willemj
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| Budget Office System Integrated for $1000 or less Is the $1000 for the whole system or just the electronics? If the latter, how about a Yamaha RN803d receiver? 2x100 watt should be enough in most situations, it has ample digital inputs, airplay, a sub out, a remote app, dlna compatibility in case... | |
| Best DAC for my situation...Read on! +1 for Benchmark | |
| Room Acoustics I am surprised there is so little discussion of room acoustics here, compared to cables or electronics that have far less impact on the final sound (if any).Anyway, here is a link to a nice old BBC manual on the subject: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk... | |
| Which Monitor Speakers to Consider Room size? | |
| Budget Office System Integrated for $1000 or less Is this for desktop use? | |
| Harbeth M30.1 vs B&W CM10 s2 If you ever consider subwoofers (I like them), get (at least) two smaller ones instead of one big sub for a smoother response. And use room eq like the DSpeaker Antimode 8033, to tame room modes. See here for a first introduction: http://www.acous... | |
| Harbeth M30.1 vs B&W CM10 s2 The M30.2 is a special anniversary edition with a different (I think ugly, but that is a matter of taste) veneer. It does not replace the M30.1, so the numbering is a bit confusing, I think. | |
| Directionality of wire Indeed. You have just shown the Emperor's new clothes for what they are. | |
| Best DAC for my situation...Read on! Your phone as a dB meter is not good enough, I am afraid. With such small but already important differences you really need to use a Volt meter. I appreciate that complicate things, but there is no alternative if you want a reliable answer.Ther... | |
| What are the best Bluetooth headphones? Plenty of Sennheiser models. | |
| Open Floor Plan Listening Room This is an important reminder that no domestic space will ever give you the acoustics to mimic a concert hall. It will always be too small, limiting the dynamic range that can be reproduced, and creating havoc at lower frequencies. A good postage ... | |
| Searching for the most "accurate" speaker (below 15K) I think here the room really is the elephant in the room. 20 sq m is small, and too small for great dynamics or deep bass. That is just physics. Depending on the precise dimensions, the Schroeder frequency will be somewhere in the range 175-200 Hz... | |
| Best DAC for my situation...Read on! Are you comparing level matched to within 0.2 dB? | |
| Searching for the most "accurate" speaker (below 15K) In a room of that size you do not want too much bass. Something like a Harbeth M30.1 is the maximum of what a room like that can handle before you will suffer from pretty bad room modes. Even so, I would investigate dsp room equalization. | |
| A nice discussion of reviewers priorities. But a frequency response curve (under real load in case of an amp) and some distortion measurements would help, as would an impedance curve to decide how hard to drive a speaker will be. |