lanx0003
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| Overkill for small room I've had the opportunity to audition the Dynaudio Contour 20i speakers, and I must say, their sound quality is very impressive. According to Stereophile's review, the Contour 20 speakers pair well with two modest class A tube amplifiers (with 22-3... | |
| Seeking Budget CD Player Suggestions @jafant Just dig out the PS1. Feeding it to my thrid system in the study room that include Parasound Zpre2 -> A23 -> NHT SB3, I had semi-full range of engaging music down to 39 hz... | |
| Best Audiophile desktop for under $2500? Try iphone. In my case, streaming iphone renders better sound quality than my windown-based laptop and MacBook Air. I don't wish to provoke another debate but try yourself if interested. | |
| Handling Heavy Amps Op, I am not sure if someone have already suggest but one possibility is to place the heavy amp, if you really want it, on a separate low solid-top stand with casters. Alternatively, you could replace your current audio rack with an audiophile-gra... | |
| Handling Heavy Amps $12,000 Accuphase A75, 97lb. $124 per pound. Good deal. Class A class A sound. True continuous average output power, i.e., 60 wpc into 8 ohms & 480 wpc into 1 ohm. 👍︎👍︎👍︎👍︎👍︎ 100 lb is not that heavy. It is lighter than your lovely best ha... | |
| Blue tooth receiver recommendations Ifi Zen Blue. Expensive ($199) but great. I owned one. I heard Zen Air Blue ($99) is as good but is made of plastic. | |
| You don't lack bass, you have too much treble I tend to agree, OP; your observation is valid. However, I face a dilemma in treating my room further due to WAF. Also, I had good reasons not to pursue the subwoofer route after multiple attempts. Instead, I opted for the EQ route with manual equ... | |
| Short list of musical subwoofers I have only tried SVS subs so far, so I may not be of much help. However, Rythmik offers more adjustments, including the low pass frequency (LPF) slope and PEQ adjustments that others do not have. You may want to give it a try. https://www.audios... | |
| Best Sounding Adapter - Making RCA into Banana or Spade? Thanks! In my case, I was doing that from the beginning. However, it turns out the amp pumps too much power into my sub. You can tell right away because it leaves no room for volume adjustment on the sub, and it doesn't sound right—it just rumbles. That's... | |
| Clean power and it's affect on sound quality The power grid supplying my house is fed from a nuclear plant. No wonder, regardless of how I upgrade my power supply or cable, the effect is not notable. | |
| Best Sounding Adapter - Making RCA into Banana or Spade? Thanks! You could get a line out converter if you want to take speaker level signal; Or a line out attenuator, fixed or variable, if you want to take signal from line level. Try Amazon or Crutchfield. | |
| Free air, tighter bass - snake oil or cheap tweaks? Your observation is correct, and it does seem counterintuitive. The speed of sound generally increases in less dense media, such as humid air compared to dry air. However, the perception of sound can be affected by various factors. In the case of... | |
| Adding streaming services to a streamer via usb Since Sonica is a DLNA compliant renderer, I believe you can stream music through DLNA, which should support 24/up to 192 hi-res from Qobuz. Another option is to buy a genuine Lightning to AV adapter and physically connect the iPhone to stream mus... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? I prefer speakers with a sensitivity range between 86-88 dB; I dislike those with a sensitivity higher than 88 dB because I want to avoid any hiss from the speakers. Contrary to the belief that high-sensitivity speakers perform better in low-level... | |
| Free air, tighter bass - snake oil or cheap tweaks? I added weight (door stoppers, 2.8kg) on top of my bookshelves. However, the real deal comes from the decoupler below the speakers, specifically two layers of drum dampeners. |