shadorne
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| which bang for the buck DAC? Benchmark "precise" which is fair enough, although "lean" might be more usefully descriptive I agree. Good point. | |
| “Real” bass vs. “Boom” — how do you know which? Consider purchasing "The Sheffield Drum and Track Disc," Good suggestion - you can also get this on XRCD from Japan (they used the original master tapes which were made at the same time as they made the Direct-to-disc masters). The nice thing is ... | |
| which bang for the buck DAC? There seems to be a big follwing with the Bencmark, but an used bechmark usb would set me back 1000 bucks. Tough decision. That is because it is good value even at that price. You get a great headphone amp as well as a solid preamp. The Benchmark... | |
| “Real” bass vs. “Boom” — how do you know which? Unless you are trained you probably need a Ratshack meter with some test tones and/or a program like EQ Room Wizard and a microphone + PC. The temptation is always to go for more bass than you should. However, you will hear more of the music if yo... | |
| Rives Audio Consulting - Advice? FWIW - I am not sure that Rives or any acoustician will always get accolades - except perhaps from professionals who want the uncolored "truth" out of their recordings. Frankly there is no "standard" in home systems and people's concept of how thi... | |
| Upgrade for TrueHD and 5.1= Better sound or worse? Also will buying $100 speakers for surrounds, center and sub a waste of money? Frankly yes. It kind of defeats the effort to get trueHD surround sound, which won't be all that different from regular Dolby Digital or DTS. I think you will be disap... | |
| Sub users... Did you consider a Wilson Watch Dog? Your speakers have a Q resonance bump around 80 Hz - you can see this on Soundstage measurement plots. This probably affects group delay also and the way the speaker integrates in the room. (speaker may resonat... | |
| Sub users... Bass frequencies are sent to both channels in 99.9% of mixes. Below around 100 Hz you cannot tell where a sub is anyway (if you can it is because leakage of higher frequencies - you can use a steeper filter in the case of a poor quality distorting... | |
| Best power conditioning under 400 bucks APC H15 is worth checking out - no bragging rights - it just does what it supposed to do. | |
| Subwoofer Crossover Setting/Directional Bass Freq. Nice post Bob! I agree completely. | |
| DVD movies must have Master and Commander | |
| what speakers to purchase In a near perfect cube and with plenty of reflective surfaces I'd be inclined to go for stand mount two ways and a sub (or two) - this may give you the most flexibility for positioning (such as speakers backed up against glass wall but not destroy... | |
| Wall made of CORK Thickness is what matters. If you can get a rough textured surface it may also help. I have a room with cork floors and it is actually quite bright sounding not much better than regular hard wood flooring (which is not good) - so a lot will depend... | |
| Acoustic Panel Mounting Questions Tough questions. Basically it doesn't matter that much - what matters most is thickness of trapping in order to achieve low frequency absorption.If you go overboard on thin panels then you can kill the life from the room by absorbing too much midr... | |
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