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| Looking for speaker recommendations that I can purchase on Amazon.com @jl35 thanks. Both of those look interesting. Neither had come up in my prior searches on Amazon.Do you have links to any reviews of these speakers?It helps that I find both to be attractive speakers. I should have mentioned this in my OP, but I d... | |
| New system has fatiguing, harsh high frequency sounds. How to fix? @psickerson RE: "Try Roon..." Thanks again for that suggestion. I went back and learned a little more about Roon and I also came across HQPlayer by Signalyst.https://www.signalyst.com/consumer.htmlI'm going to investigate this direction. This look... | |
| amp (or receiver) recommendation for Polk Audio RTi A7 floorstanding speakers @willemj "I am not sure about the plug that you linked to (call Focusrite for advice)".I think the info I need is in the manual. Here's what it says:"LINE OUTPUTS 1 to 4 – four balanced analogue line outputs on 1⁄4” (6.35 mm) jack sockets; use TRS... | |
| amp (or receiver) recommendation for Polk Audio RTi A7 floorstanding speakers @willemj - Thanks again for your help. I seem to almost have this figured out. Please let me know if I’m wrong.Here are the panels on the amp, Scarlett 6i6 and subwoofer. https://imgur.com/a/6Eh06https://imgur.com/a/lMkPa (better rear of sw)The su... | |
| amp (or receiver) recommendation for Polk Audio RTi A7 floorstanding speakers Regarding connecting speakers... I will be connecting the USB DAC (Scarlett 6i6) to the Yamaha P5000S power amplifier in a very standard manner via two 1/4 inch to XLR cables. I will then connect my speakers to the Yamaha P5000S in the standard ma... | |
| New system has fatiguing, harsh high frequency sounds. How to fix? artemus_5: I am generally not streaming MP3. I am playing CD's or lossless computer files (.wav or similar). | |
| New system has fatiguing, harsh high frequency sounds. How to fix? psickerson RE: "Roon - since you never heard of it, how can you make assertions about the configuration requirements. "I simply quoted from their website. Core doesn't run on Linux according to their own site. Do you know otherwise?willemj - I hav... | |
| New system has fatiguing, harsh high frequency sounds. How to fix? fraterperdurabo: "...the Real Time Analyzer app for your smart phone and do some measurements." Awesome suggestion. Thank you. I didn't know about those apps. I found a couple different Android apps including these:RTA Audio Analyzer by RadonSoft ... | |
| Pioneer VSX-901S? Thank you. I appreciate that feedback. | |
| amp (or receiver) recommendation for Polk Audio RTi A7 floorstanding speakers "My only remaining question would be if you can play from two analogue outputs at the same time"Yes, it can. It's pretty flexible. | |
| New system has fatiguing, harsh high frequency sounds. How to fix? kalali: "The easiest way to reduce treble harshness is to set up the speakers such that the listening position is off-axis of the tweeters, e.g. no toe-in, tilt back, etc. "I don't remember who recommended that earlier in this thread, but I did ... | |
| amp (or receiver) recommendation for Polk Audio RTi A7 floorstanding speakers kalali - "Are you sure about Yamaha P5000S? " I think willemj responded better than I could. I am not sure about anything. I'm just learning. I am, however, buying my equipment new from Amazon right now so that I can return it if I make a decision... | |
| amp (or receiver) recommendation for Polk Audio RTi A7 floorstanding speakers Equalizer Apo claims to be Windows-only, so that leaves me out. But I can try Pulse Audio Equalizer on the computer, if needed.The cables (TRS or TRS-to-RCA, etc.) don't sound like a problem. But I am confused by something very basic. I thought th... | |
| amp (or receiver) recommendation for Polk Audio RTi A7 floorstanding speakers Here are the panels on the amp, DAC and subwoofer. https://imgur.com/a/6Eh06Unfortunately, this sub does not provide speaker level (hi-level) inputs. I read a few different articles about the connection options. Here are the 3 I thought were best:... | |
| amp (or receiver) recommendation for Polk Audio RTi A7 floorstanding speakers willemj - "Focusrite - Is that what I think it is?"Yes, I think so... I already use the Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 with my computer and a set of powered speakers (Logitech Z623). Going from that to a power amp with unpowered speakers seems like it ... |