erik_squires
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| How can different CAT5/6 cables affect sound. This is crazy. Only the quality of the coax coming into your home affects the sound. You need to try 3-4 different Internet providers and ask them which brand of coax cable they use to make an informed opinion. OK, that's a joke. What's real ... | |
| Crossover and Wiring Upgrade I should also say that once you start seriously looking for kits to build check out the Parts Express or diyaudio discussion forums. Both filled with helpful people with first hand experience building. Best, Erik | |
| Crossover and Wiring Upgrade Hi OP. I think the differences could be minor... but if you are hankering for tweaks my suggestion is go build a kit first and the do your own experimentation with everything from wiring to caps. The biggest issue I see with your approach is ... | |
| Single way or multiway I think putting this on the scale of right and wrong may not be productive. I encourage audiophiles to experiment on the cheap! Madisound has a number of single "full range" drivers and kits for sale. Rather than try to come to a definitive un... | |
| Focals latest - Cat Houses? @niodari - I have to agree while I can rant about how inexpensive their cabinets are or the tonal balance or whatever Focal, like Bose, has a really focused marketing and product development team. I may not be their target audience but at the sam... | |
| Integration of Two Subs with miniDSP Flex Hi OP!! Those are very good results though personally I might lift the bass some more. The severe dip after 2 kHz would be conderning if this was on tweeter axis. Looks like you have an anti-mode around multiples of 25 Hz or so. Besides EQ... | |
| Ground loop hum I’m late here. First try moving everything to the same outlet. This will ensure your "ground loop" isn’t really imbalanced voltages causing imbalanced center tapped ground differences. Unplug anything metallic besides your audio. Ethernet is ... | |
| Powering a center channel with a two channel amp Huh, well, I guess I’ll have to talk with my McIntosh guy about that. Everything I read on the web suggested or said that center channel audio couldn’t be amplified correctly with a left or right channel from the amp. @vacerator I’ve been in... | |
| Focals latest - Cat Houses? @ghdprentice - He had a large team of very talented artists working with him, but point taken. I know Focal would attempt to emphasize a sense of modernism in their products. | |
| Focals latest - Cat Houses? Well blow me down, ATC has a similarly priced but much nicer looking model, the SCM200ASLT. $75k but what, no Blutooth? What a scam! https://tmraudio.com/floorstanding-speakers/atc-scm200aslt-active-floorstanding-speakers-pair/ Ok, personal a... | |
| Focals latest - Cat Houses? @love2fly59 - "largely reflection free cabinet" - Oh, hahahahahah. $70,000 for a speaker no one objects to. "Best sounding streaming speaker" - Seriously what is the competition, and how many of those are made by Logitech... At those... | |
| Focals latest - Cat Houses? Here we go, I know who the designer is now, at only $740 you can get a matching travel bag: | |
| Focals latest - Cat Houses? I am not a fan but that is all this is, just another example of a design that seeks attention. Well thank goodness we are here to give it just that! @dhite71 | |
| Powering a center channel with a two channel amp Um, what?? Anyway I can interpret this it all seems too complicated. The center is NOT the sum of the L and R signals, whether we are talking Dolby ProLogic or 5.1. The center out from your AVR is the only viable input. As for amps, you cou... | |
| Just got a new power amp Hey @fastfreight When an amp or preamp has XLR inputs there are three things that may be done: Ground one signal pin. Use a transformer to convert to single ended Use op amps in differential configuration Very very rare - use discrete ci... |