erik_squires

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Car doors vibrating horribly. Is 150hz high pass crossover an ok fix?
You don't need to mess with the crossovers.  You need an EQ. miniDSP sells these explicitly for cars.  
Did you ever hear exquisite electronics at a show??
@tvad - Was the room especially treated, or was there something in particular you felt helped you listen despite being in a hotel room?  
Tosslink NOOB question!
out from my TV it’s the only option available and I was wondering if it will have multi-channel capabilities during streaming Only if you have a home theater processor which will take it. :) I think there’s like 1 or 2 genuine multi-channel PCM D... 
Did you ever hear exquisite electronics at a show??
OK, so the exception to this, as you may guess, is headphones. I have hated and fallen in love with headphone amps and DAC combos at shows.  
Remember when CV, B&W and Infinity made the same speaker?
Should have been more clear, this would have been the mid-late 1980s.  
Whatta Ya Think About Hsu Research Subwoofers?
Oops, sorry, not listening to them right now, forgot they are only on the HT loop right now.  Still, I stand by my comments. :) Hsu are seriously underrated.  
Whatta Ya Think About Hsu Research Subwoofers?
Love them. Have one I'm listening to right now. :) GORGEOUS, big, powerful. Easy to set up.  
How much sound quality lives inside of voltage swing and gain?
However, with the right DAC circuit, I'm going to go away for a day while all the usual suspects skip over this caveat, and then opine vociferously how wrong I am.  
How much sound quality lives inside of voltage swing and gain?
Gain is usually the enemy of a quiet system. Having lots of gain, which you later reduce via a variable resistor (i.e. the volume control) is in my mind not a good idea, but historically preamps have had far too much.  However, with the right DAC ... 
All the brands I don't like...
...and the point of all this is....,See Seinfeld video, above.  
All the brands I don't like...
I can help out. As a start, Brands That Erik Doesn’t Like:- Anything John Atkinson Likes. I seriously don’t pay enough attention to JA to know if this is true or not. I just don’t think anyone should take him at face value when it comes to speake... 
Speaker recommendations 10 to 30k and no beryllium
I'll eat a hemp driver before I eat a flax one, that's for sure! :)  
Finally, something new
@roxy54http://www.2l.no/ 
Finally, something new
@tomic601 So I just played the Security CD. Even with the bass boosted, my woofers are barely moving.  
Finally, something new
Taking advantage of all the cool affordable software available today. :)