o_holter
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| 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. | |
| Nearfield listening - once more @mahgister Thanks for comments - I agre with much of what you say. You wrote: "Room acoustic cannot be replaced or being disposed of because we listen nearfield ..." Exactly! But you also write "the result will be a no existing soundstage or... | |
| Nearfield listening - once more @pwerahera thanks! Seems reasonable. Basically I think you are right. Yet these are not the only laws of physics. Bi- or omnidirectional speakers sound different and work differently from traditional front-firers. I would say that room treatment i... | |
| Nearfield listening - once more @hiphiphan Height - is it always the case that ears are best served by height = the centre of the tweeter? I sometimes feel, somewhere between the tweeter and woofer (or bass port, in case of single driver speakers) is better. | |
| Nearfield listening - once more @hiphiphan Yes, sitting closer to the speakers, my face/head blocks more of the sound from the other speaker. Do you find that the best result is related to the toe-in of the speakers? @steve59 > 2 to 1. 2 ft apart for 1 foot back. Interest... | |
| Nearfield listening - once more Thank you all for very interesting and positive responses! I will consider a bit, and come back. | |
| Nearfield listening - once more I know that with a two (or more) way speaker you have to move the listener position so that the two drivers blend well. With my single driver speakers that problem is smaller. I can sit closer to the drivers and yet get quite full range and time-c... | |
| Nearfield listening - once more I also wonder, is there such a thing as a "nearfield speaker" or is this mostly words? All speakers are nearfield if you sit close enough. The ideal speaker should sound good from the near, the mid, and the far listening zone. But attempts to impr... | |
| Playing DSD files A new test. Beach boys: Holland - a classic from 1973. The qobuz streaming is clearer, and quite good. My vinyl rip from the original LP is more noisy. It is a quite even match, give and take. Karpe: Omar sherrif (2023). This is interesting sinc... |