erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Power Sensitive Components I prefer the Furman units. Best in class surge protection, and voltage regulation doesn't introduce AC noise. The cost is that they "only" regulate within about 5 Volts. That is, you'll get around 118-122V. The combination of voltage regulatio... | |
| Changing a speaker color Depending on what color you like, I've sometimes considered using a vinyl wrap instead. Removable. | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better Active loudspeakers have widespread use in pro audio. If they didn't sound good I doubt they would be used as much if at all. @bottomzone Absolutely true. Active crossovers offer significant benefits in power efficiency that is much more i... | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better I hear a lot of comments about vibration, and while I have had equipment that was subject to microphonics, that was in the late 1980s and probably because of the use of very cheap ceramic capacitors. I think that overall, outside of tubes and turn... | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better @o_holter You make exactly the right argument for an external, active crossover. If you want to roll your own amps you can't do this with a fully active speaker design. My listening trends lately have been a lot more about movies than music th... | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better BTW, I want to point out that the plate amplifier in my center is in a sealed sub-compartment. The simple box-shape actually has 3 separate chambers: Woofers Mid/tweeter chamber Plate amplifier All quite sturdy. The amplifier is not direc... | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better I do want to point out that as the builder of an active, 3-way speaker I can point out a number of ways in which this is a technically superior speaker vs. what I would have made as a passive version. Also that my workflow is so much simpler I’ll ... | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better Well, I know that you like to say provocative things to start a discussion Erik How rude and completely uncalled for! I’m absolutely shocked they’d allow gambling in this casino.... 🤣 but of course your experience with this one speaker ... | |
| a naive question about HT speakers I wrote about this here in my blog. | |
| iFi LAN iSilencer connection I'd suggest as close to your playback system as possible. | |
| 10dB resonant peak at 40Hz OP: Yes, that’s the one. As you mention, plugging the ports will work but sometimes at the expense of all lower bass. A parametric EQ on the other hand can clip these enormous resonances effectively and make it possible to better balance the ba... | |
| Summer Power Issues @immatthewj And that's exactly why I use Furman with EVS. More than once I've come home to find that EVS has shut down my power conditioner due to some random power issue. | |
| 10dB resonant peak at 40Hz Well, if you could move the speakers I’d say use the AM Acoustics room mode simulator to try to put your speakers and listening room out of the 40 Hz mode. Otherwise EQ is your only option. If it makes you feel any better, it's a very good option... | |
| I need some high quality Printed Circuit Boards Made (DYNACO ST-70) I'd ask this over at DIYaudio | |
| Starting Over and I need your help I think that above all you haven't focused on yourself enough. What do YOU like to listen to, what type of sound balance excites you? Above all keep it simple. A small home office can be a challenging environment because of the speaker location... |