audio_guy_uofw
Responses from audio_guy_uofw
| room treatment gurus, please Consider suwoofers, which could be placed in a location where the bass modes couple better to the listening position. | |
| Music server recommendations needed. Surprised nobody has recommended a Roon server. I personally love it's metadata management and deep search capabilities. It also fully integrates you library with Tidal and Quobuz, so you can have the best of both worlds. Have a look if you are ... | |
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| Alternative absorbent acoustic material? In most rooms a combination of absorption and diffusion will result in the most pleasing acoustics. Too much absorption can result in a dead sounding room which is not pleasant to be in, let alone listen to music in. GIK website has lots of info. ... | |
| How to set up volume control on a DAC without a preamp I would also be concerned driving an amp directly from a DAC. Roon has had a bug in past that caused the volume to ramp to 100%. Could be catastrophic under the wrong circumstances. | |
| End of a long quest to vanquish sibilance. I wonder if the lowering of the speakers by removing the pavers took you out of a hot spot in the vertical dispersion pattern of the speakers. You could slump down a few inches in your chair and see if it returns. | |
| Decisions, decisions, decisions I agree with your approach, the speaker upgrade will usually provide the biggest sonic upgrade. Dub and Funk can be quite bass heavy, which is where most of the power demands come from. You don't mention listening levels, but if you start to push ... | |
| Paradigm Studio 20 V3 Tweeter Swap Or consider a tone control? | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response Interesting that most the OP's description of transients relate more to midrange and high frequencies, not bass. "The target effects I use to test transiency are the crash-to-ring transient of a cymbal, fingers going across guitar strings, snare ... | |
| speakers and cables The purpose of having both channel inputs on the sub is so that they can be summed to mono. If you are using the two subs adjacent to your left and right main speakers, you could consider left channel to left sub and right channel to right sub. If... | |
| Opinions on Bluesound vs Sonos. I have an extensive Sonos system that I use for casual listening using ROON as a front end. Works well for me, but would be a bit of a learning curve. | |
| Importance of streamer in audio chain @boxcarman don't forget that your CD and streaming source likely have different mastering, which could be what you are hearing. | |
| Digital LP’s +1 jji666. I believe the mastering is the key. I enjoy vinyl because it is more intentional, with the selection and cleaning ritual, then sitting back with the album cover in hand and enjoying the graphics and information. | |
| What is the Current Guidance on Stereo and AV Configurations +1 That you need a centre channel....for video, it is the single most important channel...almost all dialog is routed through the centre. | |
| Primaluna EVO 400 Amps/Preamp lacking bass impact The amp damping factor could be a significant source of this lack of bass definition. From a Hi-Fi World review of the EVO 400: "Output impedance measured 2.3Ω, giving a damping factor of 3.4 in Ultralinear mode. Surprisingly, figures were a ... |