skeptikal
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| 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. | |
| What software has good sound quality? If the streamer is doing DSP, then sure, it could sound better than a PC. My PC sends the digital audio to a receiver with Dirac, so no need for a streamer in that case. | |
| What software has good sound quality? I like Kodi the best. But I am upmixing to 7.1, and to me it has the best sounding upmixer. It has a lot of other problems, but Kodi gets that much right. Upmixer aside, quality is not much of an issue in front of the DAC. When you are using U... | |
| Is JRiver still the best software? The 7.1 upmixer on Kodi and MPC-BE sound better than JRiver. Bass in particular is very weak. It sounds like there is some sort of "concert hall" effect going on, which is undesirable. Also, JRiver's upmixer has no ability to set sub level, cen... |