erik_squires
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| Subwoofers and Phase Question For You Sub Experts Kenjit,It was your grandiose claims and lack of ability to alter your reality as more information was presented which contradicted your claims. | |
| Advantages of owning equipment from major audio brands vs. boutique shops? I think it's more a matter of focus and capabilities. I think the best thing you can do is develop your own level of understanding of what you like to listen to, what you want to hear, independent of reviewers or pundits (like me). In terms of rep... | |
| Need insight on these amps I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest a Luxman as a counter point, or Ayre. I think you should audition them if you can. Both will drive those speakers very well, add a lot of liquidity, with different overall characteristics though. | |
| Looking for a Tweeter for an Energy RC22. Its a Reference Connoisseur Seems lots of info here:https://speakerholic.blogspot.com/2013/11/energy-22-tweeter-replacement.html | |
| connecting B&W 683s1 to amp? help please? Just use bare wire for now. :) | |
| The best tweeter is no tweeter Side note:There's a little info to be gleaned from the impedance plot of this speaker. https://www.stereophile.com/content/elac-carina-bs2434-loudspeaker-measurementsSee the rising impedance above 6 kHz? Since AMTs are almost purely resistive abov... | |
| Why no speakers with remote control tone controls? Of course, you can get a preamp or integrated to do this all for you, it's how most do it. | |
| connecting B&W 683s1 to amp? help please? So red to red, black to black. Don't short the red and black. That is, do not allow a conductor to touch both at the same time. | |
| connecting B&W 683s1 to amp? help please? Yes, they should have straps unless you are bi-amping. A strap is just a beefy conductor, so short speaker cables can be used to connect between them. You can pick either set once the jumpers are in place. | |
| Modem performance and modem selection. If you mean a cable modem, not sure there’s any difference other than speed and reliability but I have two suggestions:Use a cable TV isolator in front of the modem. This will prevent ground loops between your gear and the cable tv entrance. https... | |
| Modem performance and modem selection. Do you mean a cable modem like from Motorola, or do you mean a streamer?? | |
| Why no speakers with remote control tone controls? BTW, @csmgolf hit it on the head. There are active speakers with such features, and act as I explained. Line level tone controls before the amplifier portion. :) | |
| Subwoofers and Phase Question For You Sub Experts EQ is a lame idea, DSP or otherwise. But no more lame than taking advice from a bunch of guys with absolutely zero idea what they’re talking about. Which is every single post so far! Hello @millercarbon, We have gotten to the unfortunate part of a... | |
| Looking for suggestions You'll want to look into 2 way and 2.5 way speakers.Monitor Audio is a good place to start. You'll find it suits you, or that it's too laid back. :) | |
| Oppo 103D streaming issues Not sure if this helps, but I use the Roku for video streaming. https://amzn.to/37nT8DRwhich also supports HDR (High Dynamic Range) available with modern sets. The apps/channels stay current and have the widest support. Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Anim... |