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| 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? | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround For the two HGS-15s I think I'll start with Velodyne recommendation to place each next to a front LR speaker. Each HGS-15 weighs 95 pounds, and I use Auralex SubDudes under them so sliding on the carpet is not easy. I can lift the HGS-10s. Righ... | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround The four subs, 2 Velodyne HGS-10s and 2 HGS-15s, are installed and the SMS-1s daisy-chained, although I'll need some help in relocating each HGS-15s from a corner to behind the Ref 1s. I did an initial set up of the SMS-1s, but it will need to be... | |
| Speaker toe in Duke, that was an interesting explanation of toe-in effects. I'm using a pair of KEF Ref 1s with Uni-Q drivers previously aimed straight forward in a 14’ X 19’ room with bookcases and hanging art, but now I’m trying toe-in aimed just behind the ce... | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround I used George Meyer on Jefferson Blvd in the Baldwin Hills area of LA. The cost seems reasonable. | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround Thanks for the information and suggestions, m-db. The repaired subs should be installed Tuesday. Using the equalized output from the SMS-1 during the setup process revealed the in-room acoustic response of the KEF Ref 1s in the 15-200 Hz region ... |