zmanastronomy
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| How to place speakers at the optimum height Not all speakers need to be toed in so much. As long as you keep a solid center, toe them out to get more sound stage width. If you hear your center losing focus you went to far. Most speakers sound there best a little of axis. | |
| How high the rears? Near the ceiling was good back when Pro Logic was king. With todays digital surround the rears should be slightly above ear level. At ear level may work, but the back of you seating furniture might get in the way.Hope this helps.John | |
| Sony XA-5400es VS Oppo 83SE The Sony will out perform the Oppo. I've heard them both in my system and the Sony is for the price as good as I've ever heard.I'm not looking to buy another CD player because I'm giong to spend the money on a Burson DAC and use a cheap transport ... | |
| How to place speakers at the optimum height The height of the speaker has a lot to do with how close your listening position is.If you listen at near feild like I do, then it's much more critical on the hieght.I prefer my ear to be between the mid driver and the tweeter. Some like the tweet... | |
| Zu Omen or Tekton Lore Well, I've got over 100 hrs and these things are scary.The depth and invisability of the speaker is hallucinatory.I was listening last night after mid-night when the AC is as clean as it's going to get and it was spooky to say the least. Imaging w... | |
| Can room acoustics amplify the sound of speakers? Davehrab. Well said. | |
| Can room acoustics amplify the sound of speakers? Stanwal. Which DAC was the better? I'm thinking the $9000 tube dac, but in this game you never know. | |
| Can room acoustics amplify the sound of speakers? Stand in your room and clap your hands. If it echoes, then the same thing is going on on every note that comes out of the speakers. Keep it simple at first and progress by process of elimination. | |
| Can room acoustics amplify the sound of speakers? I agree with Stanwal.If your room isn't accoustically treated at the first reflections, and preferably the second also, the nodes can make havok of the imaging and it will fall apart at high SP's.If you don't have enough headroom in your amp this ... | |
| Copper Sleeve over IEC Well, I've tried it and it took the body out of the music.The airy openess is do to the fact that it thined out the notes from top to bottom.I used it on just the CD players IEC and it was like going from a lush tube to a bright tube. Not quite as... | |
| Copper Sleeve over IEC What about at the receptacle on the wall ? If the shielding works at the equipment end, why doesn't it work at the wall outlet end.I haven't read every post so this may have been addressed already. | |
| What CDP gets really close to vinyl? Mapleshade/Wildchild. | |
| $2500 speaker threshold I would be leary of such a quote given no elaboration on reason.That's an really close margin to say there are significant differances from just a few hundred dollar slot limit.Just my two cents worth.John | |
| New DAC or Speakers? What will put airy-ness in? What is your budget? Are you wanting a Tube amp or SS amp ?For around $1000 + - you can get a nice SET tube amp that will let you walk around in the sound stage.I have an Almarro A318B and it is very three dimensional.It's a high current amp that ... | |
| What CDP gets really close to vinyl? Well said Mapman. |