kofibaffour

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What's ideal size for a listening room?
A room with these ratios is ideal: Height - 1m Width - 1.618m Length - 2.618m   Extrapolate that to your room and the bigger room is best for. Also a larger room means the room modes are more spread out which makes room treatment less of a pa... 
What amp/preamp are you using with your Vandersteen Treo CTs?
@referee1  A family member uses this combo set for streaming and CD Playback: Preamp - Benchmark LA4 Power Amp - Two of this McIntosh MC830 Monoblock  
Speakers sound too bright.
@rwalsh07 I'm glad you didn't succumb to cable nonsense and actually fixed the issue. The speaker  
whatsbestforum - what's going on
@carlos269 I created an account earlier this year but didn’t post anything. Just a comment on what amp someone can get as they were looking for mono blocks. I didn’t even put any link. Just listed the mono blocks and left the forum to go do someth... 
Which speakers are ideal to pair with a Yamaha as3200
@ercubano801   * Crucial: Optimize Gain Staging on MiniDSP Flex. Download Software: Ensure the MiniDSP Flex control software is installed on a computer.  * Input Calibration: With music playing from both the Eversolo (via USB) and the Goldnote ... 
Upgrade from Martin Logan Sequel II's to ????????
They're a panel speaker, yup they're the bottleneck in your system but that is just my anti panel bias showing strongly. Hope you get to demo some stuff cos I know you're not buying off of recommends here. Anyway look at this - SourcePoint 10 Boo... 
How competitive are you with your system?
I don't compare. That is a fruitless venture  
Low capacitance cables for Gryphon
This at whatever length you want and whatever terminations you want @swede58 Has a capacitance of 19.9 pF/ft. which is incredibly low  
Have some fun with bookshelf monitors!!
@toddalin how can a speaker that doesn't produce kick drum fundamental, thin sounding male vocals, hollow thin bodied female vocal fundamentals be referred to as reference? Nothing referential about that  
What decibel level do you listen at? What is ideal?
70dBC for music with peaks into the 90s for the more dynamic material I listen to. For multimedia outside of music, 80dBC with peaks nearing 100s so I wear some specialised earplugs during movies @polkalover   
New vs uses in your current setup
everything is new except my subwoofers and monoblock amps which I repurposed from my immersive setup that I had to downsize from @cantorgale   
Which amp with Wilson watt puppy 8
@lendivf refreshing to have a manufacturer that is pragmatic and no deal in vibes and feelings. YES, it is a learning experience but getting to know what your room/speaker synergy is like in Room EQ Wizard takes out the mystique of many issues peo... 
Have some fun with bookshelf monitors!!
MoFi's Sourcepoint should be on your radar  
What exactly is critical listening? Who does it?
I thankfully don't engage in audiophile nonsense such as "critical" listening. that is such BS it is funny. As if we were in the studio when the recording was taking place. the self fellation that occurs in these circles is comical  
Which amp with Wilson watt puppy 8
I think you're confusing things. a Class D doesn't mean digital so no. class D is still analog @lendivf