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It is a very minor thing, but it still irritates, that AVR on-screen menus are lost when the TV is used as the source via ARC or eARC. This got me thinking... If HDMI also allowed video over its return channel then we could have AVRC (effectively an HDMI output for the source inside the TV). In...

Occam's razor would suggest ruling out a simple level mismatch first. By the way @amirm already measures at both 4 and 8 Ohms. Those power cube measurements linked in #8 also seem to be just a sequence of measurements with different static loads.

FYI those dashboards were all measured with a 4 Ohm load (although fixed). I'd better leave it to @amirm to explain whether testing with a static load is sufficient; but I invite @pogo to explain further the possible deficiencies and to suggest a practical alternative test protocol.

Is this the Sonos amp in question? https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/review-and-measurements-of-sonos-amp.6957/ If you are using the line in it will be adding a lot of noise, though questionable whether this will be audiable. I can't find measurements for the Marantz...

I don't think that is what HT bypass is. My understanding of HT bypass is the following... It is typically a feature of INTEGRATED amplifiers only. Integrated amps have both a preamp section (for volume control) and a power amp section. When you connect CD players etc to the normal inputs on...

As per the title, I'm curious if anyone has tried using a passive soundbar or flat panel speakers for the surround back channels of their AVR, or has thoughts on this? The reason for considering this is that our sofa is unfortunately (and unavoidably) close to the rear wall (about 1 foot) and...

It is very sad that there isn't a single streaming device that offers all of the following: 4k HDR Dolby Vision Bitstream Atmos Video frame rate switching Responsive, attractive UI All UK TV catchup (iPlayer, Channel 4) Please tell me if I'm wrong... Nvidia Shield TV Pro: No 4k for iPlayer...

In Denon's current line I think everything above the X2800 should have two HDMI outputs.

I'd argue for multiple choice, tick all that apply: Which would you like to be? cloth-eared, golden-eared, audiophile, music lover, Don't think you'd see many selecting cloth-eared then. (Of course I realise that this wouldn't include the OP's false dichotomy).

Dictionary definition of audiophile: "Enthusiast of high-quality sound reproduction" @IAtaman 's definition of audiophile: Do you see the contradiction? You state that audiophiles don't even like audio which certainly excludes them from being music lovers. @IAtaman, sorry to pick on your...

If the question was: Which would you prefer to be labelled as? or Which describes you more accurately? Then (due to the pejorative use of the term audiophile) I could understand the majority voting for "cloth-eared music lover". But the question was actually: Which would you rather be...

Yes, I agree, and it is crazy. I prefer the more literal meaning... audiophile = one that loves sound (could even be sounds heard in the natural environment). To the current meaning which relates more to sound reproduction: And more recently... We ought not to use the term audiophile...

Taken to the extreme "cloth-eared"= deaf So in your analogy "cloth-eared music lover" would be like being married to your most desired woman but being impotent and unable to touch her.

Nope, I understand perfectly. The choice posed is still between good hearing and bad. I'd rather have good. (Of course it might make listening to badly mastered tracks a grating experience, but I'd either avoid them or put up with them, depending on how much I liked the track).

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Strange result of the vote so far... Audiophile = Music lover So you are choosing between: Golden ears = good hearing and Cloth ears = bad hearing Majority of voters so far seem to want bad hearing! Obviously the result says more about the negative connotations of the term golden eared...

Thanks for your hard work and for the measurements. A small detail but... the first plots (80dB ones) for the Polk audio PSW111 and the Neumann KH750 DSP start at 10Hz whilst the others start at 20Hz. Consider making these consistent for easier direct comparison.

I often view this thread with curiosity and bafflement. The stacks of gear are fascinating and impressive but I wonder if you could try to explain your motivation and reasoning for the approach taken? As a starting point (please correct if not right) here are my guesses from what I've seen so...

Likely a single sub (probably near a corner and preferably with EQ) with the crossover set quite high (maybe 150Hz) could improve things a lot. Then the main speakers won't be exciting those problematic frequencies as much, and you will have more placement freedom with the sub. Would the OP...

In the case that the dips are caused by SBIR or LBIR wouldn't you try to attenuate the wave reflected from the boundary. I.e At the frequency that the dip occurs (80Hz), with panels either behind the speakers for SBIR, or behind the listener for LBIR. If the interfering reflected wave is...