kr4
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| Hearing Tests What is the reference for your dB measurements and under what conditions? Usually, it is referred to a standard at 1kHz. If you show -86dB at 1kHz, then your sensitivity at 8kHz is down 17dB and you are down 62dB at 12kHz. In fact, from those numb... | |
| Hearing Tests Actually, using speakers is not a generally good method unless you are working in an anechoic chamber. The best one can do domestically is to use sealed headphones and, even then, one needs a very quiet environment. I have used sealed, calibrated ... | |
| Optical input double adaptor? I am not certain that a "splitter" will work in this combining application and would feel more secure with a switch. | |
| An SACD question I am still on the bandwagon because there is really nothing better yet, especially for multichannel.Kal | |
| hooking up HT amp I am afraid that I read your post twice and cannot comprehend what you are asking. Can you describe, separately, what each component is doing and how they are connected? Then, define the issue, i.e., is it connection or level problems? | |
| How far can room treatments solve boomy bass? Yes, XTZ measures/outputs only one channel at a time. If you want to measure more channels simultaneously, you use a Y-connector (for 2 channels) or the bass management and channel settings (mono or all-channel stereo) in your electronics. Great p... | |
| Speaker Identification, Help Please Thanks for the suggestion. Silly stuff. | |
| Artemis Speakers as1.0 Wonderful speakers, imho. | |
| Using in ceiling surround, shall I upgrade? I do not know anything about "drop-down" speakers but I have always been unhappy with in-ceiling speakers for anything other than background music (which I hate anyway). Speakers should be at ear level or slightly above if all the sound is not to ... | |
| Want to identify my speakers DIY using JBL parts. | |
| Two-channel is inferior to multi-channel, no? Let him have the last word. This thread has run its course. | |
| Solve Hum??? You need to narrow it down to the faulty component. First, do you get this with any other source? Second, bypass the DAC and see if it still happens. | |
| Integra DHC-80.2 Audio Mode Click Yes. They click but I am not bothered by it.Kal | |
| Warm Sounding Speakers Bah, humbug. Everything should be neutral, including room acoustics. | |
| Nasty slap echo First reflection point panels deal with a specific issue and not with the general acoustics of the space. The slap-echo is due to the reflections from one hard parallel surface to another. Do you have a lot of hard, bare wall surfaces? |