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I set my partner's system up like this and it works well. Does your turntable have a phono preamp built in? If not, you'll need to get one separately.
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Aug 26, 2018 01:32
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What's a good wireless headset for a computer (with good range)? I'm using some logitec ones that don't have good range and I want to be able to listen to stuff while I clean the house.
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Aug 26, 2018 04:05
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Thanks for the advices. Mine doesn't have the pre-amp so I'll look to sell it and pick up one that does. I am hesitant to step-down the sound quality, but the thought of wiring up a whole new place is just not attractive at all. I like the low profile of being able to just have Sonos, a turntable, and a slim blu-ray player and I'm willing to give up a bit in sound quality for that.
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Aug 27, 2018 02:56
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I like the low profile too **looks over at my crates of records that smell like an old lady’s closet***
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Aug 27, 2018 11:40
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Tambreet posted:Thanks for the advices. Mine doesn't have the pre-amp so I'll look to sell it and pick up one that does. I am hesitant to step-down the sound quality, but the thought of wiring up a whole new place is just not attractive at all. I like the low profile of being able to just have Sonos, a turntable, and a slim blu-ray player and I'm willing to give up a bit in sound quality for that. This preamp works just fine, and probably small enough to tuck behind. BEHRINGER MICROPHONO PP400 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000H2BC4E/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_4q.GBb0ZKTBKD
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Aug 27, 2018 13:54
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Anyone used Monoprice's Nimbus Plenum rated cable? Is it flexible like they claim on the website? https://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=102&cp_id=10239&cs_id=1023901&p_id=13709&seq=1&format=2 I need in wall rated cable but I'm also almost out of regular speaker cable. So if I can kill 2 birds with one spool then that would be great. I want something that is softer and flexible like regular speaker cable, not hard like PVC jacket plenum rated cables.
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Aug 27, 2018 16:59
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I have a set of M-Audio speakers for my desktop computer that are great. What's not great is I think the speaker wire that connects the two together is bad (chew marks from cat all over cable, whoops). What cable do I need to buy to replace it? I see tons with giant banana plugs on the end, or spools of 100 ft, but I just need 5 feet of basic speaker cable without plugs on the end. I'd rather just buy it outright rather than having to do any cutting/trimming.
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iddqd posted:I have a set of M-Audio speakers for my desktop computer that are great. What's not great is I think the speaker wire that connects the two together is bad (chew marks from cat all over cable, whoops). What cable do I need to buy to replace it? I see tons with giant banana plugs on the end, or spools of 100 ft, but I just need 5 feet of basic speaker cable without plugs on the end. I'd rather just buy it outright rather than having to do any cutting/trimming. Go to your local hardware store and get some lamp cord for like 20 cents.
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Aug 27, 2018 19:35
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I'm having a hard time finding opinions on this: Assuming I have an adequate power amp, would a lower impedance (4ohm) speaker be better or worse at lower volumes? I'll probably be listening at lower volumes more often than I would like, so I don't want to shoot myself in the foot. I'm not set on low impedance speakers. They just come up when I'm looking around.
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Aug 31, 2018 16:46
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There'll be no difference. Lower-impedance speakers play louder for the same voltage because they allow more current to flow, that's the only difference.
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Aug 31, 2018 17:00
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I have a dumb question (cross posting from Headphones because this thread is probably more appropriate): If I'm listening to music on headphones from a computer, should I:
I'm curious in general, but specific setup that made me ask if it matters: iTunes playing on a Macbook Pro (11,4), driving Oppo PM-3 headphones, via a Sound Blaster PLAY! 3 USB DAC/Amp. Krakkles fucked around with this message at 17:43 on Aug 31, 2018 |
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Aug 31, 2018 17:39
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It won't matter.
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Aug 31, 2018 17:41
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Groovy, thank you!
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Aug 31, 2018 17:43
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KozmoNaut posted:There'll be no difference. Awesome, thanks!
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Hi goons, I'm having some speaker troubles. I bought my first AV gear, a used 7.1 PSB Alpha surround setup with a Sony receiver and I just can't get the front tower speakers to sound good. No matter what I do they sound muffled and hollow. Things I have tried: Auto-calibration Manually adjusting bass, treble, crossover Bi-wiring Swapping out the wires Replacing one of the speakers (sounded clearer) Positioning them away from everything else I'm at a loss. It seems like a problem with the speakers, but they are both having the same issue. They sound a little better at higher volumes but at low to mid volumes they sound like poop. Please help! Edit: These are the speakers and receiver http://www.psbspeakers.com/products/alpha/Alpha-T1-Tower https://esupport.sony.com/CA/p/model-home.pl?mdl=STRDG820 Painful Dart Bomb fucked around with this message at 13:59 on Sep 11, 2018 |
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What audio are you testing with? Make sure you are piping straight stereo sound to only the LR Front channels.
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bigman.50grand posted:What audio are you testing with? Make sure you are piping straight stereo sound to only the LR Front channels. Movies, music and games on my Xbox and PC. I had both outputs set to 7.1 though, I'll try setting them to stereo tonight when I get home. Thanks!
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You may get a hollow sound if one of the speakers' phase is inverted, so double check if all the plusses and minuses are connected correctly on all ends. e: and yeah, some stereo signal to surround upconverting modes aren't great, so straight stereo is a good thing to try. Flipperwaldt fucked around with this message at 15:28 on Sep 11, 2018 |
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Yeah, any stereo signal that gets unconverted to surround will end up dumping a ton of the sound into the center channel, leaving only minimal sounds that are hard panned left or right to come out of the left and right speakers. Things like speech and snare drums will sound particularly muffled. Short of the phasing issue mentioned above, the crossovers in the speakers or the L/R channels in the receiver might be borked. You can try hooking the speakers into a different receiver if you have one, or hook them up one at a time to the center channel to see how they sound vs your center speaker. If the sound is way off, I'd start to eyeball the speakers. If not, then something fucky is going on with your receiver. If the latter, try disabling the crossover in the receiver entirety and go from there.
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bigman.50grand posted:Yeah, any stereo signal that gets unconverted to surround will end up dumping a ton of the sound into the center channel, leaving only minimal sounds that are hard panned left or right to come out of the left and right speakers. Things like speech and snare drums will sound particularly muffled. Thanks I'll try that tonight. I tried using only L and R channels with stereo sound from PC and Xbox with no improvement. Also tried inverting the phases and switching the speakers from the A to B output on the receiver. If the receiver ends up being borked would this be a decent upgrade? https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/denon-avrs740h-7-2-channel-4k-ultra-hd-network-av-receiver/12468258.aspx#pdp-nearby-stores-modal
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I'm not up on gear these days so I'll defer to other posters, but my initial reaction is to the link is "looks great to me!" I'm suspecting it's your speakers though. Did you do any more testing?
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bigman.50grand posted:I'm not up on gear these days so I'll defer to other posters, but my initial reaction is to the link is "looks great to me!" Last night I tried them on another receiver, configured everything with the audyssey setup tool and they still sound like crap. Even when hooked to the center channel.  At least I know! Is there anything else I can try with the speakers, or is it time to start looking for new ones?
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You'd have to diagnose either the crossovers or speakers in each to see what the issue is. Looking at the spec sheet, the crossovers are rated at 3000 hz which is right in the range that makes stuff sound not muddy or muffled so they could be blown and the speakers can't work right, or the speakers are blown and the crossovers are fine. Diagnosing either is going to depend on your experience and how much time and money you want to throw at the issue. Ideally, all of the other speakers and your receiver are working properly. If that's the case, and you feel confident that there are no other issues, I'd start searching for a pair of quality replacement speakers for the LR channels. That way you have a decent receiver and the beginnings of a good core system you can build on in the future. You can find a decent set of L R speakers for aroundnd the same price as the Denon you linked earlier.
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Take one and maybe also your amp too a local hi-fi shop, they'd love to sell you replacements.
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Thanks for the advice goons! I got everything cheap enough that I don't feel bad replacing the speakers since everything else appears to work fine. My brother likes to tinker with electronics so I might let him see what he can do with them and start eyeing up new ones in the meantime. Would this be a decent option? https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/polk-audio-monitor70-series-ii-275-watt-tower-speaker-black-single/12556741.aspx
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Oh you poor bastard. BB had a great sale on that ended yesterday. A lot of Klipsch stuff was half price, my buddy bought a whole set. What you got linked doesn't look bad though.
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Finally starting to build my system! Definitely going to take a long rear end time! haha Since I have to start from the ground up, can I just hook up my macbook directly from the headphone jack (3.5mm -> RCA) into a passive preamp for volume control, then into my new power amp? I'm guessing the macbook has its own (crappy) DAC, so that should do just for testing, or not? Just ordered the preamp, Schiit Sys, next step will be the bigger one of the power amp and speakers. Still looking around, but when I get them I want to test everything ASAP just to make sure everything works right out of the box. Not looking for the best sound at first, just want to make sure everything is ok before the return window closes. My main concern is whether I need an external DAC or if it works directly from the macbook. Had the Fiio D03K, but that didn't work out. Not looking to invest in a DAC as I'm not focusing on a digital source.
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There's no point in "upgrading" a DAC unless it doesn't have the inputs you need or it causes audible noise. Your MacBook is probably fine.
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Sorry, that came out weird. I'm building the system purely for vinyl, but it'll be while before I can get a table and so on, so I just need to test things as I get them to make sure they work. I'm totally fine with playing the little digital material I have through my cheap rear end monoprice headphones as I usually do. I just wasn't sure if I could connect my laptop directly to a power amp or if needed a DAC in-between before it would work. Never had an amp before, just have been using cheap PC speakers and/or aux in all-in-one "stereo systems". Brain fart I guess, since if the signal works for a pair of headphones, then it should work for a power amp/speaker combo. Makes sense!
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Yeah, just stick it in there. You don't even need a pre-amp really since the laptop has one built in. I think you'll be surprised how good it sounds - it will absolutely sound better than any vinyl. I get why people like vinyl, but even cheap digital audio sources are superior by any objective measure. Edit: Figure I should link the cable you need. https://www.guitarcenter.com/Livewire/35mm-to-Dual-RCA-Cable.gc KillHour fucked around with this message at 20:38 on Sep 16, 2018 |
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Sep 16, 2018 20:32
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Thanks for teh response, KillHour, I didn't have to waste my time with it.
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KillHour posted:Yeah, just stick it in there. You don't even need a pre-amp really since the laptop has one built in. I think you'll be surprised how good it sounds - it will absolutely sound better than any vinyl. I get why people like vinyl, but even cheap digital audio sources are superior by any objective measure. Great, that should do just fine for a good long while. Thanks! Yeah, a decade plus of  have definitely screwed up my relationship with all things digital. I just kind of realized that I'm only going to actually support stuff if I get something physical in return. Plus, there are some great small labels putting out awesome stuff and need the support. The vinyl craze won't last forever... but it'll definitely outlive my hearing!
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That's totally fine. Like I said, I get why people like vinyl. I'm just reassuring you that it won't sound like crap. It's probably worth leaving a 3.5mm input available in the final build, just in case you ever want to listen to something not in your collection or just don't want to deal with breaking out the records.
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moflika posted:Plus, there are some great small labels putting out awesome stuff and need the support. I buy the digital copies for smaller labels because it doesn't cost them anywhere near as much to put them up for sale as the vinyl or cassette versions do. And places like Bandcamp let you download in any number of quality levels which is rad as gently caress. I get why people like vinyl but man the quality isn't amazing and gently caress having to flip it over/switch to hear an entire album.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I buy the digital copies for smaller labels because it doesn't cost them anywhere near as much to put them up for sale as the vinyl or cassette versions do. And places like Bandcamp let you download in any number of quality levels which is rad as gently caress. I like buying vinyl through bandcamp because I can usually download the album immediately and then I get a pretty picture disc in the mail that I never have to actually listen to but have the option if I want. Has anyone used cables from http://www.gothamaudiousa.com/ I'm about to pick up a few spools of shielded single conductor for instrument cable and RCA interconnects. GnarlyCharlie4u fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Sep 18, 2018 |
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Go straight to the audiophile thread with this stuff. 30 bucks for RCA cable for your record player? Come on. Maybe their mic cables are a fair price, I dunno. Try monoprice for your home audio needs. Sheesh.
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LRADIKAL posted:Go straight to the audiophile thread with this stuff. 30 bucks for RCA cable for your record player? Come on. Maybe their mic cables are a fair price, I dunno. Try monoprice for your home audio needs. Sheesh. You missed the part where I'm buying spools of cable to make my own. $.30/foot is pretty loving good at any rate and even better than Monoprice prices. Good cable isn't cheap. Mogami is like $1.21/foot on parts express now. I'm mostly just curious how flexible and durable it is, but also if someone has made longer lengths, if they've had any issues with inductance or noise. I'm looking to get a spool of their single shielded and 2 spools of their double shielded from their little sale.
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Well, let us know how it is!
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LRADIKAL posted:Well, let us know how it is! I definitely will! Considering the prices they're charging, it's worth it to take a gamble. Any recommendation on good RCA connectors? I don't have a preference on soldered vs solderless really, I just want something compact.
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