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| A problem with AC Power you may not have considered. My wife’s car was actually down the street at the stoplight and the pole was hit by lightening (same storm that hit my stuff). The EMP stopped the car in its tracks. It wouldn’t start for a few minutes and then fired right up and she was on her wa... | |
| How do SVS subwoofers compare to REL? Congrats. It’s such a reward when you can get things to mesh! Are you still liking the SVS? Had time to play with any room nodes? | |
| What is the most dramatic way of increasing a speaker's Bass and Low mid? Get four subs and use Room EQ Wizard (free) but extremely powerful, put those measurements into Multi-Sub Optimizer (free) amazing you can see the graph improving as the program creates filters, which crunches the numbers and builds the filters I ... | |
| A problem with AC Power you may not have considered. Great experimenting! In my first old apartment in Chicago that had steam heat I couldn’t even listen to my music through the electrical grid hiss or watch my projector because of the pulsing image. It was at that point I realized how important cle... | |
| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker I think you’d be hard pressed to find a better sounding amp period, much less for the money. I auditioned a number of amps through my dealer who had 20.1s in a show room with various amp configurations over the years including some uber expensive ... | |
| Mac Mini as a music server I love my Mac Mini as a server. . . I use JRiver as my backbone and take advantage of the optical out of the headphone jack directly into my Mini DSP. I opted for an older model 2.6GHz i7 Quad Core 16GB RAM and upgraded the drives to super quiet a... | |
| Power conditioner or outlet? easola01Yes any connection that creates a complete circuit path from an outlet through equipment to another outlet is a potential carrier of lightening. WiFi is fast enough to create a local area network so if your equipment doesn’t have WiFi buil... | |
| Power conditioner or outlet? I recently had my projector and video processor fried by an electrical strike because I had items plugged into their own outlets for all the reasons stated above. I’ve moved to an active lightening area with frequent brown outs and power surges wh... | |
| My first visit to AXPONA High end audio is similar to many extremes of any hobby or sport. There is always a place where price and performance meet. For us that price point is higher than people who don’t appreciate systems like ours. There is a point where doubling price... | |
| TV gives me a headache when its on; any suggestions? When I first bought a DLP Projector 20 years ago I plugged it in and the image drove me crazy. I could see the phase and I was so disappointed. I then realized the stereo was doing the same thing from the projector interference and eventually figu... | |
| How do SVS subwoofers compare to REL? I run Magnepan 20.1 speakers supplemented by two Kinergetics SW-800 and two SVS 16-Ultra subs. All this is in a studio apartment and has eerie 3D sound, I don’t believe you can have speakers too big for any space. SVS makes great subs which are bu... | |
| Can cables of any cost and quality provide bass response missing in my B&W speakers? I agree with a lot of comments here. Attenuating your speaker’s capabilities through cabeling doesn’t seem like the best solution. I would add stereo subs to handle 35hz and below. Pretty impressed with my SVS subs, great price, look and sound of ... | |
| What are the best loudspeakers under $4000 to re-create lifelike piano I grew up hearing a grand being played daily. Yes it’s hard to reproduce. . . I recommend getting a pair of 20.1 Maggie’s or Martin Logan CLX’s used. They are close to your price range on the pre-owned market if you’re patient. Then drive them wit... | |
| Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? I’ve always felt that a properly set up horn system can give some of the best 3D sound because of its inherent high directionality and ability to avoid comb filtering. I heard a set of Sadurni Acoustics Speakers set up well and the image was absol... | |
| Why is good, deep bass so difficult? - Myths and their Busters There are a lot of good points here. . . I thought my 20.1 Maggies went low until I got the subs set up and dialed in. The difference is incredible. Friends come over and expect to be blown from their seats but with proper speaker placement, using... |