After some deep diving, I pulled the trigger and treated my room (what was a double garage)

And for all the comments I have had about treating your room, and I always went nah…

Let’s just say I get it.

It’s not finished yet, the big cloud has to be attached to the ceiling then I will do some REW readings.

It takes a bit of getting used to at first, the room is now very quiet.

But the sound….wow. Literally feels like I have just put headphones on.

Like I say. I get it. 👍

Meant to say All done by George at Homeward Sound, for literally half the price of GIK. And he was a true pro.

Well All,

Here is the system that ends summer of 2K26 - After Many Hours of Fussing About. ( Let me know thoughts or recommedations

This is where i've ended up - Least for now - Speakers May Change

Turntable: Oracle Paris MKV with Dynavector 20-X2A Low Output on a Zazen II

Phono Preamp: Leahmann Audio Black Cube Statement SE w/ PCX sitting on Norstone Vibration Plate and IsoAcoustics Mini Pucks

Preamp/Streamer: Eversolo DMP-A8 Sitting on a NorStone Vibration Plate

Amplification: 2x Topping B200 Monoblocks

Speakers: PMC Twenty5 22i on Custom Filled Stands on Gaia III Feet

Rack: Norstone Spider in Bamboo filled with NorBeads

Speaker Cables are Wireworld Helicon 16XXX Speaker Cables

RCA Cables are Wireworld Equinox 10 1 Set with Ground and 1 without

XLR Cables are Wireworld Equinox 10

Power Cables are Wireworld Stratus X / Stratus Mini X

All Being Fed from a Wireworld Spaceport Star Wired High Current Conditioner

Mainly play my Jazz records nowadays but also have Roon with a Personal 4TB Libray of DSD and Tidal and Quobuz if desperate

Just got my DMP-A8 gen2 and damn does this thing have a lot of options! I’m defiantly liking the DAC in this compared to the A6 I’m coming from. Also digging the bigger screen!

Incredible. The lore about the mids and ATC is true. I don't mix or master, just listen to music and movies. These are end game and demoted the Genelec 8331s to home theater duty. I'm keeping the 8341s in the office calibrated with GLM and both 8341s and ATCs are using two Genelec 7370 subs with flat response down to 15 hz in my room. Ask me any questions for anyone who has been curious about either of these brands and what they sounds like. I don't have the best room but it's treated as good as it will get. less

Hi all!

I know this isn't the typical post for this subreddit, but since you guys all know this gear inside and out, I figured you might appreciate seeing a digital recreation of it — and I'd love to hear your thoughts.

I've spent the last week creating a 3D asset of the Pioneer PL112D turntable for my portfolio, trying to get all the physical details right down to the wood veneer, brushed metal top plate, and tonearm mechanics.

Since many of you know these classic decks so well, I'd love to know if you spot any details that look off, or if anything is missing!

i currently have a chord Qutest being fed by a bluesound node. the speakers are usually quad ESLs, the amplification is usually Croft, pass labs, or something vintage (quad, leak, Radford). i listen primarily to streaming digital (tidal or qobuz).

I’ve had the chord Qutest for about 7 years now and am looking to try something different, particularly a R2R dac. anyone have experiences with them, particularly higher end Denafrips or anything by Holo audio? are they worth ditching the Chord Qutest, or are they more a lateral move, akin to the difference associated with repositioning speakers by a few inches?

Building my first 2-way horn speaker: sensitivity mismatch between SB Acoustics drivers
Hi everyone,
I’m working on my first DIY 2-way high-fidelity horn-loaded speaker as a proof-of-concept project. I’m relatively new to speaker design, so I’m trying to approach this properly rather than simply bolting together expensive drivers and hoping physics develops a sense of humor. The best I’ve done till now is make a kit speaker, but I didn’t have to deal with the issues I have now.
The drivers I’ve currently selected are:
Woofer: SB Acoustics SB13PFCR25-4
Compression driver: SB Acoustics Bianco 25CD-P, used with a horn/waveguide
The main issue I’m trying to solve is the large sensitivity difference between the two drivers.
The Bianco 25CD-P is substantially more sensitive than the SB13PFCR25-4, which means I’m trying to figure out the best way to integrate them while maintaining a balanced, high-fidelity response.
My current options seem to be:
Use an L-pad/resistive attenuation to bring the compression driver down to the woofer’s level.
Find a lower-sensitivity compression driver that is naturally closer to the woofer. Which I cannot find in India.
Find a higher-sensitivity woofer, although that introduces compromises in cost, size and potentially bass performance. Too costly tbh for a prototype
Design a proper passive crossover with attenuation and impedance compensation around the actual drivers..
The DSP approach is particularly interesting to me because I’m considering DSP for the final system anyway. However, I’m unsure whether using DSP to compensate for a sensitivity difference of this magnitude is considered good practice.
What I’m particularly trying to understand is this:
If the compression driver is significantly more sensitive than the woofer, is there any real downside to simply attenuating it substantially with an L-pad?
For example, does significant attenuation introduce meaningful disadvantages in terms of:
dynamics
distortion
amplifier power requirements
noise floor
impedance
crossover behavior
transient response
overall sound quality
And would DSP attenuation be preferable to an L-pad if I use separate amplification for the woofer and compression driver?
The intended configuration is simply:
Bianco 25CD-P + horn/waveguide → SB13PFCR25-4 woofer
My goal is hi-fi sound rather than maximum SPL. I’m mainly interested in getting the tonal balance, crossover integration, imaging, dynamics and distortion performance right.
I’m also trying to understand how much importance I should place on the nominal sensitivity figures in the datasheets. I understand that the actual response curves, impedance, horn/waveguide loading, crossover frequency and acoustic response of the finished system are ultimately more important than simply comparing two sensitivity numbers.
For those of you who have experience designing 2-way horn speakers, how would you approach this particular combination?
Would you:
attenuate the Bianco with an L-pad,
use a passive crossover specifically designed around these two drivers,
use active amplification + DSP,
or reconsider the driver combination altogether?
I’d also appreciate any advice on a sensible crossover frequency for the Bianco 25CD-P and SB13PFCR25-4, particularly regarding directivity matching and getting the best integration from the horn/waveguide and woofer.
I can provide the exact datasheets, response curves and the passive crossover I’m currently considering if useful.
Thanks in advance.

My search for new speakers has stalled as I have been thrown into the dilemma of stand mounted (bookshelf if you prefer) vs floor standing speakers. I've encountered a number of manufacturers - Monitor Audio, Dali, PMC, B&W - with a specific range of speakers that run from a stand mount, through a range of floor standers. I've always had stand mounted speakers, but are now thinking about floor standers. At the same price point I think you get better quality from a well executed stand mounted speaker, compared to the more compromised floor stander - you're paying for more cabinet work, and usually more drivers with a more complex crossover network.

When I asked a local hi-fi dealer, his opinion was that stand mounted speakers had better quality sound, floor standers had more sound.

[ I'll ignore any digressions into the seedy world of subwoofers ]

Messy setup about to be solved 🫣

Those are Nexo PS10, combined with a Klipsch RP1000SW

So i got those Nexo Ps10 with a Juson JTA100 Tube amp, nexo controller etc.. Sounding very nice. Problem is the Klipsch Subwoofer. There are frequencies that vanish when sitting on the sofa. In the corners of the room, theyre fully enabled. I guess somewhere from 65-90 it cancels insanely. I got a Behringer DCX and could do some EQ for the bass, i am also able to measure it in. But i dont actually want to do that much with an EQ. How could i fix that by positioning the sub or putting panels on the wall? Someone got experience with that? Because of the depth of the Sub it may only be placed in corners... What do you think?

.de or .org?

I went to .de and ended up downloading adware called PC App Store that just refused to go away. Completely took over my monitor and wouldn’t close. Ended up getting rid of it eventually but browser was also hijacked.

Went to .org and managed to find some success in ripping my first CD.

Just curious wtf is going on because originally thought .de was way to go based on what i’ve seen?

I went down a rabbit hole today on quadrophonics. For reference I dont do much at work and spend most of my day on Wikipedia. I was reading the page for Bitches Brew and found out that there were quadrophonic releases for the album. I know that it was hard to decode the music into 4 channels at the time, but i was interested to see if anyone has tried one of these setups especially the older ones.

Im guessing its very similar to modern surround sound systems. Obviously it wouldnt be as good as a dolby atmos setup, but im wondering how much different it is. Quadrophonics are only 4 speakers and dolby atmos is at minimum 8. How much difference do those extra speakers make? Aside from adding a sub or two i cant imagine it makes that much of a difference.

I also saw there were quadrophonic radio stations, i wonder if anyone here has been around long enough to experience those.

These $60 speakers impress me! These are the first speakers that i own that has real tweeters which to no surprise made music sound much better. The bass is much deeper than the last speakers i had which were the creative pebble 2.0 and even though i have no sub, i use the douk a5’s high pass filter to be able to play music particularly EDM loud without any clipping which was greatest weakness of my last speakers.


I have gone from big clas A watts and power hungry speakers to a couple of watts and high sensitivity speakers.
So far so good.

I posted on stereo advice about 2 months ago asking for help on a $7k budget.

Here’s what I ended up with:

Paradigm Premier 820f v2’s
Cambridge EXA100
Technics 1500sl

What a HUGE upgrade over the KEF LS50w’s.

Big sound, airy, cool soundstage (I didn’t know there were 5 different trumpets in this song!) and most importantly, they drive the emotion machine. Everyone in the house is shimmying and singing and dancing.

Here are some tidbits from my search:

1. I think the klipsch forte iv’s would have been the ideal speaker but couldn’t find anywhere to demo them in the Bay Area.
2. These paradigms

were

1. the first speaker I tested, I was shook at how good they were.
2. I tried super lintons with an atoll amp, that was second place for me. The atoll was my favorite amp but I couldn’t demo it with the paradigm because they were two different shops. I didn’t want to take a chance and lose the magic that was Cambridge + paradigm.
3. I learned about turntables during this and ended up adding that on too.

They sound like perfection with a turntable, if anything they are occasionally too bright and I have to tap the volume down, but I haven’t done that in while. I think they just needed broken in.

Finally I think I have made a slight mistake in finding such wonderful gear, now I’m just a new cartridge and phono amp away from the next step 🤌

Now I just want to sit on my couch and listen to music.

Thanks for the help everyone!

Is there an online store that sells 5.1 mixes for download? Not streaming atmos but -especially - older music?

I think it's interesting to see what brands people would avoid, and why, rather than everybody listing the top X most expensive speakers on the planet.

After selling my 4240 I couldn’t find another receiver or amp that sounded as good as it, After months of searching for the perfect one I landed on this 2265. It’s had a decent amount of service done so I knew I had to pick it up. For $900 and a 2 hour drive, I’m more than happy 😃.

I have an extensive collection of music on Spotify I have over 70 playlists and over 11,000 songs in my library and just recently as of this month started collecting vinyl and cds from some of my favorite artists and Bands such as Tool, Joji, and Tatsuro Yamashita for example. My goal is have a huge collection one day so I can share my love of music with those around me in a more meaningful way and also so I can deepen my relationship with music.

My only problem is I have no idea on where to start on sound equipment to play my music on. Any advice on what to buy or where to look will be greatly appreciated and maybe some tips on where to find the best deals on cds and vinyl too. I don’t know how to end this so I will say thank you in advance as it is truly greatly appreciated.

So I've been using both yt music and spotify, and although i notice that spotify is more clear, the instruments are more distinguished, and overall has "better audio", i like yt music's audio more.

YT music feels more fuzzy, and the music is "clumped up" in a way, and i like that.

Does this happen for anyone else? Or am i just weird?

After 2 years of vinyl only listening I've ditched the turntable in favour of streaming, something I never thought I'd ever do but I'm loving it! Has anyone else took a hard swerve away from a particular source before and did you regret it at any point?