erik_squires
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| Bananas rule, spades drool. End of discussion. By the way, hope you all know I'm not unhappy if you like spades and have never had a negative experience with them. 😁 | |
| Damping Factor and Overall Negative Feedback. Two different things, although sometimes talked about in the same sentence. Often we can improve the damping factor and reduce distortion by increasing negative feedback, but it's not the only way to achieve this. For instance, adding more outpu... | |
| Absorption of digital hash @audio_is_subjective Any digital noise without an owner. 🤣 I'm pretty sure they mean radiated RFI. | |
| Measurements for a dedicated line So, A'gon apparently got upset with me that I said A M A Z O N in an e-mail. Sheesh! :D | |
| Measurements for a dedicated line Unfortunately, it's a random draw with this one. Mine was within 1-2 volts. Others have reported as the poster in the thread did, that some can be much more off than that. Good news is [filtered] allows free returns. They do make other meters whic... | |
| Do you trust your ears more than measurements? I spend money to please my ears. I measure to figure out WTF is happening, not to tell me what "good" sounds like. So, if you ask me, what are the best amplifiers ever made, clearly the CJ Premiere 12s. How do they measure? Kind of like garbage!!... | |
| Absorption of digital hash There's an EMI/RFI blocking foam available too I believe. | |
| Bananas rule, spades drool. End of discussion. It is true that some can’t avoid spades. My suggestions in those cases are: Consider WBT with the spring loaded spades Avoid rhodium at all costs (it’s too hard and poor conductor) Stick to soft spades, pure copper cores with gold plating for... | |
| Kids, Dogs, and Speakers Outriggers will definitely help if you don’t have them already, but not a fool (child) proof solution. Another option in a room this small is Fritz speakers. Sound very large for their size and you can actually put them on bookshelves. | |
| Subwoofer speed is in the room, not the box @james633 I find it silly when people chase bigger and bigger speakers at sky high prices for better bass, but refuse to try an actively passed sub system. Too many speaker buyers take the speaker specs far too literally and think that knowi... | |
| Acoustical treatment to minimize exterior noises? OH, yeah, acoustic treatment such as sold by GIK and others is not what you need. Here's an example of noise blocking for windows: https://indowwindows.com/solutions/window-noise-reduction | |
| Acoustical treatment to minimize exterior noises? There are in fact acoustical covers for windows and they are IMHO very expensive, around $700 per average window | |
| Subwoofer speed is in the room, not the box Using my ears (crazy isn’t it?) I concluded that if your main speakers produce good bass down to 50hz why restrict them? Why? Because it sounded better, fuller, more glorious. Plugging ports and making a sealed cabinet restricts cone movement. Ma... | |
| Upgrade your dimmers for quieter AC and room noise PS - My HT system is outlets only, so none of the dimmers are on the same circuit. Also, modern, dimmable LED bulbs come in a variety of color temperatures, so if you were looking to stick with a conventional bulb you have no excuse any more. PP... | |
| Berkeley Audio Design and MQA? What makes you think that Qobuz is meddling around with lossy compression? Do you have any evidence of this? My statement was purely a hypothetical to illustrate why authenticated music files is a valuable feature. @8th-note I picked Qobuz... |