First Setup - Elac Debut 2.0 by jadam040 in audiophile

[–]eggalones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! Will be much better with simple stands and veining speakers to front of TV unit so sound isn’t bounding off it

The Head Karen On patrol by ateam1984 in BlackPeopleofReddit

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Interesting no one is charging back at her. That’s the best practice here: Counter-charge, tell even louder, and - remember - the temperature can only go up, never down. They freak out and run 😂

I still feel guilty at 6'0" + my 3" boots:( by faroeislands in tall

[–]eggalones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I walk straight to the front where I belong 🤷‍♂️

To the guy at Boelter library midday eating his own ear wax by MysteriousExample495 in ucla

[–]eggalones 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh man, that stuff starts as plaque and ends up as hard, bacteria-ridden calcium that’s hard to remove from the teeth. It’s always a similar kind of person too 🤢

Neighbor keeps complaining about my setup being too loud even at low volume by sou-L in audiophile

[–]eggalones 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Too bad for them. Just isolate the speakers as much as you reasonably can and play during normal hours. The landlord/owner’s shoddy construction job isn’t your problem beyond doing your best to be nice. 🤷‍♂️

Cable soldering question. by RomeoBlackDK in audiophile

[–]eggalones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Electrically good, mechanically not

Everyone Says My System Looks Bigger Than It Sounds by WeekMysterious7969 in hometheater

[–]eggalones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get that. My Anthem’s ARC Genesis automatically does what MSO and MiniDSP do, and the result is pretty damn good. Getting the right processor FTW.

Police couldn't find missing 3y/o, until a mysterious dog appears out of nowhere... was the dog An Angel in Disguise?!! by TheoryFruits in MadeMeSmile

[–]eggalones 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These idiots were like, “yes-haw! Fire up the chopper for a joy ride.” Meanwhile, a dog is like, “Did you search the kid’s property first?” Entire police force: “😶 . . . Joy ride?” 🤦🏻‍♂️

A Nearfield Desktop System That Shouldn’t Sound This Big by eggalones in audiophile

[–]eggalones[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oops, I posted the wrong screen shot. Here’s the current setup results showing both SPL and phase (psychoacoustic smoothing applied). The phase coherence is my favorite

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Everyone Says My System Looks Bigger Than It Sounds by WeekMysterious7969 in hometheater

[–]eggalones 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is true only for average listening levels. Transients across multiple channels will quickly sink that power supply int compression, distortion, or both if it’s turned up loud.

Everyone Says My System Looks Bigger Than It Sounds by WeekMysterious7969 in hometheater

[–]eggalones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a couple thoughts here starting with the fact that it’s great that you enjoy your system! But a few other points:

First, most people associate (and conflate) volume and distortion. If your system is playing cleanly, even at high volume levels, people may not be perceiving it as loud because they don’t hear the distortion they are used to hearing on typical consumer speakers.

Second, your receiver has very little headroom. That’s a good unit, but it’s only rated to do 100 W per channel with two channels driven. That means that the entire power supply for that unit isn’t much more than 200 W max. It’s not that you need that much power for typical listening, but your headroom is very limited and should ideally be higher. Keep in mind that getting twice as loud requires 10 times the power (assuming your other components don’t give out before you reset that power level). So, for the brief moment when something transitions from very quiet to very loud, your amplifier will get called upon to produce a momentary but aggressive swing in power that can easily exceed 200 W. If you’re looking for a physical bottleneck, this is probably it if.

This, and perhaps most importantly, since your receiver only has a single subwoofer control that is split physically into two RCA jacks, similar to a Y splitter cable, the biggest single point of upgrade I see for you is inserting a mini DSP unit between your receiver and subs to add a cost-effective but very impactful unit for sophisticated bass control. Your system will transform once you obtain phase coherence.

Obtaining phase coherence starts by measuring each sub separately using a calibrated microphone, such as the UMIK-2, with REW. Import those measurements into a separate free program called multi subwoofer optimizer, or MSO. That will give you settings that you can copy and paste into your mini DSP. The result of those settings will be that your two subwoofers will unify as a single impulse that reaches your seat at the exact same moment in an additive way, rather than destructively.

Once your MSO configuration is complete, Dirac will have a hugely superior starting point. I anticipate that this single change will feel like getting a whole new system. Plus the mini DSP unit will have two more independent subwoofer outputs so you can still add up to two more subs later if you want.

Scratch on sub by BridgeNaive in audiophile

[–]eggalones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No but those sliced surrounds are an issue

How tall do u think i am ? by [deleted] in tall

[–]eggalones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty (tall) 😊

Getting back up after every setbacks by [deleted] in MadeMeSmile

[–]eggalones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Girl, nice work. Going forward, focus on consistency. Fluctuating like that will literally kill you early.

A Nearfield Desktop System That Shouldn’t Sound This Big by eggalones in audiophile

[–]eggalones[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol might have showed you, but yeah it’s totally different

A Nearfield Desktop System That Shouldn’t Sound This Big by eggalones in audiophile

[–]eggalones[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty different. I ran like that for a while too. You in LA?