The first time I cooked Shishito peppers on the charcoal grill. That came out great but I am not always in a mood to fire up the grill for something this quick. The new method I use comes out almost as good and is very convenient. I use a frypan on the gas stove and set it to max. Put some oil either in the pan or mix some oil with the peppers in a bowl. Once the pan is very hot, dump them in there. Leave them in there for a few minutes and one side chars. Then turn them once to cook on another side. Once they are soft they are ready to go. I then take them out and put the lemon juice, soy sauce and pink salt on it and it is ready to eat.How are you cooking them? We are still experimenting, roast on 375 seems to be ok so far.
Sounds like Stage A130 really shined in listening test session and that is great and a pleasure read, that said in objective land no reason some slam 305P MKII in comparison to A130 ..
Audibly better?Distortion and consequent max clean SPL looks like it should be way better on the Stage 130 though...
Audibly better?
Distortion and consequent max clean SPL looks like it should be way better on the Stage 130 though...
I sometimes do, but less so now, more medium loud is my thing.If you like listening loud...
Pleasantly surprising in the distortion. I expected it to explode even at 86dB. The midrange hump, ouch....
I agree on the two tone thing, pretty nice looking actually, in this price bracket.
I sometimes do, but less so now, more medium loud is my thing.
Pretty much the same here. I have found that even well recorded music when played back very loudly really isn't that pleasant. Certainly not as you noted for prolonged exposure. For me I dream of a room filling, immersive sound that is grand in scale but very clean and almost holographic if that makes any sense.I like to listen quite loud, but only for a track or two at a time. I turn it down to something reasonable after that to preserve my hearing.
That's a hard mastering target to hit because if you don't add some compensation, the music will sound dull and peaky on less than perfect systems, but I definitely agree that some mixes sound like they were designed to dominate at background-noise-quiet volumes (see: pop songs with <6 dB DR and piercing vocals).Pretty much the same here. I have found that even well recorded music when played back very loudly really isn't that pleasant. Certainly not as you noted for prolonged exposure. For me I dream of a room filling, immersive sound that is grand in scale but very clean and almost holographic if that makes any sense.
What would be cool is a variable mastering curve included with a mix that responds to live metering and modifies the EQ and compression settings based on SPL output: more SPL, less loudness compensation and compression. One can dream.
Agree thats right A130 looks good there but one could try high pass filter 305P to same as A130 and win some bits, 305P looks have less visible port noice and smoother HF above crossover region looking into directivity index curve plus vertical lobe is more in phase textbook looking..Distortion and consequent max clean SPL looks like it should be way better on the Stage 130 though...
Agree thats right A130 looks good there but one could try high pass filter 305P to same as A130 and win some bits, 305P looks have less visible port noice and smoother HF above crossover region looking into directivity index curve plus vertical lobe is more in phase textbook looking
The crossover for the JBL 305P is actually set similarly to the 308P (1725 Hz vs 1800 Hz), but the 308P is woofer is being asked to do more. Perhaps someone who knows more about speaker performance can speculate about how that might affect distortion near the crossover range in each model. Looks like no matter which bookshelf speakers you pick it's wise to HPF them and add a subwoofer if you want to avoid bass distortion.Maybe when Amir has time remeasure the 305 we can know for sure, but the 308 is pretty unhappy well above the bass.
Not sure how much of that is the top of the woofer vs the bottom of the tweeter or how different the 5" and 8" drivers are. Maybe the 5 is better in the lower mids. I don't have the best place for measuring mine to find out.
The crossover for the JBL 305P is actually set similarly to the 308P (1725 Hz vs 1800 Hz), but the 308P is woofer is being asked to do more. Perhaps someone who knows more about speaker performance can speculate about how that might affect distortion near the crossover range in each model
But by being asked to play lower, does this affect distortion across the rest of the frequency range? I'm thinking about the concept of bass frequencies eating up headroom from a mixing perspective (which may or may not translate to this scenario).The 308P woofer is not really being asked to do more. It has a much larger radiating surface, so to produce a given SPL at a given frequency, it in fact needs to do less than the 305P's woofer.
But by being asked to play lower, does this affect distortion across the rest of the frequency range? I'm thinking about the concept of bass frequencies eating up headroom from a mixing perspective (which may or may not translate to this scenario).
Any idea how much the built-in amplifiers might be influencing distortion performance?