Recent content by Willem

All necessary research was already included in the CD Red Book specification. That is all you need, and these people were far smarter than you.

I am very happy with my Antimode 8033 for subwoofer equalization. I would not have bought a Dual Core for that, but if you have it, you might as well use it. And of course, I am curious what Kal thinks about his X4.

So you do not need more power than you need, but you may need more than you think, particularly for the lower frequencies. You must realize that for dynamic peaks you will need a lot of power, often in the hundreds of watts.The reason is that the relation between power and sound level is not...

And if I may suggest an alternative preamp for this great power amp: the RME ADI-2 DAC. In fact, you do not need a traditional preamp at all, only an external volume control. The RME ADI-2 gives you that, plus a very good DAC with tone and balance controls, dynamic loudness, filters, etc etc...

I think you are in the wrong place. We do science here, and that means proper theory, measurements and double blind listening tests. If you want a suggestion for a perfect DAC, look for RME ADI-2, selling for about 1000 euros. It does not get any better, and you get volume, balance, tone and...

With this year's surge in video conferencing and online teaching I would be interested to see some tests of cheap headsets, either rca or usb. My wife and I use pretty fancy stuff, but students in particular continue to use horrible microphones built into their crummy laptops, and sadly the same...

I agree: measure in-room response and equalize. I don't know how noisy your PC is, and how much the noise intrudes, but you may want to consider a fanless case from e.g. Akasa. I just ordered an Intel NUC system for my desktop, and opted for the Akasa Turing FX case. If the room is large you...

OK I understand. Mind you, it is not either or. The combination of as many tactics as possible is likely to give the best results.

There is no reason why dsp room eq would not work for vinyl as well, although it may require different hardware, depending on how you equalize your digital sources.

These smartphone apps are mostly next to useless unless designed for the actual model of your phone.

Ah - could be. I rarely use them as I prefer to listen to the original languages and know quite a few. Is this a feature of the player rather than the disc therefore?

What do you mean by subs?

I would only be interested in the UB820 and its optical output as that is how I have set up my current BD player into a stereo system with RME ADI-2 DAC. I have two questions (as you will see this is not a market that I know well): 1 With a Panasonic plasma HD screen, would I see any meaningful...

It looks like the kef Kube8b is now a lot more expensive in the UK: in November I only paid 379 euros (VAT incl) in the Netherlands (from a well respected store).

I agree that two small subs may be the best option, but they will stretch your budget a bit. I am very happy with my Kef Kube 8b but you may prefer the bigger 10b to make some real difference. How big is your room?