johnnycamp5
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| Speaker positioning: why do audiophiles neglect this so much? @mahgister Shouldn’t have been too bad at low level (and near field) except at the lower frequencies (<250Hz)… Still that’s nothing to sneeze at (starting around middle C on a piano) Also correcting those lower frequencies throughout the room ... | |
| Speaker positioning: why do audiophiles neglect this so much? It’s true there are just too many variables in all different rooms. Also in what people like to hear with respect to “too live” or “too dead”. After decades, Im one of those folks that has come to my own personal conclusion that room acoustics co... | |
| Sub questions Try it all ways that’s the fun and it’s easy if it’s not huge. | |
| What is Tight Bass? @ohlala Sounds exciting please report back with pics if possible! | |
| What stereo equipment do respected musicians listen to? Perhaps I missed it but no one has mentioned the obvious… Aside from the few musicians who don’t care, most I’ve known ( I’m a lousy drummer lol ) take care of the room acoustics in their instrument (playing) rooms…. It’s just not feasible not t... | |
| What is Tight Bass? @ ohlala Bingo! Bass traps for reducing bass anomalies and ringing due to large parallel surfaces (ceiling/floor is usually the first offender (and often shortest distance)) in most domestic settings has the largest effect in “tighter bass” IME. ... | |
| Is rectifier tube arcing a problem? A few years back I built an ANK Kit-1 300b stereo power amp. The rectifier tube arked upon power up. I contacted ANK’s builder at the time and he suggest trying a new EH 5u4gb. Told me to buy two or three cause one might ark even new, so throw it... | |
| Bi-amping I think there are countless reasons to bi-amp (or not). One of my setups uses floor to ceiling line arrays using 30 peerless TC9 drivers per tower. The enclosures are sealed (no ports) and have almost 0 output below about 150Hz. I use a pair of s... | |
| I treated my room ! Good work! IME (in typical home environments) acoustic treatments always result in the most “bang for the buck” improvement in sound. The source can be an AM radio or a high dollar component system. If I’m concerned about the sound, I still choos... | |
| Affordable vs. ultra expensive speakers - what's the difference? Not much especially if your a “DIY guy” with loudspeakers. Proper room acoustics (treatments with broadband absorption, bass trapping, diffusion) can make speaker topology even more irrelevant … | |
| Dr. Johnny Fever from WKRP in Cincinnati has signed off :-( @roxy54 Everyone’s different, plenty of folks filter out the good a remember only bad…a pessimist optimist thing.. As far as things not being more simple well… I recall there being four or five channels (broadcasts) to watch on the TV. We woul... | |
| Dr. Johnny Fever from WKRP in Cincinnati has signed off :-( RIP @kingbr It’s not just you… | |
| Try a sub a third in the back I love seeing the excitement people get from adding a second sub. Also surprised though… as DBA is approx. 25 years old. Seems some still think of it as folklore or a tall tale. IME if you’ve got a troublesome room from 150Hz & down (like mo... | |
| How Big of a Difference? @williewonka Thanks that helps! | |
| How Big of a Difference? I always wondered about the improvements from cables but never (not yet) went down that road. My biggest unanswered questions are on “power cables” Are these more like a “device” than just the correct quake cable? And what about the approx. 100’... |