kevinzoe
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| Absorb or Diffuse in between speakers? Barfbag (interesting name),As with most things there are so many variables at play and we don't know your desired end goals. You've heard that the following things matter:* type of speaker* current room's "aliveness" or "deadness" (ie. reverb time... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? I would like to express my sincere thanks to Paul for starting this thread which connected me to George and the Loghtspeed. I hope he knows in some kind of way how many lives he touched just here on Audiogon. Your contributions and insights will b... | |
| Room treatments - GIK Vs Acoustimac Glad my it'd bits of "advice" were helpful.For the ceiling, and given your druthers for great imaging, I would be inclined you try 6" thick absorption with a few inches of an air space given you have the vertical space to spare.Do you have a windo... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Hi all,As a Lightspeed customer I came across someone saying that when it comes to nonlinear distortion in the audio range, LDR's are pretty dirty. I know that there is no perfect product, but would someone care to explain and validate this assert... | |
| Room treatments - GIK Vs Acoustimac Hi Milpai,* congrats on the GIK investment - glad to hear that the 4 bass traps are helping.* lateral reflections from side walls tend to pull imaging in the direction of the reflection, so with no side wall 1st reflection absorbers or diffusers i... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Hi,I used to own the very highly regarded First Sound (active) preamp which was dual mono (2 volume controls, 2 input selectors) and it had 2db increments on its volume knob. I found the 2 dB step too large a size to get the volume just right. I m... | |
| Floorstanders vs Monitors and bass response Changing speakers naturally implies that the bass will be different. The full range speakers may go lower as indicated above, you may need to lower the Xover freq point.Do you own an acoustical measurement device so as to take before and after mea... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Congrats George! I love my Lightspeed. Any plans to broaden your product line? | |
| Cardas Speaker placement.. Spaz - if you want a subwoofer to help add more low end, check out this 712lb monster:http://www.lycanaudio.com/The_Ulric.html | |
| Cardas Speaker placement.. My ceiling has Roxul fiberglass in between the 2by6's and then another sound barrier and then 5/8ths inch drywall. I would have used the resilient channel for better sound proofing but didn't want to loose more of the limited 7' height.I've also s... | |
| Cardas Speaker placement.. Hi Spaz,My room is essentially the same dimensions (14'*21'7') as yours so I will share my experience. 1) Belfore doing anything, get yourself an acoustical measurement tool so that you can measure the room in its current layout which will form yo... | |
| Dedicated listening room design Six,It has been about 3 months since you posted your thread. Care to give us an update on where your construction project stands and the acoustical treatment decisions you've made? | |
| Dedicated listening room design Streetdaddy - if you have GIK D1s laying around then sure go ahead and place them at your side wall 1st reflection points to see if it makes it 'less dead' sounding. If you don't have them, then try a sheet of plywood angled so that lateral reflec... | |
| Dedicated listening room design Soix - I was in your shoes about 5 years ago. Exciting times and certainly enought to learn that will take some time to digest and internalize.Using my basement 2-channel room as an example, here are some of my learnings:* use a solid core exterio... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Devilboy,With my 97db efficient speakers - similar to your 96db speakers - I rarely get above 9 o'clock before being too loud. Often depends on the recording's level. Can make for some dynamic music . . . |