flrnlamb
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| Does power conditioning really matter? The AVS2000 Monster voltage regulator and power station is a completely different animal than the basic monster strips, for the record. You simply need to compare anything, and it's all relative, and "in context" that things must be judged...on th... | |
| Is KEF no longer relevant? I've heard quite a few Kef set-up's here and there over the years, even sold some way back when at a chain stores some time ago. I've always found Kef's to be a nicely balanced sounding speaker across the board, at all levels, with a good even sou... | |
| High End Monitors How about an active speaker setup like the NHT active's? Should give you a tremendous dynamic advantage and lack of coloration from no passive crossover, and good parts usage. I think they are like $8k with subwoofer, but cheaper used. Anyway, the... | |
| Home Theatre Question the benefits of having flush mount speakers are: 1) no comb-filtering from speaker boundary reflection (at least for the boundary the speaker's attached to), 2) no speaker/boundary reflection issues to smear transients, 3) dynamic reinforcement fr... | |
| Prepro into a Preamp into an Amp?? yep, yep - simply loop the L/R channel pre-out's from your multi-channel av pre/pro into some auxilary, "tape-in" or "direct"/"bypass" input on your 2 channel pre, which is connected to your 2 chnannel amp. Then, connect all 2 channel sources to y... | |
| Yamaha RX-V663BL receiver? The yamaha and Denon have traditionally had a very different overall sound. I would ask "if you liked the sound of your denon in your setup, or not?" If it sounded great with your existing speakers/setup, I would stay with Denon likely. The Yamaha... | |
| Best speakers ever 4 small room? Keep it simple then. Get the MBL's, make sure associated equip is up to par, add a Rives Audio PARC (fix inevitable room bass modes, for "non-boomy" system sound), some well placed diffusors/bass traps in the corner - use all of this with the "lon... | |
| Construction Question "Not someone else's vision of what they think I want." (Ralphnoonan) What they think you want? No. Actually you would work WITH THEM, and you would tell them EXACTLY what you want - and they would give you all the variables, options, potential and... | |
| bass in the room I like what many are suggesting and hinting at here. Yes, you are dealing with a game of "find that frequency response" here! I would start by playing some test tones(bass) through your sytem, and measure with a Sound Level meter (yes, EVERY audio... | |
| Budget AV Receiver with Magnepan "...I *am* unfortunately severely budget limited, $500 or maaybe stretch to $800. So I'll always be compromised in some way" (BFrank1972)Yep, I recommend this route EVERY TIME, BTW, over an all-in-one receiver route for your maggies: Some $400-$60... | |
| Budget AV Receiver with Magnepan I highly recommend against driving any 81 to 83 db, difficult 4 ohm speaker load on ANY receiver ever built, personally! Not only will the sound be rather flat in spots, but you'll likely be cooking eggs on top of the receive unit. I say, no go...... | |
| Down-firing subs and downstairs neighbors Yeah, it doesn't really matter whether the sub is down-firing or not - as may have been mentioned here by others. You issue is that the subwoofers soundwaves are going to couple with the floor and walls and such, and translate out to your neighbor... | |
| Headphones vs loudspeakers the same issue goes for car system efficiency vs. most home setup's. The woofers are not only closer to so many boundaries in relation to wave length - that they are reinforcing more of the bass frequencies- but the size of the woofers in relation... | |
| Headphones vs loudspeakers Something not being mentioned here is "efficiency". Headphones are going to be much easier to driver than typical passive speaker systems, through passive crossover networks and such. Also, yes, woofers driving a larger space are not as efficient ... | |
| How to control long decay of B&W woofers ? yeah...if the woofer is still moving,it's on the recording. |