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| sub integration merlin tsm mme You might try something like 80 Hz to relieve your TSM of LF duty. That's still low enough that you won't localize the sub. Use an SPL meter (set to C-slow) with a white or pink noise source to match the levels of your speakers, including the sub.db | |
| Will Kef 202/2c center match Wilson Sophia mains? MusicTime,What is the basis for your thought that the 202.2 would be closer in sonic signature to the 104.2s than the 200C? The 104.2s use a dome tweeter, whereas both the 202.2 and 200 use a Uni-Q surrounded by a pair of small speakers. I should ... | |
| Will Kef 202/2c center match Wilson Sophia mains? I use a biwired KEF 200 C with my KEF 104.2s to good effect. I don't know how the 200 C compares to the 202.2, but they sure look similar. I had the opportunity to compare the sound of my 104.2s with Wilson Sophias using the same CDs and SACDs, bu... | |
| SONY XA5400ES - Preliminary Observations Mrtennis,My previous post was a reaction to your characterization of the risk as BIG. Buying any audio component without extensive listening to it installed in your system entails risk. Regardless of wide praise for a product you can always find d... | |
| SONY XA5400ES - Preliminary Observations Big risk? The reviews of the XA5400ES have been mostly very favorable, so I doubt the characterization as big risk is accurate. I bought my XA5400ES from a listing on AudiogoN without having heard one, and couldn't be more satisfied. It had very f... | |
| Speaker footers – Ugh I recently installed Auralex SubDudes under my KEF Reference 104.2s to replace spiked hardwood planks, the spikes of which penetrated fairly thick carpet covering a second story floor. The bass seems tighter and extended a bit, and for some reason... | |
| What time do you wear? This seems like a silly question for an audiophile form, but I wear a gold Rolex day-date mode, IIRC it's called the president model. I wore a previous Rolex since I received it as a graduation gift in the late 50s. But that watch was lost in the ... | |
| CD vs. Vinyl Sorry Clio, although I respect your judgments on most audio matters, I think Rrog's analogy is inept. The issue of remaining in the analog domain ignores the major energy transductions from acoustic to electrical then back to acoustic energy. IMO ... | |
| CD vs. Vinyl When you think about the physical compromises required of the stylus and arm along with RIAA contouring you might expect vinyl reproduction to introduce its own coloration. As with tubes, some prefer the resulting sound, a sound they can more or l... | |
| lpcm or bitstream for bluray? My PS3-80 has a DSD logo on its side. I read that those units can output a DSD bitstream, but I don't have a processor with HDMI to try it. Some processors are said to be unable to both decode a DSD bitstream and do digital room correction, but Ka... | |
| Is listening daily at an average of 85db safe? 6550C,As a grad student in the early 60s I worked at a research center set up to study the effects of noise on man. The work was funded by NIH grants. As a post doc I worked on binaural processing. I have not worked in psychoacoustics for more tha... | |
| Is listening daily at an average of 85db safe? Nemesis,What matters is the peaks that make up the average level. I suspect the levels you use are OK. I assume you know dB(C) is spectrally pretty flat, whereas dB(A) reflects auditory sensitivity. I don't understand what 6550c may have read. Aco... | |
| Oppo BDP 83SE- RESULTS ARE IN Longhornguy,I reread my post and was unable to locate a double negative. You may have been mislead by "there is no unambiguous comparison" in which no and un are in juxtaposition, but that doesn't constitute no double negative. That last phrase, h... | |
| Oppo BDP 83SE- RESULTS ARE IN Bacardi,As I understand your reply, there is no unambiguous comparison of HDMI v analog, and any such comparison seems difficult to make in your setup. Thus concluding that HDMI is inferior to analog in the general case is not possible.db | |
| integra dtr 80.1 I haven't gotten a clear read on the "wonderful audio" aspect, and wish I knew the answer. I tried to audition a 80.1 with stereo CDs and SACDS with which I'm very familiar. The setup in the private home was less than ideal, so I couldn't conclude... |