larry_s
Responses from larry_s
| Why power cable effect overall syste sound? A few years ago or so on another forum a member who had an incredible listening room constructed (~$75K) and easily over $150K of gear swore up and down changing power cables to his powered sub inside the overall speaker enclosure made a noticeabl... | |
| Ayre QB-9 USB DAC I tried to compare my Esoteric DV-50 and the QB-9 both connected via XLR to different inputs on my pre-amp. However, the DV-50 was noticeably louder when switching inputs at the same volume setting. Adjusting the volume puts me past the 200-300ms ... | |
| Best HDMI Cable for Video HDMI uses TMDS (Transition Minimized Differential Signaling) to send data. In short, each 8bit data value is encoded into a 10bit value before it is send over the "wire".The encoding is done to minimize the 0->1 and 1->0 transitions: The enc... | |
| Best HDMI Cable for Video Component video (analog) and HDMI video (digital) are two different beasts.When using HDMI and TMDS encoded video streams it is impossible for a cable to modify bits from the source to produce an image that looks like what was intended never mind ... | |
| Ayre QB-9 USB DAC "I also need a bigger hard drive although a firewire drive is cheap these days. It is important to use firewire so you don't overburden the USB bus."I use an "older" Windoze XP based laptop with a 500GB FreeAgent USB drive with the QB-9. Works jus... | |
| Oppo BD83SE compared to Nuforce Edition Analog ? There are a couple detailed comparisons at the end of this thread: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1194011larry | |
| Killing BluRay, new Oppo BR 83 Like the OP, I'm not convinced Blu-ray will succeed like DVD. But, I think there is a very big improvement for BDs compared to DVDs. Not quite like VHS->DVD, but enough to immediately tell the difference between the two (all things equal). But ... | |
| Centre speaker for Silverline Audio Sonata Mk111? Try sending mail to Alan Yun at Silverline (sales@silverlineaudio.com) and ask him. A third Sonata III would match quite well. :) A Sonatina III has 3 of the same drivers as the Sonata. Also, I just noticed Silverline does sell a center channel sp... | |
| Silverline Sonata-III vs. Sonatina-III with Cary 12x8 meters? :) I'm assuming you mean 12x8 feet. I have Sonatina IIIs in a 13x17x10h room and I don't feel I'm missing any bass from the speakers or have too much. I drive them with Manley Snappers. I auditioned the Sonata IIIs (great speakers) in... | |
| Looking for non-boomy full range speakers Go with the a good sub-woofer. Properly setup it will sound like full range speakers that match your room. A full range speaker that can really go down to 27Hz will be too much for your small room. | |
| Do speakers sound better on wood floor or concrete Concrete, unlike wood, does not audibly resonate. Concrete, with or without rugs, does nothing to bass - rugs will not absorb bass frequencies. It might sound damped compared to wood because the wood augments the bass via resonance/vibration (even... | |
| What power is required to drive Paradigm 100's The older (V1) 100's could dip to about 1 ohm which can cause problems for some amps, especially when being driven hard, and damage your speakers - most likely the tweeter. I don't know if the new 100's impedence curve is the same as the V1's or n... | |
| Speaker Recommendations Price range? Full range or monitors/sub? | |
| Why are big speakers in small rooms bad? I'm in similar situation. My room is 13x17x10.3, which, from reading around, is a small(ish) room (about 2200cf). I am currently using Studio 100 V1s that are probably too much for the room. The room is treated with Echo Busters products and some ... | |
| Why does Denon 3910 default to PCM for sacds? To add to what Rex said. How many HTs have 5 full range speakers that are equidistant from the listening position? Defaulting "source direct" to "off" makes a lot of sense. |