bimmerlover

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Bass management--high/low pass filtering
@cooper52 the crossovers I made, with some help from GR Research regarding the schematics, caps and resistor values, cost me about $250 in total, using high quality components and about two hours of my time. It’s also quite a fun DIY project, and ... 
Moon 761 -> 861 upgrade but keeping the 791 preamp/streamer
@debrajray it is known that "lots of books" do not serve any meaningful room treatment purpose. Their absorption and diffusion are highly marginal, at best, and indeed only for the highest frequencies (shortest wavelengths). That’s just wishful t... 
Bass management--high/low pass filtering
@gdaddy1 if you don’t like my approach, which I have explained in quite the length, why don’t you quietly move along. I was merely responding to the OP as I believe I have some relevant experience relative to his question.   
Bass management--high/low pass filtering
@gdaddy1 if you know anything about logarithmic scales, at -10 dB it has dropped to a meaningless sound level, so has essentially -6 dB. The F328Be:s taper out at 35 Hz at -3 dB, which is still a meaningful sound pressure. One of my subs, the KEF... 
Bass management--high/low pass filtering
@cooper52 I actually did it myself. I built two high pass filters, one for each channel as I’m running my Audio Research Ref 5SE to two separate ARC Ref 250SE mono blocks. The monoblocks feed a pair of Revel Performa F328Be speakers. I got some h... 
Audio Research S-200
@salectric I 100% agree. There are an infinite number of model designations that could be chosen, so why on earth reuse old ones...?  
How much power needed to drive 91db speakers?
My speakers have about the same sensitivity as yours and when I am playing at 75 dB I rarely use more than one watt. Forty to 50 watts is ample power to drive those speakers unless you listen very loud or they are for some reason unable to provid... 
HOW can components be so expensive, and yet customer service is so bad.
You are completely in the right and justified to be disappointed and frustrated. I believe that the mark of a truly high-end manufacturer and line of products is not only about their product engineering and performance but how they handle custome... 
Rega reference belt disappointment
I guess I'm just confused as to why you don't contact Rega first, or your local Rega distributor, and tell them about this issue and they might have an explanation/solution. This way you don't have to engage this forum to speculate about what the... 
$3500 floor standing speakers used. What would be your choice ?
@inna with the risk of sounding self-serving, but you might find this interesting, I have a pair of GoldenEar One.R speakers in like-new condition for sale. Wonderful speakers with built-in active subwoofers (*) and DSP. I’m sure you can find a l... 
Vinshine X Collaboration with Kinki Studio, TheTai Hang power enhancer
@classicrockfan you base that opinion on what? I get it - you don't believe in power conditioning, that cables make a difference, and that re-clocking can be helpful in the digital domain. Everything you don't believe in is "snake oil?"  
LOOKING TO IMPROVE THE ACOUSTICS OF MY LISTENING ROOM
I was in your situation and what I did was use GIK’s online resources and they had a sound engineer working with me. It’s basically free and relevant consulting.   On their website, you request a free recommendations/estimation and you submit dr... 
Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or?
Not knowing what your budget is, it’s hard to make a recommendation. For full disclosure I am a fan of Audio Research, having gone through a number of preamps and amps in a step-by-step upgrade journey.  Audio Research preamps stages are well kno... 
Directional wires/cables
The brands of interconnects with directionality, as specified by the manufacturer, that I have, have all stated that the reason for the directionality is that the shield is grounded at the source end and is floating at the destination end. This r... 
Modding the PS Audio Directstream DAC MK1 and MK2
@richardselectronics greetings! Do you still provide/offer mods for the PS Audio Directstream DAC MK1? If so how much does that cost/are there different options? They are selling the PS Audio Directstream DAC MK1 for $1,800 refurbished so with ...