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| Revel B-15 setup in the Pacific NW If I'm not mistaken the Revel B-15 uses a 3 band parametric EQ, very similar to the PARC that we manufacture. I am not terribly experienced with the B-15, but you can download our operators manual which does go through how to set up a parametric e... | |
| Need Help on Dedicated Listening Room The Alton Everest books are great--already mentioned. There are two things I would add to some of the above comments. First--I am biased on both of these as we manufacture one and sell the other. The first is the PARC parametric adaptive room comp... | |
| So you're an audiophile - are you also a musician? I think this thread has been covered before. I play the piano--though not as well as I would like. | |
| What's the advantage of balanced outputs? I would consider long being more than 3 meters. But long is a relative term, and if you are in an area with a lot of RF interference, then the advantages of balanced might be noticable at only 2.5 meters. On the other hand if you are in a low RF a... | |
| Driving M-L Requests I own ML Monolith IIs (modified and bi-amped), but originally used them with Rowland 5 and later Mark Levinson Reference 20.0. I tried them with a Cary Signature monoblock, but that wasn't enough for these speakers. I would consider looking into t... | |
| What's the advantage of balanced outputs? I'm not familiar with these particular speakers, so I may not have all the facts pertaining to them. However, in general, balanced is preferred for long runs. Because the live poles are operating out of phase there is a noise cancellation with bal... | |
| Anybody have some experience with Bedini amps? They are very good sounding amps for the money, but reliability has been an issue. I own the 100 and it is very good for the money, but have had some minor problems with it. I know others that have had more significant problems with their older Be... | |
| How to deal with a drop ceiling that eats bass? Digital correction is okay to a point. However, in this case I would not recommend it. The problem is that you are going to want to boost bass in areas that are lacking due to the dropped ceiling. This can put some real strain on your speakers and... | |
| How to deal with a drop ceiling that eats bass? Dipoles in frequencies above 65 Hz can have directionality. I own ML IIs, the crossover is at 125 Hz. However, low frequencies do not have directionality. This is not to say that you can not detect where a subwoofer is coming from (one of the myth... | |
| Any veneer woods to cover my ugly shelves? You could go to "google.com" and put in veneer. You will literally get hundreds of veneer vendors--any kind of wood from exotic to run of the mill and all ranges of pricing and quantity. I don't know how much area you plan to cover, so I have no i... | |
| How to deal with a drop ceiling that eats bass? You need something solid and rigid to support bass. Dropped ceilings have 2 problems. One is the tiles, they are absorb in the upper frequencies and are transparent in lower frequencies. The second problem is the structure, it is not rigid. You ha... | |
| Which sub would you choose? All three of those are very good. I have not heard the Stenor, but have heard enough of the other REL models that I can imagine what they would sound like. It really comes down to system matching at this point, and that is not very easy with subwo... | |
| MDF for walls in music listening room Ed: Why not have us design your room? Getting the material is not difficult, many building supply places have it or can get it. The trick is knowing how much to use and where. That's where we can help and give you a first class listening room usin... | |
| MDF for walls in music listening room MDF with a damping layer and drywall over it will reduce resonances very much. However, there are still 2 things to be aware of. One is, how much do you want walls that don't resonate or give? A concrete wall doesn't give, and you can imagine the ... | |
| Which sub would you choose? I think foreverhifi offers some very good advice. I have listened to the Watchdog, and it is an excellent subwoofer, but how much better is it at $10k vs a very good $3k sub. You could spend less and buy 2 sub woofers. Two are much easier to place... |