fatdaddy2
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| How to choose speakers that won't overpower your room? All about placement and setup. I use Klipsch Forte IV's with a REL S/510 in a room that's 12x10 with 9-12 foot ceiling, arranged asymmetrically. Probably not a typical choice for a room that size, but works out better than my Salk monitors (with... | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? Springsteen. "You ain't the boss of me!" | |
| Gain level on a REL sub +1 it's not the sub, it's the placement. I've got at least one "suckout" location in my room that completely cancels the bass; sounds like you've already found yours. Get one sub properly set up before you consider a second. | |
| The Sacred Ritual of Vinyl: A Return to Mindful Listening Or you could just pull it out, drop the needle and enjoy! (Long time vinyl lover/collector, and I keep things clean to start with, so not inspired to be anal about any "ritual".) | |
| Buy or stay with? Well, CV went out with my high school years (more than 50 ago); silk purse out of a sow's ear, if you think you're going to fix their shortcomings. | |
| Source of Fremer's "1 arc second" claim? There is a lot of unsubstantiated hyperbole (read: bs) in reviews. If you've been in the hobby any length of time, you already know this. | |
| Do sound characteristics matter when moving from midfi to hifi? If they don't matter, then why bother? | |
| Do You Unplug Equipment During Thunderstorms? Used to when I lived in Southern Illinois; in Southern California, what's a thunderstorm? | |
| Is Full-size speakers for L-R Rears advisable? A lot of folks don't realize how much bass info is available from the rear channels, at least on a well-engineered surround soundtrack. I've got a horn-loaded JBL stage monitor with two 15" woofers (combined L+R rear channels via mixer), and get ... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? Stuff I've owned: ELAC Miracord (630, a great entry TT for me when I was a semi-starving HS student) Rega (Planar 2 then 3, nice step up if somewhat minimalist design; great to pass on to your kids when you upgrade) Garrard (401, rock solid and... | |
| F-XLR to M-RCA recommendations If the equipment with XLR also has RCA outs, you're better off just using the RCA's on both. Once you use an adapter, you've already lost any (potential) advantage of using the XLR termination, which only exists with XLR terminations on both ends... | |
| Shipping speakers from West Coast to East Coast Sorry dude. If you're dealing with a company that is in the process of moving, you are down in the noise. Hold your water. | |
| Upcoming Trip In the day I primarily used Sennheiser noise-cancelling phones, although had one or two pair of Sonys as well. Could never get over the 'phile bias to purchase Bose. My recommendation: get the best pair of NC phones you can afford (foldable is a... | |
| How long should high quality speakers last? Until they no longer sound good to you, or you notice that "something's wrong". I had to replace a tweeter on one of my speakers a few years ago; both recognizing the problem and accomplishing the replacement were "no-brainers". | |
| Who has kids that are in a band or have been? Oh and I forgot about the 18" sub with its 1500 watt amp (size of a small refrigerator), not to mention the Mackie powered mixer and Crown amp that drive the whole thing. Great for making use of the discrete channel outs from the Oppo disc player. |