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| To Bi Wire or not to Bi Wire that is the question? @hifiman5 Don’t have to tread lightly when there are no caveats. Imaging s based on the off-axis response on the two speakers and also on your positioning of the speakers. It is literally impossible to alter the off-axis without also altering the... | |
| Best bookshelf speakers The Sierra’s are great, but won’t image as well as the BMR. The S400 is good, but not as good as the Sierra’s nor BMR, srill bests most other speakers around its price. For the Silverline, Stereophile measured a much cheaper speaker than that on... | |
| Rythmik vs JL vs REL In the frequency range it covers, the ULS does a fantastic job, it just doesn’t cover as much of the frequency range as I would like, especially in the EQ2 mode, for a little bit more the Rythmik F12 does a better job. The ULS srill beats most oth... | |
| Rythmik vs JL vs REL The HSU subs, except their sealed, is really good. The HSU VTF-2 MK5 for instance is the best sub out their at its price range. Rythmik and Rythmik are my go to. | |
| To Bi Wire or not to Bi Wire that is the question? Bi-wiring does nothing except changing the impedence the amplifier sees by a small amount. It is impossible for it to impact imaging, which is the off-axis response interaction between the speakers, it is impossible to alter the off-axis response ... | |
| Why does my DAC sound so much better after upgrading digital SPDIF cable? @Kalali I’m a skeptic because I reference studies showing the differences are inaudible? @audioengr That’s BNC, not optical. And again, that’s at frequencies we can’t hear. Since you know how quick a psec is, let’s listen to what 2 microsecond... | |
| Why does my DAC sound so much better after upgrading digital SPDIF cable? @audioengr I didn’t say the DAC would eliminate jitter, I said it would reduce it to beyond audibility. Just take a second (pun intended) and just think how short a nanosecond is, and then a picosecond. Sorry, but no, we can’t hear a difference... | |
| Why are my SF Venere S Speakers not sounding as warm? @tice34 For Audyssey, use all 8 microphone positions. The first one should be dead centered where you sit, all other 7 should be where your head could be if you are slouching, leaning forwards, they should not be more than 3ft from the 1st posi... | |
| Enough power? Most setups, unless doing DSP and/or sitting far, really don’t need more 50W into 8ohm. 45W would be satisfactory. | |
| Go dual small sub, switch to closed sub or buy a bigger sub? Sealed subs aren’t better for music once you hit a certain price range. Also, sealed subs have more distortion than ported; it may be just below audibility for some units, but it’s a fact. The PB-1000 will be audible down to ~20Hz in-room, so whi... | |
| Why does my DAC sound so much better after upgrading digital SPDIF cable? @melm Look at how Stereophile tests jitter, it actually is in our hearing range. Who cares if the timing errors are at 500kHz? You claim the clock differences can be heard, I no doubt believe you hear a difference, I do doubt though that any dif... | |
| Why does my DAC sound so much better after upgrading digital SPDIF cable? @boxer12 If the difference is due to placebo, it at the end of the day makes no difference from an actual improvement, as you feel the system is sounding better. However, your perception may not work in the same way as someone else, so actually c... | |
| Why does my DAC sound so much better after upgrading digital SPDIF cable? @boxer21 And yet you do not know it actually made a difference, all you know is that you heard a difference. @audioengr3 I know a few psec makes a difference, and the measurements I was talking about showed digital coax around 100psec at 100kHz... | |
| Why does my DAC sound so much better after upgrading digital SPDIF cable? @melm I will be the first to say I don’t have a golden ear, my $4000 towers speakers don’t sound much better than my $300 bookshelves and my $15 headphones don’t sound much worse than my others costing far more (all are well reviewed/measured, so... | |
| Speaker recommendation for Home Theater Monitor Audio’s Silver line is good, but the AMT tweeters in their Gold and Platinum line are not up to par. For 7.1.4, you need at least 11ch. I’d go with a Denon X6400 for $1500. Now, there is the X8500 that is 13ch and uses the AKM 4490 DAC i... |