erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Free air, tighter bass - snake oil or cheap tweaks? @koestner: I soon realized you didn't mean covering the front of the speakers, and the drivers. Um, that's not what I meant, but this would be a great way of getting rid of sibillance problems. 🤣 | |
| Anthem MRX 740 8K as an upgrade to my Denon AVR-X3700H I’d say it is extremely use friendly, if you aren’t paying attention to what it’s doing vs. what you think it should be doing. In that sense, it is a plug and play system. Take careful note of the type of Audyssey each Marantz model has and th... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? Sorry you were belittled, but I think every manufacturer has to find their niche. I think that the truth of modern speaker building, especially 2-way systems is that they often give up efficiency for bass output, so I don't really think we can m... | |
| Anthem MRX 740 8K as an upgrade to my Denon AVR-X3700H Anthem adds "Dolby Surround" to what should be straight up Dolby Digital and you can’t disable it. I mistyped. You can disable it, but you can’t stop it from turning on automatically when you switch material. I seem to recall it working bett... | |
| Anthem MRX 740 8K as an upgrade to my Denon AVR-X3700H The more I work with Anthem’s latest the more gory it seems. Stick to Marantz, which has more advanced EQ features and probably handles Surround correctly. The difference between the Anthem remote and the anthem Web UI has driven me more than a ... | |
| Is it even possible to get a factory authorized dealer to give a discount? And you guys thought I was all talk with no useful experience to share.... 🤣 | |
| Off-axis compensated for by balance adjustment Somewhat. I mean, it's not ideal but it's better than not using all the tools you have to make it better. :) | |
| Streamer software, what do you use? @mclinnguy But that is not true. On my Antipodes bit-perfect Squeeze sounds more transparent and resolves better than bit-perfect Roon. I don't pretend to explain why, but it does. I was speaking specifically about the bit rates. Whether... | |
| Is it even possible to get a factory authorized dealer to give a discount? Pro Tip: Many dealers may not wish to publicly give you a discount but will throw in heavily discounted accessories or other products to sweeten the deal. Worth asking. | |
| Streamer software, what do you use? Hey @danmar123 For one, you need your phone to be close by. Another is that Roon can integrate Qobuz, Tidal and a local library, as well as add DSP capabilities per end point. Of course, Roon and dedicated streamer/DACs also let you stream the ... | |
| Opinions on audio equipment and brown outs Do you ever run at different hours, or wonder why it sounded better yesterday? I listen at all hours of the day, and with the voltage regulator and Furman conditioner in place I never really hear a difference anymore. | |
| Opinions on audio equipment and brown outs I use Furman conditioners, and they have two features which are related. EVS - Extreme voltage shutdown which detects extreme brownouts and whiteouts (say 130VAC or higher) and disconnects power. The other is voltage regulation, which keeps my AC... | |
| “Center” of soundstage is left of center… OP: Yes. If the problem persists after swapping inputs, the next thing to do is swap amp outputs. If the problem persists then it’s either the speakers, the room or your hearing. :) | |
| Flexible Power Cords DIY your own from link, below. I'm a big fan of DH Labs Encore, since I am a believer in shielded power cords with all the network/streaming things I have around this house. https://partsconnexion.com/collections/ac-power-bulk-wire-cable ... | |
| Subwoofer speed is in the room, not the box Just want to point out that the usual raison d’etre for line arrays in a home is to use pistons with much longer combined size than the wavelengths of the frequency they are reproducing. Please, buy as many subs as you can afford, but you are goi... |