jastralfu
Responses from jastralfu
| Small footprint subwoofer If the Kef is more than you want to spend two REL T5/x are about the cost of one Kef. Two SVS 3000 micros are slightly more than the two RELs. The SVS at 23Hz goes deeper than the REL at 32Hz but my in room response is a good bit lower than the 32... | |
| Small footprint subwoofer I have dual REL T5/x subs that I really like but, on paper at least, they likely don’t compare to the Kef. I went with the RELs due to cost as I wanted dual subs and the Kef is about twice the cost of the REL. | |
| Looking for a true upgrade in sound quality Are all sources veiled or just the streaming? | |
| Looking for a true upgrade in sound quality Veiled and etched seem to be mutually exclusive to me. Sounds like you want something more resolving but smooth. I have a Hermes DDC running into a Pontus II 12th Ann. that I like very much. It’s definitely smooth and pretty resolving. I’ve no... | |
| What is A.R.T? I have to say this is a little too much for me. The five layers are: 1. Open wallet 2. Fork over cash 3. Install into system 4. Listen for demonstrable difference 5. Wait for confirmation bias im joking really cause I have no idea what this is supposed to do and I’ve made some investm... | |
| 1 song you never get sick of? @irjones I thought I was the only one who loves that song! However, I would have to say Dreams. Close second would be Dance the Night Away, Then She Did or Three Days. | |
| Best streamer to replace my Mac Mini? @mikhailark fair enough, I guess I need to brush up on my reading comprehension! As a software engineer I can see spending five years working on software to improve performance, add functionality, and fix bugs. On a slightly different subject, l... | |
| Best streamer to replace my Mac Mini? @mikhailark site says it runs RTLinux, so what did take 5 years of development? The software that runs on the OS. | |
| Long time lurker looking for HT opinions I’m not aware of Focals being laid back. I’ve not owned them but I’ve never read or heard anyone say that about them. I’ve heard forward and bright though. Not that neat helps you at all. They are well reviewed on Crutchfield for whatever that... | |
| If A.I. took the place of musicians, would you listen to it? I’ve been thinking about this for a bit and it seems to me that my affinity is due to art, music, and literature being a form of human expression and connection. It is a way for the artist to express sadness, joy, anger, empathy, passion, or what... | |
| If A.I. took the place of musicians, would you listen to it? @larsman AI might not stop humans from creating art but it might prevent them from getting paid. This is a thing in the music industry where companies are using the music libraries they own to train AI to write, produce and record songs in the st... | |
| If A.I. took the place of musicians, would you listen to it? Likely not. For whatever reason I want to hear music that a human being has created of their own imagination after working hard to master (at least to some degree) a musical instrument. I find AI interesting and use it in my work but in terms of... | |
| ReL Subs: High Level or Low Level connection @thebingster I have both subs set somewhere around 60hz. I had them set too low previously and could hear the transition between my mains and the subs. I have stand mounts so that might make the transition more obvious when it’s not right but I co... | |
| ReL Subs: High Level or Low Level connection You likely already know this, but I forgot to say that the crossover setting on the sub is critical to getting it integrated. Obviously it’s speaker dependent but I started with mine too low. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? @jpwarren58 I was listening to The Richest Man in Babylon a few days ago on Tidal and went down the rabbit hole and found Thunderball, Bitter:Sweet and Air. |