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| Another amateur in need of advice I want to add to my previous post. I truly believe the industry as a whole is forcing us, the users, to over weight the importance of electronics. How often do you change electronics and how often do you change speakers ? Electronics of far easier... | |
| Another amateur in need of advice Having dealt professionally with music for 30 years I will challenge one of the previous posts. The biggest mistake you can make is NOT Spending enough on speakers ! The final quality of what you hear depends more than 90% on those components that... | |
| Small speakers for the kitchen - Sensitivity Thanks a lot for the useful suggestions. I am intrigued by the Silverline Minuets but I am in Europe and they don't seem to be available over here. I have been willing to give the Focal a chance for some time now. Anyone has as experience with the... | |
| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? rhljazz,It's a new room, it never sounded good, yes it's a bad room for listening, close to a cube in shape. As it happens I am not in a position to change room. BM6 probably not the right tool as you say; though I am sad to depart from them as I ... | |
| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? Thank you all for all the exceedingly useful suggestions.I have done some experimenting moving my speakers away from the walls up to some 40". Not much change ! It sounds as if the problem is the room. There' a very clear spike at 70Hz and another... | |
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| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? Thank you sounds,I have convinced myself that most of the problem lies in the ported speakers being positioned too close to the rear wall. I will experiment with positioning but in the end I won't be able to move them forward so I incline to get c... | |
| Preamp suggestions ? Remote, tone control, phono for less than 1.5. BTW source are an old well kept Thorene TD 126 MKIII / SME / Supex and Logitech Transporter | |
| DO CABLES REALLY MATTER? Short answer, no they don't.Long answer. There is such a small differnce that the average person would not be able to pick up. Thos golden ears that will be able to do so will not experience an enlightenment of their musical enjoyment. Just a slig... | |
| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? It has been an extremely educating experience reading all those posts. I made further digging and reading. I am coming to the following, very opinionated, conclusions.- There's surprisingly little sealed cabinets around- 99% of the speakers are po... | |
| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? LOL tx for the commentUPDATES- I have checked with a tone generator and my room does have an even response to freqs. There’s a very noticeable dip in amplitude around 80 and 160 Hz- Also I have tried one simple suggestion someone gave, stuff the p... | |
| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? I have looked at those small boxes and I do like them. Couple of issues though:- Will it not lower dynamics ? It's one more box, one more cable- That type of EQ is not precise enough I guess. I cannot zoom in on a specific freq or can I ? | |
| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? Thanks everyone for the comments.- MrD, Yes they are trying to be Yamaha NS10; this is really why I picked them in the first place, I wanted clarity, monitor like precision. I am not getting that. They are not in a nearfield position. They stand... | |
| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? Also tx for the isolation / stuffing suggestion. I'll most definitely try those. | |
| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? Room is not small some 300+sqftDistance form the wall maybe 10 " but I cannot move them furtherInteresting suggestion about the sealed monitors, I'll certainly have a look at thoseFinally, I disagree with one of the first comments that today's mi... |