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| Equalizer for McIntosh preamp - advice, please Just to clarify. If you have a bass bump below 150 Hz, it's very difficult (not impossible) to treat it with physical devices. There are really only 2 physical devices for this: absorbers and resonators. An abosber that is efficient at that freque... | |
| Equalizer for McIntosh preamp - advice, please Actually, Clueless, now that I re-read what you posted the quote is acurate--I would just add ...whenever possible.The problem is that physical room treatment doesn't work very well below 150 Hz. Our unit works from 350 Hz on down to 16 hz, but we... | |
| Equalizer for McIntosh preamp - advice, please I meant to comment in Ljgj's point out some of the pro gear he mentioned. The pro audio world has forgotten more about parametric EQ than most people will ever know. It's for this reason the PARC was designed by the engineers that make the Paragon... | |
| Equalizer for McIntosh preamp - advice, please Clueless--maybe one of the few times I've disagreed (but to a small degree). Here's the problem. You are right that it is a time delay thing--but it occurs because of too much energy reinforced in the room. We look at these with waterfall plots an... | |
| high-end vs. ultra high-end amplifiers This should be interesting, and while I do not know any of these companies in depth enough to make any statements I will say this. New companies usually go into business because they think either:1. I can do it better than the other guy2. I can do... | |
| Burning a CD part II 1. Yes2. I don't know for sure, but I suspect that the distance between the outerplastic and the aluminum is different as are the pit depths. This makes it easier for the laser to align. | |
| AES/EBU comparison AES/EBU cables are very system dependent I've found. I have tried three different ones between a Mark Levinson 36 and 37. Here are my findings on this system:Orchid: Good coherence, and imaging. I little on the thin side.Cardas Lightening: Good im... | |
| Equalizer for McIntosh preamp - advice, please I've used a McIntosh, the 104, 107 and 108. While this unit was good, it had a few short comings and only one advantage (it's relatively cheap). It's noisy, it definitely adds noise into the signal. I was bi-amping so the noise wasn't a big proble... | |
| Four days in London Eat anything except British food. French and Indian are very good there. Be sure to go to the theater--it puts Broadway to shame (not that Broadway is bad). The stages are larger and the seating area is smaller. | |
| Equalizer for McIntosh preamp - advice, please You will see I'm very biased here, but our company designed a PARC, parametric adaptive room compensation system specifically for the purpose that you mention (room modes that have prominent bass bumps). It's much less expensive than most other eq... | |
| music , mind , thought and emotion 6chac (and anyone else--especially Detlof): Who's going to CES? This is a great philsophical question, and would be much more fun to continue in person. | |
| Attention to detail And I thought Twl was going to suggest a Terres turntable. Only kidding Twl :) | |
| Why "splay" walls 4 custom listening room design? Clueless and Jadem6: You all have brought up important points that absolutely deserve attention. In general, proper construction can be more important than all sorts of esoteric materials. Abundant screws is a must, but the real key is to create l... | |
| How much for two 20A lines? I depends on where you live. If you live in New York--it won't be anywhere close to that--multiply by about 4 or more. Electricians can charge just about anything there--and usually do. I had a much more complicated dedicated lines run in my home ... | |
| Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Sound Card There is another that we have been very impressed with and use it for our acoustical measurements--that is the ESI U24 sound card. It's a 24 bit D/A and A/D conversion, has optical and toslink in and out as well as analog. It even uses balanced co... |