The next step to a better system

Room treatment/taming should rank high on list of obtaining a better system. By comparison to the cost of equipment these days it is a cheap and valuable way to improve any system. In my humble opinion of course.

For 1 source on room treatments check out ATS Acoustics, Piper City, Illinois. I purchased from them the supplies to build my own panels. 

I am in total agreement with those who have recommended Room Treatment and speaker placement. ATS Acoustics, GIK, great sites. ASC and RPG more expensive. You CAN make your ( maybe not stratospheric costing system sound like it is with/ speaker placement, room treatment, dedicated electric. Work on it! Good WAF helps too!

asvjerry139 posts05-24-2016 11:39pmSince you’re a Spotify fan, you might opt for running it on your ’puter instead of the phone. It allows for using a good sound card and your choice of the available programs, both freeware and purchased. You can choose from fairly sophisticated eq’s, room correction with the addition of a calibrated mic, measurement routines....everything from the simple to the sublime.

And no interrupts when the phone rings....or whatever your phone does to get your attention...*G*

Current phones and a few older previous models by Samsung to name one have better chip sets than all but upper tier PC’s that come better equipped. Even then chances are they can be equaled. Of course everything takes a little researching to know for sure.

For people that were turned off by the sound of their cell phones in the past I insist that they give them another try, providing there up to date. Cell phone companies have been concentrating more on the audio signals they reproduce.

My cell has a respected Wolfson chip in it and sounds quite good. How do I better it? By running an outboard DAC packing a little more advanced dual chips and some other perks. I use the mini USB output instead of the 3.5 jack and let my balanced DAC do the converting. This way incoming calls do not interrupt my listening session, too.

I’ll be happy when true high res is offered by one of the music streamers. Then it will probably take a little time until the others catch on and prices come down. Once one monopolizes it I wouldn’t be surprised to see $40 monthly billing. Like most other things its only a matter of time until the tech becomes convenient enough and of course profitable to them.