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Guys; Just so everyone knows, this faceoff was conducted in the Audioholics Showcase Theater room which is acoustically treated by Auralex. So its a large treated room and not a typical reflective family/living room environment. Its definitely a more forgiving room for bright speakers. I...

The trained listeners seemed to prefer the EMP's followed by the JBLs both for blind and sighted tests. Although during the blind tests, at times the Axioms scored almost on equal footing with the EMPs with one of the trained listeners while they both sometimes liked the Klipsch depending on...

I was told their next shipment of product will include the driver upgrade. I should be getting review samples with the upgrades next month.

Well one of them is our Editor in Chief who reviews products for a living. The other is a musician and avid music lover who has spent years hanging out with me listening and critiquing virtually all of the products I have personally tested. Both of them have a good frame of reference for...

Yes there was a lot of variability in the listening tests. However, again note the losses in the grille cloth which had a huge impact on the tonal balance of the speakers.

Crap the "Methods for Improving Speaker Testing" is supposed to be page 8 but when the article posted it somehow placed it as page 3. Sorry guys, trying to fix that.

Probably. You should check the level of each sub nearfield just to be sure. Alternatively, you can pick a point in the room equidistant from both subs to ensure they are level matched when playing them separately. You shouldn't perceive a difference despite your listening location as long...

I've found Pandora to offer the highest sound quality out of any streaming service I tested. I use it daily on my computer system and my family room system. It's as close to CD quality as you are going to find IMO.

I got this virus about 2 weeks ago. It took me nearly 2 days to completely remove it. It was no joke. Definitely the worst I've ever encountered. Make sure you are always running Microsoft Security Essentials. Its FREE and is a great program!

We did a thorough scan of our servers and they don't appear to be compromised. I notice the AVAST virus message is no longer showing. This leads me to believe its related totally to Google ads. They must be running some bad ads. Next time this happens, please try to note what Google ads are...

I see this problem too but only when using a machine loaded with AVAST. I forwarded this to our ADMIN. thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Such an advanced HT system and they are using a Sencore SP295C to analyze its response :eek:

You still have to: follow proper placements for subs and seats. properly set bass management make sure all subs are playing exact same mono signal composed of LFE + all speakers set small level match each sub EQ such as the Audyssey is a last step. It can flatten the frequency...

Good question. For years, I always measured at the listening area for each sub. It was a pain to match levels that way. Then it occurred to me when reading Dr. Floyd Toole's book that what matters is how the subs balance with respect to the room NOT the listening area. Remember in order to...

Actually its more like 8400 words in the word document. should be the same online.

Phase should almost always be set to zero for all subs. It should only be altered if its beneficial which is usually not the case. I did mention this in the article under Advanced Calibration tips.

many of these questions will be answered in a very comprehensive subwoofer calibration article I am finishing up. Fullrange speakers can work in a multi sub system but its very tricky. You are almost always better off bass managing all speakers and using 2 or 4 subs. Having a tower with multi...

Peter Gabriel likely won't be doing anything with Genesis at all this year since he will be on his own tour promoting "I'll Scratch Your Back, You Scratch Mine". So sad. The classic reunion lineup will likely never happen.

Daryl is a class act. Very nice guy. Check out my podcast interview with him on AVRANT. http://www.avrant.com/?s=daryl+stuermer&x=0&y=0

Don't worry, I won't. I haven't heard a peep out of them since so hopefully its said and done now.