Posts by michaelkingdom

My room acoustics problem is severe enough that the center image is in the middle of the middle and the speaker - which has been proven out by swapping every link in the chain. I would not believe it either and I have spent many hours...

Quote:Originally Posted by IntelliVolume Okay, so that's why the RIGHT speaker -- further from a wall surface than the LEFT -- is coming across as "weaker"? Yes. Reflection.

Yes, the speakers that is not being bounced off a wall will be quieter. Imagine talking to someone in an elevator vs talking to them on the beach at the same volume. The elevator voice will be much more discernible because the sound is...

Using balance is a quick fix and not a bad one in my opinion. As you get pickier about 2-channel, you will will want to solve the issue without aggressive balance control. What is happening is the sound is bouncing off your right wall...

My room is the problem in my case. I have 7 amps and all pull to the right leading me to believe I'm either going deaf in the left ear or the left wall absorbs the reflection as it is not a hard surface. I use the balance control. A...

Note the reviewer's comments while drive the seven 802Ds: "Allow me to get personal. In my job as a high-end reviewer (and as a research scientist always pursuing perfection), I get to hear a lot of spectacular systems and industry...

Omer - read this review. The reviewer drives SEVEN 802Ds with the Arcam AVR600. I own one and it is fantastic for music plus the room correction/processing is amazing. Class A operation. Retail is $5k. 802 diamonds ($15000) + Arcam...

I suppose that unless you were there, you can't know what it originally sounded like to the human ear. Then it got recorded/mixed for replay on our home stereos or wherever you choose to listen. As much as we like to think we are...

There are TOSLINK to USB adapters available. Ultimately, if you buy from Outlaw / Emotiva etc, you will have a great experience. I love the Outlaw because it does many things very well.

One great aspect of vinyl which I know everyone can appreciate is holding the physical media. Big, colorful album covers that you could stare at while listening, gatefolds, inserts, hidden meanings - all the good stuff. Digital took...