o_holter
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| Nearfield listening - once more Testing some more with the Audiokinesis Dream Maker floorstanders. They stand ca 5.5 feet from the wall, and 5 from the side walls, toed in ca 40 degrees. They stand 6.7 feet apart, measured from the center of the drivers. My conventional listenin... | |
| Bose 901 Series V Questions The best sound I got from 901s was in front of a brick wall. With the V towards the wall. That wall had a surprisingly large impact on the sound. And breathing space. The V maybe three-four feet in front. And of course, most of the time I did use... | |
| Bose 901 Series V Questions I tried but went back to conventional setup. they could be used as concert speakers though, backfiring towards the musicians. I never liked the sound of the Bose equalizer, and ended up running the 901s (v2) without it, accepting a very bell-shape... | |
| Structural beam in middle of listening room I have a slim column two feet or so to the right of my listening chair. I dont like it. But I have not bothered to dampen it. Maybe I should. It seems to have a small impact, especially, when I move my listener position forwards, so it is a bit be... | |
| Nearfield listening - once more With close and medium distance I can feel that the band is around me. Pushing the chair further back is like changing the position from the stage, towards the front seats in the concert hall, and then further backwards. I think this says something... | |
| Nearfield listening - once more Testing nearfield listening in my main system. First, I drag and push my heavy listener chair much closer to the speakers than I am used to. I then change the position from very close, to medium close, to not so close. The test deserves one of m... | |
| Anyone Here Ever Purchased A Tube Tester? I bought a Beck Elektroakustik RM-1 tube tester in 2015. It was customized for the main tube types I use in my system. It works well and the support is good. However it does not test the tubes for background noise. | |
| Streaming through upconverting DAC - can I even improve audio quality? Native / pure DSD - yes, it sounds good. Upsampling - so so. I don't bother with it (using a Teac NT-505, Topping E30ii, etc DAC). | |
| Nearfield listening - once more I also have a further question regarding nearfield listening. Do you find that it works better with streaming, than with other sources (especially, analog / LP)? If nearfield tends to sound especially good when streaming, there could be many cau... | |
| Nearfield listening - once more I'd like to clarify my statement on bass, above. Of course it matters, also for nearfield listening, although maybe a bit of the deep bass is lost. It is only that, in my experience with subs, I like them best when they are positioned like speaker... | |
| Nearfield listening - once more @jkevinoc - good to hear the Kans and the Classic are still working so well. I have never heard them, but have been impressed by other Linn gear. I am testing single driver speakers in my desk system - Arche Audio FR2 speakers and Arche D50A s-st... | |
| phono preamp to power amp An amp with a volume control seems like an integrated amp...it includes a preamp? Anyway, try it. | |
| Nearfield listening - once more Wow what a load of information! Thanks! Just a quick reply. I suggest that we leave deep bass out of the discussion, for now. Not because we dont need it! On the contrary I understand very well the idea of going from below, when tuning the system... | |
| HoloAudio Spring 3 Kitsune DAC NOS @paqua123 You can download dsd music from sites like NativeDSD. One of their sample downloads costs little and will test your DAC and give you a feel for the sound. Yet it is hard to find DSD downloads of well-known artists. Why? Maybe because t... | |
| Effects of concrete as base for subs, speakers and potentially equipment The best idea is to stabilize the wooden floor from below, if you are able to do that, e g with a beam in the basement like I described above. If not possible, you can try weight springs etc, but it will all be placed on an unstable floor. |