powerav Posted November 24, 2017 Author Posted November 24, 2017 Enjoying all my old DVD concerts over again and they sound incredible with 2 properly set up subs and no Audyssey processing mucking things up.
powerav Posted December 30, 2018 Author Posted December 30, 2018 New house, new room. This room much smaller than previous so I was bit concerned but I honestly finding it much better, easier to furnish and add room treatment. Not much change in the equipment except for the 4 in ceiling speakers to make it a 5.2.4 and a Pro-ject s2 dac which I really like. Updates that are needed is a new screen as it got damaged while in storage for 15 months and maybe a power amp or integrated amp but I’m pretty happy with the Integra so that’s not so important for a while. 4
jamiebosco Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 yay! Nice to see you posting again!!! New room looks great too!
hopefullguy Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 (edited) do i see the venerable benq w1070? if so darken the walls and ceiling for a 15% minimum improved picture imo anyway. Edited December 30, 2018 by hopefullguy
powerav Posted December 30, 2018 Author Posted December 30, 2018 do i see the venerable benq w1070? if so darken the walls and ceiling for a 15% minimum improved picture imo anyway.Yes I agree, the last room I painted ceilings black and it made a huge improvement but not going to worry this time as the room is used 95% of time with the kids on fortnite and the rest is me with music.Thanks for the welcome back and thanks to Marc for the get out of jail card although I have an ankle bracelet on which is understandable. 1
powerav Posted December 30, 2018 Author Posted December 30, 2018 Not sure if it’s the antimode dsp for the subs or the room treatment or even the hebel walls but walking outside and with some pretty bass heavy music playing on a reasonable level I can only just hear it standing close to outside wall so that makes me very comfortable for late night listening sessions
Guest Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 Welcome back. FYI, have switched from Anthem AVR to NAD with Dirac Live but spending a lot less time on HT, much more on music...
powerav Posted January 1, 2019 Author Posted January 1, 2019 Welcome back. FYI, have switched from Anthem AVR to NAD with Dirac Live but spending a lot less time on HT, much more on music...Are now as much of a fan of NAD as you were of Anthem? I would really like to try a NAD, I like the idea of the add on modules and especially the blusound add on.
Guest Posted January 1, 2019 Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, powerav said: Are now as much of a fan of NAD as you were of Anthem? I would really like to try a NAD, I like the idea of the add on modules and especially the blusound add on. Anthem basically priced themselves out when I considered my upgrade plus there were a few issues with the quality of my friend's unit & others. With a sale price below $2K, it was significantly cheaper than the Anthem MRX-720 and with more power. Dirac Live is about the same as Anthem Room Correction for movies and better for music. Add on modules in theory should make upgrades easier, but ask me again in 3 years time. BluOS was a pleasant surprise and I used it for music when the 2 channel system was not available. Not bad for a one box solution. Have been recommending the NAD T58V3 as a good value AVR. Edited January 1, 2019 by Snoopy8 Typo
Hi-Fi Whipped Posted January 3, 2019 Posted January 3, 2019 On 01/01/2019 at 1:19 PM, powerav said: Are now as much of a fan of NAD as you were of Anthem? I would really like to try a NAD, I like the idea of the add on modules and especially the blusound add on. Well I never thought I'd see the day, let back in with a good behaviour bond? room looks great btw 1
powerav Posted January 3, 2019 Author Posted January 3, 2019 Well I never thought I'd see the day, let back in with a good behaviour bond? room looks great btw [emoji1417]Yeah thanks, had plenty of time to work on it.[emoji2]
powerav Posted March 28, 2019 Author Posted March 28, 2019 When you need 2 PC’s, one for music the other for video.
Satanica Posted March 29, 2019 Posted March 29, 2019 20 hours ago, powerav said: When you need 2 PC’s, one for music the other for video. Why?
powerav Posted March 29, 2019 Author Posted March 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Satanica said: Why? 1 for Kodi (movies/music videos) and 1 for HQplayer music.
powerav Posted September 30, 2021 Author Posted September 30, 2021 Pardon the lockdown mess as the kids have made it their home but I have happily joined the Magnepan family, Magnepan.7s and more room treatment. 6
powerav Posted September 30, 2021 Author Posted September 30, 2021 While I have still regularly rotated equipment on a regular basis the one piece of equipment which has made a noticeable difference to sound and video quality is the Zappiti One 4K, this really has made a big difference to my main source of musical enjoyment in Bluray concerts and Bluray Audios.
powerav Posted November 27, 2021 Author Posted November 27, 2021 Trying to tidy it up but raspberry Pi’s don’t make things easy with the side power port. Making room on the right side of AVR for a second Apart power amp to run as 2 mono amps. 3
powerav Posted December 10, 2021 Author Posted December 10, 2021 (edited) Latest addition to the room is a diy diffuser panel. Wow and no it’s not a wow for sound improvement (haven’t tested it) but a WOW for how hard and time consuming it was to make. I can see why they are so expensive, a lot of work goes into them. Edited December 10, 2021 by powerav 1
genkifd Posted December 11, 2021 Posted December 11, 2021 I would have thought maggies would need much more room from the front wall.
powerav Posted December 11, 2021 Author Posted December 11, 2021 36 minutes ago, genkifd said: I would have thought maggies would need much more room from the front wall. Easy to slide in and out when needed with my customised base.
powerav Posted January 15, 2022 Author Posted January 15, 2022 (edited) Sound diffusers built and installed, paint still wet, haven’t listened yet to hear a difference. Edited January 15, 2022 by powerav 4
powerav Posted January 15, 2022 Author Posted January 15, 2022 Now I know that diffuser and absorption panels work. There was definitely a difference, sounds more lively compared to when I had all absorption panels much bassier, I felt compelled to turn the gain up on the subs which I did and it is better. I’ll continue to test over the next couple of days.
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