heaudio123
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| Directionality Explained I think Geoff only herds audiophiles he agrees with. If someone believes cables are directional for audio, are they directionally challenged or challenged by direction? | |
| Distortion on the Power Line I was not suggesting for the casual user, more for electricians who want to step up their diagnostic capabilities (if they don't have this already), or helpful EEs. If you need a certification training to interpret the basics of what comes out of ... | |
| Subwoofer Question If you are using 4 corners, then a specific version of a bass array, also called DBA, but in this case double bass array, may be something to look at based on your physical implementation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_bass_array | |
| In the middle of a pandemic, Stereophile reviews ~ $30K equipment About 250,000 Ferraris and Lambos ever made, estimate 50% still on road = 125,000 but average owner actually has 2, so perhaps 62,500 current owners. Total current audience of all those magazine is ~ 20 million. Let's be generous and say 1/2 of o... | |
| In the middle of a pandemic, Stereophile reviews ~ $30K equipment I wonder if this firing was truly about refusing to manipulate the data, or the general aversion to a competent government employee .. by other government employees :-). Old Japanese proverb, "The nail that stick up shall be hammered down".geoffka... | |
| In the middle of a pandemic, Stereophile reviews ~ $30K equipment To teaudio's point, 99.9% of people who read Car and Driver, Motor Trend or Road & Track will every own a Ferrari or a Lamborghini or McClaren, but that is what people want to read about. I am probably never going to own or fly a Mach 2 fighte... | |
| In the middle of a pandemic, Stereophile reviews ~ $30K equipment I assume by exposed, you mean you had an actual confirmed Covid19 diagnosis?Two clicks worse than a cold does not take out 25-50% of the residents in a nursing home. During WW2, I wonder if American's considered it "giving up their civil rights", ... | |
| Subwoofer Question While I am a huge advocate of acoustics treatment, the op mentions they have a small listening space (Hey op, what are the measurements). Good, emphasis on good, bass control with acoustic treatments means large acoustic objects. That may not be ... | |
| What Do You Think . . . and How Does It Work? A bit unrelated but look at his recommendations for speaker placement and how he uses a different speaker placement for a speaker with a different radiation pattern. I think this shows nicely how speaker placement "calculators" are at best approxi... | |
| Distortion on the Power Line jea48,If you don't have one, you can pick up used Fluke 43/43B for < $1,000 used on EBAY which is fine for single-phase use. The Fluke 41B is an older unit, but ones in good condition go for <$500 regularly with required accessories. There i... | |
| Directionality Explained Was there a question? I thought this was an advertisement :-) | |
| Directionality Explained Yes, you appear to have been discussing it the last 20 years. Over 3000 posts by geoffkait on directionality. People are listening, but then they listen to comedy shows. | |
| is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl Keep at it! If nothing else, it is a lot of fun, and if you come up with a formula that improves your listening enjoyment, then you have accomplished something and perhaps others will enjoy it as well. guitarsam OP29 posts05-19-2020 6:52pmsam her... | |
| is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl I respect his personal opinion, but as pointed out, we don't know if the MSB DAC is programmed to be technically accurate or true to the signal. I remember some tests of a very high end MSB that showed significant IM distortion, not something one ... | |
| Directionality Explained Or a never ending loop for someone with the initials GK.nonoise5,947 posts05-19-2020 1:23pmI don’t think you will ever guess what the H stands for.That’s an open ended request for abuse. |