njonker
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| Dipole surrounds Vs. Direct radiating I had to place the surrounds in the corners behind the listener, played with dipoles and did not like it. I ended up getting direct speakers at the time, the same pair as I had in the front. Never regretted it a moment; the surround effect was ver... | |
| What type of breakers are best for audio So, on a related but slightly different topic, what about using the two phases of the powerline? Is there any advantage to putting power amps on one phase, the rest of the electronics on the other? Or maybe putting digital on one phase, analog on ... | |
| klipsch 4.1 is the best. If cost is not an object, there is most certainly a better solution.I use Mackie HR824 active studio monitors with my PC, each one is internally bi-amped. They have essentially falt frequency response from 40Hz-20kHz. This is of course a rather ex... | |
| What s behind your chair? ....the rug in front of the couch is on the floor, in case you're wondering... :) | |
| What s behind your chair? I recently put a rug on my back wall, it hangs about 2.5" out from the wall. It made the frequency response in the room nearly perfectly flat, except for a bass problem I am woking on solving now. The rug is about 6'X8', short fibers and fairly li... | |
| Tuning speaker / room response? Jaycee, thanks for the response. I ended up buying a different instrument to test with, after some people had pointed out the flaws in the methodology I was using here, and using different test methods. Some of the things seen in the graphs above ... | |
| What s in front of your chair? Metaphysics, now for a serious answer. The coffee table obviously made a difference, as you noted. The surface of the table is most likely an almost perfect reflector. The ottoman would probably have more shape to it, and be made from another mate... | |
| What s in front of your chair? As for the carpet fibers, i agree. I have also had great results with synthetic carpets loaded with various amounts of dirt. Extensive experimentation has shown that clay put down in Size 10 1/2 footprints results in excellent bass imaging that ma... | |
| Jokes of and about audiophiles Favorite birthday gift for an audiophile that does not have a turnrable: An LP. You will know the boys from the men quickly; the boys will complain they do not have a turntable. The men will proudly inform you they will get a second mortgage short... | |
| Jokes of and about audiophiles A tube-head goes to buy a new car. He goes to the dealership and asks for a 30 day test-drive. He then takes that car to all the places he normally goes, at all times of day, making sure to bring along all the people he would normally carry. He ta... | |
| Jokes of and about audiophiles A friend of mine explaining to his wife why the amps have to stay on all the time, when the electric bill arrives the first time after he installs his Class A 200W mono blocks:"Honey, I'm telling you, listening to my system is just like taking a s... | |
| best preamp for old Mark Levinson 29 I have heard that with an ML-38 in to maggies, sounded awesome. | |
| hum in system, ground loon? 60hz? My suggestion would be to go work from the speaker backwards. Disconnect everything but your speaker and power amp, short your power amp inputs. If your hum is still there, it's the power amp. Try lifting ground in that case. Work your way back th... | |
| Buying "Sound Unheard" I used to buy almost all my stuff blindly, based on what i read and heard. It was kind of hit or miss that way, but for me that was fine as this was buying stuff that cost at mosta few hundred bucks, and was easily returnable or re-sale-able.I hav... | |
| Survey-What is your most used source? CD (Including SACD) at home, about 80%; MD recordings of CD when away from home 10%; CD in car about 5%; Radio in Car about 5%.Without MD, my life would be miserable. |