kr4

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Room Treatment for Corners - Recommendations?
Real or fake? How can either have any effect on room modes? 
Room Treatment for Corners - Recommendations?
"Also you have a dependence on what type of front end equipment you have whether it is SS or tube becuse that will also have influence on what you're trying to accomplish with your room treatments and how you place them."Now, how does that change ... 
Room Treatment for Corners - Recommendations?
Tube trapsRealTrapsGIKNo magic. Even rolls of OC703 will work.Kal 
How far off are wireless audiophile speakers?
Jamesw20: You can send high def quality video via wireless hdmi units so I would think this application/technology is readily available.Right and, more significantly, one can stream high resolution audio wirelessly today (and I do). It is simply a... 
How far off are wireless audiophile speakers?
08-16-11: Uru975if it is wireless it is automatically off how far depends on where you place the speakers.It is not clear to me what you are saying. Nonetheless, one can compensate for electronic latency as we do for distance. Of course, not if on... 
Is Bass Non-Directional In A Two-Channel Rig?
Theaudiotweak:Rather than stuck in a box I will accept "off the rails" as a compliment. Thanks Tom I applaud the consistency of your misapprehensions. 
Anyone heard te Sony SS-AR1
You better listen to them first. ;-)Kal 
Is Bass Non-Directional In A Two-Channel Rig?
Off the rails again. 
Is Bass Non-Directional In A Two-Channel Rig?
Theaudiotweak:A room an enclosure and free air are all passive radiators so they all must be incompetent.C'mon. The dimensions are quite different and, therefore, so are the frequencies. Besides, those are a constant so that adding a sub will make... 
Is Bass Non-Directional In A Two-Channel Rig?
"Again the box/enclosure is a giant passive upward frequency generator." Only if the design/construction is incompetent.Kal 
Is Bass Non-Directional In A Two-Channel Rig?
"Try putting the sub in a corner..."Only if you want to excite all the primary modes of the room.Kal 
Is Bass Non-Directional In A Two-Channel Rig?
"In the old days of analog only, the answer was yes. Drive by a bar/dance club at night and you will only hear/feel the bass....sometimes the voices...but try to hear a cymbal..."Irrelevant. That has to do with sound absorption issues.Kal 
Is Bass Non-Directional In A Two-Channel Rig?
It should be non-directional but the timing issues remain, anyway, especially with wireless connections that introduce 10-20msec or more of delay. This can work but putting the sub up front with a wired connection makes it a lot easier.Kal 
Sony XA5400 v Opp BDP-93 & DVDO Edge
If you want to compare the players, why send one through another processor and let the other bypass the processor? That is not how to compare them. 
Using XLR cables on the Sony 5400 SACD player?
And make sure the power cord is plugged in.