erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Replacing Amp Caps In a power supply you should strive to keep the mfd about the same. Exceeding this amount by too much can stress the power transformer by increasing the surge current on turn-on. Stay between the rating and maybe 10-15% more to be safe. However, ... | |
| House buying and the aspiring audipihile Are you looking to retire in the south ? No, actually my goal was to retire wealthy. Not that I'm close to reaching it... | |
| Am I too big of a jerk,even for audiogon? @glupsonActually I thought it was closer to phenomenology. Erik | |
| Downside to "revealing" system? E, FWIW on the cheap but effective side that little Schitt Loki can work well for simple tone control of bass, lower mid range, upper mid range and treble. It ain't sophisticated but it works. Yes indeed. It is still a tone control so I don't ... | |
| Downside to "revealing" system? Erik, The only problem with your solution is that the range of the equalizers/tone controls may not really affect the 'offending' frequencies. I'd like to know what reasonable solution you are suggesting is better, more cost effective or more ... | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? Maybe the only real problem is how I interpreted this information early on. Maybe it was never meant to be a point thing but a starting place? | |
| Automatic Room Correction has won the Subwoofer Wars I hope the OP will forgive me, but it seems this thread has already gone in bit of a different direction already. It would seem to me, despite being somewhat contrary to audiophile common sense; that flush to wall/corner mounted drivers (pref... | |
| Vertical component placement? It occurred to me that if placed these small boxes vertically on their sides Depends on their power consumption, and vents. | |
| Downside to "revealing" system? So one thing that seems to always shock audiophiles:Studio equipment and trends has changed a great deal over time.The mixing/mastering engineer in 1970s was not using the same benchmark systems as they are in 2020's. Even if they were, I guarante... | |
| Am I too big of a jerk,even for audiogon? La idea que el mundo esta listo de acabar por que el discurco civil se acabo ah venido desde antes de Cristo. | |
| spend on the streamer or on the DAC ? DAC. Best,E | |
| Use for Roon? - Intel NUC Mini PC Kit Business Desktop Computer There's also an ASRock mini out right now too. I run Ubuntu on my core and streamer (AMD/ARM respectively) and it was fairly straightforward. Best,Erik | |
| Downside to "revealing" system? Also, take a look here:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/my-pet-peeve-revealing-speakers | |
| Downside to "revealing" system? Luxman L509X Use the tone controls. They're fabulous. | |
| Automatic Room Correction has won the Subwoofer Wars I’m seeing the title of this thread as clickbait. Sir, do you not understand my role here?? :-) It was meant to be a discussion, in earnest, about how easy ARC systems have made subwoofer integration and, my point, that the advantages for the ave... |