Recent content by perceval

Easy! I don't have a TV. :) No cable subscription, some streaming here and there, and an extensive collection of movies and tv shows amassed through the years. When I want to watch something, I fire up the projector and lower the screen. The rest of the time, I have a good sound system and I...

Wind - 1992 Has it all, nice boats, nice girls, nice guys, and an amazing soundtrack by Basil Poledouris. Always return to it when I need my spirit lifted up. It's not the most faithful to the rules of boat racing, but it is fun!

In my case, my situation got reversed. I had a big living room set up for movies (5.2 + projector) and music. Huge comfy couch, it was really nice. Electronics were from NuPrime, their AVR and their 8-channel amp. I had a BluRay player, but most of my music was on my Mac mini as a player. PSB...

Are those sound absorption panels with the Enterprise printed on the cloth? Ooooohhhh... I'm so jealous of the size of the room, and those panels! :) Looks amazing!

I like a wide variety of music, from Trance to Classical. For me, the music has to have dynamic range, and surprise me with something different. For example, Bubbles by Yosi Horikawa, and his ping pong and basket balls. A beat on full loudness the whole way, that's the real turn off.

ah, hmmm... $10,000 for a streamer and class D amp? No mention of the DAC inside? Well, at least it has a party mode. That must be worth something.

of course, different A/D D/A chips and what not inside will have some impact, that's where calibration files are supposed to come in and smooth out the rough edges of a particular setup, to match things up across different products. So, the calibration files are the culprit. Or in this case, the...

so it seems there's some discrepancies within the calibration files.

I agree that we need more info. Need to know the routing used as well. Was each sound card used for output to amp, and input via mic, or were the sound cards used for input only and output via another step? Same parameters? etc...

Hope it's international!

They got season 2???? Really? Made it to episode 3 and threw my remote at the screen. So, does that mean that Rings of Power will also get season 2? Why horrible shows (while based on amazing material) get 2 seasons, and amazing shows get canceled. One word..... Firefly.

If the new speaker have higher sensitivity, then yes, they would be more prone to interference. The idea of the chip being faulty doesn't appeal to me, because if it was indeed the DAC, then the amplification stage would pick it up and amplify it, since it is downstream from the DAC. Have your...

Todd's suggestion is good, try to change the source. Also, are there LEDs or some light fixtures near the right speaker? It could be interference from a nearby electrical fixture. Especially since it doesn't go up if you turn the volume up. My guess is it's picking up interference, and your...

People measure at 1m when building a speaker that will be for a generic room. The beauty of DIY is that you can select the parts you want, and tune the set to your listening position, as they will be for your room and your listening preferences.

It will matter only if you try to blend other speakers with them, like a sub(s) or surrounds. He will have to either invert polarity on his speakers, or on the sub(s) and surrounds.