skeptikal
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| DIY Speaker Kits, a good idea? I have the CSS 1TDX and 2TDX. They were fun to build and sound awesome. When you build something yourself, you have an extra attachment to it. And the price to performance ratio is very high. | |
| Legacy Audio has a new owner That's great, Jay! Do you ever have any B-stock in the store? | |
| New electrical wiring specifications Tell him to put all 3 circuits on the same phase. This avoids subwoofer ground loop hum. | |
| Brian Wilson Good Vibrations was a timeless masterpiece. I often use it as an audio reference track. A Wall of Sound indeed. | |
| Sonus Faber Grand Piano Home but with More Sparkle ? Room correction like Dirac might be able to bring the treble up somewhat. | |
| Picking speakers 3000-5000 budget Arendal 1723. THX certified. Cabinet is very solid HDF. Huge crossovers with top notch components. Hard to go wrong there. | |
| Chronos tweak at Axpona Looks like snake oil to me. | |
| Room treatment can be addictive I stopped at 30 panels. Mostly because I have no space for more. | |
| Moving to separates @bassbuyer Thank you, you are in almost my exact situation. I also have Arendal 1723's. That is helpful. | |
| Moving to separates I should clarify that on my computer I have a mix of stereo and 5.1 music, and they play randomly and intermixed. Windows is set to 7.1. Kodi upmixes songs to 7.1 automatically given whatever the current song contains. I know most of y'all seem... | |
| Moving to separates @gkelly If it is bit-perfect digital all the way to the Integra, how would the source make any difference? | |
| Moving to separates I don't plan on replacing the Integra any time soon. It's the flagship model, the DRX-8.4. It has Dirac, which works wonders. And it sounds really good. I don't do vinyl, source is digital (my computer), and I do need video so an integrated am... | |
| Moving to separates Ok, I have added some photos to my profile. | |
| AC Power I installed a 20 amp dedicated circuit, a ZeroSurge 8R20W power conditioner, a hospital grade outlet, and a 10 gauge power cord. Also moved my router to a different circuit, farther away to avoid EMI. None of it made any difference that I could ... | |
| Getting a Divorce and can now buy floor standing speakers Here's some from my list of speakers I can't afford: Legacy (anything) Genelec 8381A Vandersteen Audio Kento Carbon German Physiks Borderland Mk IV Joseph Audio Pearl 20/20 Graphene Audiovector R6 Arreté Paradigm Persona 9H Monitor Audio P... |