buconero117
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| small room questions near-field listening works best in small rooms, like yours. Play with the treatments till best sound is achieved. To expand the sound stage think about a center speaker, identical to the speakers you already have. | |
| Best Subwoofer you've ever heard??? Bottom unit of the K-Horn. I know two people who use them that way. | |
| Acoustic Damping Behind Speakers? Yes, must be tried. I have the Furutech acoustical free standing panels. They work well. Also, putting round units in the front corners should be tried. The latter can be found in most exercise equipment stores and cost less then $25 for a three f... | |
| Using 2 Subwoofers Buy two, try them out, then try one and if not much difference, return one. I have two and gave the dual set the edge. The only way to nail the issue is to actually have the two initially. But remember, placement is everything. | |
| hearing tests - where and how? In New York, one of the better places is the New York League of Hard of Hearing, now located on lower Broadway. Great for testing as they do little if any selling of aids. Went there for over fifty years. | |
| Turn table set up I understand that Michael Framer is training his children and grand children to enter the field. It is the least he could do since he is responsible for this lack of talent. You know, running from here to there, video and all. I saw him do a set u... | |
| Infinity RS 1b the one with 4 Towers - Recommend? Yes, fine speakers but rot will set in and cones will also go bad. Dump them while you can. Much better stuff out there. | |
| System pairing Seems you have a good system, so why upgrade? | |
| Proac reference 8 signature or Meadowlark Kestrel ProAc's need much more power, mostly solid state stuff. | |
| room treatment, where do you start? Doing an acoustical analysis of the room using a mike and computer software (free kind) so you can 'see' what you are listening to. That analysis will point you to problems, if any. 'RoomEQWizard' is some free software that I've used and it was ve... | |
| How to level match when comparing components? Listening in your home listening room is the best way, and as already suggested, at least a week of each player is best. All else is guessing. | |
| How do you guys choose between CD releases? There are differences in mastering and 'pressing.' Hard to tell what is best until a review of each is done for sound quality. Soon, there will be blu-ray versions of some cd's and those will, in most cases, sound much better then any of the cd re... | |
| Is my room too small Treatment, treatment and more treatment. If you listen 'nearfield', be sure to treat the area behind your ears. | |
| Have you tried matching a stereo to your hearing? Having been hearing impaired since birth, I have a lot of experience with hearing aids and audio. Needless to say, current SOTA hearing aids, some costing over $5K each, try to match a hearing curve to the device. The problem is that few aids, eve... | |
| Dave Brubeck at Newport Long live Dave. I saw him at college in the 50's. Still going strong. I also miss Paul. |