Recent content by nightfishing

I use smartthings with my harmony hub to control everything. I.e. when I turn my turntable on it switches on my phono preamp, switches my avr to the proper input and changes my sub settings. When I launch roon on my tablet it turns on my system and switches to the proper inputs. I have...

I gave up on my two "good" 90s sonys as they both stopped loading. I replaced the belts once on each but the second time I just replaced them with a Blu-ray that has a separate audio optical out that I run thru a dac. I play about one cd a year at this point so it's overkill but it puts my mind...

I think I'll make myself one. It actually sounds handy. Not $80 handy but $6 at Lowe's handy.

I would pick an avr that has the options you want and offers a direct pre out on the main channels and then use whatever amp you want. The digital ins/processing can be handy for everyday usage but can be bypassed for "serious" listening. Having one unit that controls.my main listening...

I have no pressing need for this in any way, but have an itch to buy one ;) Nice looking product with some real usable versatility. And obviously some smart folks on the the design and implementation end. Maybe I should dust off my old Denon semiautomatic and set up a vinyl>headphone...

Used foobar for a very long time (still do for abx and tagging etc) but it failed to keep up with the times. Roon has reawakened my love of music.

I use a laser measurer on my stand pointing at the listening position to line up the mic positions. I found it much easier and more accurate then trying to take measurements in the listening position. especially if you have cushions ;)

Elac ub5s arent too hard to drive (much less so than my kef 350s.) $349 Lots of used options in the $351 (lol) range if all you want is 2.0 or 2.1 I have a 20 year old hk receiver driving them in my workshop at the moment. Plenty of power for a smallish room.

https://thenextweb.com/plugged/2019/06/21/kef-r3-review-exemplary-speakers-that-do-almost-everything-right/

Food for thought. I never thought about the room eq being done in the digital realm. I currently use an external DAC>analog in to my AVR(marantz)>built in Room correction (Audyssey)>analog out to amp. In this scenario is the signal going from D>A>D for room eq>A ? Wonder what the difference...

I thought the article was interesting in how it broke down the different ways the amps were rated; a nice reference. Didn't think much about the idea of pushing thru honesty in advertising lol. I remember way back when the biggest issue wasn't convoluted specs but just downright making up...

https://www.audioholics.com/audio-amplifier/sound-united-receiver-power-ratings

https://www.kefdirect.com/blog/an-audio-cable-deep-dive Hadn't seen this one before.

Seems odd that if everything is working correctly, even in a very budget system, that this problem would exist. Is there a level control on the receiver that has somehow been turned way down? are there crossover settings on one or the other that can be set? is there anyway you can test the sub...

My guess would be that some more clean power would help in driving those speakers. I had a similarly speced onkyo (686) that had issues driving my elac and/or KEF bookshelves. Upgraded the power and the speakers started to sing. Chased a lot of other parts before figuring it out. I may be wrong...