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I think acoustic diffusion is a good example of the pursuit of perfection being the enemy of the good enough. Just add stuff to the room. It adds up and it helps.

I hung a roughly 2'x2' oil painting with an ornate carved frame on the left wall pretty close to the speaker. It made a noticeable difference, and did improve the sound quality. At the time, I thought it was more the frame than the painting. But I really don't know. I would think that texture of...

As an engineer, I recognize you being a good engineer by stating what you are testing, the test equipment, the methodology, and the results of the test. It's completely repeatable.

I don't think dCS should sue anyone. I think they, and everyone else, should just ignore these subjective reviewers and reviews. I made it through about two thirds of Cameron's review whilst fighting off nausea. He really is clueless. If you are going to go on YouTube and spew a bunch of...

Oh, the other one.

Classical guitarists don't use picks. They go straight to the top of the list. It's all about the right hand. 右手

In my experience, and in my system, it makes a huge difference.

Yes. The suspension was causing problems and solving none.

I've tested these tables. They performed best when all the air was taken out of the suspension.

Spikes minimize the movement of the speaker cabinet. Less movement of the cabinet means more accuracy of the drivers.

Phono preamp to amplifier is amplified. So it shouldn't be a problem. I have similar length RCAs in my surround system. No issue.

The ground wire doesn't matter. You can just connect any old piece of wire. The signal from the phono cartridge is of extremely low voltage, and is very delicate. It should be protected. It is generally not recommended to extend this cable. Losses in the all important signal from the source...

For an integrated amp within your budget, I recommend the Rega Io or Bias. Pair that with some Wharfedale, PSB speakers on proper stands.

I have some rear ported stand mount speakers. The manufacturer recommends close to the wall. They sound best 3 to 4 inches away. I recently set up a pair of front ported stand mounts and the same manufacturer recommends a minimum of 9 inches from the wall. So it depends on the speaker and what...

Sound will escape the room via the windows much more than through walls. Play some music loud and go outside and listen. I didn't want to advise this until I knew you were in a house, and not in a high rise. :)

Yes. I use curtains to absorb some high frequency, There is a big area rug between speakers and listener. "Stuff" in the room like paintings on the wall, ceramic vases, etc diffuse the midrange. It seems that cylindrical or spherical (hemisphere) shaped items work well for this. I use DSP to...

In my main listening room with the higher end system, I use rather heavy curtains from Ikea to tame the high frequencies. It works great. There's no need for special acoustic treatment panels. In the theater, I have a 5.1 system. I acquired mostly second hand kit to build it, so it progressed...

I forgot that I had put some sound absorption on one wall in the form of a rather large Japanese screen artwork. The room was a bit lively before. This helped as well.

I have a Rega DAC that I no longer use much at all, only for headphone use. It has five filters. I could never hear any difference between them.

When I took the center channel speaker off of the rack with components and put it on it's own stable stand, I was much easier able to understand the dialogue in movies.