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| Room ratios One thing to watch out for as Ouput555 has discovered (the hard way), doubling sheet rock makes for a rigid wall. It helps with sound isolation, obviously, but the more rigid the wall the greater the peaks and nulls in the low frequency. If you do... | |
| LPs, v. iPods - round 1 Did you read the article about Ry Cooder in Stereophile? He didn't like the sound of his CDs and asked that the master be ripped to an ipod before the final master was released. Like most of us here the word "heresy" was used. But Ry Cooder found ... | |
| Room ratios I would build in soffits, soffit traps, corner traps, and use a Rives PARC. Those room ratios are going to give you serious bass problems and you will probably need to electrically correct, but don't do only that. Try to reduce the problem as much... | |
| levinson differences I also like the series 20 (23, 27, ref 20) amps. I currently own 2 pairs of Ref 20.0 and prefer them to the more forward sound of the 20.5 and 20.6. I do not think these amps are that great in terms of low frequency control though. Krell is much b... | |
| Help: Order of importance: Pre, Amp, DAC, speakers The room.Sorry--couldn't help that, but I do think the room and the speaker interaction (thus speaker selection is very important) are the most critical things to getting good sound. | |
| Can you correct nulls with acoustic treatments. Jim:I like your attitude--and I think it's exactly right. You won't make that quantum leap overnight--but you can read, understand, try some things, and make progress over time. I wish everyone would deal with their room. Whether they hire a profe... | |
| Can you correct nulls with acoustic treatments. Speaker and/or listener placement along with capacitive style low frequency traps can help. The first thing is to figure out why you have the nulls. Are they uniform around the room (a suckout), are they caused by a piece of furniture (I've gotten... | |
| Best speakers ever 4 small room? We've designed a number of small rooms and they are far more difficult than larger ones. One of the most important things is chosing the speakers carefully--so your question is a good one.You want speakers that will work with the room, not against... | |
| Music Services The one that I really think is neat is Music Giants. I don't know if they offer the service you describe, but what they do offer is high resolution downloads. They are the only company that is licensed by the big 4 to do this. | |
| Audiophile 101 Hartwerger: For a beginner I'm impressed. Maybe it takes time for people to put what you have as number 1 to number 10. But your first two things are the most important. Unfortunately, many people spend huge dollars on equipment and ignore number ... | |
| Best inexpensive interconnect/speaker cables? Better Cables is very good. The video cables are superb. The audio cables are an excellent value. | |
| Can we fit Dunlavy SC-VI in a samller room? Chalitr: I'll be happy to answer any questions you have on the PARC. Most of it is on the website, but I'm glad to answer additional questions.PARC on Rives Audio | |
| Stockfisch Records I have some of their CDs and am vinyl junkie but haven't gotten any LPs yet. Thanks for the tip. | |
| Can we fit Dunlavy SC-VI in a samller room? The door can help with pressure loading. Opening a door can relieve that pressure. However, I've been humbled a few times expecting a door to change modes fairly dramatically and it didn't. Thus I still advise against the VI for a room with an ope... | |
| Can we fit Dunlavy SC-VI in a samller room? I strongly recommend not doing this. First you need to be at least 10' away from the SC-IV for good driver integration. With a 20' lenth, you can achieve this with the listener about 4 feet off the back wall and the speakers about 6 feet into the ... |