phusis
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| Is There A Big Difference Between Subwoofers From Different Manufacturers What @mijostyn said, though I disagree with some of the prioritizations mentioned here. With subs it’s mainly about capacity, design principle and implementation. Through this structural integrity of the enclosure and overall build quality should... | |
| Is an isolation transformer better than a power conditioner? With a dedicated AC line I’d be tempted to say "leave it at that," but the balanced power approach some have mentioned here has me intrigued. To those who have experience with it, how would describe its sonic influence compared perhaps to using po... | |
| Who actually uses digital speakers? @erik_squires -- I’m way past wanting to have multiple stacks of amps in my home so when I think of an active speaker, I think of an all in one unit that has built in everything. Self-imposed limitations there’s little I can do about. It’s kin... | |
| Who actually uses digital speakers? @erik_squires -- Well, I’m all sorts of different types of audiophile when it comes to active vs. passive. I like my passive speakers exactly because I can pick my amp. You know you can, right - choose whatever amps you like with actively conf... | |
| Who actually uses digital speakers? I respectfully and strongly disagree with the broad statement that DSP applied makes music sound like crap. Broad and adamant statements are a disservice to the audio community. DSP is applied everywhere there is digital, from recording to master... | |
| Honest Experience on Effects of Subwoofer Please @mijostyn -- Well put. @lonemountain -- Ad 1). Don't see how that applies here. If subs are successfully implemented I'd only want them to reflect the variation in source material. It's about what becomes your "axis mundi" for setting the refe... | |
| Honest Experience on Effects of Subwoofer Please @music_is_life -- SUbs are easy to set up. That's just rallying for your position. To some it may be, out of luck or other, but it's certainly not a default outcome. In any case: however high the bar is set may be the achievement one sees fit. | |
| Honest Experience on Effects of Subwoofer Please @wolf_garcia -- A lot of silliness get passed around with topics like this one, and all bloviating aside, subs aren't that difficult to set up, more than one helps tame standing waves but one sounds much better than none, and don't be afraid to ... | |
| Who actually uses digital speakers? There’s the power-DAC with the digital input going all the way to the analogue conversion at the amp’s output stage, but other than that an active speaker with digital input just refers to the use of a DSP unit which can then receive a digital or ... | |
| What defines mid-fi versus high-end? What defines mid-fi versus high-end? It's somebody's idea of a distinction that essentially comes down to a difference in price. | |
| Honest Experience on Effects of Subwoofer Please @mijostyn -- +1 Many a sub(s) implementation appear strikingly meager, malnourished and of secondary consideration in its overall implementation. I'm guessing it's that mentality again; why have a couple or further multitude of (sub-)bass behemo... | |
| objective vs. subjective rabbit hole @snilf "To put the question succinctly: How can you hope to persuade me of any particular claim to audiophilic excellence without appealing to some "objective" criteria that, because they claim to be "objective," are more than just a subjective ... | |
| Large speaker recommendation @ronyumd -- "Elipsa sounds great with classical music but not so great with pop/percussion type of music in my system/room. I do listen to classical music most of the time though, but hope to get a pair of speakers that are good in both worlds." ... | |
| Physics Question: Why does cabinet volume matter so much to bass response? @djones51 -- "... I’ve heard very good bass, at least in my subjective opinion, from active monitors. My room isn’t huge either which helps." The same have I, actively configured monitors not least, not that they’re bending any laws of physics h... | |
| Physics Question: Why does cabinet volume matter so much to bass response? @djones51 -- "Newer designs like the Devialet Phantoms manipulate Hoffman’s Iron Law using DSP and crazy amounts of power to get bass in small enclosures." Hofmann's Iron Law still applies, as the crazy amount of power is necessitated due to ... |