I have a near-field setup with Neat Iotas running off a single Gjallarhorn. I'm enjoying them but am wondering if they would sound better running on two Gjallarhorns in mono. My current understanding is adding a second one would only give me more headroom--which I don't need. I've been keeping an eye on the temperature after playing at fairly high volumes for extended periods, and so far, nothing seems out of the ordinary. I suppose my question really boils down to: is underpowering the Iota's impacting their sound quality in a near-field environment?

Hi,

After doing a fair amount of research on speakers I bought The Sevens and they sound great. However, I’m not doing justice to them and neither to the music I’m listening to bcoz I’m streaming Apple Music via Bluetooth from my iPhone.

My intention is to listen to music in hi-res. An assumption I’m making here is that The Sevens have a built in DAC so if I get a lightning to aux adapter and connect my phone to the primary speaker using an aux cable I should be able to stream in hi-res. Would this work? If not, could you please provide an alternative?

Another option I’ve considered is buying a network streamer – Wiim Pro Plus. If I did, how would I connect it to the speakers? The advantage with this setup is I can stream via Airplay 2, though still not hi-res, it’s better than Bluetooth. But to get true hi-res I’ll have to get a Tidal subscription and that adds to the cost.

So you see I’m in a conundrum. Any advice or help you could offer is deeply appreciated.

Thank you!

Hello! My name is Sobek and I have my grandfather’s turntable. It’s occurred to me recently that it needs repairs. I have the parts I need but I don’t know what kind of lubricating oil I should use for a 50+ y/o turntable. When looking it up I keep getting responses like “gunmetal oil” and I’m not 1000% sure. I assumed no one better to ask than an audiophile. Is there a top notch oil for turntables that won’t damage my older turntable?

If I'm in the wrong community, please let me know. Have a question concerning REW.

I have a MiniDSP w/Dirac & Umik2 Mic that I've played around with quite a bit. Have some spare time so thought I'd play around w/REW too. Intent is to experiment with various room treatments & speaker/sub placement.

My Mic is hooked up (USB A) to computer & output to MiniDSP (USB A to USB B).

The REW user manual talks a lot about using an external digital interface, SPL meter, & calibrating the two, but also says it's unnecessary when using USB Mic w/config file.

Getting to the point (finally 🤣), is my current setup adequate for measurements and/or any recommendations?

Thanks in advance.

Hi. I have a Wiim Pro Plus > Sansui 8080 > Wharfedale Lintons (85th)

I just recently acquired the Sansui (pics in a previous post :) ) to replace a Yamaha A-S801

I admit, I think I've caught the bug. When I got the Yamaha, I wanted integrated b/c I didn't think I'd want to swap components. Now I'm interested in swapping components and tinkering with various things.

I actually really like the warmth the Sansui has brought and it seems to have added some depth (vocals are more forward in the presentation)

I am considering a tube preamp.

My question: If I add a tube preamp, I have to bypass the preamp in the Sansui. Isn't this effectively negating the perceived benefits I am noticing with the Sansui? Isn't most of that coming from its preamp and not so much the power side? So, while I might get benefits or enhancements from the new pre amp, it might not be the same or better (based on my perception) than what I already have with the Sansui. ? so i'm not really compounding effects as much as I am removing one and replacing it with another So it's really just try it and see kind of thing ? I guess this is where the endless hobby/tinkering aspect comes into play.

BTW - Schiit Freya+ is what I'm looking at.

Pretty new to full setup and was wondering how you decide what sound modes you guys use with your different inputs.

For me: Vinyl - direct / pure direct Music streaming - depends really but generally dolby PLII Movies - dolby digital plus / dthd / dts-hd

As I said I’m new to this so I always feel like what I’m doing is wrong, I’m gonna guess the answer is whatever sounds the best to me

Hello everyone, I’m trying to put together a playlist to demo hifi system that you can use it to test your equipment, have a listening session or show your hifi to other right now I’m lacking on live concerts music that can make you feel like you are part of the audience so any recommendations? no album please just specific tracks

Thanks and keep listening!!

Here is the playlist on tidal and Apple Music

Tidal https://tidal.com/playlist/a2b1514c-aedb-4172-8b27-fbc27bf68845

Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/hifi-session/pl.u-d2b05VjsGEpyq6

i found a cool vintage ad for the equalizer i just picked up... suggested retail price was $295.

$295 in 1976 is worth $1,619.30 today... that was pretty spendy for back in the day.... i paid way less than 1976 retail. score! lol.

https://preview.redd.it/8nb3n9de5e4e1.png?width=312&format=png&auto=webp&s=3c005778d0d8145bef255a28b9ccf14f1c04f0aa

Is their any truth in this statement. My pre amp is dusty and 30 years old. I could take it apart and vacuum and clean the contacts etc. Is their any real point in doing this ?

Is it just snake oil that basic cleaning can improve sound / performance ?

What's the science behind that?

I dont know much about room acoustics and audiophile-stuff but i really love music and was interested in buying high quality speakers

We know a lot of people have not only been waiting for a review, but one with measurements! We have it (measurements were performed in the anechoic chamber at Canada's National Research Council).

Link: https://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php/system-one/1925-arendal-sounds-1528-series-tower-8-loudspeaker-monumental-value

I have a pair of adam A7X (meant for production but used mostly for listening)

They sit on foam, by the sides of my pc screen(32') angled in a way that creates a triangle tip right behind my head, tweeters at the height of my ears when im sitting.

In this stereo form i can hear a whole sound stage and tell different placements of voices and instruments in the room in about 140° spectrum, i even hear the singer as if they were right infront of me coming out of the screen.

So how could a center channel in hifi set ups possibly improve upon that?

And why is it hifi speakers are pointed directly forward and not towards the center?

Just name audio equipment you have/like or are looking at yourself. Hell, Just NAME some equipment in general. I wanna look at charts and maybe buy something. Just trying to mix things up. Even if I don't like the tuning I just want to try new things and maybe get ideas. Anywhere from IEMs to full surround systems including AVR to DAPs/DACs to cables to snake oil, throw in how you like to setup, from home theater to gaming to music station/room, YOUR audio and what you do while you enjoy it, tell me about every kind of setup up you want and are thinking of. Just nerd out and talk about equipment, I wanna read about your thoughts/feelings and learn new things. Spill out everything.

I’m completely rearranging my gear in a new shelving system. Some pieces will need to be stacked to save room for those I don’t want to put anything on like my amp. Ideally I wouldn’t have a cable box but it’s a necessity for us. I could gain a lot of space by stacking the cable box on top of my Furman Elite 15 dmi. I’m pretty sure the Furman is well shielded and I’m equally sure the cable box is not.

Recognizing it’s not ideal; what would be the problems if any in stacking the cable box on top of the Furman??

Hello everyone. I was happy with my current setup until I heard some very clear music at work in the sound booth.

Obviously I dont have this type of budget with 16K just for the speaker but I would like to build something that play music from my PC.

The problem is, i don't know anything about devices in the audio and my head is litterally spinning with all the slang and term....

I always used a soudblaster soundcard and I am using HD600 seinheiser.

Is there a " relatively easy" to follow video or guide that could explain to me what I need to go from a basic setup to a system with 2 speakers and a sub?

I will be hapoy with suggestion if you have any.

Does anyone know if an adapter exists for this? The ones I’ve found are all for capturing music on comouter, not outputting audio signa to dac. Would like to output SPDIF from CD transport to usb for Topping D50 iii, as the onboard PEQ on D50iii will only work with usb input.

Thanks!

I own a Stereo 70s and don’t like how the top is open, letting dust inside.

I want a CD player so I want the CD60 to match as the 50n isn’t necessary for me.

Is it safe to have the CD60 stacked on top of the Stereo 70s? It doesn’t get hot and would stop most dust this way

Aside from the audio diffetrnce discussion... Q. Would you rather have your 1000 CDs on shelves and play thru nice player? or have them all ripped to a hard drive and play thru nice DAC and Musicbee/Foobar etc...

And perfect for further testing of new equipment.

Seen several recent posts here asking for help or feedback to improve sound quality on a PC based setup with KEF’s or something similar sitting on its side under a set of 3 computer monitors.

Lots of the comments talked about desk reflection and comb filtering, but there seemed to be no consensus on a fix. I have a similar setup, and I’ve been arguing with myself as to what is the best fix. So here goes:

1. move the speakers so they are next to the left and right computer monitors, so they can be at ear level, with an extra wide (too wide?) stereo separation.
2. move the desk away from the wall, and put the speakers behind the desk at ear level so you have a traditional listening triangle, with a line of monitors between you and the speakers blocking the direct sound
3. mount the speakers above the monitors and tow them down a bit so you have proper stereo separation, so you get direct sound, but definitely above ear level
4. some other option that doesn’t involve removing monitors? This setup is trying for optimal sound while working, so monitors in these positions is required.

I’m leaning toward 3, but wanted to hear others thoughts.

I have a CA CXNv2 streamer. The software sucks, I hate Roon, and I use Tidal and local files. Now that I have that out of the way….

I’ve used JPlay as a DLNA player for the past year. I like it as far as it goes, but before I renew it at $50 for the next year, I wanted to see if there is anything else I should try out. Thanks in advance for any advice!

So as some of you, I’m in search of apple streamer that delivers lossless. Just as little and as much , I already have DAC that gives me subwoofer out so I don’t need it, however I don’t think have options.. Here’s my research result so far:

Fiio r7 : this thing have headphone amp and generally delivers on Apple Music except for one thing: no ability to control AM from sofa. I mean come on!

Eversolo A6 - you can control it from sofa but on horizontal mode. Bleh . No headphone amp.

Eversolo a10 - delivers all I need at 3500£ price. Crazy

Some Chinese android streamers - I’m not convinced there will be software support going forward

So what then, eversolo a6 and separate headphone amp if needed and bite the bullet with horizontal cast mode? Is there anything else worthy of mentioning ?

I have an Onkyo 797 with 9 dedicated speakers and a subwoofer with 5.1.4 configuration that really doesn't convince me. In the room I have a sony HTA9 that the truth sometimes I think the sound is real and it only has 4 speakers and a subwoofer which makes me think that the theme is the software. I can buy the sonos arc ultra or sony quad or the Denon X3800 but I don't know which configuration to take. Did Sonos Arc really overtake the dedicated horns?

Hi all, I recently upgraded my power amp from a $130 Chi-Fi class D amp to a $1000+ Purifi amp. Since my Chi-Fi amp had a volume control on it, I purchased a Schiit Sys to pair with the purifi unit for volume control.

After having everything set up, I found myself turning the Sys way up to meet similar volume levels as my old Chi-Fi amp, I messaged the Purifi manufacturer, who said that the Schiit is likely only delivering 2V to the Purifi unit, hence the disappointing volume levels for me.

Honestly, while the Purifi unit sounds good and gets just loud enough with the Sys, I’m a little disappointed with the sound quality. I know about the law of diminishing returns, but this unit is 10x more expensive than my Chi-Fi unit and maybe sounds 2-3% better, if that.

Assuming I upgrade my preamp to a Schiit Saga, which delivers approx. 10v of output power, is it likely the Purifi unit will open up more in terms of Sound Quality, or will the Quality be more or less the same, just with more volume?