Anybody into high-end audio here?
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Even with youtube video of this playing it would still look exactly the same. :smile (2):
It's just a simple but max'ed out 2-channel, 2-component system including a universal cd player that also plays DVD movies. That's a 120" diag screen for a backdrop.
If it helps, here's a link to where somebody recorded my exhibiting room in Vegas 2 years ago.
http://www.audiogon.com/news/item/1296077044.html
You have to scroll down to mostinyourface where my exhibit made the top 10 list of systems, even though under show conditions my product was only functioning at 5-10% of its full potential but other systems are operating near their full potential. You can see by their comments I kinda' blew the guy away playing what others might consider grossly inferior engineered recordings like Boston at live performance volume levels but with very little distortion.
It's just a simple but max'ed out 2-channel, 2-component system including a universal cd player that also plays DVD movies. That's a 120" diag screen for a backdrop.
If it helps, here's a link to where somebody recorded my exhibiting room in Vegas 2 years ago.
http://www.audiogon.com/news/item/1296077044.html
You have to scroll down to mostinyourface where my exhibit made the top 10 list of systems, even though under show conditions my product was only functioning at 5-10% of its full potential but other systems are operating near their full potential. You can see by their comments I kinda' blew the guy away playing what others might consider grossly inferior engineered recordings like Boston at live performance volume levels but with very little distortion.
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wow, good on you to go with a stereo setup, too many people now a days are so into surround and over processing that it just kills actual music... sure surround is great for movies and such stuff recorded that way, but when it comes to actual music, in most cases a simple 2 channel setup is best for sound stage and presence and realism and true to the recording. it's a shame that so many miss out on how real a true stereo setup can be because they automatically think that there dolby surround setup is "better"...
Thanks for your comments, TurboCad. Yes, it is a 2-channel system with 2 components only as I'm a firm believer less is truly more. Heavily mod'ed (externally only) with fabulous line conditioners, dedicated circuits/lines with double-cryo'treated Romex wiring, ics, scs, outlets, plugs, IEC connectors, fuses, etc. plus my own product.
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yeah, more drivers equal more point sources which muddy the imaging and kill the sound stage and pinpoint imaging. the best possible system is really with just2 channel and only 2 drivers per channel and that's only because it is impossible for one driver to cover the whole spectrum.
I had a car audio system in one of my cars that consisted of nothing more than one 10" midbass driver in each heavily reinforced and dampened and sealed front door that played from like 30 all the way up to ~650 hz, and then a set of illusion audio waveguide style horn drivers mounted under the dash that played from 650 up, all run through a 32 band per channel true 1/3 octave processor and pushed by a single little Mcintosh amp... the SQ was absolutely amazing, no one that sat in the car would ever believe they were listening to only 4 drivers and only 150 watts, everyone swore I must have a 15" sub and a huge box in the back and like 1,00 watts but were shocked to see nothing more than the little Mcintosh when I opened the back. the imaging and soundstage was absolutely incredible, it would literally send shivers down your spine it was that incredible... you can not ever do something like this with multiple drivers all over the place... just listening to that system would ruin any chance of being satisfied with an average system no matter how much "bigger" another system was, the pinpoint imaging was unreal yet many don't even realize what that experience is even like... yes less is definitely more when it comes to audio
I had a car audio system in one of my cars that consisted of nothing more than one 10" midbass driver in each heavily reinforced and dampened and sealed front door that played from like 30 all the way up to ~650 hz, and then a set of illusion audio waveguide style horn drivers mounted under the dash that played from 650 up, all run through a 32 band per channel true 1/3 octave processor and pushed by a single little Mcintosh amp... the SQ was absolutely amazing, no one that sat in the car would ever believe they were listening to only 4 drivers and only 150 watts, everyone swore I must have a 15" sub and a huge box in the back and like 1,00 watts but were shocked to see nothing more than the little Mcintosh when I opened the back. the imaging and soundstage was absolutely incredible, it would literally send shivers down your spine it was that incredible... you can not ever do something like this with multiple drivers all over the place... just listening to that system would ruin any chance of being satisfied with an average system no matter how much "bigger" another system was, the pinpoint imaging was unreal yet many don't even realize what that experience is even like... yes less is definitely more when it comes to audio
AWenta, are you asking me? I'm not using any subs as my full-range speakers go down to about 20Hz (on a good day). So staying with my philosophy of less is more, I have less yet.
If you're into the quality of sound at all, let's say the "believability" of the playback presentation, I'd advise not going the in-wall route. Because we're talking playback with 2-channels/speakers/sound sources rather than a live band, the speakers need room to breath. Hence, placement within the room is critical and to get any kind of resemblance of a 3-D soundstage (which adds much to the believability), the speakers really need to be a minimum of about 5 ft out from the back wall. Mine are about 7ft out from the front speaker face. Soundstages are generally deep and wide. But if you paste them against or make them flush with the back wall, the depth is gone as is much of the width. Your approach may look aesthetically cleaner, but it won't get you any closer to a live music presentation. In fact, it will take you in the opposite direction. But of course it depends on your goals.
BTW, any bass from these in-walls will suffer greatly. Speaker placement within the room is most critical for bass notes. Poor speaker placement and your bass will be the most ill-defined, wooly, boomy, and rolling earthquake-like bass. Like you might hear in gansta' cars. There's nothing real about that, except that you feel like you're getting an enema and you didn't even ask for one. Superior speaker placement offers you the best opportunity at generating the tightest, deepest, most well defined, musically accurate bass you've ever heard. If you ever heard the 2 side by side, there's no comparison.
If you're into the quality of sound at all, let's say the "believability" of the playback presentation, I'd advise not going the in-wall route. Because we're talking playback with 2-channels/speakers/sound sources rather than a live band, the speakers need room to breath. Hence, placement within the room is critical and to get any kind of resemblance of a 3-D soundstage (which adds much to the believability), the speakers really need to be a minimum of about 5 ft out from the back wall. Mine are about 7ft out from the front speaker face. Soundstages are generally deep and wide. But if you paste them against or make them flush with the back wall, the depth is gone as is much of the width. Your approach may look aesthetically cleaner, but it won't get you any closer to a live music presentation. In fact, it will take you in the opposite direction. But of course it depends on your goals.
BTW, any bass from these in-walls will suffer greatly. Speaker placement within the room is most critical for bass notes. Poor speaker placement and your bass will be the most ill-defined, wooly, boomy, and rolling earthquake-like bass. Like you might hear in gansta' cars. There's nothing real about that, except that you feel like you're getting an enema and you didn't even ask for one. Superior speaker placement offers you the best opportunity at generating the tightest, deepest, most well defined, musically accurate bass you've ever heard. If you ever heard the 2 side by side, there's no comparison.
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I am what you would call an Audiophile and a home theater elitist...
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So is this some type of weather station?
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Heh heh. I like thing's to be a certain way. As i'm a nerd, I know to buy technology based upon my future needs so that I gain value over time from these radically depreciating assets. The computer is two years old now, yet is still powerful enough that nothing challenges it. There's no reason why this PC can't remain at the top of the game for another 2 years, if not more. Plus, it's cool. I've managed to overclock the CPU to a stable 4.64GHZ with only a minor increase in voltage; yet even with both the GPU and CPU at maximum load nothing ever exceeds 60 degrees. Yay!
The irony, is that most of the time it's only used for internet and playing movies..... But occasionally, it'll get some game time. Nice to be prepared for anything.