tcutter
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| How close are you to being to your endgame? My system outline and I'm almost there. I think "endgame" has to take into account one’s unique and idiosyncratic sense of value. All of us may certainly want to spend more money, but there comes a point where diminishing returns start to hold us back. Just as never being satisfied is p... | |
| whatsbestforum - what's going on I too have been banned. I innocently, or so I thought, created an alternative name because I could not post under my previous Username, or I forgot my password, or something like that. I understand that I violated their terms but it was unintentio... | |
| My Favorite Tweaks, What is yours? @porchlight1 The Solidsteel turntable wall mount (WS-5) will support 130 pounds. I'm no longer using mine and it's available if you ever decide to get a heavier turntable. | |
| Acoustics experts - a little help please My understanding is that first reflections affect sound the most so treating your side walls, ceiling, and floor at these points is important. Rather than putting the cloud directly above your head, I suggest you place it just as you would absorpt... | |
| Test @rvpiano Happy you are listening at a reasonable volume. It does make a difference, doesn't it? | |
| ??? WHY WHY WHY ??? Class A vs Everything Else Class A amplification is like Porsche. Not for everybody but always the standard of comparison. | |
| What is the most overlooked consideration? Dual mono at a minimum | |
| Feedback on Costco & Amazon sound absorption panels from folks who have purchased them. When a speaker emits sound waves, they travel to your listening position but also to the ceiling, sides walls and floor, where they are reflected toward the listening position. While these first reflections arrive later and are measurably distin... | |
| How good is the crossover in your loudspeakers? And then there's Wilson Benesch who run their midrange directly coupled to the amp, i.e., no crossover, and use primarily first order electronic crossovers or acoustic crossovers. The best crossover is no crossover, followed by an acoustic cross... | |
| Unusual countries for audio gear Vicoustics from Portugal | |
| Looking for new speaker cables Karl Schuster’s Empirical Design cables have made a difference in my system. Karl has a good ear and his wires have a scientific basis for their design and construction. Been in business for over 20 years. Not cheap but not crazy expensive either.... | |
| What is the most overlooked consideration? It's the room. It has a greater influence on what you hear than any source, amplifier, speaker, or processor. And if you argue it doesn't apply because you don't plug it in, realize the end result is akin to a DSP, only better. | |
| Mid level listening I think if you're "listening intently", you're missing the point. I don't listen for the drums, but I frequently find myself following the drums or the piano or a voice without trying to. Kind of just absorbed in what's coming out of the speake... | |
| Tom Martin's Listening Room The issue is not the way the room looks nor how many panels are up, but rather whether there is an appropriate mix of absorption and diffusion. Because there's no evidence of a diffusion device, I'm assuming they have them and just covered them wi... | |
| Tom Martin's Listening Room They aren't minimized, they are virtually eliminated. Most intriguing is that RPG does not have any diffusion panels covered with fabric so this appears to be pure absorption. Not the way you usually do a room, so I have to assume something was do... |