tgrisham
Responses from tgrisham
| PICK ONE... ONKYO 805 or MARANTZ 8001 And, to add to the fray...I love my 805. Oppo 970HD, HD-RPTV, Hsu sub, VSA fronts, assorted amps. I only use it for video processing and it works perfectly. There is a one second delay in decoding a video source. Usually not noticable, but when wa... | |
| Subwoofer Placement In a word, no. Subs need room to breathe. You will have a booming, very directional sound with muddied bass. I suggest you either place the sub out into the room or do without and run the speakers full frequency. If needed, you could disguise the ... | |
| dedicated center channel? I have tried it all ways. No center channel, "phantom". Center channel below the TV. Center channel above the TV. My conclusion? For multi-channel audio, SACD and DVD-A, and for movies, the center channel is needed. For movies the center can be pl... | |
| Dedicated Audio Room Lighting Ideas? I was able to use track lighting since my ceiling is 9 feet. The walls were already finished. If I had it to do over I would put wall sconces every 6 feet or so, on dimmers if they were silent, and then floor standing or table lamps for task light... | |
| A hard look at the effect of cables Not being an EE I don't know if I really grasped the article, but I wonder if this research and argument supports the use of magnet wire (Speltz, et al.): no dialectric, short wires from mono amps close to the speakers, wires separated from each o... | |
| A hard look at the effect of cables I gather from the article several points. Correct me if I am wrong. 1. Amps, speakers and cables all interact and therefore the amps and speakers will change the characteristics of the cables. Cables will potentially sound different in different s... | |
| What am I missing using a 20 year old CD player?? It's a great question. There are many here more qualified than I because they have owned many different units. In short, lots has changed, especially with the D/A converters. You won't know which unit bests yours until you compare them side to sid... | |
| A hard look at the effect of cables Arthur, thanks. You have made my day! | |
| Musicophilia - music & relationship to the brain I like Newbee's analogy to books- they both can appreciated on many levels. As much as I appreciate the realism of LPs, the surface noise on any record that is not pristine, is distracting and reminds me that I am listening to a record. With all i... | |
| Isolation for tube amps Another thought on the subject.....I used a RS dB meter and sampled different frequencies around my room. I found that some areas had much lower sound levels at different frequencies than others. I had to use longer ICs, but placed my rack at the ... | |
| Signal vs. Audio Art vs. Speltz Anti? Need help... I may split the difference with all of you. I use the AA IC-3 and Speltz speaker wires. a nice combination with the strengths of each. | |
| ac cables falling out of IEC inlets on amps I have had good luck with PS Audio connectors and chose them because I now believe that the connectors and a vise-like junction is more important than the wire contained within the cord. I treat the prongs with conductor fluid and I know when I ha... | |
| Musicophilia - music & relationship to the brain i am fascinated with the field of music therapy. I often say that it is my Prozac. More recently music therapy has been used in the speech rehabilitation of stroke patients with good success. I know in my case, after a long hard working day with l... | |
| Analog vs. digital segment on PBS Albert, do you think the typical CD "quality" we experience is due to the disc itself. I believe I hear a difference when I listen to CD-Rs from standard Redbook CDs using the EAC software, but it is not double blind. Any thoughts? | |
| Speakers placed against back wall Von Schweikert VR-1s sound great against the wall, although better out a bit. |