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| Mood lighting for listening The only light I have is from my iPad streaming. Still, I often close my eyes. | |
| Go get out your pitchforks, I’ve done a sacrilegious thing. . . What a great number of responses! Hey, whatever floats your boat. It’s your system. You do what you like. My dac has an equalizer. I’ve not touched it. Maybe I will. | |
| STREAMING - QOBUZ VS TIDAL AND ROON'S PREFERENCES Arriving at a verdict is simple. Try Tidal and Qobuz on your system and compare. Both have free trials. there’s no need for others opinions, like mine, which is that Qobuz works better on my system. Enjoy comparing and then listening! | |
| Qobuz or Apple Music? Don’t mistake iTunes with Apple lossless. The latter is a very good streaming service—on par with Tidal on my system at half the price. But to the question… In case your system sounds like mine… I A/B tested Apple lossless vs Qobuz for 2 hours la... | |
| Your sub experience: Easy or hard? I have 2 rel s/510s. They’re magnificent but with better bass comes the need for battling room resonance. Also, the loudness of the bass from track to track can be all over the place. I wish I had remote volume controls on them. | |
| Buying used vs new speakers from a technology perspective Of course, there are new speaker models every year that have new materials, new crossovers, and new cabinetry. Rel has its newest S/ series or B&W has a new diamond series. We often equate "new" with "improved." In the audiophile world, howeve... | |
| Power Amp Question @randym860 you can put dual mono power amps right next to the speakers so the speaker wires are short. | |
| 48kHz vs 96kHz: audible? There's no question that I can hear the difference between CD and high rez. As important, however, is the quality of the recording setup and the art of the sound engineer. I've heard some poorly recorded music that is high rez. It might as well ha... | |
| Thinking of taking the plunge. If you start with an iPad, use the digital out and go into Settings to select hi res. ‘The iFi zen streamer has a lot of fans and costs less than Bluesound. | |
| Would appreciate a group consensus on Agon purchased amps We all assume the equipment we buy will have power cords unless explicitly stated otherwise. The seller created a bad buying experience and I understand the buyer’s indignation, but returning the amps would be throwing the baby out with the bath w... | |
| Try a sub a third in the back My bad. My understanding was that the advice from REL was that the subs had to be at the front. I misunderstood. | |
| Try a sub a third in the back I haven't measured it exactly. I know the subs are in phase with the mains but I haven't actually done the fine adjustment of phase listening from the sweet spot. So, you're right, there is likely a spread of the bass as a result. Coincidentally,... | |
| Try a sub a third in the back It’s great to hear everyone’s experiences with 3+ subs. Part of the joy I get from this pursuit of audio hallucination (as an agon contributor called it) is learning and tinkering. Thank you for sharing your experiences. I will tinker again in the... | |
| Try a sub a third in the back Funny about the advice from Rel. I respect them, love their products, and suspect they were not just trying to upsell you to a swarm. Most of us here don’t have the luxury of trying things out for free. So, we read articles, ask for advice here an... | |
| Try a sub a third in the back @b_limo Why 180 out of phase with the main speakers? |