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| Experienced only: What have you done with room correction? I'm currently using one of MiniDSP's Dirac Live boxes, which corrects both frequency and time domains. My system is pretty basic - homemade speakers using Alpair 10.2 full-range drivers, FLAC rips on a PC played through Foobar2000, and a tpa3620-... | |
| Room correction room system vs ears…. I've used digital room correction for years, first as a plug-in to Foobar2000, and now with Minidsp's Dirac Live box. I rent and am a fixed-income. The former means I deal with rooms that are sub-optimal, acoustically. The latter restricts how muc... | |
| Luxman Knockoffs or Counterfeits? I've bought a lot of camera equipment from Japanese eBay sellers and never had a problem, so if the audio gear I wanted was available from there, I'd probably do it, although the step-down transformer is a separate issue (but the t-former will cle... | |
| Inherited a pair of JBL 4350 -- Need Advice You want to join Lansing Heritage Forum, and you want to do it yesterday. | |
| We Can Make Classic Cars Outperform Today's "SuperCars": Why Not Vintage Audio? It's already being done. The Gerard 301 and 401 turntables, the Thorens 124, various broadcast tables, etc. In speakers, horns and electrostatics, mainly because few modern manufacturers are producing them, and when they do the prices are eye-wat... | |
| Does Anyone Think CD is Better Than Vinyl/Analog? "Digital is more accurate. Analog is more interesting." - me, talking about color film vs CMOS sensors, but it probably applies here, too.SACD from my Sony SCD777 was VERY interesting. | |
| $10K Budget for Speakers: Martin Logan Masterpiece vs Tannoy My all-time favorite speakers are the Quad 57s, so I get loving the MLs. My 2nd favorite? Big Tannoys.You'd pick the latter if realistic scale and dynamics matter to you. ESL's provided a very detailed, but miniaturized version of the musical ev... | |
| Warm romantic & detailed I second the guy who suggested digital processing ala Room EQ Wizzard. I'm a renter who's had to deal with all sorts of terrible-sounding rooms, and room correction is an absolute lifesaver.I currently use MathAudioRoomEQ via Foobar2000, but ther... | |
| Question For Those That Watch Movies/TV Through Your Two Channel System The best movie/TV sound I ever had was two-channel: Quad ESL 57s, Townsend supertweets, REL subs, with an ARC Ref III pre, and VT100 amplifier. It didn't play loud, but the sheer intelligibility of dialogue and realistic 3D soundstage more than m... | |
| Are these Speakers the BEST on Planet Earth ?... Haven't heard them so obviously have no opinion.But having used the shareware MathAudtioRoomEQ plugin I can say that digital room correction is possibly the single biggest breakthrough in sound quality since the LP, unless you're able to build a d... | |
| Types of speakers to create nightclub style sound? There are a LOT of great suggestions here, with best occurring multiple times: horns like Klipsch, JBL pro stuff, other brands of powered PA equipment, etc. Club systems are large, typically horn-loaded, and feature efficient drivers. In contemp... | |
| High value, giant killer speakers? In general dipoles play nicer with your room than box speakers, hence Maggies, and my current home built Fostex 103/Eminence Alpha 15s.Quad ESL 57. For me the 63s and their derivatives throw too much treble and midrange energy into all but the la... | |
| Audiogon member suggestions for a speaker that sounds good at low volume!!! When I had to share my house with an elderly parent and needed a bedroom system for quiet late night listening I got Quad ESL 57s and they were great.But the levels you're suggesting are REALLY low.I suggest throwing DSP at the job and adding a ge... | |
| Spatials = Done for now! Yeah, dipoles handle your room better than box speakers - listening to a DIY pair as I type this. | |
| What is the most dramatic way of increasing a speaker's Bass and Low mid? Moving your speakers closer to the corners will load the low frequencies and increase their volume. Too much and it will muddy vocals and destroy the stereo image. For a 36" tall speaker in a 12' X18' room with 8' ceilings, start with theses n... |