emergingsoul
Responses from emergingsoul
| Demise of bass quality in Main speakers Omg, I can’t believe how people are rationalizing the use of subwoofers when their main speakers are not adequate to do a good job with bass. Removing bass frequencies from the main speakers to allow them to perform better buy shifting burden ove... | |
| Is a home theater even worth it or doable? @adsell How do you like Kaleidoscape in your home theater system? Do you use it that much versus other streaming sources? | |
| Accurate and revealing subwoofer Why do you want a revealing subwoofer? Your your main speakers should be able to handle lower level bass detail and then the sub fills everything out. Maybe you have tiny subwoofer speakers. No less than 12 inch diameter should be used for a sub. ... | |
| Sat front row at the symphony... I played in many orchestras and jazz groups and my preference is to participate in creation of the music and the sound is quite awesome from this vantage Point. Most sound you hear from your system is heavily produced and subject to substantial m... | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? Very few of these extremely priced pieces of equipment are sold relative to the rest. Egos Drive most of these sales. Sitting in a room with extremely high priced equipment is hard to resist for those who have the funds, and many people do have th... | |
| VAC preamps - too expensive? Vac goes with everything. Everything | |
| Question: Sound Treatment behind the Listener? I read with great interest your situation. I also have a lumin x1. The footings are interesting I think all the CDs should be arranged irregularly to improve diffuser capabilities. Do you have lots of sound treatment stuff in the room. I would ... | |
| Does anybody pay a pro to dial their system in? Time to buy a puppy , it's not rocket science, the room is too small. really low volume level Will probably work fine otherwise all the sound is confused when you turn up the volume. New puppy will appreciate a bigger room two | |
| VAC preamps - too expensive? Having a remote that controls the input Will not affect sound quality. Vac is charging a premium for the product and it would be nice with a remote that's fully functional. The company is too stubborn to offer this feature. D'Agostino offers a ... | |
| VAC preamps - too expensive? @mulveling Thank you for your great comments. My trollish rhetoric is due to the frustration I had trying to make a decision about this vac preamp, which was plan to be incorporated into a Home theater arrangement when used for stereo listening.... | |
| VAC preamps - too expensive? Sounds like Vac Products require lots of maintenance. What do they do to it and why is it necessary? Super inconvenient for a quality product | |
| Vibration isolation or absorption? @audiopoint I looked at all the photos and I'm disappointed. So many members have done such a great job photographing and detailing out their systems and when I look at your pictures and info it's a huge letdown. It looks to be a very impres... | |
| How should I upgrade? A new preamp with a phono stage or just a phono preamp? I had a vintage nikko nr 719 receiver with a built-in phono stage and a technics turntable and it played marvelously. Used with epicure linear speakers. Probably sounded better than most of the stuff out there in the modern age. Components were re... | |
| Moved Audio Quest cable to my DAC. WOW Speaks to a very poor power supply for the dac originally. What’s the name of the dac. Upstream components generally have better power supplies. Amplifiers are the best place for a power cord with a large 10 gauge. Mcintosh doesn’t believe in powe... | |
| Amp Warranty Repair - What's an acceptable timescale for turnaround? What's the name of the amp manufacturer? These types of things need to be openly discussed for the benefit of mankind. Did you take advantage of the spare amp your dealer offered? I would buy a second amplifier as a back up. If you have a foreig... |