willemj
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| I need to buy a complete system. I agree that the Audiokinesis Swarm system is a very interesting option. If I were living in the US I would certainly give it a very hard look, as it addresses precisely the biggest issue with the reproduction of low frequencies.However, I am sure... | |
| Which watts are the right watts in SS amps? A flat frequency response is crucial for a natural representation of the music. You don’t want the system to artificially boost or depress certain frequencies, and hence change the sound from what it was. As has been remarked, there are two sides ... | |
| A Must Hear under $5,000 Harbeth M30.1: http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/harbeth-monitor-301-loudspeaker/ | |
| I need to buy a complete system. re room treatment. I sympathise: we live in a modernist house that was designed for us, with enormous glass windows, a pretty minimalist interior and hard floors. If your situation is only a bit comparable, you will need to do something to dampen ... | |
| I need to buy a complete system. The reason I suggested the Harbeth M40.2 and not my personal favourites the Quad electrostats is that by the description this is for a very large room where the Quads would struggle.For a review of the M40.2: http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articl... | |
| Open Floor Plan Listening Room I would suggest an Antimode 8033 room eq unit to smoothen your subs even more. They are cheap, easy to use, and highly effective. | |
| I need to buy a complete system. Harbeth M40.2 speakers.The forthcoming DPSpeaker X4 preamp/DAC/room eqAny beefy 300+ watt power ampOppo 203 disc player + nice tv screen to watch opera etcroom treatment to minimize reflectionsupgrade potential: multiple large subs | |
| Help a guy out? Renovating home theater system after 10 years and have a few questions. The only downside of the receiver is that it is old fashioned and does not support UHD video and some modern formats. So as long as you do not upgrade the screen to UHD it should be fine, however. Good modern AV receivers are not particularly ... | |
| Help a guy out? Renovating home theater system after 10 years and have a few questions. To be precise:We get what is called HD ready i.e. 1280×720p broadcast/cable television. Full HD as in Bluray discs is 1920×1080p. UHD/4k is 3840x2160 pixels. Do you have significant UHD content, or just HD? If the latter, it is not yet worthw... | |
| Help a guy out? Renovating home theater system after 10 years and have a few questions. We also have a Panasonic plasma screen but I have decided not to upgrade for the time being. I had a look at many modern 4K screens and felt that the ones that I saw were pretty gross with too bright colours. But that may be the way they were pres... | |
| Newbie here with a cable question MacIntosh themselves argue that you do not need anything special. So I would suggest run of the mill pro audio cables. As for speakers, I love electrostats (Quad 2805 in my case). Quad's designer Peter Walker similarly argued that no special cable... | |
| Suggestions for streaming equipment The sound quality is not in the streamer but in the DAC, and you already have that in your disc player. I have said it before and I will say it again that dedicated streamers are a bad idea. The manufacturer will have to supply an app for each and... | |
| Suggestions for streaming equipment See here for some measurements:http://archimago.blogspot.nl/2016/09/preview-set-up-raspberry-pi-3-model-b.htmlhttp://archimago.blogspot.nl/2016/05/measurements-odroid-c2-with-volumio-2.html | |
| Suggestions for streaming equipment Chromecast Audio, using the optical digital out. See here for a test: http://archimago.blogspot.nl/2016/02/measurements-google-chromecast-audio_27.html | |
| REL Vs SVS for 2 channel music listening I don't think the subwoofer is the issue, but rather the interaction with the room. Just look at some REW waterfall plots. Subwoofers produce low frequencies and hence room modes. To cure this you need a larger room (because in a large room room m... |