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| What centre channel are you using? Stick with Goldenear, having a timbre matched set of speakers for spatial audio is critical! If you are having issues with vocal intelligibility it could be the calibration or room acoustics. I'd suspect setup rather than equipment personally, | |
| streamer for PWD DAC mkII - tired of a computer and complicated connectivity! @arafiq have not compared ATV to Bluesound, but compared to Sonos (both digital out) it is a clear step up in SQ. Bluesound iOS app then becomes your UI, and your music library in iTunes just another source. Bluesound does hires, as do many other ... | |
| No remote control Not a perfect solution, but find someone to program a universal remote for it, or do it yourself. Maybe a Logitech for example, or a Pro Control IPro8 | |
| streamer for PWD DAC mkII - tired of a computer and complicated connectivity! Bluesound Node 2. Sounds better than Sonos, app easier to use, TIDAL integration and just around your $400 price point. Above that Aurender N100, which is on a different level in many ways. If you can find a dealer with some stuff on demo so you c... | |
| Tannoy vs. ATC No experience with Tannoy but the SCM40 are fabulous. The ATCs do like quite a bit of power. Out of all the stuff we've tried them with so far the Devialet 200 is the favorite. Non-integrated amps then Parasound Halo A21, NAD M22 and the ATC power... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? The group delay plot should be relatively smooth post windowing, and should not have any "spikes", if you have those it is a sign of reflections corrupting the measurement. | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? It's important to realize that you do not have to use the speaker correction functionality (the part of the DSP that is best with measurements taken outside).The DEQX has other functions - digital pre-amp, digital crossover and room correction tha... | |
| Your thoughts about ATC loudspeakers PaniVery much agree with your conclusions. They are both exceptional speakers, very similar tonality, but different presentations. Like you said, pick one based on your preferences! | |
| Macbook Pro to Aurender The way I put this to clients is whether they need any of the more "esoteric" functionality of JRiver such as multi-channel or room correction. If not, and they are just looking for a music server, then the Aurender is great, and a lot lower maint... | |
| Your thoughts about ATC loudspeakers Well Drubin (and knowing you are local) I have all the ATC Hi-Fi Passive series including the SCM19v2 and SCM40v2 available for demo in our showroom in Fairfax, CA (Marin County). We also have some other interesting stuff like the new NAD M22 Ncor... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Just wanted to say that I have used the technique of building a "box" of acoustic panels around a speaker for in room measurements. I have a bunch of Realtraps HF (not the standard kind) I use for this, mostly because they have metal frames and so... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Al, yes, the minimum measurement distance will vary depending on speaker size, less for a two way and more for a large panel speaker. There are no hard and fast rules. Obviously the further away you put the mic the harder it is to get a reflection... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Software manual is here: http://www.deqx.com/downloads/DEQX-Cal_Installers_manual_v2.91.pdf | |
| The most dynamic & transparent bookshelf Wim1983. I agree the ATC look is more traditional. Take a look at the drive units though, and the engineering that goes into them. I'm personally not sure there is anything better around that price point. They solidly outperformed the new KEF Refe... | |
| Room correction - what device works best? Simplistically speaking above 250Hz (room's transition frequency - look that term up) the frequency response at the listening position is dominated by the speaker. Below 250Hz it is dominated by the room.The idea behind speaker correction is that ... |