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| Non-fatiguing speakers in $10K range? GoldenEar T66, Magnepan 3.7 (only if you have a Maggie-friendly room), KEF LS-60, Monitor Audio Gold 200. Any of those will fit your requirements, and they couldn’t be more different: a fully powered system, the LS-60s, the hybrid T-66, a traditio... | |
| All Hail the meek --yet mighty – NODE 2i I bought my Node last fall because of one feature - a headphone jack. I was about to have shoulder replacement surgery and looking at about a month of enforced indolence. You don't move around much for at least the first couple weeks, so I wanted... | |
| Why do Wav and Flac Files Sound Different? And of course the listeners were unaware of file type and metadata status for each trial, correct? And the tests were randomized to prevent observer bias? And the results were corroborated across multiple listeners, using multiple trials? And all... | |
| Preamps ... no bass or treble control? If we accept Dr. Greenman's assertion that tone controls are represented by a transfer function, then then any mechanism altering tone is represents that transfer function, whether cable or amplifier. Note also that the room represents an entirel... | |
| Best Subwoofer Connection for Music @oldrooney "I don’t know why anyone recommends using high level I/O for integrating subs in a music system, but I swear I have read/heard the advice more than once, and it always caused me to scratch my head. I couldn’t figure out why they would r... | |
| Best Subwoofer Connection for Music @oldrooney Yeah, but that's not how it works. Opening up any subwoofer with high level inputs and primary speaker outputs and you'll see they are just passthroughs tapped to feed the subwoofer amp. Hi level inputs typically have a high impedance v... | |
| Best Subwoofer Connection for Music There really is only one correct way to add a subwoofer: insert a high pass/low pass electronic crossover between your preamp output and the inputs to the main speaker amp(s) and the subwoofer amp(s). Anything else is just an attempt to get a subw... | |
| Integrated Amplifier for KEFLS50's or Bowers & Wilkins 706 S2's I own both LS-50s and the Marantz PM7000N. I can't say enough good things about the PM7000N. It is the best value integrated amp on the market, IMHO. It works, it sounds great, Heos is decent, and I voice control my system with an outboard Amazon ... | |
| KEF LS50 Meta I own a pair of the original LS-50s. The number one thing to understand is their use case. They are a nearfield monitor. If you sit more than a five or so feet from them the may sound small and lost. If you sit 3 feet from them, your are on their ... | |
| Meter for measuring cable capacitance Or, you could just calculate it here: https://www.ampbooks.com/mobile/amplifier-calculators/ | |
| In Wall Speakers recommendations Success with inwalls is nearly as much a function of how good a back box enclosure you can create as the speaker itself. Also because of the way inwalls acoustically load into a half space their LF lack the step response of a box speaker, so you m... | |
| Recommendations on integrated amps Two integrated streamers come to mind: the WiiM Amp, an app controlled 60 w/ch Class D amp includes the highly regarded WiiM streamer as well as additional analog and digital inputs, and a line level sub output. The similarly specced Marantz PM900... | |
| Self Powered Outdoor Speakers Russound makes an in-wall WiFi streamer w/BT and Alexa compatible amp that may be helpful. I tried 3 other 'solutions' to get music on our lanai, including Zone B from an AVR, an in-wall BT only amp, and a pair of Echo speakers. Only the Echo sol... | |
| Power cords: does length matter? @brian8383 Excessive girth has been known to cause unwanted high frequency noise, especially in demanding high impedance conditions. | |
| Power cords: does length matter? Benjamin Franklin was once asked how long a man's legs should be. His answer was simple: "Long enough to do the job." Unsatisfied, the questioner continued, "And how long is that? Franklin replied, "Long enough to reach the ground." The questioner... |