donbellphd
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| Subwoofer with 2 channel stereo setup Sean,I first noticed the improvement in transaparency, openness, and soundstage when I had been using KEF Reference 102/2s with a Velodyne HGS-10,; it seemed intuitive to limit the frequency range, given the small size of the 102/2s. When I substi... | |
| Subwoofer with 2 channel stereo setup I have main speakers that go into the 20 Hz region, but setting the crossover at 80 Hz, thereby freeing the mains of LF duty, makes the system sound even more transparent and open, and seems to expand the sound stage while maintaining precise imag... | |
| Best Speaker Cable choices for Solid State system Can any of you honestly say your cables sound better than 16 gage zip cord? Have you ever done double-blind evaluations? Don't tell me it takes days of listening to tell the difference.Could be wrong, but skeptical. I know there's a lot of magic, ... | |
| Best subwoofer for 2 channel Hi End system I use a Velodyne HGS-15 with a pair of bi-wired KEF 104/2s. A Proceed processor sends everything below 80 Hz to the sub, which results in even more open and transparent sound, even though the KEFs are capable down into the 20 Hz range. Freeing ste... | |
| Test: Comparing an AV DAC sound to a Pre-amp The AVP-2 is said to be a big improvement over the AVP, and to use the same DACs as those used in the Levinson. The AVP-2 remains a bit pricey, though. A Krell 5.1 HTS might be a cost effective upgrade, especially if component video switching is a... | |
| speaker connections? That tinning would color the sound is even better than listening to power cords. Love it!db | |
| speaker connections? So Timrhu, Gmood1, and Dopoque, do you tin the bare wire? | |
| klipsch speakers,be honest I've posted this elsewhere, but one of the most entertaining sessions of the Acoustical Society of America I attended was a debate between Paul Klipsch and Edgar Villcher (of AR fame). At issue, of course, was a large speaker driven through small ... | |
| Stereo SACD vs. digital The bottom line is that only digital data is on the disk, and it needs to go through digital to analog conversion at some point. SACD predisposes that conversion be at the SACD player. Except for very high-end players, I suspect the DACs in a good... | |
| Stereo SACD vs. digital Gee, guys, that was the point of my post. CD sounds better than SACD because the Proceed does the digital to analog conversion for CD whereas the Sony does it for SACD, so any added value of the SACD layer seems mitigated by the Sony's inferior DA... | |
| Advice on choosing speakers What am I missing? Raquel recommends used speakers in the $10K range to listen to rock. Isn't rock music aimed at kids with boom boxes, where a high degree of distortion is part of the sound?db | |
| Subwoofer recommendations for mostly music I recently replaced the Velodyne HGS-10 I used with my KEF 104/2s with a Velodyne HGS-15. Both the 10 and 15 integrate seamlessly with the 104/2s, but the 15 provides more definition of very low frequencies and much more punch for movies. The sub ... | |
| Two subwoofers in smallish HT room? A question was raised about using subs of different sizes, but seems to have been dropped.I was looking for a second Velodyne HGS-10, when an opportunity to buy a local HGS-15 arose. The HGS-15 was delivered by a system integrator who is very fami... | |
| Subwoofer recommendations for mostly music I'm using a Velodyne HGS-10 with a pair of KEF Reference 104/2s and I find it to be a seamless blend. You are unaware of the sub, except that very low frequencies, e.g. pedal notes of pipe organs, are rendered particularly well. I will be trying a... | |
| Blind Power Cord Test & results I find many of the posts in this thread disturbing. I hope the inability to follow a logical line of reasoning is an anomaly unrepresentative of our population generally. One poster even tosses around statistical significance as though it had mean... |