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| Installing Dedicated Power Lines -- Need Advice Any competently built audio component should have mains noise filtering. AC , alternates, there is more noise inside the device than on a typical 60hz line, the filtering is to keep noise from entering your mains wiring as much as filtering any no... | |
| Installing Dedicated Power Lines -- Need Advice You don't need either unless your audio components haven't been engineered correctly or you live close an industrial park. Use a whole house surge protector. | |
| Are Preamplifier’s Relevant Today or just a Hinderance with Digital Playback ? If you're basically using a computer as a source to headphone amp/dac I can see why it would be heavily against a preamp. Why add extra components? | |
| Are Preamplifier’s Relevant Today or just a Hinderance with Digital Playback ? I suppose it could depend on how many sources. I have no use for a preamp. | |
| My NAD 3020 D proves your Class D tropes are wrong I use Genelec monitors with class d amps, I don't know of a more "revealing " speaker. Not many here would like that setup not enough distortion but if you want to hear what's on the media, good or bad, it won't lie to you. | |
| Bookshelf speakers can work! You're not getting rear reflection the wall of books is your front baffle. Have fun. | |
| AQ Blizzard or Thunder? I like DQ Blizzard. | |
| system/room equalized flat from 20 to 20k cps--is yours? You like listening in an anechoic chamber? | |
| Audioquest cables best tweak All wire can act as an antenna but RF isn't really a problem I'd worry about in speaker wire. | |
| The two most common mistakes are bass and treble Nowadays the biggest mistake is not looking at as many measurements as possible including klippel NFS so you have a good idea where your problem areas will need to be addressed. | |
| Can you get proper imaging if speakers are not the same distance from center? If it sounds off and it worries you get some flavor of DSP that can set a delay on the farther speaker. | |
| Bookshelf speakers that project voices well Ever thought about something like a soundbar specifically for voice?https://zvox.com/collections/accuvoice/products/accuvoice-av157-tv-speaker-with-twelve-levels-of-voi... | |
| Dutch and Dutch 8c AES terminator I never ordered from that site I just saw them doing a search. Most pro shops have them. That Amazon link looks like the same thing. | |
| Dutch and Dutch 8c AES terminator Get a 3 pin DMX 110 ohm terminator. The 120 ohm would work but I would try to find a 110 ohm. Do not use any XLR cable on Dutch and Dutch they are very finicky make sure they are 110 ohm. https://tmsomaha.com/product/accu-cable-dmx-terminator/ | |
| Please help! First Hi-fi audio system for small listening space Yes they are very revealing. There are other active speakers more domestic friendly like Elac, Dynaudio, Buchardt. The Kef LS50 has gotten good reviews , for passive Kef R3, Revel 126be |