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Has anyone bought these bass traps and how effective are they really? I know Gene has floor to ceiling panels in his room - I would love to know what the before/after results are with these in place. I used to own GIK Tri-traps floor to ceiling in my two front corners many years ago and I...

I wanted to know from those more experienced what their thoughts are regarding this feature. AV processors and receivers have a pure direct mode to bypass visual / DSP modes but the thought is that one need to purchase two separate preamps, one that is dedicated to two channel and one dedicated...

I bought these ear buds and am having sound stutters when connecting to my windows 10 notebook. However, my mom has the Jabra Elite 75 (non-active) and when connecting to my notebook there are no stutters whatsoever. I tested this 5 times. Listening to music on Youtube, the sound stutters...

Hi guys, So I got my GIK Acoustic panels (12 in total), I haven't mounted them on the wall so for now they are just standing on the floor. For the front speakers I've been told that the panels should be placed so that they are inside the front speakers, as close together as possible. Now I...

I've heard from many audiophiles that the most accurate and finely tuned measuring devices are our senses.I would like to learn more about this. If an audiophile could explain this to me I would appreciate it.

I've decided I want a custom designed cabinet which is enclosed, to give that minimalistic clean look. No handles, just clean lines. Now the first thing which worries me is the heat. Basically the back of the cabinet will be left option, but I doubt that will offer much in the way of...

You've probably heard this before sometime or another - "I had a Yamaha amp and it sounded bright" and "I now have an Arcam amp and it sounds so much smoother!". If two amplifiers have different gain structures and volume pots, and most are different, then I would think the change in relative...

Hi guys, Take a look at these videos from Townshend Audio :D Townshend Audio Isolda Speaker Cable "geometry matters" - YouTube Townshend Audio Isolda Speaker Cable "geometry matters 2" - YouTube Townshend Audio Isolda Speaker Cable "geometry matters 3" - YouTube Townshend Audio Isolda Speaker...

Hi, Just wanted to ask, if you switch all DSP modes off in an AVR so that it is direct, then would there still be any merit in buying an integrated amplifier with a HT bypass mode, or the direct setting in an AVR be essentially the same thing as the AVR would not be negatively impacting on the...

I am very interested in buying this subwoofer for my apartment, but I haven't heard many people buying them. I see people generally go for the ported offerings. Any people here that own the SB12 NSD? If so, how do you find the performance for movies and music? I saw these measurements taken...

Hi there, People generally say that you need beefy amplifiers to drive low impedance loads. That AVRs can't handle low impedances, and that you need something with "balls". My question is, if you take two amplifiers, one, a poverty spec Onkyo (80 watts into 2 channels 8 ohms) and a Krell (600...

Hi, I have heard this claim from some people, that a cable can affect the width and depth of the sound stage. I don't understand this. I assume there are EE's on the forum, but is there a scientific principle that allows for this, some scientific proof that it *can* affect sound stage or is it...

Just wanted to ask a question. If you have set all speakers to Large in a HT system there is no crossover involved. So if you are using a subwoofer and the LPF is between 70 Hz - 180 Hz, if you select 70 Hz would that be the best option using this configuration?

Hi everyone, Today I was playing some music at quite a loud level, not sure what the dB reading was, but it was loud. I have Polk RTI-A3 speakers and an Onkyo 515. It is 130 watts 6 ohms. I heard a weird sound coming from the tweeter, it sounded like heavy distortion and I turned it down...

Hello, I've heard from many people that a stereo amplifier (even an entry-level spec model) sounds more musical when playing stereo compared an AVR. Why is this? Is there some built in musicality or are AVR's just incapable?

Greetings, First, great site. I have a technical question I'm hoping you guys can help me answer. If I want to add a two channel power amp to a receiver (eg Onkyo 706), would the remaining channels have more power, since the two main channels are powered by an outboard amp? I would think so...