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| What is Floyd Toole saying about extra amplifier power and headroom? @erik_squires no, the JL only has a low pass filter. They make an active crossover that does high and low but it's not cheap. I have a feeling I'm going to try the MiniDSP just to see what rolling off the mains at around 80hz sounds like and I'll ... | |
| What is Floyd Toole saying about extra amplifier power and headroom? Thanks @https://forum.audiogon.com/users/audiorusty. My DAC is my preamp. The Brooklyn DAC+ is both a DAC and a preamp. But most everything else you said applies. I'll take the analog outputs from the Brooklyn and connect them to the analog inputs... | |
| What is Floyd Toole saying about extra amplifier power and headroom? @atmasphere the JL sub that I have makes it very easy to set up with auto room correction. It comes with a mic that you place at the listening position, run a test sequence and the sub's internal DSP corrects for the room modes. I've never had a p... | |
| What is Floyd Toole saying about extra amplifier power and headroom? @mapman oh, and yes, I've been listening way too loud! I shouldn't be doing that but sometimes I just can't stop myself! | |
| What is Floyd Toole saying about extra amplifier power and headroom? @mapman thanks. Learning a ton. So I ordered a MiniDSP active crossover and should have it tomorrow and I'm going to try what you suggested. It's relatively inexpensive so I figured why not? The software also offers a bunch of parametric EQ custom... | |
| What is Floyd Toole saying about extra amplifier power and headroom? @noble100 thanks, I'm curious about much the same thing and will report back with results. According to @yyzsantabarbara the MiniDSP does have a robust parametric EQ capability that integrates with REW software. I won't be able to try that out unt... | |
| What is Floyd Toole saying about extra amplifier power and headroom? @cakyol hahaha! condoms! who needs those? ;) | |
| What is Floyd Toole saying about extra amplifier power and headroom? @tketcham according to the MiniDSP manual: "Asynchronous XMOS USB input for streaming audio (up to 192 kHz)." And for Toslink, it says, "Connect a single digital source to the optical (TOSLINK) connector. Thanks to its asynchronous sample rate co... | |
| What is Floyd Toole saying about extra amplifier power and headroom? @yyzsantabarbara In advance of the MiniDSP arrival, I now have Roon upsampling set to 176kHz/192kHz, the maximum power of 2 upsampling the MiniDSP will handle. Whether the Roon upsampling or the active crossover results in greater sonic improvemen... | |
| What is Floyd Toole saying about extra amplifier power and headroom? One thing about the MiniDSP that I wonder about (if @yyzsantabarbara @erik_squires @tketcham or anyone else knows) is whether it will limit the upsampling available in Roon. I typically upsample to DSD 256, but from what I've been reading on the M... | |
| What is Floyd Toole saying about extra amplifier power and headroom? @yyzsantabarbara I plan on doing exactly that. I already use Roon but haven't done anything with the filters yet so this should be fun. | |
| What is Floyd Toole saying about extra amplifier power and headroom? @onhwy61 I downloaded a free SPL app, Decibel Meter, and holy cow, I guess I should be deaf by now! I'm averaging 100 db and occasionally hitting 105. And I'm still BELOW the level where I hear the soundstage issue I posted about. Maybe I should j... | |
| What is Floyd Toole saying about extra amplifier power and headroom? @yyzsantabarbara very interesting and now I have a lot more reading to do! I just ordered a MiniDSP and I think next will be a mic that I can use to measure the speakers and room response. I think I'll probably still wind up with a new amp down th... | |
| What is Floyd Toole saying about extra amplifier power and headroom? @mapman guilty as charged! I'll let you know how the DSP works out. Thanks again! | |
| What is Floyd Toole saying about extra amplifier power and headroom? @noble100 good stuff and much appreciated. I just ordered a MiniDSP HD and should have it in a few days. I'll see how that works out and go from there. Thanks! |