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| Do we really need anything more than 8" woofer and 1" tweeter for medium size room? I have very nice 6" woofers in mine, sub is for movies only. The trick isn't the electronics, it's the room acoustics. A lot of people try to get more bass with bigger speakers, and it sounds terrible. A well designed 6 or 8" woofer in a good encl... | |
| Most favored hearing aid for audiophiles I should also recommend the idea of digitally manipulating music to suite your hearing loss. You can alter files directly, or use something like a miniDSP or nanoDSP to alter the sounds on the fly. You are probably going to get much better fidelit... | |
| Most favored hearing aid for audiophiles I'm afraid I have no knowledge first hand, but I read ages ago that Dan D'Agostino of Krell fame used them. I wonder if anyone wants to reach out to him for advice?Erik | |
| Speaker wattage question @inna The SPL at a listening location is a function of the speaker sensitivity, room acoustics and distance from the source. You could measure the SPL at 2.83 volts (1w/8 ohms) with the mic at the listening location and then do math from there if ... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil My point was really just to try to keep it all in balance. Have you tried SonicCraft for your Jupiters?It doesn’t make a lot of sense to spend $500 on a cap unless you are sure your tweeter is worth it. :) Mind you, some inexpensive tweeters are r... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil @santodx5 Woah, take it easy! :) That's a lot of money to spend on upgrades. They won't give you different speakers you know. If you are happy using the JR150's as a learning experience I'd consider series caps with the tweet and mid (if any) th... | |
| Are there headphones that image in front of you rather than in your head? I think this is usually solved by headphone amps with cross-feed features. :) Not sure though, but look for it. | |
| The next step to a better system Best and least expensive is GIK Acoustics. Great advice.After that ASC is very good and very expensive. | |
| PS Audio CD Memory Transport?? Yes Or NO Well, I'd say do you want it to sound better? Do you hear better when you go into a store? Imaging, balance, voices, piano. Does any of it make you t hink you are missing something? Have you auditioned great headphone gear to give you a reference?... | |
| Conrad Johnson PV12 AL Forgot to mention, Chris Johnson (previously of Sonic Frontiers) at Parts Connexion has a lot of experience with this, send him an e-mail after you acquire your victim, er, preamp. He'll give you great suggestions, and may even give you a discoun... | |
| Need a warm speaker for a bright room What you'll need, with no room treatment or furniture, is a speaker with very controlled dispersion. How about a Martin Logan? Best,Erik | |
| Need a warm speaker for a bright room Tone controls! Curtains, rugs, curtains on the ceiling. Art panels from GIK acoustics. Headphones. Small speakers you can keep far from the walls and into the room. Bright: B&W, Golden Ear, Focal, Triangle, Thiel, NHT. Neutralish: Monitor Au... | |
| Best Dark Sounding Amp For Bright Speakers? Um, go over to diyaudio for help in modding the crossover. :) That will be more effective and cheaper, plus you'll find knowledgeable geeks who may know exactly what to change. Best,Erik | |
| Conrad Johnson PV12 AL Yes, you may very well need to stand them up. Depends which direction you go. :) Plan on standing them up and adding an extension. So, a little soldering, and maybe a little heat shrink, with some solid copper core. Also will need a dab of hot ... | |
| Conrad Johnson PV12 AL The PV12 used a 3 stage power supply. A pre-regulator fed a separate regulator for each side. In addition to putting in better caps, or bypassing existing, adding some heat sinks to the regulators (really just transistors) could be useful in incre... |