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    Near Or Far Field Listening For This Room?

    I'm curious if you are going to consider (both) Long walls during your placement evaluation? Might as well. If possible, taking some kind of room acoustics related measurements will be beneficial in confirming which placement actually is better than the other.
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    Car Audio Question

    Hello, I didn't see it mentioned but what is the format, Bit/Sample Rate of the music files being used? Are they .MP3 files, or are they Lossless files? Its possible that the Audio system in the new vehicle is much better than the last vehicle and you can now hear all the warts and or lack of...
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    My Personal Experience With Detailed Speaker Setup - I'm Finally There

    I'm curious if any instruments were used along the way during the setup process or if its all being done by ear? Maybe something as simple as an SPL meter or maybe an SPL meter with signal sweeps being played back so you could see/confirm changes taking place? I've witnessed in my own room...
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    Does DSP belong in State of the Art Systems?

    OK. so it does sound like you may be talking about "boxes" with built-in DSP functionality. One example being an AV Integrated Amp/Receiver but I understand that there are other higher end examples. But the point being; one of the many problems with those devices is that you are typically left...
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    Does DSP belong in State of the Art Systems?

    I can understand your disappointment with using DSP but its unclear to me what the signal chain looked like in your system while playing with DSP? This is in reference to your mentioning that there is no "Bypass" for Higher Freqs? If you are talking about using a Turn Table as the Source then...
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    Does DSP belong in State of the Art Systems?

    IMO...If you currently like how your gear sounds in your room but you have never actually took the time or had an interest in measuring the room/gear to verify if what you are hearing isn't just a bunch of room anomalies "Enhancing" the sound of the musical content beyond what the original...
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    Does DSP belong in State of the Art Systems?

    This statement is one that I see often on the Web but unfortunately its not that simple. If you want to do it right you should do all the above & use DSP. Without using DSP while using Subs you are only getting a half baked cake. Relying only on those physical dials/knobs will only get you so...
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    Sigberg Audio MANTA Wideband, Dual Cardioid, Coaxial Speakers

    Hello, yes the main tower speakers still contain the built-in Analog x-overs. I guess I haven't found the courage to physically remove/replace them yet for an exclusive all Active x-over configuration. I suspect my courage would increase greatly if by some chance Magico stops selling parts for...
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    Sigberg Audio MANTA Wideband, Dual Cardioid, Coaxial Speakers

    Hello, Yes you are correct. I am using a Multi-Channel DAC (Merging HAPI) feeding Pass Labs Mono's for the main towers along with 3 powered Subs....Details in Sig if interested. @sigbergaudio ...Hopefully you don't take my posts as an attempt at soiling on your product. That is not my...
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    Sigberg Audio MANTA Wideband, Dual Cardioid, Coaxial Speakers

    Yes, you are correct, I am doing that DSP/Digital X-Over work using external software and utilizing the music servers processing power to crunch the numbers before it arrives at the ETH Input of my DAC. I think a hurdle for some (Me included) when it comes to using Actives in their already...
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    Sigberg Audio MANTA Wideband, Dual Cardioid, Coaxial Speakers

    Hello and thanks for your detailed reply. I appreciate it. I'll admit that I did suspect your answer would mention that the Analog Input signal would be converted to D again. There are very few "Active" speakers on the market these days that maintain the Analog signal at the speaker Input. I...
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    Sub Selection: How do I begin?

    Hello, For the price point being considered using the example of the Used REL above I would instead look to new Rythmik Subs. The Rythmik Subs are Sealed Direct Servo style units (ie..Very Clean Sounding) and offer some nice built-in tuning features that many other Subs options on the market...
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    Sigberg Audio MANTA Wideband, Dual Cardioid, Coaxial Speakers

    Hello, I have looked thru your web page and documentation for the Manta but was unable to determine the answer to a question that came to mind. If someone feeds the speaker an Analog XLR Output signal from an external DAC or Pre-Amp does that signal remain in the Analog Domain (From End to...
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    What are the Covers You Like Better than the Original?

    Hadn't heard of that one. Not too shabby
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    What are the Covers You Like Better than the Original?

    Shinedown - covering Simple Man - by Lynyrd Skynyrd
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    What are the Covers You Like Better than the Original?

    Five Finger Death Punch - covering Bad Company - by Bad Company
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    What are the Covers You Like Better than the Original?

    Metallica - covering Am I Evil - by Diamond Head
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    What are the Covers You Like Better than the Original?

    Metallica - covering Turn The Page - by Bob Seger
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    What are the Covers You Like Better than the Original?

    Faith No More - covering Commodore/Lionel Richie - Easy
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    What are the Covers You Like Better than the Original?

    Disturbed - covering Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
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    Theory That Musical Genre Preference Drives Loudspeaker Preference

    Personally I have not consider the type of music I listen to whenever choosing speakers in the past. My criteria is based on the speakers specs/design/measurements and of course their sound while using as wide of an array of musical genres as I can take with me during the demo. Whatever the...
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    Audio Purchase scam that is happening almost every month

    EBay is another haven of dirtballs. Audiogon isn't too far behind these days either. I've had to withdraw the Sale of several pieces of audio equipment over the last few years due to shady buyers. Its seems another common thing is for the buyer to provide the shipping address of abandon...
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    What comes first: listening chair placement or speaker placement?

    I think you need to consider both things at the same time if you have a room that allows for an ideal setup in either a Long Wall or Short Wall configuration. In these cases you certainly have a lot more work to do. I would imagine having the option for both configuration choices being...
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    Why do most audiophiles don't like active speakers ?

    I think Actives are a nice option and I use a pair in an office system (Genelec 8020D's). No complaints. Personally I don't like the idea of many Actives (not all) coming with built in AD/DA converters. I'm fine with the Amp being baked in but beyond that I think a built in AD/DA just...
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    Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?

    "can-digital-get-to-vinyl-sound-and-at-what-price" I've asked myself the exact opposite of this question more times than once. But in any case, with digital you can always add "vinyl" like effects to the playback chain if that is your preference or you can do what some others here have...
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    Robert Harleys 'listening room

    I'm not sure what the file upload size limit is here on WBF but another alternative could be to make your recording then do a direct upload here instead of shoe horning it all thru UTube and losing most of the recording quality. One question I would have about these video recordings of ones...
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    Tuning room

    Audiolense does
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    Tuning room

    In the past I had a room that was just slightly bigger then yours is. My room at the time was 15ft deep x 22ft wide. But, probably 2.5ft of that Depth was occupied by a Staircase so not a true 15' deep. I settled on a Long Wall configuration in that space for a few reasons. 1. I could skirt...
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    Tuning room

    Can you clarify the above mentioned dimensions? I see you mention "wide" twice. Its hard to tell how close your couch is to the speaker front plane but have you experimented with "Near Field" listening by chance? How about Long Wall configuration & Nearfield Combo? These are free experiments...

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