erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Radio Signal interference Hey Ben,Are you in a high rise, or near a radio transmitter? I don't know your cables, but try even inexpensive, fully shielded cables just to see if that is what you need. A lot of boutique IC's deliberately omit the shield to minimize capacitanc... | |
| which one for rear surrounds The towers, no question. The extra bass and dynamic range will outperform the better tweeter, especially with room correction.Best,E | |
| Class D is just Dandy! in excess of 100MHz- and likely with no need for dead time circuitry This would be a spectacular improvement upon the state of the art. I can't wait to see it in real life. Don't even need a working amplifier to try this, just hook up two tubes... | |
| Apartment Dweller's Paradise - The Ideal 2 ch. system? Hi Guys,I know the ideal situation is to move to the wilderness and build your own home with a separate home theater and music room, and most of the reviews in Stereophile seem to pretend that is the only consumer of good audio gear. The purpose o... | |
| Focal Aria 936 Hi Couger,Yeah, there are a number of vendors who pick up Focal’s after they have been discontinued for a song. Music Direct Parts Connexion Spearit SoundOther brands you will see doing this kind of thing is Monitor Audio and Wharferdale. Best,E | |
| Glare on Choral recordings, classical vocals Room acoustics is not a bad place to start. Experiment with rugs, blankets and pillows, on walls and on floor between speakers. If you find this helps, reach out to GIK acoustics for real professional help and products.Best,E | |
| Dual-Use Subwoofer? You might want to consider using a miniDSP solution. If I understand correctly, you want 1 sub hooked up to 2 sources?MiniDSP will let you do this AND will let you do EQ and crossovers separately for each source. Best,E | |
| Would adding a second subwoofer overpower my room? Bass traps first, then EQ. :) A dual sub would be even better, but start with that first, you may find you no longer care. :) Best,E | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions Hi everyone,So I thought I would let this go, but I can’t baby! I am now about 2 weeks into this experiment, and I may actually prefer the MR caps to the CMR. While the CMR may appear at first install more lively, after break in, that mostly goes ... | |
| What order? As I've posted elsewhere, you can experiment with blankets and pillows. Throw them on the floor or up on the walls , especially between and behind your speakers. This is a cheap experiment which will reveal the value.I think panels and bass traps ... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! Can’t really argue with that. :) The separates craze creates it’s own list of extra problems to solve. At the same time, I really really like selecting my own parts. I find it a real difficult thing to want to give control to some one else as to w... | |
| Class D Technology I said this in another thread. :) Anyone can make a switching amp. Making one that sounds good is a whole other thing. Any manufacturer who can bring that kind of engineering talent on board would be VERY VERY lucky indeed. The paper Dr. Marshall... | |
| Amp current - how much high current to go for Hi OP,I think you are concentrating far too much on a single spec. 2 way speakers are usually pretty easy to drive for almost any solid state amplifier, and usually have a very benign minimum impedance around 4 to 8 ohms. How is your room? I would... | |
| Parasound Halo Integrated vs Yamaha AS2100 The Parasound has a nice DAC built in. Haven't heard it but I am a big fan of the Halo amps in general. Powerful, grain, glare and noise free.Best,E | |
| What Bass Mgmt. & Room EQ Scheme For Me? My suggestion is to run your top's full range, and use an EQ on the subwoofer alone. This gets you around the quality of the DAC and adding A/D => D/A stages unnecessarily while putting the EQ power where you most need it, in your bass. Howev... |