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Goal: Build a simple to use, decent sounding 2 or 2.1 system for the living room. Use: Casual movie, TV, music listening Sources: TV (including streaming), Bluray player, Bluetooth (from phones) Speakers: Revel M22 (passive bookshelf speakers) Budget: cheap as possible, < $400US I'm trying to...

I sat down to watch a horror flick the other night in my HT room (just a 5.1 but a nice system build around Revel F208, C208 speakers). I use a Roku device which is less than 2 years old. I had company over, so I ended up sitting on the end of the couch directly in front of the right main...

It is just so weird. Certainly my son is not the typical 20 something music consumer. He is a musician and listens and enjoys many different genres of music. He has Spotify, but still bought CDs from the bands he loved. But now he's raiding my stash of cassettes tapes and going to 2nd hand music...

I'm looking for a product that may not exist. Basically, I want to get my elderly mom a product she can use to enjoy her music. The requirements are ... 1. Must be somewhat portable, to take between rooms or bring back and forth between home and cabin. 2. Must have built in speakers with decent...

Just a PSA for folks ... Back when I was building out the HT room I bought some Audioquest RCA G-Snake interconnects as part of a package from an installer. I have no idea what they cost, I only remember thinking they seemed a bit more expensive than the pricey Monster stuff at Best Buy. This...

Well, I've been messing around with audio for many years. But I never gave 2 shits about speaker cables. I went with whatever I had and used bare wire termination mostly. So I have no idea about spade plugs, banana plugs, etc. Basically I'm clueless when it comes to speaker cables. Hence these...

As I noted here ... https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/yet-another-revel-f206-thread.18729/post-853986 I just recently purchased a pair of used Revel F208s and a C208. The full story behind this is interesting or sad depending on your perspective. I found these on USAM...

The songs I mix sound like garbage when played back on SoundCloud and DropBox. I kind of understand why - the streaming sites apply lossy compression that is screwing with the sound - but this doesn't seem to affect pro mixed songs as much, at least as far as I can tell. So the pros must be...

This is not to be taken seriously. I finally hit the limit with my old computer built in 2014, so I did a massive upgrade. Went from an AMD A10-7700 to an Intel I7-10700 (with new RAM and new motherboard). All the audio gear stayed the same: external DAC (Behringer UMC404HD), same speakers (JBL...

There's been a lot of talk lately about the money we spend on our audio hobby, and I see a lot of people have bought a lot of stuff (no surprise on a forum like this). I thought it would be interesting to hear stories about stand out components you've purchased that have just knocked it out of...

You are young and successful. You've owned some gear, auditioned more at the high end dealers, read all of the articles. You think you know your shit and your ears are golden, maybe even platinum. Then it happens - you are proven so wrong about something that it shakes your faith in your ability...

NOTE: the following is *NOT* to be taken too seriously. I’m not really mad about the term “bass head”, but the term encapsulates some audiophile misconceptions that I just need to push back on … I keep reading this phrase in the forum: "I'm not a bass head". Its typically said while explaining...

Hard to believe it was 25 years ago when Alanis Morissette released "Jagged Little Pill". It went on to be become the 2nd highest selling album by a female artist. Its production really stood out from other albums too. It was very, very dry for the times. If you really want to geek out over the...

Hi folks, I'm going to jump right to heart of the question. See below *Background* section for further background and context. In my research, I see two general approaches to taking room measurements in the context of a near-field room and speaker correction. And a few variations within: 1...

https://hometheaterhifi.com/editorial/oped/how-do-headphones-compare-to-speakers/ Some shaky info here. Secrets used to be so much better.

Ok, I admit it - I rarely stream. When I want to own a piece of music, I buy the CD and rip it to my own collection. The new Tool album has me flummoxed though. The CD comes with a ridiculous LCD screen and speaker and is selling for $165. Yikes. I can buy the album from Amazon Music - but...

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Application: casual listening, hobby mixing of original music. I was set on buying the Kali LP-6s, but I found some great deals on some used JBL 306mkII (note - not the 305) and can save $100 compared to the Kalis. Based on youtube vids (weak I know, but its all I got) it sounds like JBL...