erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Receiver or theater Pre amp Listen to a Marantz | |
| How does a preamp die from sitting unused for a few months? Old caps and moisture. Bringing the gear in from the cold, and starting it up immediately without a chance to dehumidify would do it. Another possibility, related to moisture is salt air. | |
| JL Audio Fathom Leave it alone. Two reasons, too many complaints about JL Audio reliability, as well as how hard it is to integrate a sub with main speakers. If you have it dialed in don't touch it!! :D If you want to really dive in though, consider a miniDSP... | |
| It's your streamer, not your modem Thanks, @carlsbad2 I’m not saying it’s NEVER the Internet, at all. The performance of a lousy Internet with live streams ( hi Jazz FM 91 Toronto! ) is quite different. Last year it would run for like an hour before quitting. At the same time my ... | |
| It's your streamer, not your modem and isolating all that gigital claptrap on the the non analog leg of the panel with at least a Furman grade power conditioner…… Paying attention to where your wall warts are is also important. My network closet is on the opposite side of the h... | |
| directional speakers One brand that is not thought of as directional, but is is ATC. Those famous midranges are very much in waveguides and have limited dispersion. | |
| directional speakers Well, that’s a lot of work for BAACH. :D It’s well known that the more reflective a room the more treatment is needed to achieve the same level of satisfaction in detail. That’s not at all new or outside of prior work in acoustics. In a modestly... | |
| directional speakers If you want directional, and you are going with Mc, the Fritz with the top end ring radiators are the way to go. They sound better than their Be counterparts and the ring radiator construction naturally produces a narrow dispersion pattern. | |
| Can Puccini Clock be connected directly to amplfier, and if so, are there benefits. You can’t connect a clock directly to an amp. You can connect a DAC or player with volume control to an amp. The dCS Puccini SACD player for instance can be connected directly to an amp. Then you can connect the Puccini U-Clock to the SACD play... | |
| Effect of Internet Service Quality on Streaming? OP: I prefer Furman power conditioners, and if I have concerns about he power stability I use a Furman with the VR (Voltage Regulator) feature. IMHO it is a good trade-off to the power regenerators. | |
| Effect of Internet Service Quality on Streaming? High ping times are fine, it’s error rates and high jitter (> 300mSeconds) that can cause issues. Large ping times may make a stream slower to START but once started don't add up over time. 500 Mbps is more than enough to stream just about a... | |
| Velodyne ULD-15 Rebuild Ask your q at DIYaudio, but at this point you might as well build fromnscratch. Check out the kits from Parts Express | |
| Effect of Internet Service Quality on Streaming? First, @noromance covers it pretty much. ADSL/DSL is like 30 year old technology with extremely limited bandwidth. I'm not really concerned with the physical connections, but the back switches and routers on those circuits are probably just as o... | |
| Free air, tighter bass - snake oil or cheap tweaks? So, to many I know this sounds like snake oil, but the weight has simple reason for working. With smaller speakers, especially tall, narrow two-way speakers, the motion of the woofer pushes against the box, potentially causing a rocking back and ... | |
| Clean power and it's affect on sound quality I thought this was a serious post, but if you aren't washing your batteries and speakers in Dawn every three months are you really even trying? |