erik_squires
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| Schiit Yggdrasil Upgrades Personally I think Wima caps are hugely overrated and over-relied upon. Cornel Dubelier are much better sounding in electronics IMHO and not much more expensive. I think there’s a little misunderstanding. DC or direct coupled means that the signal... | |
| Diy interconnects RCA connectors. Be warned, the solid core stuff is fragile. Best,Erik | |
| Diy interconnects RCA connectors. You looked at the wrong cable. :) They have two. One is stranded and plated, the other is NOT stranded and solid silver. http://partsconnexion.com/wire_interc_connex.htmlI don't think Emotiva is deliberately tuned. It's just incredibly thin soundi... | |
| Diy interconnects RCA connectors. You should try the Connex / DH Labs solid core wire. Perfectly natural. I read somewhere that transitioning from metal to metal has some measurable (if very small) effect on signal transmission in audio, so I try to keep to 1 metal through out my ... | |
| Choosing Sub-woofers. Please advise ASAP. My point at the end is, subwoofers are fabulous when well fed, and evil monsters otherwise. If you are getting pro help integrating them, great, otherwise it can be a real learning curve and chore.Erik | |
| Choosing Sub-woofers. Please advise ASAP. That 10" subs sound better for music is a myth perpetrated by those who don't know how to integrate them well.Without a doubt, 2x 12" is the better way to go. However, with all this spend, who is doing your room acoustics and subwoofer integration... | |
| Help, My Vandies Sizzle Hi,What are the chances you have mids or woofers that aren't working?? Best,Erik | |
| Surround Processor/Receiver for HT addition to 2 ch system Emotiva just announced a lightweight HT processor you might like. The BasX MC-700. You can use that long with a 2CH preamp that has HT bypass capabilities. Best,Erik | |
| Dealing with subwoofer Nulls Hi everyone,I'm not sure if it's clear, but the key to bass traps is that they work in combination with EQ. Not either or. Also, I'm not sure if you meant to say it this way or not but it sounds like you placed your subs symmetrically. They probab... | |
| Dealing with subwoofer Nulls And finally, now that the coffee has cut in, I would consider active room cancellors my last option. In order of my personal preference:Sub + Bass Traps + EQDual or Quad subs + Bass Traps + EQDual Subs + EQSingle Sub + EQActive room canceller (i.e... | |
| Dealing with subwoofer Nulls Grrr. I cannot type cogently I guess. By tilting I mean tilting down. So an example target curve:16 Hz - 90 dB32 Hz - 88 dB64 Hz - 86 dB | |
| Dealing with subwoofer Nulls Grrr. I meant when you EQ, find your lowest reasonable output. Somewhere around 16 - 30Hz. Take that as your starting point, then EQ between that point and the upper limits of the sub's output. For me that would be 16 Hz to 120 Hz. The tilt is up ... | |
| Dealing with subwoofer Nulls By the way, WITH and only with bass traps it becomes possible to effectively, but not completely, deal with nulls and ringing modes with a single subwoofer and EQ.I find this the neatest (as in least messy) and most cost effective solution. Howeve... | |
| active room nuetralizer??? @auxinput I'm taking this to another thread so we don't stomp on the OP's questions. :)Erik | |
| active room nuetralizer??? Well, for slap-echo, the Bag End and other similar devices effectiveness is zero. :-) Slap echoes are too coherent. Bass traps, etc. rely on the energy in the bass collecting in the corners. By sucking the energy out of the corners you eliminate t... |