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| Diagnosing inadequate bass in an audio system. The Audiocheck.net site recommended by @yage seems like a good place to start. I have Stereophile's Test CDs and typically use similar tracks from Test CD 2, which used to cost about $12 but can now be purchased for $50 on Amazon! Checking by e... | |
| Diagnosing inadequate bass in an audio system. Try this. | |
| Bulk cable for rear speakers You might look at Furez In-Wall Rated Speaker Cable. They make a 14awg x 4 wire cable (2 x 14awg = 11awg) or a 14awg x 2 wire cable. The wire is 99.997% OFHC C10100 Copper Construction (High Conductivity Oxygen Free Copper), in a 7 Bundle Advanc... | |
| Outdoor/pool.deck system I basically have a separate system in my garage. Since the streamer/server in my main system uses Roon and we have a mesh router system, I have a mesh node in the garage connected by Ethernet to a Roon endpoint then a DAC with volume control going... | |
| SMc DNA-1 Power Block Upgrade Steve has consistently moved his products forward over the past 20 years by taking advantage of new/better parts, better circuit boards, and also through design changes in grounding, introduction of the Gravity Base, vibration control, Panzerholz ... | |
| SVS SoundPath Subwoofer Isolation Feet @mitch2 If they were so successful why change the hardness of the rubber so much? So which product do they stand by? Although the SVS website shows the footers have a 5-star rating, based on 711 reviews, I have not used them so cannot speak to... | |
| SVS SoundPath Subwoofer Isolation Feet "there was zero thought or engineering to them" The engineering is in the shape, the metal reinforcing shell, the size, the material, and the hardness. Their description, "optimized durometer elastomer feet" doesn’t describe the materials used,... | |
| To bolt Standmounts to stands, or not? Something that would be easy and relatively inexpensive to try, along with a 60-day trial period, would be to place Herbie’s Audio Lab Thin Fat Dots between the bottoms of your speakers and their associated stands, bolt the speakers to the stands,... | |
| Nearly all manufacturers do not advertise/exhibit their product measurements? Why? I have been running through my preamp options here ranging from purely passive, to a high quality op-amp active stage, to a tube active stage with NOS Amperex (Holland), to a well-regarded unity gain solid state model. The preamp has been sort of ... | |
| Nearly all manufacturers do not advertise/exhibit their product measurements? Why? "Just listen to it" sounds good, but those of us who were around when amplifier power "specifications" were mostly a figment of the manufacturer's imagination should appreciate today's more accurate power reporting requirements. Is there still a ... | |
| Best 12AU7 Type Tubes for a Preamp I was recently asked a couple of questions related to this thread so I will partially answer here. Q: Any update on how the new tubes sound in your system ? New Tubes: Amperex PQ 7316/ECC186 Holland Short Plate O-Getter 1965 Ct5. I have had th... | |
| Balanced Streamer/DAC to Unbalanced Preamp The only time I had to convert was when I was trying to use single-ended tubed preamps into a pair of large solid state monoblocks that only accepted balanced inputs. The best way to do that was through a pair of transformers such as the Jensen I... | |
| Nearly all manufacturers do not advertise/exhibit their product measurements? Why? Power cables and speaker cables appear to be easier to design Geometry designed to lower inductance (i.e., twisted, star-quad or braid) and sufficient gauge to conduct the current should get you most of the way there with power and speaker cabl... | |
| Nearly all manufacturers do not advertise/exhibit their product measurements? Why? If you spend a lot of money on audio equipment, it is helpful to have a basic understanding of specifications and how those might affect successful partnering of equipment. Examples include how the relationship between amplifier power and speaker... | |
| Nearly all manufacturers do not advertise/exhibit their product measurements? Why? Manufacturers (or, more accurately, designers) measure certain parameters of their gear as part of the design process, and then they listen and voice the product to achieve the final result. Selected measurements are used to develop the product sp... |