Re: THX and other matters

[Jerome O'Donohoe <jerome@xxxxxxx>]

On Saturday, November 9, 2002, at 09:06  pm, Phillip Harris wrote:

> In fact the only thing I would take issue with is the Quad ESLs
not
> being up to the job of serious AV use ( There's a smiley here in
case
> anyone is unsure of the presence of sarcasm ":-)" ) - I have
a friend
> the other side of Winchester who uses Quad ESLs in a roughly 26 x
20ft
> room to extremely good effect! Of course he is using some serious
> subwoofer enclosures (home made) but otherwise the amplification
is
> quite modest (Quad power amps, Sony 9000ES processor) - hell, the
thing
> even runs with a phantom centre! There is *NO* hole in the front
> soundstage from the missing front centre and the opening sequence
from
> T2 (and the usual test sequences) are reproduced with far greater
> clarity than I have heard from all but about two or three
seriously
> expensive systems!
>
It was more the valve amps typically associated with high end music 
systems than the ESLs that I was singling out for unsuitablity in 
HC...I do think a centre speaker is wise though - if you were to look 
at a level meter across a 5.1 mix, it is very fair to say that 50% of 
the mix is right there, as that is where the huge majority of the 
dialogue, and the mono & above 120hz component of FX & music go
too.  
I'm sure it still does sound pretty sweet though..just he'd get so much
more with just one more ESL...:-)

For the record, the best sounding system I ever heard outside a studio 
was a Meridian stereo thing, with those active floor-standers with four
small drivers in them. Incredibly tight & stupendous presence. Day to
day, my genelecs do quite well...if only I could take 'em home :-)

Jerome




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