mike_in_nc
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| How do you find time to enjoy your $$$ speakers and system? It's a good question, for sure. Even in retirement, I don't spend as much time with the music as I might like. I think it might be different with a spouse who also enjoyed it. But mine has terrible tinnitus, which music at anything higher than bac... | |
| Ferrite cores on cables I have tried them and never heard a difference. | |
| Best Liner Notes / Information delivery from Streamers & Streaming Services I think Roon does so well because they pay for access to metadata source, rather than solely depend on what’s freely available. They also access Wikipedia. It is their selling point, so they put more effort into it than some other platforms. | |
| More Bass >> how do I go about doing this "Measuring" << Well, either you do the work learning to use OmniMic or REW or something similar, or you don’t. There are no special tricks; it just takes doing it a few, or a few dozen, times. There’s q... | |
| More Bass >> OK, how about 2 subs on the opposite wall 20’ away facing the back of the listening position? << More likely to help than placement right by the speakers. You’ll never really know unless you measure. We all think we have golden ear... | |
| More Bass Two thoughts in agreement with @erik_squires and one about positioning: If you don’t have an amp that can handle a low-impedance load, try one Get some measurement capability, so you and others have a better idea of what’s going on My thought... | |
| Rell or JL subwoofer? As far as I know, the SVS software consists of the same app for the whole line. I think one of the low-end subs (SB-1000 non-Pro version) may not support it, though, as the plate amp needs the circuitry. I have not tried the SB-2000 Pro. SVS Custo... | |
| Small, Effective Subwoofers? The SVS 3000 Micro has been getting good reviews and is 10.9" high. Not to be pedantic, but you do know? Subs often are used to help fill bass nulls, and the absolute worst placement for that is adjacent to the main speakers. | |
| Rell or JL subwoofer? As @erik_squires said, JL has the auto EQ feature, and that is nice to have. It wasn’t worth the cost to me when I wanted to add 2 more subs. And as @soix touched on, SVS subs have an app that lets you apply up to 3 PEQ points to each sub, along ... | |
| Rell or JL subwoofer? All three manufacturers make fine subs. I have owned two JL F112 (original version) for about 15 years. During that time, they each have had to go back to the factory twice for problems. To JL’s credit, they did the fourth repair at n/c after I c... | |
| Power cord - 5 ft vs 10 ft ? Dear @jumia, If you’ve heard "many things" about the length of power cables, you may be reading too many audio boards! 😉 There really isn’t that much to say! If this is an effect at all, it’s vanishingly small compared to things such as speaker a... | |
| Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older? Hey @musicfan2349 If you are "worshipping at the church of St. Miles, Art Blakey, John Coltrane, etc. " that is great. It's old music that is new to you. I hope you also look into some of the newer jazz artists -- you know, the ones who are st... | |
| Best Liner Notes / Information delivery from Streamers & Streaming Services I share your desire to know WHO is playing the music I’m listening to, maybe even WHO composed it. Roon seems to be the best . . . it’s their main value-added in my view . . . having far more of that kind of information than other platforms I’ve u... | |
| Class H amps? It’s all in the implementation. Making a generalization about amps by class is . . . well . . . unfounded. It’s like saying all blond(e)s are dumb. Every one I’ve met is different. I’ve heard the AHB2 (class H) in my own system (with Janszen elec... | |
| Comparing One System to Another - A + B The TL;DR version: Positioning the speakers and listener is critical to getting good sound. And perhaps you need to work on that in your LR system. You can get help from Jim Smith's book and video, Get Better Sound. - - - - - - >> The sp... |