erik_squires
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| Focal Aria 906 opinions? Get a stiff SS amp to drive them and in the right room I think you'll really like them. Go with electronics that tend towards warm as opposed to bright. | |
| In Defense of Audiophiles, Bose, Pass, Toole and Science Could not agree more, but isn’t that what Toole, Olive and co have been doing at Harman for the past 30 years or so?It seems I am defending a point I’ve never made, which is that no one does audio science. Of course big corps are using science to ... | |
| Speakers that are a great value! It’s True. Look at the drivers Fritz uses and compare the speakers to similar offerings from Wilson or Gamut. Of course, drivers alone do not create a product worth listening to, nor should they be the only way to price speakers, but I think Fritz... | |
| In Defense of Audiophiles, Bose, Pass, Toole and Science However, loudspeaker testing and analysis has come a very long way with the advent of computer software and can be deemed a true science.My point was never that science does not occur. My point was that judging products by an oscilloscope alone, w... | |
| Fletcher-Munson - Random Variables and You If I intentionally delay the subs just 0.5 msec (5 feet at sea level) You will hear and feel it easily when I switch back and forth. This puts 100 Hz 180 degrees out of phase right at the crossover point. Instant mess. That is no longer phase sen... | |
| Listeners who are using Dynamic Subwoofer(s) with Magnepan Speakers Hey my friend,I can see in your case why a subwoofer is a good idea. I wrote an article which includes information on how to get great results from a sub. I will say this: It takes work. The integration with the speaker and the room are not straig... | |
| Can I bi-amp my speakers with two different amps? The requirement to do this simply is if they have equal gain OR a gain adjustment. | |
| Fletcher-Munson - Random Variables and You I don't know I am "sensitive" to room acoustics, but spending a career on acoustic, I can walk into most setups, from an audiophiles basement to a large venue and pick up what is wrong, and once you identify it, it can become hard to ignore. ... | |
| Damping Factor - Interesting article One last thing: Damping factor theory is basically series network analysis. There’s nothing here very complicated. You just string up your amp’s output impedance and put it in series with the load, then analyze the difference in output vs. F.Amp (... | |
| McIntosh Roon Tested, what does it mean? OP: You can kind of tell by the connections. You want to look for an Ethernet jack, or an antenna. If it lacks both of them, it is not a streamer. Best,E | |
| McIntosh Roon Tested, what does it mean? Hi OP,So to tie together what I was saying, the Mc MA 5300 integrated amp has no network capability at all. So, it's a DAC, and is Roon Tested. https://www.mcintoshlabs.com/products/integrated-amplifiers/MA5300You'll need another device to go fro... | |
| McIntosh Roon Tested, what does it mean? Unfortunately the Roon PR splash page is garbage. What you need to look at is this one:https://kb.roonlabs.com/Roon_partner_programsAnd for the consumer it's still difficult to parse. As I can tell, there's one set of standards for a network play... | |
| Best DAC for around $2,500 or less I love the Mytek Brooklyn as a DAC. I love the Codex as a headphone amp. | |
| I can prove your room is bad I have umteen acoustical panels and bass traps, but until I bought a DBX Rackdrive 360, I could never get the bass balanced the way it should be.Absolutely common. Room tuning + EQ can be miraculous. If you can't have both, do what you can. | |
| I can prove your room is bad Gang, of course my post was a thought experiment. It was meant to invoke some cheap (as in free) experimentation we could all try, and some of us could learn from. Of course there's no one answer. EQ, room tuning and speaker dispersion all matte... |