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Explain to me what I'm hearing from 45W to 80W
- Thread starter simplywyn
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That only works if it can be extrapolated to the entire system. If people still prefer such speakers with audibly inaccurate amplification it doesn’t support my claim - I doubt the combination would have been tested by anyone.
I will just leave this here. I don't think this discussion going anywhere.
https://www.audioholics.com/audio-amplifier/the-sound-of-an-amplifier
https://www.audioholics.com/audio-amplifier/the-sound-of-an-amplifier
That's the point of course. We can very safely assume that the amplification used for the preference test was neutral and had both flat FR and sufficiently low distortion. Hence it makes no sense to use amplifiers with other characteristics (exceptions are room EQ and tone controls to improve bad recordings).
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- #427
Just plugged in the buckeye - initial thoughts, not bad. Far stronger than CA or Denon. The speaker seems to be scared of the amp now, things really pop at you.
Will listen some more.
Immediately thing I noticed - dead air, and clean, the speakers disappears into the wall, with CA and Denon I could tell sound is coming from them but with buckeye, it's clean and transparent.
Will listen some more.
Immediately thing I noticed - dead air, and clean, the speakers disappears into the wall, with CA and Denon I could tell sound is coming from them but with buckeye, it's clean and transparent.
Amazing what power @ (8Ω) 2x 350W (1x 1200W in BTL) can do for a pair of speakers.
Be careful you don't mechanically damage the woofers.
What do you mean?
I thought your previous amp was integrated so how are you comparing and what are you using as a pre for the new amp?
Perhaps now is the time to get some EQ/PEQ working in your system?
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- #432
yeah, I think I’m done for now, I don’t see how much better the sound can get.
probably get some room treatment but honest it’s so powerful sounding, everything feels clear
blows away the denon and Cambridge audio
Some EQ/PEQ will make for a veryyy big improvement. Major improvement.
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- #434
how do I eq?
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- #436
nah right now it’s an Apple TV, can use of though
Is the Apple TV hardware audio coming out of the HDMI? How are you getting the audio to the balanced in of the NC502MP amp?
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- #438
AppleTV HDMI to TV, then optical to D90 then balanced to the amp. Am I losing signal here (doesn't seem like it)
I also use an AppleTV as my primary video source, not sure about your specific TV but mine measurably reduces signal quality. It seems like some TVs have some rather poorly implemented resampling. I've had much better luck with a HDMI extractor. The post linked below has my measurements.
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There are two ways you can integrate PEQ into your system.
1) Use a PC, install REW and a PEQ software and then get a UMIK-1 (USB Microphone) for measuring the speakers and calibrating the PEQ to your speakers requirements for flat response.
2) Use a miniDSP as a PEQ inline between the DAC and the Amplifier. This will require using a single ended connection for connecting the DAC to the mini DSP and then also for connecting the miniDSP to the amplifier. Because you will be using your Apple TV in this configuration as the source the UMIK-1 will not be required unless there is something I don't know but I'm pretty sure it can't be used here.
For #2 alternatively you can use the mini DSP as the DAC and PEQ because it has that capability too.
