erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Should I buy a Class A Amp. Hi Don!Like my speakers, I rolled my own. :) I came across a great deal on used, stock ICEPower 250ASP modules, and put them together with Chinese sourced cases and silver signal wire. Originally I was going to use the ICEPower units to power my ... | |
| Should I buy a Class A Amp. I don't think Class A is what it used to be. :) That is, amplifiers are a lot better. I traded an amp that was Class A up to 35 Watts for an ICEPower unit and never regretted it. It's better for my power bill and the planet. :) Personally, I find... | |
| Subwoofer hunt Bob is 100% right. A well set up sub is a marvel. Room treatment, bass traps, EQ and is more important than the brand. Only after you say that you have all that dialed in can you talk about which sub is better. I love Hsu for a couple of reasons,... | |
| Help wanted: Bass! I love the CJ Premiere 12's by the way. One of my all time, if not all time favorite amplifiers. If only money and space allowed! Erik | |
| Review: Wyred4Sound Remedy Reclocker I just want to add, that while I like what the remedy is doing to my worst sources, it wasn’t a perfect solution. It still isn’t letting me hear My ARC DAC8 as well as I heard it in the store, attached to an Ayre CD spinner. Next, it is an Asynchr... | |
| Review: Wyred4Sound Remedy Reclocker Cooper, W4S claim they have a femtoclock IN the Remedy, which seems true based on the specs of the crystal, BUT NEVER do they claim they reduce jitter to femtoseconds nor do they actually call the Remedy a femtoclock. The only measurement I could ... | |
| What to buy....Auralic Aries, Sony Hap-ZES, or Auralic Altair? So one odd thing, despite Android phones dominating the market, many streamers, including Auralic, do not have Android control apps. That's a complete non-starter for me. I'd have to go with a Rasberry Pi with Squeezebox emulation and fancy clock ... | |
| Need help with room and speaker setup, big dip from 250-80hz I should also say adding subwoofers and placing them correctly is a great solution. :) But since you mentioned you don't have a lot of freedom in your room I did not pursue that. The same advice applies though, except with a sub finding the place... | |
| Need help with room and speaker setup, big dip from 250-80hz First, get a calibrated microphone. They’re $25 to $100. Dayton imm6 or UMIK-1That your dips are happening at multiples of each other testify to having a standing wave due to wall surfaces around 7 to 8’ apart. Room EQ Wizard has a bass decay char... | |
| Wyred4Sound - Do clocks age? So my final conclusion is that the W4S Remedy does work, but that it's benefit is related to the source. On low resolution Internet radio the benefits to depth, and low level linearity are most pronounced. On a station like Toronto Jazz with a 96... | |
| Speakers for Rock - up to 1kusd I'm always surprised that people but B&W and Monitor Audio on the same list. MA sounds lively and fun with a natural extended highs and the B&W's sound very laid back, but also veiled from the midrange to the top. Point is, you really shou... | |
| Help wanted: Bass! One thing, where are your speakers relative to the walls and corners? The usual simple fix for more bass is to put the speakers up against the wall, and then in a corner.I just assumed you had tried that. | |
| Help wanted: Bass! By the way, OmniMic is a better choice, but it's about $250 and will eat into your budget fast. | |
| Help wanted: Bass! Hi RB! I would say spend no money until you have your hands around the neck of the problem. :) I might TRY some solid state amplifiers, just to see if what you have is an amp/speaker mismatch, as well as different amp taps. The usual order of imp... | |
| A friend told me JBL DD67000 is actually very bad speaker, is it true? Depends on the JBL! :) I'm no fan of their current powered mini-monitors at all, but I haven't heard the high efficiency or high output types in a long time. Worth checking out.Also, a lot of boutique speakers get extra "imaging" but putting a di... |