freediver
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| non parallel walls in listening room IMO your missing an opportunity here to remove the room from the equation.By setting up in the center of the long wall you will eliminate early reflections,echo & bass nodes.Treat all corners,high & low.Split the long wall behind electroni... | |
| In a lot of these threads people say without the room being treated While I completely agree that an untreated room is a killer to great sound I have to disagree about the difficulty in actually performing the act of treating.Using the live end/dead end philosophy of treating It's VERY easy to walk around a room,... | |
| Amp for desktop setup, low volume listening BrightAudio.com sells the Stereo 50 amp only for $1500.00....Try a pair of Open Back,Over Ear headphones.At low volumes you can hear the dogs knocking over the trash can in the kitchen or a crying baby no problem. | |
| Overcoming ba(e)droom accoustics Yea,tough looking room.If I were living in this room I would:1.Get a KA Headphone rig.2.Move the bed(which I assume is the listening position)directly across from the dresser.Use dresser for electronics,speakers on each side of dresser on stands p... | |
| Overcoming ba(e)droom accoustics You can spend another $2500.00 & NOT get the same impact a few hundred dollars of treatment will give!Why can't the room be treated?There is 2 way tape that can easily be removed without damaging the walls.It won't take much,corner traps &... | |
| Vandersteen 1C's to replace Paradigm Studio 40's?? I have owned a few pair of Paradigm's & have ALWAYS found them to be very bright in Acoustically Untreated rooms.Paradigm voices ALL their speakers in an Anechoic Chamber.The Studio 40's can be fantastic speakers with just a bit of treatment &... | |
| Amp for desktop setup, low volume listening iFi Audio "Stereo 50" Tube Integrated Amp w/DSD-DXD DAC,BluTooth & MM/MC Phono driving Silverline Audio Minuet Supreme,Sonus Faber Toy Monitors or Omega Super 3 Desktop speakers + & add great headphones at a later date.Question if you don’... | |
| Help with Model and Pricing of Triad vintage 5.1 Surround Speakers Ughhh,call Triad? | |
| Peachtree Reliability issues? 2+ years with a MusicBox,NO problems whatsoever! | |
| Best budget DAC All out assault:SMSL "M8"DSD/DXD $250.00.DSD/DXD 32/384 off USB. Budget DAC:HiFiMeDIY "SABRE DAC2" UNDER $100.00.24/96 off USB... | |
| Do i need a CD player, or can I use Mc Book? gdhal I must disagree.The level of quality in todays inexpensive DACS far surpasses most inexpensive cd players & most include Analogue Out so it will act as PreAmp..For all out assault I recommend the SMSL "M8" DSD/DXD DAC,about $250.00 DELIV... | |
| 24/192KHZ. FLAC Files in WMP? Thanks for the reply.Since I posted this I’ve discovered the WMA Lossless is limited to 24/48...Spent all weekend ReArchiving everything in FLAC(which is 24/192).Now I just need to upgrade to a higher res.DAC... | |
| Best mellow sounding 12ax7 for Thor TA-1000 preamp Stick w/Mullard.Anything NOS,ESPECIALLY 1950's Long Rib Plate..Holy Grail would be to find the pretty much non existent Western Electric,also from the 50's... | |
| Streaming Audio Questions The absolute best gear for streaming audio has come out of the Head-Fi arena...Have a VERY long look at the UNDER $100.00 HiFiMeDIY"SABRE DAC2" for 24/96KHz. streaming/HiRes files & for DSD or 24/192KHz.the SMSL "M8"at $250.00 is WORLD CLASS! ... | |
| Which system would you rather have? Experience,lets see.43 years of going to live concerts in some of the worlds best concert halls(life in the Army does have some perks).15 years installing custom home entertainment systems,30 years following all the audio rags & many THOUSANDS... |