erik_squires
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| Let's talk Tweeters! The plasma tweeter has some really interesting characteristics. I've heard it. Meh. I'd be happier with a top of the line AMT or Be from a number of vendors. This was at an audio show in a cramped room though, so it's quite likely I never heard it... | |
| Room correction, DSP for dummies. The only advice I have left is this:Listen to the system in store with room correction. Make sure you like the room correction’s choices before you commit. Be aware that when you commit to this you are usually committing to an entire chain of devi... | |
| The most fun you can have in audio is DIYing your own speakers Troels is a very experienced and accomplished kit designer, far more than I am, however I often catch myself smiling at some of his comments and choices matching so well with mine. If I had a soul-brother in terms of speaker design I'm sure it wou... | |
| Room correction, DSP for dummies. craigl : Thanks, I don't need more room measurement/microphones or DSP toys. :) I built the correct EQ into my speakers instead. I use DSP modestly. On the sub and on the center channel (depends where the center is). Best,E | |
| Room correction, DSP for dummies. I love DSP, but it is no panacea, and no magic computer that gives us the right answers.I agree with most of what @grannyring said, but I feel this needs more discussion:Room Perfect room correction takes the room out the equation and deals with t... | |
| The most fun you can have in audio is DIYing your own speakers @dgarretson Yes, it would, since the top end MA line measures spectacularly in both the time and frequency domains. | |
| The most fun you can have in audio is DIYing your own speakers @dgarretson - Yeah, it is financially very difficult for most vendors to justify spending good money on crossover parts. One of the worst offenders is Focal, which only uses Solen's cheapest caps. So much better even with cheap Mundorf MKPs | |
| Question of power And yes, some of these regenerators have some storage built in. I avoid them for amps, just as a matter of return on investment. I'd rather have them keep the power to the DAC and processors clean | |
| Question of power Well, depends how much money you have to burn. I would recommend something more like a Furman with LiFT for the amps, and power regenerators for the rest. So imagining they are class A/AB amplifiers I don't see you ever listening to more than 500 ... | |
| Question of power Depends on your idle and maximum power draws, but no power conditioner can put out more power than the outlet has (except for very short periods of time). Why do you use 14 channels of amplification? And what amps are you using? Best,Erik | |
| Does anyone leave their amp and preamp on all the time? I do. I came home after having them off for a weekend, and the sound was pretty hard for two days. Learned my lesson.However, I run fairly power friendly. Right now it's just my Mytek Brooklyn and a pair of Class D amps, plus the music PCBest,E | |
| Anyone try a SUB THREE from Vandersteen yet? @jetter - Or maybe you haven’t heard one really well integrated. They are very very rare. :) However, if you have 2 subs and may place them in ideal locations where one cancels the problems of the other, then you can do a lot more than those with ... | |
| Household Surge Protectors - Good or Bad? @jea48 is absolutely right! You may have exactly one bonding point between neutral and ground. However, you may (and may have to!) have multiple ground rods which are connected to each other. That does not allow you to connect neutrals willy nilly... | |
| The most fun you can have in audio is DIYing your own speakers I should point out, I don’t wish to attack speaker manufacturers, at all. I just want to interest others in this hobby and help make audiophiles more informed consumers. I have nothing against speaker makers making money by selling high quality pr... | |
| The most fun you can have in audio is DIYing your own speakers I don't think speaker makers are "profiteering." I think it's a very difficult business you have to love to be in. But I am comfortable saying that high end speakers have to sell for around 10x the driver costs to be worth making.10:1 is the minim... |