I finally got my dedicated room for music production and mixing/mastering.

Now it’s time to treat the room. I pay rent in this apartment and i spoke with the owners and they are ok with me treating the room.

On the left there is a couch that is directly in one corner and on the right corner there is a closet and a little bookshelf.

The room dimensions are 384cm x 262 cm.

The pieces of furniture that i mentioned cant go anywhere so im stuck with them in here.

My questions is, will bass traps in 3 of the corners help with this configuration + plus acoustic foam 5cm thick?

Or is it ok if i put 2 acoustic panels on the first reflection points on the side walls (one on the left and one on the right) + acoustic foam and bass traps?

I don’t want the best quality sound but to be able to get a decent flat sound that i can trust. The listening position is great i just need the final touches to get the most from what i have.

Thank you!

I purchased the R3 Meta about two months ago. I’ve been loving them! I ordered the blue ones and have been using these demos until they arrive.

I asked the shop if I decided to upgrade before the blue ones arrived if I could use the full purchase price toward something. They said yes.

So how could I pass up the opportunity. Nothing to lose.

Hearing speakers in a shop listening room with their amps and sources tells little. They agreed to load me the 805 D4s for two days.

They arrive without the jumper cables. I used some stripped wire that I had and I’ll just have to reserve judgement until tomorrow when they send me the factory included jumpers. Because, like this, I am unimpressed compared to the R3 Meta.

The top end of the spectrum was certainly more detailed and airy. But the mids and bass were nowhere near as full as the KEFs. (Switched off the REL S510s) They are both listed as reaching down to 37 Hz.

Will see tomorrow.

Anything in particular folks here would like me to listen for?

Here is the make shift jumpers I tried (below)

Ok I am a moron so let's just go ahead and get that out of the way.

Lucky that I have a dedicated office/listening space, but the room is 12x12. I heard Wilson Sophia 3's years ago and haven't been able to get them out of my head since. I am finally in a position to be able to buy some.

How crazy would it be to stick them in a 12x12 room?

Yes I realize room size will affect how they sound, yes I realize they will sound different from when I heard them in a different size room years ago. Etc., etc.,

From what I understand, they are decent speakers at lower volumes, and take well-enough to lower powered amplification, but I am still concerned they may overpower the room. Thoughts?

I’m planning to sell my audio equipment and would appreciate any ideas of how to sell. I have a full 5.1 Sonus Faber system with Arcam AVR. The sonus Fabers are 2 x concertino with original stands, 2 x concertino domus rears, domus centre and a REL R-305 sub. All are finished in high gloss piano black. Everything is in perfect condition It’s an epic system but it’s hard to find the right audience to advertise to. Would appreciate any help or advice

Im new to dirac and im switching between the Dirac Live option and the Bass Management Option and noticed that there is no resulting Impulse response when i switch to bass management.

with DIract Live Selected

With Bass Management Selected

Hi all,

A few Christmases ago, I gifted my girlfriend a CD of songs that reminded me of her. I made a custom jacket and all. These days, she's very into vinyl, so I'd like to gift her a custom record of her recent favorites.

She's very picky about sound quality. What are some reputable places I could look for getting a custom record and sleeve made? Price isn't an issue. I don't know anything about vinyl but I want to give her something that will sound great on her setup. Thank you!

As you can see I have decent enough system I really enjoy! Before having Primare i35 I had Naim 5si and I noticed moooore than justified difference in sound and was super happy and still am. Then ET3 transport came and everything was even better, Gato Audio cables and I am set for good.

And then I had a chance to try out Wiim Amp Pro and at first I didn’t even want to bother but I had free afternoon at home and thought I try it. And I am really pissed! It sounds amazing with Buchardts and it’s about 95% as good, I don’t know what is happening here and since I am biased and know how much what costs maybe I am making this wrong either way. But I will surely listen a bit more and try to get to the bottom of this mess!

Probably one more thing to consider it that this is first time I have two amps side by side to compare, in past I always sell one to fund next and maybe that way difference seemed greater plus new audio gear excitement… But this totally got me of guard now.

Did any of you had chance to make A/B with this much price gap? Thanks

Anthem MRX540 WiiM Ultra Marantz TT15s Acoustic Energy Corinium REL R205 Cables from TCI RGB for life

Pretty satisfied with the sound. The Corinium are rather new but they sound great. And look great in British racing green.

What’s next?

Band is U2, the Joshua tree. One made in the u.s a., the other from Austria, the 3rd idk, and is one of two of them counterfeit? I've seen a video describing the recording, mixing and mastering with many preferences of a.a.d for analog recording of the first two and digital mastering for audio quality. Yet when I see these three CDs, all different idk what to look for. What would you do if you could only buy one?

When I have my Yamaha CD-S303 hooked up to my Wiim Ultra, it displays the output resolution as 24-bit 44.1khz at 2116kbps. This has me confused as I thought this machine was only capable of transcoding 16-bit at 1411kbps. Not complaining just curious if anyone has any input on why?

JBL L100s paired with a Yamaha AS-801, RSL Speedwoofer and Pro-Ject 6 PerspeX. I love the classic look of these speakers.

Enough already of all the "what's your favourite..." posts, how about the opposite?

Which piece of gear just fills you with dismay every time you're stuck with having to use it? What audio equipment ruins your gig/session by just ruining your mood and just makes you angry every time? It doesn't even have to be that bad, this is subjective - what item do you hate rationally or otherwise?

I'll start. 3/8" to 5/8" thread adapters. 'Nuff said.

Not super high fidelity when I crank it, but it has a really nice tone and the fm comes through super clear.

It's a vacuum tube based super-hetrodyne that was sold to compete with early transistor sets. It was the last dieing breath of tube tech

It had a lot of innovations in terms of vacuum tube tech. It eliminated the filliment transformer by having every tubes heaters wired in series adding up to 120 Vac.

It also has "AFC" auto frequency correction, which allows the radio to "lock" on to a station

It used to belong to my grandpa, and he used it a lot, so I didn't need to recap it. It started right up on 90 volts, and I slowly cranked it up to 110 volts to regenerate the capacitors

I recently put together this little setup. It beats the hell out of my Walmart Sony stereo gitup on my computer system. Boston Acoustics CR7s, NAD 7000 monitor series, Technics SL-5300 running AT VM510CB cart/stylus. Under $500 for everything, including DJ Pre-II preamp. Dumb question: I’m currently running phono=>dj pre-ii=>Video input on the amp. Is this correct? The NAD has some preamp issues so I’d like to bypass it for the time being. Should I remove the preamp-main in bridges and plug the dj pre2 straight into the main-in ports instead?

FIrst of all, I hope it's acceptable to create this topic as I know I'm not the only one trying to deal with this particular issue - maybe someone else can relate/benefit as well?

A prelude to this was posted to r/audioengineering, but I thought I'd post this here as well as I've learned quite a lot in the past few days and boiled my problem down to a single (not uncommon) factor.

The "patient"in my case is a tiny 2m x 4m room with a 2.5m (~8ft) ceiling, where half the room is my "bedroom studio" situation.
All walls are drywall, there are carpet tiles on the floor and the ceiling is bare concrete (!)
Here's a rough floor plan: https://imgur.com/a/Fw3mbdk

I know this is never gonna be a great listening space, but if I can tame this one problem frequency I'll consider it perfectly acceptable for what it is.
I'm not concerned about reflections at this point.

Because of the low amount of available space and the multi-purpose nature of the room, the layout is pretty much locked-in - although I don't think that really plays into the topic issue.

• The sofa in the plan is a placeholder for a sim racing rig
• Above the desk is a 20cm wall-mounted floating shelf
• 5" 2-way studio monitors are placed on the desk, on dampened table stands, a small sub might be added later
• Opposite the desk is a 75cm tall cabinet, some guitars will be hanging on the wall above that
• The rectangle next to the door is a full-height shelf unit
• The space between the shelf and cabinet is reserved for a fold-out workbench/tool board
• The door is usually open, and the window is covered by heavy curtains

The villain is - of course - the ceiling height. There's a substantial ~135hz (0-0-2) and somewhat less problematic ~205hz (0-0-3) bump when I'm seated, which goes away when standing up. The high 60hz range is not that noticeable, but it might be once I add the sub.

I have a few ideas, but I'm not sure how effective they'll be:

• I can deal with a 10-15cm ceiling drop with either foam/"acoustic tiles" for something of a cloud/bass trap effect - or just plain insulation/drywall (better than concrete, right?)
• Wall mounted bass trap(s) can be placed above the desk, next to the desk by the window and/or above the tool board/workbench
• Other budget-friendly suggestions?

Any suggestons or feedback would be appreciated before I start investing in/modifying the room.

Hey everyone! I’ve had a relatively stable setup over the past couple years and have recently started getting the upgrade/change itch again. I’ve been rocking the Martin Logan Motion 40s since 2019 and have enjoyed them, but fell into a rabbit hole learning about the lintons. I have realized I appreciate a warmer sound and the aesthetic of the Lintons is great. The motion 40 do get fatiguing at times. Do you think going from the Martin Logan to the Wharfedale is a downgrade or a lateral move? For reference, the rest of the system is a Fluance RT85, Yaqin MS23B phone preamp, and Yamaha AS801.

After your help in cleaning my Quad floor standing speakers, I'm after options with this 1L speaker.
To be honest it seems to sounds OK, so is this just cosmetic damage to the dust cap?

My amp, a bhk 250, comes with 6922 gold lions new. The bhk pre comes with 12au7 psvanes i think. But I bought used.

I've no idea how many hours are on the tubes and taking a look they're not stock either. The preamp has gold lion ecc82s (no idea the type, say 2111 and made in Russia so figure they're new production).

But the amp has two i can't identify. Some print isn't clear, but they clearly have a black diamond with a "9" in the center. Unsuccessful pulling up a matching image or any info. I'm guessing they're 6922s or something equivalent bc while the preamp can use a few different types the amp cannot, it's fixed at 6v I think.

What tube is this?

Also are there better tube recommendations? Ideally not ones that are $300 each? Quiet, no noise is a must, still want the tube sound. Sure, I've scoured info regarding rolling these particular components but seems the only consensus is about $400+ nos tubes that aren't really available anyway. There has to be other good options but I'm new to rolling, did it with dad when I was a kid 40 years ago but doesn't help today.

I listened to a set of plastic bodied cheap older speakers a few years ago that had a very nice soundstage presence . I was told they were sold as having a gimmick that produced the effect. Does anyone remember the brand name and model by any chance???