mike_in_nc
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| Two vs four subwoofers for music playback The use of woofer towers -- essentially stacked woofers -- will produce more output, but their usefulness at evening frequency response is debatable. The utility of a distributed bass array (DBA) comes from the distribution of woofers across dista... | |
| Two vs four subwoofers for music playback I went from two subs to three. I considered four, but in my case, in a dedicated room, I have full freedom of placement and also have measurement equipment to get them where overall frequency response (FR) is smoothest. So I thought I’d try three ... | |
| Will upsampling of new DAC make lossy sound as good as Lossless "Good" is subjective. It might, it might not, depending on the listener. I’ve not found upsampling to be uniformly positive; sometimes, it makes things sound worse to me. Also, I don't care for lossy audio unless I'm in a noisy location like a gy... | |
| Are AI Equipment Reviews on the Horizon? I have the impression that many of the "reviews" of unknown products on Amazon have been written by robots already. @artemus_5 - I think ASR is OK if you take it for what it is -- a site that measures gear to quantify objective performance. I’d l... | |
| dCS Network Bridge - still worth considering? My opinions: The dealer wants to sell you the dCS. I would not buy a digital product whose manufacturer has abandoned the entire category. Check the Web; see if people are having complaints about support. I’ve seen a few. I have not heard every... | |
| Anthem STR Power Amp vs Parasound JC5 @listru - I don't know where you're located, but in the USA, Crutchfield sells the STR amp and offers a 45-day return policy. I think that will cost you $10. But yes, you have to pay first, then get a refund when it's returned. I think they sell ... | |
| CUSTOM BUILD AMPLIFIER CHASSIS Sorry to hear about your shop locally & happy to see you got some more concrete recommendations. When you try to work with someone who isn’t solid and all there, IME it can be a very painful experience. (Probably it is for them, too, but the o... | |
| Anthem STR Power Amp vs Parasound JC5 If you're thinking of buying new, at that price range, any dealer should let you try it at home for a while, and you can make up your own mind which you prefer. | |
| CUSTOM BUILD AMPLIFIER CHASSIS Google "metal fabricators" in your area, then call and ask if they do small runs. You'll need proper blueprints. | |
| Streaming network issues - need a geek +1 @jgoldrick Yes, add a switch -- or more than one switch -- NOT a second router. The kind of switch you need is something like this: https://smile.amazon.com/Ethernet-Splitter-Optimization-Unmanaged-TL-SG105/dp/B00A128S24/ You can think of i... | |
| Streaming network issues - need a geek I misread the original post -- now I see that you are connecting the streamer by WiFi. Yes, as others have said, the modem needs to be in pass-through (modem only) mode. That means its WiFi will be off. I believe most Netgear stuff has a sticker ... | |
| Streaming network issues - need a geek What model is the router? If relatively new, you may have customer service available from Netgear for free. Their paid service, I'd be hesitant about. The one time I tried it, it cost me to have them tell me to reset everything back to default (wh... | |
| If a speaker cable added 1 - 2 ohms of resistance would that be? Of course, @crustycoot is correct that a couple of ohms of speaker-cable resistance will degrade the realized damping factor considerably. The nominal damping factor is usually computed DF = 8 / Z where 8 is the assumed impedance of the loudspea... | |
| If a speaker cable added 1 - 2 ohms of resistance would that be? I've concluded audiophiles are crazy. You can sell them anything if you make it expensive enough and get some guy with no qualifications to say on YouTube that he likes it. Then people will like the sound on one album and one system and say it blo... | |
| If a speaker cable added 1 - 2 ohms of resistance would that be? If the speaker’s impedance changes markedly with frequency -- as speakers tend to do -- a couple of ohms in the speaker cable would be a bad thing indeed. It would form a voltage divider whose values vary with frequency. That would change the freq... |