amtprod
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| Legacy Focus SE or PS Audio FR20 My stepfather has the Focus SE in his system, and absolutely loves them. He has had Vandersteen 3A and Meadowlark Heron speakers, and these were stand above and vastly outperformed on all levels. Sound staging and delicate details excel in Legac... | |
| SVS SUB BETTER WITH LOW PASS FILTER OFF What @erik_squires said is pretty much dead on: The only heresy I know is trying to do this all without measurements first. I mean, it's dogma, but I find getting this right by ear alone is so random. Bloom and bloat IMHO had more to do with ... | |
| Downsizing from tower to bookshelf Tons of great suggestions mentioned. Wanted to add my thoughts directly on your choices from experience: the Harbeth and the Warfedale. Listened with tube gear at a dealer in WA (https://www.gigharboraudio.com/) who I would recommend you call an... | |
| Wrapping power cords and interconnects with copper foil. https://forum.psaudio.com/t/shielding-for-power-cords/37521/4 | |
| Seeking speakers under $3K for 10x12 ft room and driven by 20wpc tube amp My room is same dimensions, but just weirdly configured, and my Legacy Studio HD speakers so awesome in here. I do run the smallest REL sub though to flesh things out some for movies and shows and some music. https://legacyaudio.com/products/vie... | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? I liked @norcalal response (there were many others as well), but his I thought was really functional and effective, and also a leading call to action for the friend. I have been having a similar struggle with a relative who has a VERY NICE system... | |
| What if a high end speaker measures really badly? @erik_squires oh you're right, DSP doesn't/can't really fix "nulls" (I guess actual EQ in general isn't great at this to a degree). Good points on auditioning aspects especially in a showroom/other space....which leads me to my ultimate dream bu... | |
| What if a high end speaker measures really badly? @erik_squires is that speaker measurement (anechoic chamber) and it's imperfections become mute at nominal listening distances in an average set up room? Therefore does the measurement really matter in choice of purchase, if you liked the sound m... | |
| Should Speaker Manufactures provide a Frequency Response Graph? I ran into a situation with needing a speaker frequency response, but the maker wasn't comfortable with providing me with one for basically a lot of the reasons many have listed here: people not really knowing what they are looking at, not really ... | |
| If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments? Having just experienced this first hand: you need to treat your room. To be more accurate, you need to know how to determine AND hear HOW your room is coloring altering or outright changing sound, sound stage, frequencies, etc. This should be a ... | |
| Room Acoustics, minimal treatment and measurements @erik_squires I know, right???!!! Honestly my little Studio HDs one 8" woofer moves to beat the band...these are like a gentle wafting suggestion. Which, I get in a way: there are two, in a big strong cabinet, they don't "need" to move a ton to m... | |
| Room Acoustics, minimal treatment and measurements Hey @erik_squires Attached is a screen shot of the 45degree reading with and without the woofers. Distance was about 5 feet. I'll take a look at the impedance sweep. | |
| Room Acoustics, minimal treatment and measurements @erik_squires Yea I'll do a sweep to see that potential dip. Are you thinking there's some frequency cancelling happening or a cross-over issue? I've read up on MINIDSP and watched a bunch of videos on their use. I think things like DSP is a ... | |
| Room Acoustics, minimal treatment and measurements @mapman I really think his system would benefit most from two subs like you noted. That way he could enhance low level listening, get proper music reproduction, and NOT introduce issue while maintaining all the better aspects. He's very old scho... | |
| Room Acoustics, minimal treatment and measurements @erik_squires That's interesting I didn't find that when I poked around Stereophile, but I may not have been searching right and gone back far enough to look into the prior model versions. This bass fall off has to be room size and placement-most... |