mike_in_nc
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| Roon endpoint or Dac with Room correction I’ve used ARC and Dirac both (as well as several other methods of auto and manual room EQ). They both give great results. I have two different systems doing what you want.1. MiniDSP SHD. This is in our living room, a third system for us. I find th... | |
| Classe CAM 350 monoblock vs Classe CAM-400 or Bryston 4B3 If the older Classé amps ever need service, that might be complicated by Classé’s ownership changing from the B&W Group to Sound United, which I believe is not repairing older units. Bryston, of course, is not owned by a holding group and repa... | |
| CD Treatment Back when, I tried them all, and I never noticed any difference. Save your money for more music or better gear. | |
| speakers or room??? The Tannoys look like lovely speakers, and published measurements don’t show a peak there. But the two octave around 500 Hz are an area sensitive to speaker positioning, especially with ported speakers. So my suggestion is, try moving the speakers... | |
| Gaining listening experience without spending money Join an audio club, if there is one in your area. Go to meetings. Make friends with the other members and ask about reciprocal listening sessions. If there isn’t a club in your area, start one. Or, as @simao suggests, check the location of fellow ... | |
| Anyone have experience with Aerial Acoustics 6Ts? I heard the 6Ts at AXPONA, being driven by the Ayre Mimas integrated amp. To my ears, it was one of the best sounding rooms at the show. Very musical and clean. | |
| Suggestions for good cheap Equalizer As others have said, a cheap equalizer is not going to be absolutely transparent. But in a second system, maybe it doesn’t matter. Another issue is whether something like the Loki, with 4 fixed bands, might be easier to adjust than, say, a 1/3-oct... | |
| New Classe Delta amps and stereo pre amp @gallus - The Anthem also lets you bypass digital conversion of analog sources. From the manual:CONVERT ANALOGBy default, analog inputs are converted to 32-bit / 192 kHz using a high-quality A/D converter to allow Anthem Room Correction, bass mana... | |
| Yamaha R-N803 one of the best values in high-end audio? @sbayne - My experience is, all those programs (e.g., YPAO, ARC) have a learning curve if you want to get the best from them. Careful measurement, careful listening, careful tweaking. That said, none of that matters if you're doing it all by ear (... | |
| Amps and Kimber 12tc. Big amps and room temperature. I doubt that 12TC’s rather high capacitance is bothering the Bryston enough to result in extra heat. There is always some heat from a power amp; as Erik said, whatever power it’s drawing winds up as heat. The B3 series runs cool compared to some o... | |
| Bryston 3b3 or Cary SA-200.2 I have a 4B3, and I think it's a lovely amp. Presumably the 3B3 is similar.Just as the 3B3 is the little brother of the highly rated 4B3, the Audio by Van Alstine Fet Valve 400R is the little brother of the 600R, which has gotten great reviews. It... | |
| Yamaha R-N803 one of the best values in high-end audio? It seems like a great deal for the price, as you said. And I do like the Yamaha styling in general. It's hard to believe that a better unit with all those features would be available any cheaper.I'm curious. Have you have used YPAO? If so, what do... | |
| New Classe Delta amps and stereo pre amp @gallus - Classe is owned by Sound United, which I think is based in North America. It's the factory assembling the Delta series that is in Japan.Do I recommend the Anthem STR Preamp? I think it's a great choice if you want its feature set: a ster... | |
| New Classe Delta amps and stereo pre amp @gallus -- The DSP section of the CP-800 was OK, but not great. I own one, and I have moved it from my main system to a desktop system. In the main system, an Anthem STR Preamp at $4k (and often discounted) gives far more transparent DSP. With any... | |
| IM Distortion, Speakers and the Death of Science Erik, I agree with the premise that we need more informative measurements (or, really, more informative measures, the difference being that the latter are derived from the former, using some formula that relates to perception). I am, however, puzz... |