mapman
Responses from mapman
| Happy Holidays and Your Favorite Tips? Get a handle on your room acoustics before jumping on the hifi merry go round. | |
| LS50 vs R11/7/5 Meta I have both ls50s and ls50 metas + sub and have auditioned those larger newer KEF models as well. The original ls50s are very good but the KEF product line overall has improved significantly since the original ls50s. That applies to all current m... | |
| Any normal size speakers that sound like Volti They are wide but not oversized for the space. I’d fight to keep them if you like them. What’s the big deal? If it’s something that takes up less floor space I’d be considering KEF ref 3 meta or maybe a pair of Revel towers. Triangle is another I... | |
| Weakest link in my system Hey you can surely do some good things with that equalizer. Room EQ Wizard on a device with half decent mike can be used to gen pink noise and measure then use eq to correct accordingly. Tweak by playing music, listening for say bass issues, ident... | |
| Weakest link in my system The other newer and often now more practical and overall effective option to address acoustics is digital room correction with DSP. It can be done in software for example with Roon or via hardware. | |
| Nearfield listening - once more Nearfield is a listening configuration that helps take room acoustics out of the equation. As such it serves as a very good reference point for how any system should sound. But fact is the farther from nearfield one listens the more the sound of e... | |
| How good is good enough? If you want to spend your time listening and in fact actually do then it’s good enough. | |
| Weakest link in my system That’s all good stuff that should work well together where in most cases the weakest link ends up being the room and room acoustics. | |
| High quality recordings any genre @lonemountain thanks for the kind words. I found that artist on Qobuz but not that specific release? | |
| High quality recordings any genre @ghdprentice I have great respect for both your experience and demeanor. Thanks for sharing it with others here. If you are ever in Baltimore/DC central Maryland area would love to have you over for a visit and listening session sometime. Cheers! | |
| High quality recordings any genre It’s an interesting topic! As a music lover my perspective is I have no control over how a recording is made. I do have Audacity software and know how to use it to make my own remaster (it happens) but I’d rather spend my time listening to whatev... | |
| High quality recordings any genre It’s never a good sign when a music lovers conclusion is most music is not recorded very well. Time to learn to appreciate recorded music better or maybe find another hobby. on the other hand it’s common for an audiophile to make that claim be... | |
| Structural beam in middle of listening room Download Room Eq Wizard freeware to your home computer. Generate some pink noise and take some measurements. Use built in computer mike for rough idea to start. That will give you an idea of what issues your room may or may not have as a start. Yo... | |
| How good is good enough? It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that bling. | |
| I’m looking for an sleek integrated amp under $15k If you want a nice display on the unit Cambridge Naim and HiFi Rose are the go tos. The Hifi Rose integrated probably stands out if video will be part of your game. I think Rotel just came out with something along those lines but may not be mu... |