elliottbnewcombjr
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| Thoughts? 26' rectangular room -- 2 channel on one short wall, 5.1 on the other not for your 2 independent systems, but for others thinking about a single integrated 2 channel front system and AVR with front preouts, this popped up, it's on sale, has HT bypasshttps://www.underwoodhifi.com/products/nova-300?utm_campaign=Underw... | |
| Thoughts? 26' rectangular room -- 2 channel on one short wall, 5.1 on the other your diagram shows up using the link I posted.your link has 'edit' added, that's the problem, my copy of your system link without edit works.what's the wall construction? hung ceiling? crawl space?a few spare boxes and empty conduits or drag lines... | |
| Thoughts? 26' rectangular room -- 2 channel on one short wall, 5.1 on the other your link to the drawing isn’t working, I got to your system herehttps://systems.audiogon.com/systems/9064 | |
| Thoughts? 26' rectangular room -- 2 channel on one short wall, 5.1 on the other Be sure and plan your monitor’s height and center speaker together.I like my center just below the TV, keep the dialog locked to the image as best as possible.we made temporary stacks of books until we got a height/neck angle/ceiling reflection co... | |
| Thoughts? 26' rectangular room -- 2 channel on one short wall, 5.1 on the other hilde45sorry to detract from your thread which asked aboutONE ROOM; TWO SYSTEMS, IDEAS? | |
| Thoughts? 26' rectangular room -- 2 channel on one short wall, 5.1 on the other maxwaveOf course, I’m so old school, I don’t even talk to my Smart TV’s.I am still mad at Apple. I saw the CUBE introduced at Javit's Center, holy smokes, bought some stock. Holy Smokes was right, damn things burst into flames, down went the stock... | |
| Thoughts? 26' rectangular room -- 2 channel on one short wall, 5.1 on the other AVR calibration, does that get properly sent to the front preouts? Surround System: Auto Calibration using AVR Front Preouts to HT Bypass inputs:Do AVR's boost/cut the signals to it's many preamps (presumably-thus boosts/cuts the signals going o... | |
| Thoughts? 26' rectangular room -- 2 channel on one short wall, 5.1 on the other maxwave,I should have waited till Hilde responded to your suggestion, sorry, just got caught up with my thoughts about it. I just learned about HT Bypass, it’s a very good idea for a single integrated system. In the past, I would have benefitted. ... | |
| Thoughts? 26' rectangular room -- 2 channel on one short wall, 5.1 on the other maxwaveacoustically, dividing the room makes a ’rear wall’ right behind you, earlier reflections even if diffusedand dividing limits the space others can enjoy, audibly and visibly. I or a friend and I sit in the mid focused ’imaging’ spot when li... | |
| Thoughts? 26' rectangular room -- 2 channel on one short wall, 5.1 on the other IF you want an integrated high quality 2 channel with a HT,you need HT BYPASSon your 2 channel preamp or integrated amp. It is an INPUT, it takes the AVR’s FL and FR output directly to it’s amps. The AVR controls the front volume along with center... | |
| Thoughts? 26' rectangular room -- 2 channel on one short wall, 5.1 on the other just to add, my HT, rear surround speakers:are on their backs behind the sofa, firing up, using the space between the sofa and wall as a sort of transmission guide. surprisingly successful, and no need to solve where they or their wires would go i... | |
| Thoughts? 26' rectangular room -- 2 channel on one short wall, 5.1 on the other I have a very similar setup for many years:one room, 2 channel at one end; listening chairs in the middle of the length; they rotate 180 degrees and become the side chairs of my 5.1 HT that is sideways across the other end of the room. NOT back to... | |
| advice re old shelf speakers probably old: I love vintage, but, use caution regarding the cones: dried out/cracked paper; split or rotted surroundsI loved my AR-2X that were stolen from me, as a bad example here's a pair of 4X, look at the nasty photo of the drivershttps://ww... | |
| advice re old shelf speakers EFFICIENCY: Sensitivity Rating reveals if they will play loud. You want 90 db//1m/1w (2.83v) or higher. Horns are more efficient, new or old.$380. in budget? Klipsch, Horns, 96 sensitivity.https://www.ebay.com/itm/164898282539?epid=8046079482&... | |
| Are Lamm preamps hard on tubes? I’ll say it again: anyone with tubes should give themselves the gift of a basic tube tester. nothing fancy, just shorts, signal strength.https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=tube+tester&_...get or ... |