erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Can Room Correction Be Added to an Existing DAC? Equalizers won’t necessarily address bass room modes.What do you think convolution filters are doing??? Hahahahah. Sorry. It IS true that pure signal processing rarely fixes a room mode regardless of the type, Dirac, ARC, whatever you call it, but... | |
| Can Room Correction Be Added to an Existing DAC? I'm a big believer in light touches. I don't use room correction when a couple of parametric EQ's will do. | |
| Question About Linear Power Supplies and Streamers Check out ifi iPower series. https://amzn.to/3gbrgXCPretty affordable, conveniently small and replaced my big Astron in my DAC and the wall wart for my streamer. To me, the issue is often not just the noise they reduce, and the current they provi... | |
| Can Room Correction Be Added to an Existing DAC? It's not a stupid question, but he answer may not be entirely what you want to do. DAC's which do not come with digital signal processing (DSP) built in can't have this compute ability added, BUT! you can do DSP in the digital domain before the DA... | |
| First Order Crossovers: Pros and Cons I have heard that, for example, because of the use of this crossover configuration on the Vandersteen 5 one has to sit at least 10 feet away from the speakers in order for the drivers to properly mesh. Any multi-way, non-coaxial speaker needs ... | |
| TAD M2500 amp - Power Cord warning 1 - Usually this is because those power cords can be unusually thin gauge. So long as you stick to 12 gauge you'll be fine. 2 - Yes. If your amp has 2 prongs, it is double insulated and does not require the ground safety wire. however, shielded... | |
| Rotel vs Denon? Anything with input transformers has my vote. :) | |
| Speakers with Depth Layering abilities I want to point out that the room matters a great deal here. In terms of depth, what is between and behind your speakers matters a great deal as well as what is behind your head. Of course, narrow dispersion speakers also have an advantage with l... | |
| Anthem STR "Convert Analog" sounds much worse I’ve asked this question before about connecting the Lumin T2 this way... Am I negating any T2 dac magic by sending it through the Anthem’s dac engine? I was told NO. But it sure sounds like it now! Yep, you are. Either use the Anthem’s DAC, or us... | |
| parasound 200 pre or zpre3 or what other pre for 2 channel +1 on the Zpre! :) | |
| Yg carmel 2 owners I've never heard the Carmel, but I do think the Magico S1 Mk II is a very very curious speaker. :) Little chesty, needs gobs of power, and space. A small but very demanding speaker with great imaging and a very very wide sweet spot, and a little ... | |
| Cabling Question -Only One Prong of Spade is Contacting Terminal. Not affect sound quality if there's enough, but yes, preventing shorts is a great reason not to do this. They do make larger spades as well as bananas. | |
| What have you been working on in 2020? Erik, can a Pi endpoint do multichannel USB output?@mktmktI have no idea, suggest you find the Roku forums and ask there. | |
| How deadly is transformer hummm... You know crazy simple things can cause DC offset, digital light power supplies are among them. Turn off everything else in the house and see if your hum goes away. | |
| Should a reference speaker be neutral, or just great sounding? I can see we are getting off into discussions like "What do words mean anyway?" so let me clarify my original intention. If a vendor calls a particular speaker model "reference quality" does that bring out any specific expectations for you, or is... |