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| Do I Need a Dedicated Streamer? toro3 268 posts 12-21-2023 at 07:41pm Interesting conversation. @benanders @yage what streamers have you owned/used? Yage it looks like you’re using a Raspberry Pi in your main system - I’m assuming this is still the case, yes? The las... | |
| Sound Stage and Imaging I haven’t seen discrete mention of the importance of driver surface area emphasized re: your intentions. Hints, but not the harsh reality check: A 40 x 40’ room (am I recalling dimensions correctly?) is immense by hifi speaker standards. It will ... | |
| Musical subwoofer under $2000 I use a stereo pair of Gallo Acoustic TR3-D subs, have for years. Right in your price range, too. For my setup to be of correct frequency : driver surface area balance, I should have 3 subs per channel (long tall story, literally), but one sub pe... | |
| LS50 vs R11/7/5 Meta It was clever to realize you’re missing something other than SPL in your listening space. Those LS50 drivers only offer so much Surface Area and that’s where I bet your upper bass / mids seem to be want for improvement. Calculating driver SA on ... | |
| Do I Need a Dedicated Streamer? I’m not aware of evidence that rules out difference in sound between streamer models, but counting on this piece of kit in a music playback chain to make a “next level” difference in sound is a pretty dubious gamble based on how streamers and huma... | |
| Speaker Placement and Toe-In My best friends in speaker positioning have been multidirectional laser levels. Some good models can be bought for under USD $200 each. Having 2-3 multidirectional units makes things even quicker. I don’t find unidirectional laser levels as he... | |
| Speaker Placement and Toe-In “Where I originally had my speakers, the vocals seemed to be a little fuller. (If my memory is correct). Now, with little toe in, they seem to be a little thinner sounding, but the soundstage is wider, and details are more apparent. Which is co... |