Right ho, Boyo. Best place to put it. The North Koreans will never think to look in a swamp.
hahahaha! yep, those are my neighbors! I'm not actually from Florida, I just moved down here to get away from all those snobby intellectual Bostonians.
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Just don't cry on my shoulder if you find something 'strange'..😀😱🙂😡😕🙁😛😉🙄😱😎
Awe man! I was really hoping you we're warmer than that.
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Having finally* finished and reread parts of "Thinking Fast and Slow", I still don't understand Earl's statement. Nowhere in the book could I find anything that would make me embarrassed to trust advice or opinions from someone who has shown consistently good results, methods and rationality. I looked for a reason in the book, but could not find none. I remain unembarrassed. 😕
*Nice book full of wonderful research and ideas. The editor needed a heavier hand, tho. It was somewhat repetitive and tedious. The ideas and research would have been better served with 1/3 fewer pages. Still, a good read.
"Confirmation bias", "overconfidence" - recognize those traits from the book? Don't see them in yourself? Thats in the book as well.
I saw those in the book, yes. I do see those in myself, you and others. We are all human, we are all prone to those errors. We talk about those things all the time here on the forum.
Where the book does say don't trust the experts is in prediction. I already knew how worthless the financial press is, the book confirms that and expands on it. Prediction is difficult, but it apparently pays well to be overconfident. That's how pundits earn a living. They have little, if any, accountability.
Where the book does say don't trust the experts is in prediction. I already knew how worthless the financial press is, the book confirms that and expands on it. Prediction is difficult, but it apparently pays well to be overconfident. That's how pundits earn a living. They have little, if any, accountability.
Awe man! I was really hoping you we're warmer than that.
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Heck, all those smilies and not one for "I am really warm and cuddly" ?
Awe man! I was really hoping you we're warmer than that.
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If you download my tractor you will definitely be in my good books!🙂
Freesound.org - "bonfire ambio.mp3" by dwareing
I tried to find a copy of the book online, and the first link is the CIA website 😱
https://www.cia.gov/library/center-...o.-2/pdfs/Babetski-Thinking Fast and Slow.pdf
It is really difficult to understand what measured data reveals what unless one has first hand experience with hearing the difference before and after resolving issues. Sometimes other more subtle issues become audible, and you kind of wonder whether it's new or was originally inaudible. The process always begins with not being satisfied with a system. Generally it is easier to hear whether something is not right. Someone actually used different music to pinpoint what was not right, once I understood what he was hearing, it was easy to figure out what needed change. When one has gone through a series of this, it is possible to generate some technical criteria that will help zero in on the final design faster. The difficult thing is the design trade offs, do you design for what you think the market will like, or do you design for what you believe is reveals the performance more truthfully. Then there is the "how does it look" and how you prioritize with "how it sounds". Reading books is good, but you always want to integrate knowledge in the books with your own instead of going by the books.
Yes, nothing like a "rough" recording to pinpoint problems. I'm currently listening to a '79 live recording of 2 Tone - version of ska - bands, on a very basic setup -- and doesn't this point out limitations, quick smart! This is a recording that would drive most people mad within minutes, unless they had "perfect" sound ... it gets the job done brilliantly of allowing one to decide whether one's system is 'right', without a shred of measured data ... 😉
Interesting review. This is absolutely a must read book. One of the best that I have read in a long time.
It is still funny how nobody ever seems to see Kanneman in themselves. But it is clearly in all of us. Believing that it does not apply to you is almost proof that you are probably worse than most.
Gary the "IMP" did not return yet to explain his IMP speakers in more detail ? Did I miss something ?
And how it beat both the Orion and the Behringer 😉
And how it beat both the Orion and the Behringer 😉
Interesting speakers.
By the way personally i think that drivers quality matters.
And the woofers are a little suspicious as they should, at that price.
Very good woofers are really expensive
Nevertheless this does not mean that the design cannot be very good, like i think it really is.
My feeling is that with better drivers they would embarrasse a lot of speakers indeed.
And i am actually to try this ... starting with those PP woofers ... they cannot sound good.
It is simply not possible.
But the amps inside are unbelievable. Just look at the toroidal.
Thanks and regards,
gino
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I have the smaller Behringer B2030A (as PC speakers). They don't sound harsh at all. On the contrary they sound very relaxed, smooth and are more missing some in clarity and openness compared to speakers with better drivers, which in the wrong setup can sound harsh.
They truly sound better then many expensive speakers out there. Waveguide works.
They truly sound better then many expensive speakers out there. Waveguide works.
I have the B2031P . Sounds very good . Nothing harsh about it. Nor is it bright . Well balanced I'd say. Fantastic value for money .
Based on earlier experience with bi amplified systems I'd say that this unit has the potential to sound even better bi-amped. I have not yet opened mine ! But it will be bi-amped one day !
The active system apparently uses LM3886 chip power amps. At least the 3030A/3031A does . Not sure if the latest manufactured units have classD modules.
Based on earlier experience with bi amplified systems I'd say that this unit has the potential to sound even better bi-amped. I have not yet opened mine ! But it will be bi-amped one day !
The active system apparently uses LM3886 chip power amps. At least the 3030A/3031A does . Not sure if the latest manufactured units have classD modules.
Hello ! i see we are in the same wonderful Country ! Good !
by the way, i have just ordered a pair B2030A myself !
My feeling is that they are out of production or close to be.
In two weeks time i should receive them. I am optimistic.
Maybe i was not that clear. I have a personal predilection for Scanspeak drivers just to make an example.
Just one good woofer from that brand would cost like two complete Behringer speakers.
The cases are two:
1) or the quality has a cost
2) or Scanspeak is charging without reason.
I think 1). Because with a Scan woofer you get less distortion for the same level of sound pressure.
And this is completely reasonable.
Instead electronics are different. Can be made quite cheap and good i think.
Take a Scanspeak same size, put it in the Behringer.
Take a Dynaudio tweeter e put it in the Behringer.
Make some adjustments ... you get a monitor comparable with the very best out there, this is at least what i think.
At a different cost of course.
I agree .. the stock Behringer are good ... i listened to the bigger model with the 8" woofers and they were fine.
I just see a huge potential for upgrading them.
maybe someone must have told them ?
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
Have a nice day !
Kind regards,
gino
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