erik_squires
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| Sound Pressure Meter for Android Highly recommend this USB C microphone from Dayton. You can download the calibration file from their site and then use it with Audio Tools. If you are lucky enough to still have a headphone jack you can use the slightly less expensive version he... | |
| Rel sub x-over fs/click I'm not sure what you are asking but I can't tell you how hard it is to set up a subwoofer without measuring what's actually happening in the room. | |
| Help with possible integrated amp change for better match with my speakers. I’ve had Focals and I own a Luxman 507ux, but not at the same time. The Luxmans are excellent and very smooth performers so I’d highly recommend them with Focals. As for detail retrieval you may want to look at your room. A good mix of diffusi... | |
| What Meatloaf and Beer Have Taught me about Audiophiles barts: Beating is what you do to incorporate air into a mixture. Great for actual cakes and ice cream. Does nothing for meat loaf. :D If your SO is a dedicated baker that is probably why. Hands with nyplex gloves are the correct way to mix ... | |
| Is this a meaningful upgrade? I'd say you should only spend money once you've heard a difference that's worth that much. | |
| Dedicated headphone amp vs Headphone socket on amp I think it really depends, but generally speaking the headpohone jacks don't get as much love (i.e. $$$) in the engineering budget as a standalone or DAC. My Luxman integrateds for instance don't have a headphone amp. They use a resistor in seri... | |
| Soft-dome tweeter damage - NBD or permanently compromised? I'd go to DIY Audio and see if they can identify the dome's. Alternatively you could find out by removing the tweeter and see if the original labels are attached. And while they may perform very well after fixing, they are not "dust covers" when... | |
| Asymmetry Bad People laugh but the use of blankets to diagnose possible acoustic issues should not be underestimated. A blanket over a rack or TV screen can tell you a lot about what to do next. | |
| You can't hear dialogue because it doesn't matter @dynacohum You aren't wrong, but I can tell you that sitting dead center there's not a lot of difference between the two, so not that helpful for dialogue improvements unless you sit off-center. | |
| Focal Diva Utopia active speakers less than impressive. The price for active speakers is just amazing. The price for speakers is also amazing, but the number of active speakers in the $20k+ range is really ballooning. | |
| I bought 4 subwoofers and I'm absolutely not doing a DBA! Hah! Ahem, $125,000 a pair for these. Lordy. | |
| I bought 4 subwoofers and I'm absolutely not doing a DBA! Hah! Reading the comments about amps I think the average reader doesn't unerstand that the amps I'm using are 3 channels of amplification plus digital signal processing. While similar to the average subwoofer amp you'll find screwed onto the back of a... | |
| I bought 4 subwoofers and I'm absolutely not doing a DBA! Hah! @kraftwerkturbo The issue is getting smooth bass and seamless transition from sub to main speakers. Personally I've solved that issue with a combination of floor to ceiling bass traps in the corners and EQ. Others rely on multiple subs. Of co... | |
| I bought 4 subwoofers and I'm absolutely not doing a DBA! Hah! @kraftwerkturbo It's a real thing. I suspect much has to do with the appropriate high pass filter though. Several a'goners who I have convinced to try raising the HP point from 40 to 80 Hz or higher have reported the improvements along those lin... | |
| Why does USB feature so much in discussions about DACs when the newer HDMI seems better? IMHO the answer to this question lies not in the connection technology so much as the market acceptance of multi-channel music. Stand-alone DACs probably are only in 1% of all stereo systems, and multi-channel standalone DACs 1% of that. I’m no... |