mceljo
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| Using Receiver as a Switcher? My personal opinion is that the number of watts isn't always a true indicator of quality. I believe that an amplifiers ability to handle high current loads (i.e. low ohms) is more important. I recently stepped up from a Onkyo receiver that was rat... | |
| Focal-JM Labs speakers I have only had the opportunity to hear the 706v, 816v and 836v in the Chorus line and the Diablo, Scala and Grande in the Utopia line. I really like all of them, but can't speak to any of the others. My father-in-law recently got a pair of the 70... | |
| Focal-JM Labs speakers I realize that this thread is extremely old, but figured I'd added my experience with the Chorus 816v and 836v speakers that are related to this thread for future searchers.I narrowed my speaker search to the 816v and the 836v with a $1,000 cost d... | |
| Perhaps we should stick with midfi... Douglas - I like you suggest to mix and match with the OPs other system. I'd probably take one of the new components and hook it up in the old system and see if the sound improves. The next step might be to take one component from the old system a... | |
| Perhaps we should stick with midfi... Paperw8 - I agree with you quite a bit. Unless there is really something mismatched, I can't see any hi fi system really sounding "bad." It's far more likely that it just doesn't have the sound the purchaser was trying to get. If a person visits a... | |
| Review: JM Labs Cobalt 806 Monitor I recently took my father-in-law speaker shopping and listened to $800 max speakers. We listened to PSB, B&W, Paradigm and a few other brands. They all sounded great, but the Paradigm stood out for me as something I'd like to own, but both of ... | |
| Perhaps we should stick with midfi... So what is the definition of low fi, mid fi and hi fi? Where do they fall in the wallet? | |
| Have you tried matching a stereo to your hearing? I would say yes. I'm thinking an Audyssey type project where instead of trying to match a set response the user would have an interface to input their personal hearing curve. I'm not sure where the hearing curve would come from, however. It might ... | |
| speakers close to the back wall ? My Focal 836v speakers sound great to me up against the wall. I like the increase in bass compared to what I heard in the store well away from the walls. The soundstage isn't quite the same, but I'm fairly locked in with possible locations. Mine a... | |
| Music vs. Components Today I stopped by the store where I purchased my speakers with two CDs in hand that I wanted to listen to on the Focal Grande Utopia EM speakers to see what was really on the recording in the lowest organ ranges. I'll admit to not being blown awa... | |
| Music vs. Components Oakleys - I'm not really trying to "prove" anything. It's interesting to me how few audiophiles will admit that listening to components is their primary enjoyment. I'm certainly into music from a technology/science aspect much more than I am for t... | |
| Have you tried matching a stereo to your hearing? As a point of clarification, I'm not suggesting large scale adjustments, it might be within the range of what my receiver does when run in direct vs. stereo where there is obviously some internal processing going on. It seems that everyone is thin... | |
| Music vs. Components Jafant - The fact that you think that recognize that components can be prominent essentially proves that you listen to components on some level rather than music. People that are only into the music won't complain unless the CD skips.Odd thought o... | |
| Have you tried matching a stereo to your hearing? Al - I wouldn't have come up with the Fletcher-Munson Effect specifically, and I'm not sure that it's exactly what I was thinking. Let me propose an option (4) and see if it is different from the option (1) you describe.(1) adjusting the system so... | |
| Have you tried matching a stereo to your hearing? I suspect a problem with doing it, assuming an sensitive enough EQ was available, would be the recorded media would likely be mixed based on the sound engineers hearing so every recording would be different.On a more macro scale, could the speaker... |