shadorne
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| How to fix a lack of bass Null I'd suggest a fire place with logs stacked all around it on the rear wall of the master bedroom with bookshelves around it. The other thing is to consider a large extra thick latex mattress king size bed - avoid spring mattresses as they do little... | |
| How to fix a lack of bass Null Rocadanny,What you probably did was to attenuate the tangential room mode. The nasty thing about tangential nulls is they line up along the center line of a room - so you get a null right down the middle of the length of the room no matter where y... | |
| Wadia 170i and Benchmark Dac1 - anyone try it? The Benchmark and Bel Canto are excellent DACs at their price points, but they are not at the very top echelon of performance.The subject of this thread is Wadia with Benchmark. There's much evidence here that this combination will not be superio... | |
| Why not use mains as centers Oilmanmojo,That is the ideal way to do it - you need the right kind of screen for this but this is the perfect way. | |
| How to fix a lack of bass Null What Newbee adds is quite correct - both frequencies appear to be due to room length mode. The 31 Hz null will dominate as it is one mode with a high signal at each end of your room and a complete null right in the middle (and you probably sit som... | |
| My First USB DAC Sounds Dull, Please Help I am still not sold on the idea that EM-noise can mask a good soundcard like a Lynx. I think your skepticism is healthy - however the variables with the variety of PC's (with cheap power supplies) + soundcard combinations are large. Does your PC ... | |
| Why not use mains as centers So,for home theater I sould try to find the best matched center as opposed to using two speakers emitting the same signal on the sides of the screen? If you have excellent Main Right and Left speakers that image well and are dynamic and you do no... | |
| Bryston BDA-1 vs. BelCanto DAC3 any comparisons? No experience - but I read somewhere that the Bryston DAC sounded similar to a Benchmark DAC1. It might be much better (as no doubt Bryston DAC owners will say) but it is at least similar in "style" according to what I read - a pro type sound whic... | |
| Line level vs speaker inputs Probably not that much different on a powered sub as long as your power amp is not clipping. If your power amp begins to clip becuase of the difficult load of your main speakers then you will be feeding distortion to your subwoofer as well.Speaker... | |
| How to fix a lack of bass Null Commcat's recommendation is bang on - see my virtual system for an alternative to a bookcase. The other issue is quarter wave cancellation in the bass from the wall behind the speakers. As the article explains, the only way to eliminate this entir... | |
| Benchmark DAC-1, Lavry DA10, Altmann Attraction Benchmark phase is so accurate that soundstage images tend to be more accurately positioned between the speakers (impression is a narrower soundstage than most other DAC's or alternatively other DACs tend to have a wider soundstage) Take your pick. | |
| Tweeter Differences Ribbon has a distinct radiation pattern. It suffers from distortion at lower frequencies.Berylium is good but may suffer from undamped ringing in the audible band ( as does most rigid material )Diamond is kind of a stiffened fabric dome a kind of ... | |
| Speakers & the room Your room is nearly a multiple of 7 to 8 feet in all dimensions. Try a TACT or Rives PARC. Try sitting at 38% or room length. Keep your speakers well out from the rear wall (at 6 - 8 feet). Try placing the speakers closer together - away from side... | |
| ATC active or Tannoy TD12? Bob, I would add that certain music is mixed and mastered to be played louder. I used to collect 45 RPM 12" Vinyl singles. There was a reason. They were often mixed with greater dynamic range than ordinary LP's. Dance club music genres are a good ... | |
| Wadia 170i and Benchmark Dac1 - anyone try it? When I turned the TV back on during CD Music play I could see that the audio button on the remote had kicked the playback out of "Stereo" mode. That was my fear - just the HDMI communication to the TV is enough to make some changes to the audio s... |