mashif

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Small Discrepancies in Speaker Placement
In a small room every 1/8 inch matters, especially with toe in. When you find "the spot" it's magic. Until you get the urge to move them again to find even more magic.   
Do No Harm ... well the least harm anyway
My filter is 80hz, 24db slope. I can quickly bypass it by just joining the two XLR connectors and turn off the sub. I've done the comparison several times and find the imaging and balance improved with the filter and sub. And of course I can turn ... 
Do No Harm ... well the least harm anyway
I went with a Marchand balanced passive high pass at 80hz because of a room/speaker placement issue. With my speakers in the best sounding position overall, I had a big bump from 50-70hz that was resistant to acoustic treatments. By rolling off be... 
If A.I. took the place of musicians, would you listen to it?
Until AI has emotional trauma, vices, virtues, regrets, and hope, it's music will simply be a reorganization of sounds that were created in response to those lived experiences. Some human songwriters do that already and I'm not interested in their... 
A nightmare regarding streaming?
I've been in the process of moving from Amazon to Quboz due to BluOs having issues with Amazon search. I used Soundiz to transfer playlists successfully. Then within a week several disappeared. I eventually heard back from Quboz and they said they... 
speakers and cables
https://www.transparentcable.com/products/rca-y https://soundapproach.com/wireworld-luna-8-luiy-audio-y-adapter-cable-single.html  
speakers and cables
I thought from your earlier posts you had a preamp output to your power amp, and could use a Y cable to split into outputs for amp and subs.   
speakers and cables
Why not just use a Y cable on your preamp outs?  
Ebay selling my missing amplifier
FedEx and UPS don't operate the same way. UPS has its employees handling your package from beginning to end. FedEx contracts with 3rd party companies for local delivery. Those employees are directly responsible to their company, not FedEx. They ju... 
Ebay selling my missing amplifier
No they don't. I shipped a speaker by FedEx and it disappeared. They contract third party companies to make deliveries and the only "proof of delivery" is a piece of paper that says Delivered. No accountability, no investigation, no payout.  The ... 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
@jafant  Do you know about the Soul Live album on AMHD? Its fantastic but only available there.   
Marchand Passive Filter
That's a question for Phil Marchand. My general understanding is that's -3 but I'm not sure. I don't know what sub you're getting but I've found the software in my SVS sub critical to blending. They have an adjustable slope on the LPF that most su... 
Marchand Passive Filter
I just installed one with an 80hz cutoff. It does that job very well but also resulted in an overall improvement of my mains. I don't know if it's the difference in port output or the Impedance change. The filter has a 5000 ohm input Impedance. 10... 
Warm, yet detailed tube preamp
The LTA Preamp is exactly that.   
Reel to reel
Thanks but none within 300 miles.