skeptikal
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| Picking speakers 3000-5000 budget Arendal 1723. THX certified. Cabinet is very solid HDF. Huge crossovers with top notch components. Hard to go wrong there. | |
| Chronos tweak at Axpona Looks like snake oil to me. | |
| Room treatment can be addictive I stopped at 30 panels. Mostly because I have no space for more. | |
| Moving to separates @bassbuyer Thank you, you are in almost my exact situation. I also have Arendal 1723's. That is helpful. | |
| Moving to separates I should clarify that on my computer I have a mix of stereo and 5.1 music, and they play randomly and intermixed. Windows is set to 7.1. Kodi upmixes songs to 7.1 automatically given whatever the current song contains. I know most of y'all seem... | |
| Moving to separates @gkelly If it is bit-perfect digital all the way to the Integra, how would the source make any difference? | |
| Moving to separates I don't plan on replacing the Integra any time soon. It's the flagship model, the DRX-8.4. It has Dirac, which works wonders. And it sounds really good. I don't do vinyl, source is digital (my computer), and I do need video so an integrated am... | |
| Moving to separates Ok, I have added some photos to my profile. | |
| AC Power I installed a 20 amp dedicated circuit, a ZeroSurge 8R20W power conditioner, a hospital grade outlet, and a 10 gauge power cord. Also moved my router to a different circuit, farther away to avoid EMI. None of it made any difference that I could ... | |
| Getting a Divorce and can now buy floor standing speakers Here's some from my list of speakers I can't afford: Legacy (anything) Genelec 8381A Vandersteen Audio Kento Carbon German Physiks Borderland Mk IV Joseph Audio Pearl 20/20 Graphene Audiovector R6 Arreté Paradigm Persona 9H Monitor Audio P... | |
| Is anyone here still into live concerts these days? I recently saw the band Amplifier do an online concert. Just them jamming in some house. Very enjoyable. Only cost $8. Seems like the way of the future. | |
| A list of efficient speakers at ~$5K a pair. Arendal 1723's are 92 db and sound great. Certified THX Ultra. HDF cabinet. | |
| What % Of Your System Are Your Cables? .1% - cables have almost no effect. | |
| Ugliest Component of the Year 2024! Let's not forget this weird banana thing from Vivid: https://vividaudio.com/giya/giya-g1-spirit/ | |
| The HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL Thread Continued All of Billy Idol's hits are very well engineered and sound very good on my system. |