[Vintage-Audio] Re Speaker Performance

Mon Aug 19 12:55:01 2002

That bad, eh? Alesis is not exactly top shelf, but maybe it isn't the =
correct approach anyway. I thought once I'd take the "vintage" route for =
a similiar purpose with an old dbx II. never heard hiss reproduced so =
perfectly and in such bounty...

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 11:43 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Re Speaker Performance

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:
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> 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.
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> Michael S.
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> -----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
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> WBob
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> WBob
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> "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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