mapman
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| subwoofer for music? Main benefits of two subs is smoother response across the room plus of course twice the drive for the lowest octaves, which benefit the most from additional power and drive.Crossing over to subs for lowest octaves also helps take load off main amp... | |
| The Best Audiophile Earphones headphones and Amp I've been looking for a new pair of phones for use with a Logitech Squeezebox Radio.I have Stax headphones on one of my system and am looking for something that will sound similar in terms of natural non-fatiguing sound especially at higher freque... | |
| KEF LS50 Need Help Have heard LS50 in larger and smaller rooms and believe the main issue will be the small size and bass response in many larger rooms.A sub or two properly balanced in should eliminate that barrier.ls ls 50s are fine speakers but small and laws of ... | |
| The quest WHATEVER FLOATS ONES BOAT REGARDING GOOD SOUND. | |
| Advent Model 300 tuner/receiver Anyone compared Advent 300 to any good modern pre-amps? | |
| Review: JBL Studio 530 Monitor Thx for the review, those jbls have been on my radar screen since I first stumbled across them on amazon, | |
| Which component is most responsible? Yes, reasonably clean power however achieved is a must for this as well. | |
| Which component is most responsible? Yes, you need a good choral recording recorded a certain way to even have a chance, so make sure that is in place first, otherwise you will spin your wheels.Here's a good recording to try off the cuff:Mitch MillerHere's another:MTC | |
| Which one box Headphone AMP/DAC combo? YEs, BEnchmark hard to argue with. | |
| Which component is most responsible? Speaker setup and room acoustics mostly.Assumption is rest of gear feeding this is decent quality and matched well. | |
| Smartphone for the audiophile? Apple is probably too LCD (least common denominator) in its approach to ever have the best onboard sound potential. Not to say the latest and greatest Apple products are not perfectly adequate for most.Goodle/Android is more of an open ecosystem o... | |
| When does speaker distortion become audible? Usually when a speaker is overdriven.Speakers may also be more victims than cause of most other forms of noticeable distortion that may also be way more common and also harder to diagnose and correct when present. | |
| Magnepan Ribbons and Hearing Loss "Hearing tests do NOT reveal all there is to know about hearing.The sine wave testing they use is really tough to listen to.In the 'real' world the upper frequencies can be noted even by people with hearing loss. They may be down lower in strength... | |
| Magnepan Ribbons and Hearing Loss Measurements I have seen indicate Magnepan ribbon tweeters appear to have substantial output at frequencies well below 10-12 khz where a lot of music occurs, so no doubt in my mind that benefits could be heard clearly even by most older ears. | |
| Best movie to see what your HT AUDIO will do. How about the drum dance scene from house of flying daggers? |