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| Separate subs for music and HT/surround Tim,I think we are expected for Thanksgiving at out cousins in the Hollywood Hills. We may make a two day trip of it and drop off the subs in LA the day before. When we have four working subs, I'll try them with the stereo setup. | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround Tim,I've never had four working subs in one room. Previously the HGS-10s were downstairs, the HGS-15s upstairs. Since moving them all upstairs, two at any given time have needed repair. Another dreaded trip to LA is required to have four functi... | |
| DACs for older gear I've settled on separate stereo and HT setups. The stereo setup uses Ayre 5X Twenty components with KEF Ref 1s. The HT setup uses the Oppo 205 and NAD amps with 6 KEF LS50s. Each setup has a pair of subs. The setups reside in a single rack, bu... | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround OP here. As noted in my 11/2 post I've settled on separate stereo and HT setups, each with a pair of subs. Both setups reside in a single rack, but do not share any cabling.db | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround Tim won't like this, but my current plan is a stereo setup comprised of Ayre Series 5X Twenty components and KEF Ref 1s, and a surround/HT setup comprised of an Oppo 205, NAD M22, and a pair if NAD 268s with six LS50s. Current thinking is to use ... | |
| Subwoofer advice I've had good results with Auralex SubDudes under the subs for isolation.My experience with high-pass filters may be Ayre-specific, but I tried a Bryston 10B active filter and a Marchand fixed passive filter (4th order 80 Hz), both claimed to be b... | |
| Universal disc players Both the audio and video are superb with my Ayre DX-5 DSD, better than my Oppo 205. The video especially surprised me. | |
| Considering simplifying my system... talk me down (or whatever) I'm 83.5 and have been working on downsizing with limited success for several years. The real downsized setup is an Ayre A7e integrated, Codex DAC with microRendu that plays files sent via Ethernet from a Mac Mini by Roon. The speakers are KEF L... | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround Tim,As luck would have it, the Velodyne HGS-15 and HGS-10 that were not recently repaired have now developed problems. So I'm using a single HGS-15 with 4th order crossover at 40 Hz. I think the sound is quite good: bass in jazz is free of boom ... | |
| DACs for older gear I use balanced output from the Ayre DX-5 DSD to the KX-5/20 preamp for stereo, and have pretty much turned to the Oppo 205 for surround and HT with front LR passed through balanced analog to the KX-5, and surround to a pair of NAD C 268 Class D am... | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround Tim,I'm willing to sacrifice a bit of acoustic perfection for visual appeal. And acoustic room correction can help with the residual problems. I strive for good organ pedal response without bass boom from jazz recordings. A setup with a HGS-10 ... | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround The Velodyne HGS-15s are now behind the KEF Ref 1s, an HGS-10 aside each Ref 1. The HGS-10s are connected to one of the SMS-1s, the HGS-15s to the other. With the SMS-1s daisy-chained I can turn one off if I want only the HGS 10s or HGS-15s. I'... | |
| DACs for older gear The SP3 is now disconnected and will join the pile of components I need to sell, so the issue for me is moot. My goal is to simplify, because I mostly use Roon to play files from Qobuz and Tidal, and files I've ripped or downloaded. Ethernet to ... | |
| DACs for older gear My Ayre QX-5/20 digital hub has ethernet, USB, S/PDIF, and optical audio inputs, but no HDMI. I use ethernet for Roon and will try optical from the Oppo 205. Strange that although my Ayre DX-5 DSD has HDMI output ASFAIK no Ayre component has HDM... | |
| JL Audio F112 v2 subwoofer - worth the price? How do you set up equalization with two or more JL F112s given each unit has its own equalization? |