads will allow you to see/hear between and around instruments more clearly and deeper into your stage. Your soundscape and the instruments that occupy it are rendered more palpable and recognizably real.Quote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
Here is an animated illustration of what diffraction looks like in action (this was not made by me):
http://www.silcom.com/~aludwig/images/diffdem.gif
In addition to preserving correct time and phase- purity to waveforms- the removal of diffraction flattens out a deviation or loss of linearity in the frequency domain that is germaine to it at and beyond the crossover. In this regard, a few speaker designers put in a -1db or so dip in their output in this area so this is made less audible. Good for them as that is proactive but most don't do this and you don't see it in published frequency response studies (any) but you ARE hearing it. Those studies are made in controlled settings and at a standard distance from the microphone that has little in common with real world listening environments. Customers tell me that more mid range info emerges using my pads and it makes sense . . for every peak there is a shadow in listening terms. Proper tonality is preserved.
The mechanics of music reproduction should be inaudible and speakers as sources invisable. That's what using my small thing does.
I offer with a 30 day buy back guarantee so you can audition for yourself and I custom fit to a particular speaker. Better listening thru simple science. Your system is better than you think!
Oh, and I can dye them black for a nominal fee (the price of quality dye and the gas to go get it). Cheers
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Snapper . . don't see your post only that you made one. Perhaps you can re-post. Something must be amiss. I believe there are others missing, as well. Thanks. Oh, nevermind. I see what you did.
Jim,when I accessed this thread,it showed 7 pages but I couldn't get passed page 6,hence the 'test'.
Seems to be working fine now.
Could have something to do with what happened a few weeks ago.
:confused:
It's the AOS ghostie... :eyebrows:
Marco.
Its an unfortunate truth that many commercial speakers, even expensive ones, have quite serious design floors. This can be due to simply errors being overlooked and also being purposely ignored in order to have a product thats visually appealing.
While I have never used these diffraction baffles I can say that I had a lot of success with using felt to sorround the drivers of my DIY speakers. I'm positive that it played a hugh part in the pinpoint imaging that they had.
I lov this kind of stuff as its a lot cheaper than things like Mains leads and fancy isolation feet but has a far more noticable improvement. Quite frankly I think that anyone is nuts if they spend a fortune on other ancillaries before using things like this as their effect is far greater.
Of course I have to put in the get out clause of this is all IMO but if you're going to spend a few hundered quid on an interconnet or something try spending a fraction of that on things like this as you can obviously afford it!!
Paul, thanks for commenting. I hope it helps others to appreciate your experience and understanding and what there is to be gained.
Yesterday, I visited a customer of mine with Eggleston Andra II speakers with Dynaudio Esotar tweeters in a nicely tricked out room. Wow. Very wow. I asked him what he thought his surrounds were contributing and he said they give his system the kiss of live music, that he would recommend them to anybody. And as of today, it pleases me to be able to say that the only continent where I don't have customers in Antarctica. Thank you all and happy listening.
Jim,
I'm glad you've posted today because I've been meaning to ask you about the possibility of trying out your little wonders on my speakers.
I have a pair of Mirage M3si's and don't know if it's possible to remove the grilles - I've tried..........by God, I've tried, but I can't work out how to do it!
They have really wide front baffles & I know what this can to do to treble frequencies. One of the reasons I went for my last speakers was that, despite being tall & wide floorstanders, they have a narrow face that the tweeter & mid driver are mounted on & that seemed to make a big difference in the imaging (pictures here.... http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...?t=2175&page=2)
The Mirages throw a huge soundstage & do all sorts of things that I love, but I can't help thinking that there's something missing in the detail of that image & the positioning of the players within it.
So, a couple of questions:
1. Do you think that your brand of 'fluffy delights' could help me out in this area?
2. Do you have any experience of working with these speakers - & if so how the hell do you get those bloody drivers exposed?
Cheers
Chris- Thanks for your inquiry. Unsuccessfully tried to google some info on your model speak. You can see at the Mirage site that they are going in a different direction these days but here is something for you to consider. Wide baffles dispose diffracted waveforms to arrive later in time so they are spread out and less invasive to what is being delivered on time. Spendor and Harbeth have maintained wide baffles over the years and Harbeth goes a step further by reducing the output some in the part of the frequency range that would be effected. When waveforms are reradiated by a speaker's baffle and edges they are being added to what we hear and will generally cause a boost to our frequency response in the lower bandpass of our tweeters. I believe it is Harbeth's intent to address that and to delay the arrival of diffracted waveforms in the former because the late arriving information will be out of time and phase. Your old speakers in that photo have their sides canted back. They should image with more precision altho not as well as if the surface and baffle edges adjacent to your tweeter were non reflective.