joeycastillo
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| Shielded Speaker Wire 12AWG Hey OP you wrote you wanted "connect the speakers with shielded 12awg wire, " I don't suggest you do that. As per the video, shielding affects the dynamics of sound because of the signals going to the speaker are higher voltage/current swings. j... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? @lula The AGD, IMHO sounded like it has a tube sound organic and palpable, but it has details on the music sounding like a good SS amp. similar to my Pass. it has great control on woofers, bass sound very controlled, tout and not a lot of bo... | |
| Optimized Center Channel @traubr I only have used UMIK for REW. maybe there are others, but I only use UMIK and using REW, I was amazed what i saw on REW when placed on my sitting position. in my case, the frequency response had a lot of Dips and cancellations. i just ... | |
| Optimized Center Channel OP I had the same problem which you had. in my case, I just adjusted the DSP settings and re-arrange the position of the front channel. One thing I did differently is that I use REW to study the frequency response of the center channel at the li... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? its Sunday.. Diana Krall. 50 guitars got south of the border, Perry Como mono | |
| Subwoofer Question I have tried this, using 1 subwoofer. if you have non-treated room, and the system is not in synergy it will not matter. But if you have a well-treated room and the synergy of your speakers are dialed in, Then Yes, it will matter. For me, havi... | |
| Last Critical Tweak… how to quell occasional high harshness…? OP I think you should look into those caps. you mentioned that you have the silver Mundorff. I used that in a DIY build a few years ago, and we notice that it seems to accentuate the highs. we change to non-silvers and shrillness was subdued. unf... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? I recently heard the Laiv mono and the AGD. both are very good. I believe Gan tech has become so good in the last couple of years that they can be the better choice for Power amps compared to standard AB or even class A. | |
| Tube change. I like Sophia electric tubes for the 6sn7. no experience with Kt88 but generally, all tubes i got from Sophia electric tubes are good and reliable | |
| Upgrade from ProAc Response D2 in small room +1 on Yoyoyaya if the sound signature of the Proac is something you like, stick to it. I heard the Proac D2 and there are very good but not for me. I settled for Falcon. you may need a bigger Proac. also, the D20R has a ribbon tweet. you may like... | |
| Allnic OTL/OCL Phono vs Allnic DHT I am interested too. never heard the sound of OTL phono amps. | |
| Would You Rather Own A Good SET Amp, Or A Great Push Pull Amp? OP maybe i am biased but i owned SET. my audiophile friend has a great push pull amp well matched with his speakers. sounds very very good, but i still like mine (call it biased) but there is a something i hear on my gear that simply was missing ... | |
| Walk-in soundstage I speculate that this can be possible if speakers/amp and Room are in great synergy to create such an illusion. A well powered Maggie or ML or better still a MBL Radialstrahler in a room that is acoustically treated well to reproduce such an illus... | |
| Recommendations for speakers in a much smaller listening room. Hello @backwash your room is something close to mine (13x23). If you are willing to listen near Field, then i highly recommend the Falcon Gold Badge. LS3/5a and supplement it with sub. This is my reference setup, powered by Pass Labs Xa-25 OR my... | |
| Room Treatment Help Hello @keeferdog try to call ATS ( Acoustic Panels by ATS Acoustics ) They help me a lot. I used REW to determine what my room was doing and used that information to help ATS tech support better understand my situation, If you do NOT have... |