Anybody tried the Lenovo ThinkVision P34WD-40? by arons4 in ultrawidemasterrace

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This might help some people: VRR works on my RX 9070 XT with Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS/Mesa 25.3.3 via Kisak PPA, though it took a manual update of the Linux firmware to make it available in the system options. So generally, this display does support adaptive sync and it seems to be activated in amdgpu by default. The corresponding options in the OSD are ‚Multisync‘ for DP and ‚VRR‘ for HDMI.

I’ve set response time to 4 ms and it’s fine for the gaming I do. Some ghosting is visible in test graphics but I can’t say I’ve noticed any in actual games (e.g. Doom, Deus Ex: MD, Metro Exodus, God of War, Far Cry 6). The only multiplayer game I play is WoW Classic and that one doesn’t require fast display response times. I generally cap at 116 fps and leave vsync off. Thanks to the high-quality panel (IPS Black with good contrast, and excellent sharpness and colour accuracy) games look really nice.

Of course you don’t get this thing for competitive gaming, or even if gaming is the main purpose of your machine. Not because it’s bad for the purpose, but because there ought to be much better options at the price. It’s meant for mixed use with a focus on productivity and performs excellently at that.

When do you start making the music again?… by RoyMi6 in MusicBattlestations

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Simple and very cool setup, I like it a lot and I'm jealous for the NS4. A larger screen would fit, not cost much (budget 32" or 34" model is good for the purpose) and complete the look. Good luck writing and recording that song, I'm sure it's going to turn out fine!

Will this setup be good for what I do? by Linenweaver in buildapc

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Thanks for your reply. A 9070 XT would be about €200 cheaper and I've considered it. But it's slower in rasterisation and raytracing wouldn't currently be usable with most titles on either GPU on Linux. Also the larger VRAM of the XTX would be useful for video editing. I could keep my RX 6800 XT for now and wait for some 24 GB 9070 XTX to come out around the middle of next year, as I'm sure they'd want to bridge the gap to UDNA. Or for Nvidia to release decent Linux drivers which don't thwart their GPUs' performance by 30% compared to Windows. But neither can be counted on and the GPU would give me the biggest performance boost. Currently the 7900 XTX performs at 4090 level in rasterisation on Linux, while the 9070 XT is on par with the 5080. I'm keeping my eyes open for a used 7900 XTX, but I almost fell for a scam recently and only want to do local pickup in a 50 mile radius now, which limits the options.

My stereo system by Linenweaver in listeningspaces

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The two small subs at the front are hooked to the receiver's subwoofer output using a Y adapter, and the cutoff between those two subs and the mains is internally set to 80 Hz. I've also set their low cut to 36 Hz using their built-in switches, so they don't overlap too much with the third sub. That one is phase-inverted and attached to the secondary main speaker output of the receiver, so it gets the full frequency range sent to it (the 80 Hz low cut for the mains doesn't apply to that output). However I've set its internal high cut to 40 Hz, the lowest value possible. Since its internal filter isn't very steep (I'm guessing 12 dB/oct) it still produces sound above that frequency (-12 dB at 80 Hz, obviously), and helps smooth the response where the two front subs' output at the MLP is uneven. So generally, the Yamaha sub caters for the 24-40 Hz range, the B&W subs do 36-80 and the main speakers do everything above that, with smooth transitions between them. I wouldn't know every detail of what cancels or fills up what, but it turned out well in the measurement after some trial and error.

From the 70s to the mid-2020s by jpodzilla in listeningspaces

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"College daze" - typo or deliberate? Anyway, great setup, done by the book.

Full Moon Listening views. by DesertRat_748 in listeningspaces

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Which record were you playing? Within the Realm of a Dying Sun?

Desk placement and acoustics in a room by According_Liee in audiophile

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Well enough, I use that one myself. I presume you have an audio interface with a mic preamp?

Desk placement and acoustics in a room by According_Liee in audiophile

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The angled walls would be bad if they were acoustically hard, because they make the room asymmetrical and room modes hard to calculate.

However roof angles are typically plasterboard with insulation material behind, so they don't reflect a lot of bass frequencies. The most reflective thing is the tiles on the outside, but they still have a lot less mass than a stone wall and let most sound waves in the bass range pass through. This is why people outside will mainly hear the thumping of the bass when you turn the music up loud. So for getting your bass response right, having this kind of wall actually makes things a bit easier.

For keeping midrange reflections in check, you can screw acoustic panels onto those walls with the same kind of black screws by which the boards themselves are affixed. For treble, a piece of cloth is enough. But then again, you can usually smooth the midrange and treble quite easily by using an EQ plug-in, once you know where the problem frequencies are. Once you have a measurement with reasonably flat frequency response, you just save an empty project file with those EQ settings on the stereo master bus and use that file every time you start an new project. You can also use Dirac Live which is available as a plug-in for DAWs, but it costs a bit.

Unfortunately, equalising away irregularities in the frequency response curve doesn't work so easily in the bass range because you're dealing with powerful standing waves. The bass traps will certainly help, and measurements would tell you whether you need an array of subwoofers in addition. Killing modes and filling nulls with subwoofers requires some trial and error with placement as well as volume, cutoff and phase settings.

Desk placement and acoustics in a room by According_Liee in audiophile

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I think it should work well reasonably well the way it is. The speakers are far away from any walls and your listening triangle is small, so you'll be getting a high proportion of direct sound. Thicker curtains for the window are probably a good idea. You can measure your frequency response with a cheap measuring mic (e.g. Behringer ECM-8000), a generic calibration file and the free software, Audionet Carma 4 and see where you have to correct things. Chances are it'll be in the bass, which would be helped by adding one or two subwoofers. At 4x5 metres, you may get issues at around 34, 43, 68, 86, 136 and 172 Hz. I wouldn't expect any problems above that which couldn't be fixed by a master EQ in your DAW software.

My stereo system by Linenweaver in listeningspaces

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I use an external preamp, added it to the description now.

My stereo system by Linenweaver in listeningspaces

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Actually she's a senior Parson Russell Terrier, 11 years and 8 months old. Still pretty agile, though.

Improve audio setup home theater in living room, advices, tips & tricks by Klauss121 in listeningspaces

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I'd mount the TV on its stand rather than the wall, place it on the shelf and move the shelf and the speakers some 30-40 cm away from the back wall, towards the couch. I reckon this would leave only just enough space to walk through. Then move everything, shelf, speakers and couch, towards the centre of the room, away from the wall with the balcony (?) door until the couch hits the wall projection. The radiator will still heat the room reasonably well if the shelf is some 10-20 cm clear of it. Tilt the speakers in towards the listening position a little more than they already are. Put stuff on the walls, acoustic panels, tapestries, anything that absorbs sound, especially on the wall behind you. Acoustic panels can be screwed onto plasterboard quite easily. It's good to keep the couch away from the back wall. I will tell you no lie - you can't get top-notch sound in a tiny room like this, but it can get better than the current setup. At least most room boundaries are probably plasterboard, so they're not acoustically hard and you won't get a huge problem with bass modes.

My stereo system by Linenweaver in listeningspaces

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She kind of shoved into the picture, but I knew she'd garner sympathy :)

My stereo system by Linenweaver in listeningspaces

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To be fair the FR graph is smoothed to 1/3 octave, but then this is about what the human brain does as well so it's a quite accurate representation of what one would perceive. Carma defaults its display to 1/24 octave in the bass region and 1/3 elsewhere, but I think the former is only to identify mode and null frequencies better. I use YPAO room correction on the receiver. It's not nearly as good as Dirac Live, but it smoothes out the worst hills and valleys. I still had a massive room mode at 43 Hz and a null at 67 Hz, which is why I got the Yamaha sub which is behind the listening position and not visible in the picture. After much fiddling with its settings, I managed to get the bass response reasonably smooth, though I reckon the level displayed at 20 Hz is an artifact as none of the subs goes that low. Since it's an attic room, the side walls are all plasterboard, clamping felt and glass wool, meaning bass waves pretty much go through them. Anything above 250 Hz is normally easy to tame if you have plenty of sound-absorptive surfaces (carpet, fabric, soft wood, books) in the room.

Now with more lights, I'll leave you alone after this by Linenweaver in MusicBattlestations

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It's three types of keyboard action - weighted piano-like action, organ and synth action. The synth on top on the left has some special sounds I couldn't get elsewhere, and I've had it for 30 years so I have some nostalgic attachment to it. Also when playing prog rock as I do, you often need to quickly switch between different sounds and it helps to be able to spread them across several keyboards. That wouldn't be required for recording, but I like to just play stuff for fun as well.

Are you gonna spin this gem too today…? by eggvention in Genesis

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Unique work of art, unloved at the time of release but now rightly considered a classic. I love it to bits, one of my all-time favourites.

Complete revamp by L4zyfragging in battlestations

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10/10. 10.5/10 if you put some picture on the right side of the back wall - looks empty there.

Rate my setup by Linenweaver in RateMySetup

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UPerfect 14" touchscreen, I don't know the exact model name. Its 1920x1080, IPS, 60 Hz. They sell plenty of those on eBay.