audioquest4life
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| How To Do You Measure the Quality of Your AC Power? I use PS Audio products which can measure the amount of incoming THD which is usually in the 3% plus range for me. After regeneration, the THD drops to the -0% range. I feel that that method of measurement and subsequent cleaning of power is benef... | |
| B&W New Diamond Series? You have to link the pic to a photo web hosting site, Amazon photos, Google docs or cloud, yahoo photos, etc. | |
| B&W New Diamond Series? @nickel1,Any links to pics of the new series, especially the 801D4U? | |
| The best room upgrade: $2250 Using certain types of insulation; silicon, spray foam, cellulose, etc., helps tremendously in reducing sound travel. Glad you are able to enjoy your TV and music better now. The long term benefits for heat reduction and sound mitigation are real... | |
| "MOON" Says Cary Audio Design ? Intergrated amp w big Blue meters, milled Allinium Face It is called “Moon” because it is a special edition series from Cary Audio. I don’t see any reason not to buy it if it is something you like. Price looks good and specs are good as well. | |
| Stone fireplace wall effects on acoustics? @whart , Got it. Look for my reply in a little while. Would love to share feedback about the T1.5's. Ciao, Audioquest4life | |
| Stone fireplace wall effects on acoustics? @millercarbon +1,Agree with the above recommendations. Distance from side and rear walls makes a huge distance in how the speaker will depict sounds, from bass through the entire frequency spectrum. I am a naturalist when it comes to to my room an... | |
| Very new to high end audio - Recomendations You might want to further your research at what’s best forum. They have many members who seem to have high end equipment and there are also speaker and audio brand sub forums. | |
| Subwoofers with room correction built in? @mijostyn…+1,Most often folks neglect the listening position altogether when going through the time and expense of setting up subs in the corner or alongside walls. It defeats the purpose for the ideal end state. I am close to that level of tweaki... | |
| Subwoofers with room correction built in? One thing about auto EQ, unless a separate microphone is included with a long cable reach, Auto EQ will only use the subs built in microphone and EQ the bass for its resting location, not the listening position. Although, it will be better than no... | |
| Subwoofers with room correction built in? The only subwoofer that I know of and have experience with that had auto EQ was the Velodyne Digital Drive 12. It worked pretty good. Velodyneacoustics are now located in Germany, but have distributors in the U.S.A. That is a true self contained s... | |
| Is 35’ and 50’ to long for RCA sub cables? I am running a 75 foot subwoofer cable to the home theater subs and no issues. Make sure they are shielded. I bought mine from Blue Jean cables. Also, Mediabridge makes a decent shielded subwoofer cable and you can those virtually next day servic... | |
| Speaker Road Trip No matter what configurations you decide on, you should measure the in room frequency response at the listening position to see how the sub settings affect the sound. Preferably, use a device that displays in real time with test tones how your adj... | |
| Mix and match subs? You can mix and match subs…but, you need to measure the in room frequency response at the listening position to see how the varied bass settings effect the sound. Ideally, something that gives you a visual to see in real time your settings as they... | |
| Speaker Road Trip Ah, the speaker journey…been there and it’s not easy. The B&W 606 bookshelves you own now are decent for what they are but sound vastly different then these other speakers on your list. What do you currently like/don’t like about the bookshelv... |