mlsstl
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| What percentage of audiophiles use a sub ? Certainly I completely agree that subs are not "necessary" to enjoy acoustic music, but in my experience they can enhance my enjoyment of it.The problem with these types of discussions is that people prioritize things in different orders. I'll agr... | |
| Logitech Touch vs Duet Of course you could also get a Sonos system and save yourself a lot of grief. Just curious - from what grief would I be saving myself? | |
| What percentage of audiophiles use a sub ? Martykl, I actually think we're in substantial agreement. Summed up, both of us are saying that adding a well integrated subwoofer to a system is a lot of work to get right. My added comment is that, if not done properly, you can end up worse off. | |
| What percentage of audiophiles use a sub ? I think that if a lot of the anti-subwoofer crowd let a professional home theater calibrator come into their room with some subwoofers, a good means of filtering the bass below 80hz out of the mains, and a couple of days to make it all work - they... | |
| Bring on the criticism... That's funny, but really what's wrong with this setup? I'm serious?Depends on what's important to you when you listen. Assuming the amp set-up can handle it, extra speakers can give you more volume and bass.The drawbacks include a loss of precisio... | |
| Logitech Touch vs Duet For a slightly different take, I have several Slimdevices. I currently have a Touch, a SB3 and a Radio. I owned a Duet (and still have the Controller and use it with the other players). I also auditioned a Transporter some years back. (The reason ... | |
| Logitech Duet vs. Dedicated Transport I've done both. My experience is that as long as you have a good wireless connection there is no difference in sound quality between the two connection types. Some people do have wireless difficulties due to competing networks or other interferenc... | |
| Please...Advice For The Speakerly Challenged It looks like a couple of preferences have developed for you. Why don't you find out who offers a home audition? Your room acoustics is going to have a major influence on how well any given speaker works for you. | |
| What percentage of audiophiles use a sub ? I'd have to say that a good percentage of the systems that include subs that I've heard don't impress me. The bass is overblown and unnatural and doesn't much resemble the live acoustic music I enjoy. That's not to say a sub that has been well mat... | |
| Room acoustics how ? My image is not centered You've got a tough situation, especially with the glass wall on the right - that is very reflective. The masonry wall is probably less so, especially if the masonry has any texture. The good thing is that you can experiment with acoustics very ine... | |
| What is wrong with negative feedback? Negative feedback has been used in amps for a long time but the use got out of hand in the 1970s when the "spec wars" got going big-time. Amp designers found they could get very low distortion numbers which looked good in magazine ads. The catch i... | |
| looking for tube info What do you mean by "effect"?You didn't identify the amp in question but from an electrical standpoint the new KT88s should work without adversely affecting the amp. They will probably sound a bit different but that may be as much due to old tubes... | |
| Signs of poor electricity in home...? An "AC buzz" is the 60 Hz noise one hears when a ground connection is bad or the AC cord is plugged in backwards. It sounds like your noise is much higher frequency. Where is your equipment located? If you have your amp, preamp and source equipmen... | |
| Signs of poor electricity in home...? Try to define the problem a bit more. You indicate this is not an AC buzz, but rather a white noise hiss from the mids/tweeters. Is this audible from the listening position or do you have to put your ear to the speaker? All electronics produce whi... | |
| Can back surrounds smear the front image? Whether the number of recordings with true rear ambiance is signifcant or not depends on one's perspective. I just checked and Amazon shows over 230,000 recordings in the classical genre while they show 305 DVD-A recordings, 3,901 SACDs and 64 Blu... |