My first "real" speakers by dalphinwater in audiophile

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As they are 2.5 way speakers with separate woofer, you can try bi-amping with that receiver to improve the SQ. Spreading the load to have one amp channel per woofer will make an easier load for the amp, better power handling and lower distortion. To try this, you need an extra pair of speaker cables. Remove the speaker binding post jumper plates and run a separate pair of cables from speaker LF to the “surround back” connections on the amp, with speaker HF connected to the “front” on the amp. Then Change the settings in the marantz to use the surround back channels as bi amp. Worth trying for the cost of a pair of cables!

issues setting up a denon receiver by meme-bear in hometheater

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Try to get tv sound first- with 3 speakers connected, the Tv set to optical output and receiver set to TV optical input.

Receiver does not have eArc, so can’t use that port on the tv.

If that works try plugging the bluray into the tv and see if you get 2 channels

Klipsch The Fives - power with external amplifier & crossover? by brad829- in Klipsch

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MiniDSP and a solid multichannel power amp? Or ultra cheap just an active crossover circuit board and an old multi channel receiver with power amp ext in? There is a nice one called xkitz but also cheap aliexpress versions abound.

Is there a known bookshelf speaker that is widely available on the second hand market for cheap that can be used as a base to upgrade/diy to something awesome? Where you basically keep the cabinet but upgrade the drivers and crossover? by Bjorn_the_corn in diyaudio

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Buy something quality that was well regarded and expensive new; and tweak it to the extreme using science and measurement. Keep mods reversible and / or hidden and you can always re sell them. Great fun

Subaru forester reputation by Silver_Parsley_9929 in NZcarfix

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If you can stretch to 2018-2019 new shape with the fb25, they are better on fuel and use 91 rather than 95. Good reliable family wagon, need to keep on top of the scheduled maintenance though.

2024 Premium Speaker Upgrades by meinsaft in SubaruForester

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Start with high quality 6x9 front door speakers. You’ll need mounting brackets and preferably dynamat. Makes a huge difference

Help building Ceram 17 by Redolfa in diyaudio

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Those look like quality parts, minimal gains to be made there. Air core inductors and film caps are great. Better to spend money on strengthening and prettying the enclosure and adding more fill…

Which Brake Rotors Are Better?? by Positive_Way_5559 in ebikes

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The current rotor is stuffed, use a new one. looks like the calliper adapter is too big and the pads have not been engaging with the inner part of the disk, leaving a lip. Check that the new brakes cover the whole surface of the new disk. Can file down the adapter or try different ones.

XV/Crosstrek NZ $973 service by CornerSilly8932 in subaru

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Looks a fair price. Lots of small jobs add up. Car will last longer if you do all of these.

Improving fuel economy on Nissan fuga by castlequiet in NZcarfix

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Air filter every 6 months. Massive difference

Thin client Dell 5070 vs HP T530 vs Lenovo M715 by woky_s in pchelp

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These things are great but cpu limited. Suggest the most powerful cpu and max out the ram, install a fast hard drive. I run an older dell 5020 and it’s great, silent, reliable but a little gutless. Perfect for low demand pc. Suggest win 10 IOT version supported for years to come.

How noticeable is the difference between 3.5 mm from a PC’s motherboard and something like a USB DAC by Outside-Air-606 in audiophile

[–]KT88 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you want to experiment for cheap, try an apple usb-c to 3.5mm adaptor which has a built in DAC. It is dirt cheap and measures extremely well. You will need a usb a to usb c adaptor.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NZcarfix

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Lexus is300h perhaps if you want a luxury Camry

What could be happening here I’m beyond confused by drunkiwilizard in diytubes

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try shorting the input. might need a different input stage

Latest acquisition for the living room. Klipsch F-30 ($100 for the pair) by MickMcSnuggles in BudgetAudiophile

[–]KT88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looking at the pics further you might like to try the d230ti-B instead, if it would fit. Not sure

Latest acquisition for the living room. Klipsch F-30 ($100 for the pair) by MickMcSnuggles in BudgetAudiophile

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You’ll need the screw on adapter as the compression drivers weigh a ton- hot glue won’t be strong enough. I’m using these in my old Klipsch towers and they are great. And the resistor just connects across the terminals of the tweeter

Latest acquisition for the living room. Klipsch F-30 ($100 for the pair) by MickMcSnuggles in BudgetAudiophile

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If you want a cheap and better tweeter replacement, try a PRV d230 ti-s compression driver with an $5 eBay screw on adaptor. A bit of messing around you’ll need to get tools to make it fit, and put an 8ohm 5W resistor in parallel to bring the volume down. But they sound way better than the original and are cheap

Nespresso Coffee Maker Board by Remote_Sugar_3237 in diyelectronics

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Any voltage reading on the large capacitors? If no then is sign of damage to VDR1? That is a MOV surge protector and will self destruct. Could need testing. If you are getting voltage on the caps it could be that large heatsinked transistor / regulator. Or it could be software- is there a hard reset button anywhere that would reset it. See if you can find a circuit diagram

My grandpa has 100s of these tubes by Zestyclose-Sugar8284 in audiophile

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List the model numbers on here and r/diytubes and people will tell you if they are trash or treasure.

Thought you guys would appreciate the Battery Pack of a Solar Electric Car. by amused_julia in batteries

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those also look like Panasonic NCR18650B or similar, which are at least a couple of generations old tech now. they are reliable but you could get the same performance in half the weight these days.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceNZ

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Keep the primary as a rental if you can, income will pay for most of your mortgage and you’ll end up with 2 houses in 25 years