darrenyeats;642785 Wrote: > I think ATC's Billy Woodman would have something to say about DSP > "taking care of other problems". That's not their philosophy...and I'm > seeing it more that way too. > > Call me a luddite...(!) > Darren
yes I to have Meridian but DSP cant fix everything, imho it's a way to get things even better :) but you must have a good starting point. But DSP migth provide enhancements that are simply impossible in analog stuff but the basic speaker must be good anyway. For example even if meridian are digital speakers they built very rigid and resonans free cabinets. But all speakers are compromises especially home speakers, in my own setup I'm most impressed by my center speaker ? this is probably due to that my dsp5200 are small the midrange is to close to the floor . a more ugly design with a square but deep box (like pmc) on a stand might have been better , but then it the speaker would have been deemed "ugly" with no waf and not sell anything and thus not existed in the first place ? I wish there would be more active design's to choose from . My hero would be someone who would design an universal standard digital speaker interface to be used in both stereo and home theater, this interface should carry not only the music data but also volume level calibaration level optional filter and tone control and eq data etc, display stuff etc. This interface should also be used on typical HT recievers and preamps. If this interface existed a "meridian type" digital home theater would be possible from more than one manufacturer and be universally compatible. Prices for this kind of solution would then plummet to sane levels. As pointed out here and elsewhere an active speaker with built in amps and DSP filters should give more bang for the buck than separate units, the solution is not only better but also cheaper. But this is not the case in the real world to little competition and almost no "midfi" products, there is AVi adm9 basically ? How cheaper ? have anyone seen what these high end passive fillter components cost air-wound coils the size of footballs and beer can sized capacitors they are way more expensive than the silicon in any active fillter ? -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD & SqueezePad ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88582 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
