Death to plebs edition
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>room size
>intended purpose e.g. music, movies, gaming, as well as the type e.g. rock or jazz, action movies or games with a lot of explosions
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>new or used?
>do you have any equipment? e.g. amp, speakers
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Use this file to test your speakers: harbeth.co.uk
bumping because these threads sometimes have potential
I just bought a Edifier r2730db (pic related)
>230€
>136W
>(RMS): 2x 40W (Low), 2x 14W (Mid), 2x 14W (High)
>29,2 x 21,8 x 39,2 cm ; 14 Kg
They are not small at all, they are almost as tall as my monitor, but I desired speakers that I could listen to classical music, without distorting the true sound of the instruments.
The next step would would be buying something 500€+ or 1.000€+, but then it would not really be something I can place next to my monitor. Also I dont want to waste money.
they look cute, lovely front loaded retro design in a smallish box, yet triamped and digital inputs
pretty amazing for a computer speaker manufacturer
>harbeth.co.uk
Is this not a recorder test?
Are sound cards that much of an upgrade nowadays with the new 200-series motherboards? It seems like they kind of faded out of existence.
What are some are your favorite 2.0 power amps generally found under $500 used or new? Looking to get an XDA-2 (or 1) and I'm just not sure what I want to pair it with. Honestly considering a Pioneer VSX-D1S just for 4.1, but I don't know if I want to go through with that.
I have a similar pair of fishers to the one in OPs pic. They are great.
Forgot to mention speakers, pair of Boston Acoustic t-1000 series 2 and probably going to get a Bic Acoustech PL-200 or something with similar features.
What do I need to hook up some studio monitors to my setup. Right now I'm running my audio interface directly into my AV receiver, which in itself is just a cheap RCA set, which hooks up a pair of speakers and a sub. Can I just replace the two speakers I have now, or do I need a whole new set of equipment?
just hook them directly to the interface
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i have a pearwood one, its nice and you don't imagine sucking on a black cock
soprano?
>recorder
microphone, testing how true/natural the sound is.
If you listen to the recording it talks about how they (manufacturers) change the settings of the recording to suit the trend.
200-series what? What do you want to upgrade?
Fist time buying a home theater /AG/
Is the Bose lifestyle 650 a good option?
No if you want sound quality.
Almost nothing from Bose is good as far as sound goes. They only have cool portable speakers and great ANC headphones, the QC35.
Nono: Them using a 'good' mic in a freefield environment means they should sound like they're standing in your room. Also, they claim spoken word is a better source for testing sound reproduction than music.
Can you suggest other theaters or brands in the same price range?
To be honest these all-in-one home theater setups are just shit. They are shoddy excuses of loudspeaker design in every respect. Part of this is just my audiophile self being frustrated at the garbage sold in every market to people who don't know any better but you will not get a good home theater setup or even good sound in a room with some simple place and forget setup. Brands are usually a bad place to start. Budget, current gear you have and needs are more useful.
I'd say to get an Emotiva amp if possible. otherwise, ADCOM, NAD, etc are all good
is there a reason why you're not looking to pair your XDA with another Emotiva?
Aside from audiogon, audio mart and avsforum what are the other websites to find used audio gear on in the United States?
only others I can think of (aside from CL obv), is AudioKarma and similar forums, where they have dedicated boards for selling/buying shit
got some apple air pods their so good
running my ASIO sound drivers with them, so crisp, and the response time in the sub is amazing
Best speakers for my computer for around 200-250€? I've been looking at the audioengine a2 but not sure about the bass quality.
Is CL good for stuff like used hi-fi?
ehh, like anything you'd buy off there, use caution and do your research
I've bought quite a few things off Kijiji and haven't ran into any problems (except the few I should've notice e.g. slight cracks in woofers, etc)
sometimes CL is even better, since most people on there don't know what their shit is worth. I've found some gems on there for very little money, all because the seller didn't care enough to research (near mint Klipsch RS-42s for $20, a few other pairs of speakers for cheap, a bunch of $10 amps)
again, it's up to you to make sure the shit is working
Ordered the TEAC LS-H265 today (for less than $100)
I only have a TA2024 chinese amp I bought a few years ago to run it. How bad did I fuck up? It's the Muse i15w.
PS: I live in a house with very thin walls in a very quiet neighborhood, so I already know the speakers are way overkill for my usage. It will mostly be for low volume music and occasional movies.
>small amp powering small speakers with low volume music
I'd say you fucked up 5/10. the fuckup is you asking if you fucked up. now fuck off
jk ;^)
I want to listen to those one day.
Also, my cute little headphone amp arrived today, input signal comes in over usb, power from a wallwart. It's got an pretty obvious hiss, which I kind of didn't expect since it's a digital signal and my crappy previous method of connection only had some noise if I turned the music off and cranked the volume.
Would a DAC solve the problem?
we groovin to the 80's aesthetic now boyz
I love shit like that.
>tfw love for vintage gear is being over powered by desire for higher outputs and more connectivity options like bluetooth
old shit looks nice, but it's so expensive compared to a modern equivalent
This one tempts me, but its so high price and I think I saw a picture of it that looked absolutely humongus.
But that sunrise coloring!
Nah if you search ebay you can find some good ones sometimes for less than 80$.
Those little tiny amps you get for your desktop seem to cost that or more.
should i buy an amp that can do analog and home theater for now then buy something that can do analog and music listening after?
or should i just start up with an amp for analog/music and a home theater one by itself?
i will eventually need two won't i?
if they're $80 then they're probably badly maintained
>i will eventually need two won't i?
assuming your home theatre receiver is decent, it should be fine for both stereo listening (2 channel) as well as surround sound
most 5.1/7.1 home theatre receivers have dedicated 2.1 modes for music
just get one good receiver and it'll do both fine
Nothing about the Z270 specification involves a better DAC, that's up to motherboard makers, and the Z270 you saw on linustechtips is about as high-end as they come
You still could benefit from an external DAC, still better signal/noise ratio, hardware controls, and the right inputs/outputs
>ASIO
>Bluetooth
Don't lie on the Internet son
Hmmmm. The guy I bought my sub from has a little shop on the local second-hand site, he buys, fixes & resells old hifi gear, like pic related.
I still regret not buying his set of Cambridge R50s a year ago, but they were too big for the place I was living at that time ;_;
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That looks cool
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I bought one in perfect mint condition recently for 50$ plus shipping. You just gotta be patient. You have to reallly want a model and just search for it often though. There is way too many vintage receivers on ebay to dig through all day.
God I hate receivers
Just looking at them pisses me off
*autistic screeching* -_0_-
>God I hate receivers
>being this much of an anti-receivite
soon you'll be saying they should have their own sub-category so they don't get lumped in with amplifiers
yeah that's true. I like old gear, as I said, but I've yet to find a "steal", and it's just so hard to judge a good quality old receiver, and the difference between normal ware&tear and abuse
>but used receiver
>it's broken
>"Well is it supposed to be broken?"
would you buy these 60,000$ speakers?
I would buy them for my RX-7
I wouldn't buy those for 5$
I hope its a convertible
I was implying I would hook them to my exhaust so they could pressurize the intake air, they're clearly just turbos with speakers on them to make wooshy noises
What do you mean by abuse? you mean cosmetically? or should I be worried about internals being too "used up"
would it be dumb to buy an old amp/receiver and then using it as a poweramp?
I like my old receiver, but it was rated at like 30W/channel new, so it's probably worse now
I wasn't avoiding emotiva amps, just don't really know what to look for on the emotiva front. If you'd like to recommend and specific models that are 100w/channel or more I'd be glad to hear them.
ugly af
>get better speakers
>old amp sounds like ass
>get new amp
>old speakers sound like ass
I posted this in a previous thread but I'm looking for more opinions
>Marantz 2325
>Klipsch Cornwalls
>Want a turntable
>Have up to $1000 to spend
>Vintage look preferred but will look at anything old and new
I replied before, but I'll give it another shot. by vintage, do you mean something with a wood finish?
can you post your local audiomart/audiogon/craigslist? might be a good way to see what's around
minneapolis.craigslist.org
Vintage look being something that looks like it belongs next to the Marantz mainly
Dont be jelly guys
an old amp and vintage high end speakers will outperform most of the crap mentioned here
ehhh, I think it depends on your definition of performance
amps
>power
>signal to noise
>neutrality
speakers
>accuracy
>response
>efficiency
most modern designs of both are better than old ones. sure, a $500 pair of new bookshelves vs a $500 pair of used speakers, the vintage ones would probably sound better, but that's depreciation, not vintage being better
its simply a better value to buy older gear.
The quality of todays audio gear is laughable.
I paid $1500 for my matrix 801's
probably the best speakers ever made for the money
Amp designs have not gotten better
how is highschool going?
>its simply a better value to buy older gear.
this point has not been argued once in the thread, and in my specific reply, I agreed with that assertion
>Amp designs have not gotten better
no, but manufacturing processes, labour, and technology has improved. you can buy a $60 amp made in China that would rival the quality of a $50 (in 1970s) Sears receiver, due to class-T amps, cheap labour, and automation. and with shit like Apple airplay, bluetooth, and all that shit, noone wants "just" a receiver anymore, meaning prices have to decrease to keep up demand. don't even get me started on tube amps
>how is highschool going?
excellent response
depends, but most likely
most of the gear that's survived is usually of higher quality that had been well maintained by people who knew what to obtain for high fidelity
there are some regulars here who have purchased better quality old amps for less than $100 because it was assumed that "this tech is old so it must be outdated", except that a good amp, well maintained, is better than most of the higher priced new gear of the "consumer grade" that's sold for $600-$1200 at BestBuy
>modern designs better than old ones
an underpowered expensive modern amp with advanced connectivity has great connectivity but will be nice and connected and weak-sounding because it is underpowered and uses low end components (but the faceplate looks nice), compared to a high-end older amp which costs a couple hundred but which is compatible, in terms of audio fidelity, to audiophile tier amps that are new, except these newer, quality amps cost $1500 or more
pic related: most people wouldn't know what to do with this thing if they saw one at Goodwill, but i found one like this two years ago for $8 (except it was beat to hell on the outside) -- all it needed was a power cord repair -- gave it to my brother to power his old Thiels which he got for $50 at a yard sale; if you went to find something compatible with his current gear with new technology you would wind up spending at least three thousand
also, why are these threads always filled with cheap garbage like lepai when you can find better quality for $30 on any craigslist
forgot pic
has anyone here actually spent serious money on a system talking over 5 figures if you have post them
Hello,
>be me
>have active monitors
>have dt770 headphones
>always need to plug in headphones into monitors
>this is shit
I guess I need a USB audio interface to get rid of that shit, right? Would be nice if I don't have to plug in and out that headphone anymore.
Is there anything cheap and (kind of) good you would recoomend? I don't want to spend much money tbqh
i have an old onkyo receiver i got for free on craigslist powering my b&w matrix 801's
speakers are most important. Then the source. Power amp quality does not really vary as much.
All of you fgts are using the shitty dac in your computers anyway. Using a decent dac makes a huge difference.
Why did you spend all that money on audio, yet your house looks like absolute shit.
nigga has an Air conditioner from the 1970's
Anyone?
I think it's most likely the amp part that creates the noise, I don't think a different source would make a difference, but you can try to plug any other line level signal to it (your computer, a CD player, whatever) to bypass the USB DAC part and listen what the amp does
God amazing speakers from an old radionette lamp radio (speakers made by SEAS).
Sensitivity is about 92db. Mids and highs are godly. One problem though - 40-100hz range is about -20db.
Any bass driver recommendations, about 90db sensitivy. Planing to build new cabinets and made three-way speakers
typo: got
seas makes great woofers as well
alternatively there's scan-speak, but they're normally a little more on the pricy side
He's a time traveler who took his gear back to the 70s
bump
renting its really cheap
I have my voll's plugged into the amp that they come with. I have clamped the speaker wire into the speakers/amp.
When there is no audio playing and the amp is turned on there is constant whitenoise, a constant low humming playing.
Is this normal? If not, how can I resolve it? I think I may have done a dodgy job plugging in the speaker wire. I didnt use a plug or anything, clamped it straight in. Could this be the problem?
>Could this be the problem?
no
>there is constant whitenoise, a constant low humming playing
which one, or both?
white noise is a problem with your amp, hum is a problem with the grounding/power
try unplugging all sources and check again
>Falling for the tube meme, but not even actually buying a real tube amp just a solid state amp with led lit tubes.
it would be a hum. I think I'll get some bannana plugs and see if that fixes the problem. I should be using those anyway right?
is sound card neccesary?
no, totally irrelevant
again, unplug the sources and see if it still hums
if yes then it's your power supply
if no then you have a ground loop in between your amp and a source, avoid that with a hum killer /ground lift or by trying different power outlets
depends
>Power amp quality does not really vary as much
show me the onkyo
>also, why are these threads always filled with cheap garbage like lepai when you can find better quality for $30 on any craigslist
because most people are asking what to buy with a budget of $100 for amp+speakers and they want new only
I use a used NAD surround sound receiver, but that's because I couldn't find any used vintage gear in better condition and/or at a better price. the real value, I think, is 90s/early 2000s. stuff that looks like ass now (due to shiny plastic being the big thing then), and because it's neither new or vintage, just "old and used". that's where the best price:performance will be, like your Bryston
why?
Didn't "fall" for it, my friend bought one for shits n giggles; and it actually makes a difference I like for some good quality recordings, so I got one myself. I don't know the exact mechanics but it's a solid state & tube combo, they are not just for decoration.
And even if they are, I like the sound, so idgaf.
Cheers, I'll try that first. My friend also bought the same one, and eh has the older model, so I can compare some stuff.
Hm, just checked again, the noise is gone. I've had em play for about 15 hours.
has hi-fi ruined music for you? I find myself listening to primarily well mastered and "clean" songs, rather than songs I actually enjoy. messy songs like rock and roll are hard to listen to now
Is it ever worth it to get electrostatic speakers like the ones manufactured by Martin Logan? I assume that amplification will be more expensive as well as having a small sweet spot.
