sidewinder
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Hence title.
Is crossfeed related to this subject?
Is crossfeed related to this subject?
Originally Posted by sidewinder Hence title. Is crossfeed related to this subject? |
Originally Posted by Headphoner Some people, including me, believe that crosstalk reduces sound quality. . . . HeadRoom, in their headphone amps, provide a crossfeed circuit that introduces crosstalk. I have two such HeadRoom amps. Both sound better to me with the crosstalk circuit switched off. --Best, Les |
Originally Posted by powermung Whoa~ I think some of you are confusing crosstalk and crossfeed. Unless I'm not updated with the current definitions, Carl has it right. Crosstalk is UNWATED and crossfeed is a deliberate effect. I've never heard the term crosstalk referring a sound wave, but electric circuit signals. The two terms don't really have much to do with each other. |
Originally Posted by ilovesocks This was my understanding, as well. |
Originally Posted by powermung Whoa~ I think some of you are confusing crosstalk and crossfeed. Unless I'm not updated with the current definitions, Carl has it right. Crosstalk is UNWATED and crossfeed is a deliberate effect. I've never heard the term crosstalk referring a sound wave, only electric signals. The two terms don't really have much to do with each other. |
Originally Posted by Headphoner I believe I am using the terms correctly. In a standard stereo system (speakers, not headphones), when your left ear hears the right speaker and your right ear hears the left speaker, this is called acoustic crosstalk. You can check at Ralph Glasgal's Ambiophonics web site. It is this acoustic crosstalk that circuits like Carver's Hologram, Glasgal's crosstalk reducer's, and Lexicon's Panorama are designed to reduce. These circuits were designed to reduce acoustic crosstalk because the engineers that designed the Hologram, Ambiophonic crosstalk reducers, and Panorama believe acoustic crosstalk sounds bad and is unwanted. Crossfeed, like that used by HeadRoom, to imitate acoustic crosstalk in headphones, is a deliberate effect which is wanted by the HeadRoom company. I think the crossfeed sounds bad. I also think that Bob Carver (who designed the Hologram), Ralph Glasgal, and the engineers at Lexicon (who designed Panorama) would think that the crossfeed circuit in HeadRoom amps is conceptually a mistake. Without getting into theoretical arguments about whether it is a conceptual mistake, I have two HeadRoom amps with crossfeed circuits and I think both amps sound better with the crossfeed circuit turned off. --Best, Les |
Originally Posted by Duggeh No. The crosstalk to which you refer is crossfeed. The same crossfeed that is replicated in a headphone circuit. You are I regret, simply confused about your terminology. |
Originally Posted by Duggeh No. The crosstalk to which you refer is crossfeed. The same crossfeed that is replicated in a headphone circuit. You are I regret, simply confused about your terminology. |