blindjim
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| How loud do you like to play your music? Knowing no better, I bought a digi SPL meter from Rat Shak... noy yhr snsloh (fisl) yypr drbrtsl yrstd sho. I don't use it as often as I should.I played some big band jazz from Gordon Goodwin and Illinois Jacquette and I believe some rock from Def... | |
| xlr vs rca Listen to Kr4. If the gear is all truly balanced... using xlr cables is best.if there is a lack somewhere, using an adapter is not a terrible thing. I went all BAT power train using xlr. My source was not balanced so adapters were in use. it sound... | |
| Cheap receiver + amp vs Expensive receiver I'm with Bob_B. you usually do get what you pay for.I'm hard pressed to believe one can make up for some lack in the processed or preamped signal by adding better amplification downstream.My preffs in HT are different than my preffs in 2 ch. as we... | |
| Equipment limitations? How to listen Initially I went with a "what's not right" approach. Primarily from a personal preff point of view.MANY SAY EMULATE 'LIVE' MUSIC AS BEST ONE CAN. Mebbe so. I don't feel my stereo emulates live music very much. In some areas yes, but not across the... | |
| I need SS muscle 16x28x18? Whoa! 8000 cu ft. plus! That's a lot of room. I'll presume it is closed off.Not having those bass drivers in an enclosure isn't helping you much either. But then they have another sound all to their own.Speedy fast subs... maybe even Van... | |
| Transport or player? having only 20-30 SACDs, when my xa 777es needed a new laser/drive sled, I just had it fixed for about what you're looking at. it had twin lasers and both with a motor came in one unit. Once done, it was vastly improved.however, I went another dir... | |
| I need SS muscle ps.those twin tweeters will definitely like the butler. having had the 4JRs I can atest to that and understand why you chose the V12. BTW imaging is near tactile with the Butler 5150 with far less power than it's bigger sibling, the 2250.. | |
| I need SS muscle Why not simply buy a very nice sub? it should run you less money than some of these amps listed here and be an easier task to integrate, especially if the sub comes with any integration tools, eg., Velodyne, Phathom, Revel, etc.I know I put my Kre... | |
| Good Monitors for no more than 150? Canton makes some pretty good lower end... as well as higher end too... speakers. I bought a pair a year ago for about $200 and like them very much... for what they are. 87db 8ohms. Single pair of posts. Nice sounding.Phase Tech doesn't get much n... | |
| Starting an HT System for Cable TV viewing Eclipse911t You can't be serious. Can you?Don't worry about watts?Subs are rated on price?All recievers give a center ch?don't worry about HDMI now?There is a diff between rerouting center ch info into the front speakers and having a virtual or go... | |
| Audacy room correction. Corrected? .. we'll see.... soon as the mic comes out of hiding. Only reclining of the chair is in order presently. | |
| Audacy room correction. Corrected? My picky factor has decreased somewhat over the years. it remains in force however and sufficient to the extent of a few trys at least. usually, I'll stop things prior to entering into tripel digits. At that point if unsuccessful, I'll simply move... | |
| component placement Either as above, or another rack/shelf... on wall or otherwise. | |
| MIT Burn In ? I recall a thread here which went into this point at some length. The upshot of it was 'reportedly' once a set of ICs are attached to a source's output and then to the preamp, for instance, the preamp does not have to be on for the cables to event... | |
| processor that could serve as a good preamp On a lower level $$$ wise, I've had a Sony ES receiver, the 444, which was in the middle of their line up then.... for 9 years. Six months ago I had to have the main decoding chip replaced. $130. Other than that it has had no problems. The tech sa... |