b_limo
Responses from b_limo
| My SPL meter shows ambient/background noise of about 41.x dB. Is that average, hi or low? Actually, my iphone app is reading down into the teens and lower... 8 db-14db... averaging out at 10db’s...I wonder how accurate it is.Sitting here listening now, it’s eerily quiet. Not much, if any, traffic noise outside either due to Covid and ... | |
| My SPL meter shows ambient/background noise of about 41.x dB. Is that average, hi or low? I can get my iphone db app (however accurate that is) down into the 20’s as well. I actually have to hold my breathe otherwise my breathing is picked up. My room is quiet. Thats what 12 panels do. My listening room is a nice place to be even w... | |
| Speaker recommendation thread (Organised by tiers of price) LoL | |
| Window shoppers!! I hate them!! Really? At a time like this??LoL, j/k!i know what you mean. I’ll get people asking me this, that, how Nora Jones sounds on these compared to those. Some don’t mind a full, well thought out comparison between what you are selling and what you’ve... | |
| What other Hobbies or Interests Do You Have? Sportbikes, Sportscars, Mountain Bikes, Twisty Canyon Roads...Adrenaline dumps!!Ran 10.9 @ 140mph on my GSXR1000 at 4900’ elevation. Saw 186mph before and topped 170mph quite a few times.Bigtime Porsche fan. The new Speedster is something specia... | |
| Visiting audio stores? It will impact all business’. This will be interesting how this all plays out. Distance yourself from the public.This is a good time to be an Audiophile! Social distancing should come naturally to you, lol, and getting lost in music is most of ... | |
| Stuck at home? Make a kit!! @erik_squires , I actually appreciate your consistent recommendation to build a speaker kit! I’ve been on the fence for awhile and need the “push” to actually ever do it.I was recently researching speaker kits (again) and came across Meniscus au... | |
| REL subwoofer using only red cable not yellow per REL technical dept Wow, this is great info. I just returned a REL based on my experience with one click making too much of a difference. For instance, 7 clicks wasn’t really audible, 8 clicks was too much. I figured I had bought too much sub for my little totems.... | |
| Speakers "Disappearing" @ebm, I’d be happy to make the magico’s disappear indefinitely 😉 | |
| Acoustic Suspension sound in 2020? Atc, Studio Electric, older infinity’s reference’s right? | |
| Floor Stander or Monitor w/ 2 subs? What does the later give up in a large room? @artemus_5 , do me a favor and take 10 minutes and look at the Salk Songbird. They are $1695 in a standard veneer and offer more choices of woods and dye’s than any other speaker builder I’ve seen. You can get any wood with any color dye you wan... | |
| Floor Stander or Monitor w/ 2 subs? What does the later give up in a large room? @artemus_5 ,keep us posted as to what you decide! We may have other speaker suggestions as well.I like Sumiko’s as well 👍. I made my brother buy 2 s.9’s to complement his LS50W’s. I’ve heard people say RELs are superior but I did not find that t... | |
| How to set up a system? Have someone knowledgable help you while explaining to you what he’s doing and why...If you can find someone off this site close to you, they’d probably do it for next to nothing. I ask for beer, pizza and $100, lol! | |
| Questions about using audiogon to sell 1st time This guy sounds like a peach. I’ve learned my lesson selling and buying from people like this. You ought to try Craigsist bro, see how that works out for ya!Get a quote from TMR is my advice, have the pony express drop you a check off | |
| Dried up Ferrofluid? Im a prep’er, lol. You may have cases of water, I’ll have cases of ferro fluid.Its just that a bunch of speakers I look at buying are getting up there in age. Some of them are 20 years old... |