[Vintage-Audio] Re Speaker Performance

Mon Aug 19 12:49:00 2002

With this thought in mind..I did buy a Alesis 3630 and tried
to use its gating feature....anyone want to buy my 3630?

WB

"Salmons, Michael" wrote:
> 
> At the risk of raising someone's ire... even my own when I am in a curmudgeonly mood... there are some studio-quality compressors that have absolutely neutral sonic characteristics and could be set to simply gate the signal when it falls below a certain level. Products by manley, just to name one pro brand worth considering,  are legendary for their quiet operation and high level of sonic quality. But it would be additional item in the signal path. And the really good ones are not cheap. Just a thought.
> 
> Michael S.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 11:47 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Re Speaker Performance
> 
> I really envy your source material. I wish I could get such
> recordings from some source. I wish I could insert my own
> compression for listening in noisy environments or for
> background music. When I sit and listen, I would appreciate
> 40 dB of DR.
> 
> As  side note..My Sony CDR-W33 CD burner has a feature for
> automatically sensing track changes in the analog input by
> detecting 2 seconds of silence. The definition of silence is
> adjustable from -72 to -48 dB below MSB. I cant find very
> many sources that are this quiet (-48dB) so this feature is
> not of great use. Where would I ever find anything analog at
> -70? What am I missing? Should I be recording with my analog
> peaks at -10 dBMSB? Then the prerecorded stuff requires a
> manual adjustment as it is 0dBMSB peak.
> 
> WBob
> 
> WBob
> 
> "Robert J. McKee" wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bob <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 8:36 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Re Speaker Performance
> >
> > > Yep..
> > >
> > > New physics..I knew it.
> > >
> > <snip... who listens to square waves?  Bob???>
> > >
> > > Now consider the source. Just where do you get a source of
> > > any quality? All music is clipped, mashed, processed and
> > > bent to match whatever the engineers and occasional musician
> > > think will sell on a boombox..Shame.
> > >
> > I don't have to listen to commercial garbage.  You see I have
> > shelf after shelf after shelf of master tape recordings done
> > with
> > the best condenser microphones on the planet with the most
> > direct signal path to the record electronics, never subjected
> > to compression or signal distorting extras of any kind.  My
> > three Crown machines receive regular attention to keep them
> > at and above factory specifications.  No compromises here.
> > Only the best available sound.  Tight, fast, liquid, open and
> > three dimensional... like a live performance!!!
> > Conclusions and selections of listening equipment made with
> > anything less are just... well... Madison Avenue loves you.
> > Smiling knowingly,
> > Bob McKee
> >
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