willemj
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| Open Floor Plan Listening Room There are two ways to wire subs. The first is from the pre out, and if that is XLR and the sub(s) do not have that, you will need an XLR to rca cable. If the sub(s) have XLR, use those inputs. The alternative (not available on all subs) is to conn... | |
| Spotify or Pandora The difference between full redbook CD streams and spotify is not as big as calimed here. The redbook CD stream is in principle 1411 kbs. However, if it is compressed with FLAC (as is done by these streaming services) the necessary bitrate is only... | |
| What quality stereo/preamps include an FM tuner & bluetooth without breaking the bank? You could use a Chromecast Audio and listen to internet radio instead. Comparison of the SQ of FM radio and internet radio is not easy, because they each have rather different weaknesses, but in my experience internet radio is now usually superior... | |
| Open space behind my studio setup First, measure the response with REW, in your listening postition and elsewhere. Second decide whether you have a peak elsewhere or a null in your listening position. If it is a null, get multiple subs like the Audiokinesis Swarm system, or, if yo... | |
| Benefits of an external DAC The tube DAC may be different but is not necessarily superior. Did you measure the frequency response? CD red book is the product of the largest research effort ever into audio reproduction, by one the worlds best physics labs of the time.The DAC ... | |
| Open Floor Plan Listening Room The bigger the room the better for deep bass. Irregular shapes also help, as was already pointed out. From the description, it sounds as if you have a null at the listening position. If so, the first thing to do is to measure the response in vario... | |
| Do I need a preamp/processor? There are two questions to answer before you proceed any further. First, are you also unhapy with the sound quality if you are listening to Tidal through the Sonos Connect? If yes, you are probably unhappy about the sound of the speakers and/o... | |
| Best Subwoofer for Quad 2805 under $5k The problem is not the subs but the room. Hence use multiple small subs and dsp room eq like the DSPeaker 8033. | |
| Streaming vs traditional Wow. Even more voodoo science. I thought this forum already had its fair share. | |
| Streaming vs traditional To the best of my knowledge Meridian have never published any of their work in a scientific journal. | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? Sure, you need to have enough power (and for top level speakers lots of power), and the frequency response has to load independent (within 0.2 dB for your speakers). Both require a beefy (and hence more expensive) power supply. Even so, this can b... | |
| Spend more money on the amp or the pre-amp? Sounds like you did well. However, I still want to make a suggestion with respect to the orginal question: how about the new Yamaha RN803d receiver? It is 2x100 watt rms at 8 Ohm, has digital inputs, Spotify Connect Airplay, networking capability ... | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? +1 This is just blatant nonsense. On the other hand, it mirrors and feeds on the obsession of many audiophiles with exotic electronics. These days, the electronics are boringly irrelevant once you reach a decent quality level (and that level is ... | |
| Channel Imbalance at low volumes Leemaze,The fact that the volume gain goes up very quickly suggests that input sensitivity is too high, which is something you may want to addres in any case. I am trying hard to think why the problem persists at the same sound level, but at a dif... | |
| Streaming vs traditional As I said, I am not sure higher rsolutions, either lossless or lossy compacted as in MQA are audibly better than red book. I think the jury is still out, but we shall see if someone can come up with decisive test data.I don't do downloads for the ... |