erik_squires
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| Wilson Alexia 2 lacking some bass Forgot to mention the obvious. Reflections act like tone controls. Excess refelctions will make a speaker sound bright. Tame the mid/treble reflections and often bass will emerge like a galleon at low tide. Don't forget the ceiling, especially be... | |
| Wilson Alexia 2 lacking some bass Check out hte AM Acoustics room simulator. You input your dimensions, and it helps you locate your speakers and listening area away from nodes/antinodes. | |
| Current quality of Rune OK, correct menu items are "Device Setup" then "Resync Delay" That will probably fix most problems. Under Show Avanced options however you should check the maximums to ensure that Roon doesn't think your DAC can do what it cannot, and also wort... | |
| Current quality of Rune This static problem may not be related to Roon. It's often a problem withe the DAC not syncing the right bit rate. For instance, playing 96/24 and then switching to 44/16. I've had some luck fixing this a couple of different ways. You can upsam... | |
| room treatment gurus, please You can, somewhat, overcome some issues with extra absorption where you can. Consider the AM Acoustics room mode simulator to help place listener and speakers. Include the ceiling and floor in your calculations. Consider curtains in front of t... | |
| New Electrical Circuit I'd run 20 Amps, which immediately requires 12 gauge wiring. At a bare minimum, use Commercial/Residential outlets, which now have to be Tamper Resistant (TR). Relatively affordable ($4-5 each). While your electricians are in there might as we... | |
| Most overrated audio manufacturers? It’s hard for me to think of a truly overrated brand in electronics. There are some which I just don’t like the sound of, but that doesn’t mean they produce a poor quality product. One exception might be my experience with a Rega headphone amplif... | |
| Home network router question One thing to keep in mind is that lightning can enter a home via metal to metal connections (coax, Ethernet) so while getting a hard wire connection as close to the entry point may make sense from a signal, you should also consider how to mitigate... | |
| Light dimmer switches cause noise, but how about Hue bulbs with dimming function? It depends. The old school, round knob dimmers were awful. I mean they caused electrical and often mechanical noise as well. That is, you could hear the dimmer itself. I own about two dozen Kasa smart switches and dimmers along with maybe 3 dozen... | |
| ATC active vs. passive I don’t want to derail this conversation, but the whole solution really matters. I have not heard ATC’s nor am I privy to their internals. The correct approach, IMHO is to listen and judge for yourself. Having said that, I want to point out that ... | |
| Preamp out to line in? You are most welcome, glad I could help. Of course, I could only give you such an easy answer because you picked the right preamp. | |
| What you need to stream well... @mahler123 Actually it's cloud services AI. It helps create meshes of GPU based servers to create AI models. | |
| Preamp out to line in? The Halo P6 has dedicated inputs for a HT processor/receiver. Look on the back for "Home Theater Bypass Input" The bypass mode disables the Halo’s volume control and keeps everything in place for the HT receiver/processor. This is necessary to e... | |
| Interaural Crosstalk And Loudspeaker Setup My one observation is that the systems with the largest sweet spots and most stable image have very wide and even dispersion/power response. Perceived imaging is enhanced by diffusion between the speakers and even to the sides. It's not L/R cross... | |
| Solid state amp to replace my Audio Research Ref 150 amp The last time I heard AR and Parasound the two seemed very similar in sound quality. I think it was with Wilsons at the time. I had Parasound, and ended up with Luxman for having a livelier midrange and glass smooth treble and extension. Howev... |