joshua43214
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| Roon….can anyone point me to “human” tech support My internet was down for a week, and that meant so was Roon. To make matters worse, I couldn't connect to my Optical Rendu with Roon offline. I had to hack my phone so I could tether it to my home network in order to listen to music. I am don... | |
| Can I use Wifi for internet, and LAN on internal network only You want something like this To be really clear, I am not recommending this particular item. In fact this item is probably total crap since it was on the top of Amazon's sponsored list. I used to use one of these to connect my DV... | |
| WBT Banana Connectors I have a set of those KLEI bananas. They are very very nice. Much nicer than about anything else. but... They have serious issues with coming loose if you have heavy cables. They are pure copper, which is probably the worst possible choice one ... | |
| Spikes on tower speakers Spikes are for coupling, if you have a suspended wooden floor, it will cause the entire floor to resonate. I tested both coupling and decoupling my speakers, and decoupled was better by far on my suspended wooden floor. As for the speaker movi... | |
| Advice on Speaker Wiring - Larger Advent w. McIntosh MA6500 Amplifier / Speaker Settings @paulinastoria I don't know what you are referring to on Amazon. https://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/speaker/index.htm They buy it on huge rolls, it meets codes for in wall installation and can be run for very long runs. Get it from the sour... | |
| Advice on Speaker Wiring - Larger Advent w. McIntosh MA6500 Amplifier / Speaker Settings Wire on a roll is also called an inductor. Just fold the extra back and forth under the floor if you don't want to cut it short. Also, imo that is far too long a run for 16ga wire, and miles too long for the cheap zip chord you used. Beld... | |
| What happened to Rotel? That really sucks. seems to be a growing trend, had about the worst service experience ever with Cary Audio this year. Hard lesson learned - always keep the original box, and puts the receipts in there. | |
| What's going with Small Green Computer? Update Monday Feb 13 So I made this thread on Saturday the 11th in the afternoon, at the time my order was still listed as pending, and I had heard nothing back. I got an email that night at 9:00pm from SMG notifying me that it shipped, and a... | |
| What amps are out there that are Class A, 50 wpc into 8 ohms? Manley Snappers are 100W, I think their other amps are in the same range. Cary Makes some 100W-ish amps as well. Class A watts are very expensive, I doubt you will find anything over 25W that is not expensive | |
| Upsampling on multiple devices Upsampling is almost always done better on the server side, but... There are a lot of caveats. It is very difficult to get a good signal from a PC's USB port, especially if it is not a dedicated server that is optimized for audio. I have never b... | |
| HT and 2 channel in same room? 1 or 2 systems? I have been a cinephile almost as long as an audiophile. If you want them to share rooms, then you probably have to chose which one takes precedence. Putting a big monitor between your mains is a pretty horrible thing to do. I use a projector and... | |
| Analyzing DACs In my opinion, the DAC is the second most important component after the speakers - it is creating the signal you listen too. Quality does in improve with price, but I don't know what price it stops being really noticeable. Good DACs cost a... | |
| Solving the "complex music problem"? @kota1 Not sure how that solves anything. Powered speakers have the same issues as passives. Active crossovers are another animal entirely, I expect there are very few option for a powered speaker with an active crossover, and even fewer that ... | |
| Solving the "complex music problem"? I agree about room acoustics, what you hear is mostly the room. That said, the next major issue is 2 way low sensitivity speakers. No matter how good the room is, it is limited to what the speakers produce. The critical bandwidth in a 2 way sp... | |
| Why does pulling out main speakers from wall improve sound? It is all about the frequency produced by the driver and how it interacts with the front baffle (the front panel on the speaker). When the wavelength is equal or less than the cone of the driver, it will beam straight ahead and radiate very littl... |