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| Why does pulling out main speakers from wall improve sound? The brain can judge distance from sound specifically its reflections, speakers close to a wall create reflections very close in the time domain to the original sound this means your brain ’knows’ this is a small space. Speakers further in the roo... | |
| Speaker Identification ^^^ | |
| TV screen behind speakers The problem with the TV's flat surface is primary reflections, which more affect high frequencies than low. Room modes will have more of an effect when you move the sub. Judging from your setup, you probably cherish 2-channel listening [those Ae... | |
| Hafler matrix type of home theatre / rear recovery system Had to do a little research on this, not having heard of it at all. Appears to be a precursor or pre-derivative to DS/DPL, where the difference between the front R/L speakers are fed to the rears. Not sure how this will sound in movies (I did li... | |
| Reliable Mid-Priced 7.2 Channel Receiver denons typically do NOT have front pre-out Yamaha's typically DO have front pre-out. Always check the back panel, pre-out Hmmmm... this had me scratching my head, thinking it was untrue. But it is indeed the case - interesting; learned somet... | |
| Budget friendly receiver choice @kraftwerkturbo - if the Onkyo is like the Denons and if I'm not mistaken, you can reconfigure the Zone 2 outputs to provide the second biamp signal for the front speakers. (don't quote me on it, though - just going out on a limb) | |
| Reliable Mid-Priced 7.2 Channel Receiver Also a fan of Denon. But for that matter, would not discount any of the other brands (Sony, Yamaha, Pioneer...) based on reviews you see on websites. The totality reviews on BB's website of the S960H shouldn't give cause for alarm. 4.5 of 5 rat... | |
| Seeking wisdom: Creating a 5.1 system based on musical 2 ch listening Just ran into this thread and bumped it. Lots of stuff to digest - but a few questions: - How important is gaming to you (if you still have a PS3 & 4, I'd imagine you enjoy a little bit of gaming)? If relatively important, and based on your... | |
| Using the XBox When I finally obtained my Xbox Series X (XSX), my goal was to use it as a sole media center that spun 4K Blu-rays. So I sold my Oppo BDP-95 as it didn't do 4K. Setup worked well for a time. However, I eventually got a cheap Sony 4K Blu-ray pla... | |
| Dunlavy SC IV Speaker- Any Good??? Obviously, owner isn't willing to work to sell these - and is still charging a premium? I would have let him know what you thought was a fair price (minus the lost parts), and see if he would do a better job of allowing you to audition. | |
| Dunlavy SC IV Speaker- Any Good??? @chorus Agreed with @jg2077, Dunlavys are easy to drive and relatively sensitive, so they'll sound good with 30W on up. My III.As are driven by Rogue M-150s, and it's a great combination. I sold my Aragon 4004 Mk II and moved to the Rogues to ... | |
| Dunlavy SC IV Speaker- Any Good??? @chorus - I’m right there with you. I’ve owned my pair of SC-III.As since 2006, and the only speakers I’m looking to upgrade to (but doesn’t make financial sense, with two kids coming out of private school and headed to college) are WATT/Puppy’s.... | |
| Speaker Cables Whoops - but back OT: OP’s budget pretty much tosses out any sort of recommendation I might be able to throw his way. My experience in those ethereal levels of cabling is near zero. | |
| Speaker Cables McIntosh mc 1.25 kw I think I just wet myself. 😂 I remember at a show long ago, listening to a pair of 1.2KWs driving Mac speakers; and while the sound was outstanding - I found those monos uber-sexy. I told the dealer (forgot who) showing of... | |
| Belden 9497 as RCA Cable?! ...which is very thick for the connectors so I'd advise against it for the difficulty you will have attaching it... +1; you don't need uber thick cables for the line-level runs. You definitely don't want to be pulling and yanking back there to... |