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  1. Ivanovich

    BASS!

    Adding a ridiculous contribution to this… I say ridiculous because clearly the producer, engineer, mastering engineer were all out to lunch on this mix!
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    Do I Need 2 Subs?

    I agree this is true but it’s always going to be a tough nut to crack! Regardless, the placement is more important than the qty. I think there is merit in multiple subs to “smear” the standing waves to get a flatter frequency response in the lowest octave. Mains can also produce low...
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    Do I Need 2 Subs?

    Go with 8 subs, one in each corner!
  4. Ivanovich

    Considering moving to Portugal as an ex pat.... input welcome.

    Ha! That’s Old Town EC. Thankfully, no flooding where we live.
  5. Ivanovich

    Considering moving to Portugal as an ex pat.... input welcome.

    I am nearing retirement and also considering a move to Europe, Spain,Portugal, or Italy. Most of the legal requirements are doable and I am fluent in Spanish, so learning Italian or Portuguese should not be a stretch. Your ability to arrive empty handed is a huge advantage to making it happen...
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    Kef R3 META, digital crossover?

    It’s a medium sized listening area of the basement, 15’x17’x7.5’ in an open larger space finished basement. About 87db, which matches the KEF and the Dayton RSS265HF-4 10” woofer. I’d start to look at crossing the woofer and mid at about 150-200Hz The room also has 4 12” subwoofers strewn...
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    Kef R3 META, digital crossover?

    Great thread! I’m now thinking of picking up a pair of open box Q150s for ~$260/pr to source the Coaxial drivers. I’d pay that for one Scan-Speak Revelator! I’d add use them in a 3-way DIY design using a pair of Hypex Fusion Amp FA123, 3-channel plate amps with DSP for X-over and EQ, and 10”...
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    A Real, Audiophile-Grade, Solution for Hearing Loss on All Devices

    Being basically deaf above 9K with tinnitus seems unfixable. However, I find the brain fills in what‘a missing very well and most music doesn’t have much above 10K. I once tried EQ’ing up the frequencies where I had less sensitivity and the result was that those frequencies were over...
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    Please recommend loudspeaker cable... Professional but not extreme audiophile type

    Lamp wire works just fine. The electrons don’t care how much you paid for the wires!
  10. Ivanovich

    SO ... HOW do we measure soundstage???

    I’d say soundstage is primarily produced by the stereophonic or multi-channel system, including the room. Measuring differences between channels (L/R) could reveal alteration of what one perceives as soundstage. Also, a room with a highly absorptive side opposite a reflective side should also...
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    Studio Monitors for now until the end

    I wouldn’t discount sealed box speakers, they may actually work better in your small space and they will have better transient response. With such a small space you are going to get plenty of room lift (support for low frequencies), making it ideal for non-ported speakers. A 3m^2 room, with two...
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    does anyone enjoy flat sound from audio speakers?

    Ignoring speakers with objective woeful performance - Because despite the design choices, they are going to be put in a room, everyone of which will be different. Add to that user preference. It’s not sad, it’s reality.
  13. Ivanovich

    WiiM Amp Streaming Amplifier Review

    Yep, I’d say the blame lays as much with the speakers as the amp.
  14. Ivanovich

    WiiM Amp Streaming Amplifier Review

    Based on my experience it would depend on the speakers used. I was using cheap, 8-ohm speakers with exaggerated high end. Performance was audibly bad compared to an old Yamaha Class A/B receiver. (Why match $60 amp with $1000 speaker?)
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    does anyone enjoy flat sound from audio speakers?

    Nope, the room (any room) acts like a filter, absorbing (carpet, furniture, curtains, etc.) and reflecting (walls) at various frequencies. Smaller the rooms tend to make resonances higher in frequency and closer to the ceiling height’s resonance frequency, which can concentrate the peaks and...
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    WiiM Amp Streaming Amplifier Review

    This is funny but I kind of disagree. I’ll grant you that confirmation bias is strong but there is a fourth scenario. Cheap, poorly executed design. Last year, I bought two $60 Chi-Fi Fosi TB10D’s. Hooked it up and even my wife (not a critical listener) could hear that it sounded terrible. Same...
  17. Ivanovich

    AI and Future of Music Production

    With any luck, I’ll be dead by 2060 and stone deaf well before that! ;)
  18. Ivanovich

    WiiM Amp Streaming Amplifier Review

    I am reading that graph as having les than 1dB SPL deviations, am I wrong? If not, I’d consider that an effect not worth worrying about. It’s a $300 piece of kit and does everything I need it to do. Worrying about 1dB variation when it’s going in a room having 10-30db peaks and nulls is not for...
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