Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decwrl!francini@argus.DEC (This Space Available for Rent or Lease) From: francini@argus.DEC (This Space Available for Rent or Lease) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Random stuff... Message-ID: <253@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 30-Aug-85 23:18:54 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.253 Posted: Fri Aug 30 23:18:54 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 1-Sep-85 05:14:37 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 78 Just some random observations/comments/questions... I've seen a lot of comment about 'Don't Buy a Technics CD player' here. This is very entertaining. My wife and I bought a SL-P7 no-frills unit a year ago this weekend. It continues to work flawlessly, and the sound quality is (to my ears) quite good. (Then again, what do I know? Our system has Klipsch Heresy speakers. [I married into them.] :-) ) The whole concept of digital audio inspired my wife to decide to do a 180-degree career change from secretary to audio/video repair. She is now attending an electronics school out here in the Boston area (Sylvania Technical School), and will graduate in a year. Speaking of speakers, I'd like to know what everyone in netland thinks of Walsh-driver based speakers, namely the Ohm Walsh-1, -2, and -4 series. I have listened to them at a friend's house and have been quite impressed with the imaging, no matter where I stood/sat in the listening room. Also, has anyone listened to the CD version of the soundtrack of "E.T."? If so, any opinions? ... >...16 Bit PCM direct-to-brain for us all... >Terry Zrust Probably by then it will be 32-bit. That will give much better resolution and far less problems with finicky filters and the like. >> It would be nice if someone, someday said that measuring parameter YYYY >> translates to sound ZZZZ. A hypothetical listing of this translation follows: >> >> Measured Parameter Sonic result >> >> Damping Factor Higher factors reduce muddiness >> Slew Rate Higher slews improve crispness >> Signal-to-noise ratio Higher ratios improve low-level resolution >> Supply Regulation Better regulation improves imaging >> Supply Ripple @ full power Lower ripple improves focus >> Supply Impedance vs. Freq. Linear impedances improve inner detail >> Chassis Leakage @ full power Lower leakage improves low-level resolution >> Phase vs. Freq. Low shifts improve inner detail >> >It would also be nice if someone, someday said what "focus" and "inner detail" >mean! > Dave Wagner About a year or so ago there was an issue of _Stereo Review_ that had an article that attempted to define a large number of subjective terms having to do with the 'sound' of things. This might be a good start. ... >...My musical preferences are baroque keyboard music, including >organ (I have measured SPL's of REAL pipe organs, they are NOT very loud). > >Dick Pierce Funny... when I got married two years ago, in a big church with a large pipe organ, I couldn't hear myself THINK over the organ when the organist was playing in earnest (during the procession and recession). I would be curious to know what the conditions of the organ measurement you did were. Was it a during a public performance or was it a special session with not more than you, the organist, and the measuring equipment present? Also, what size was the organ? Obviously, bigger organs are going to sound louder. Maybe I'm suffering from a misconception brought on by too many Catholic masses, but I always thought that the Pipe Organ is by far the loudest non-amplified instrument. (Now, before I get flamed, this is a subjective opinion. Maybe there are others that emit a higher SPL, but the organ is the most commanding instrument in my mind.) John J. Francini ...decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-argus!francini "Remember, the Force will be with you, always."