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shawndo

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  1. Agreed, there are a lot of pro amps out there probably most don't care about fan noise. Definitely one of the things to check before buying one for home use.
  2. I did, admittedly, restrict my reading to the crown drivecore line so wouldn't want to speak to anything outside of that
  3. I was worried about this, but the typical internet response is that the owners of these amps say that you can not actually hear the fans. If they even would come on under normal listening levels. I've only had one for a couple weeks and haven't noticed anything and I am keeping an ear out. Still exploring this as a long-term solution, but looks good so far.
  4. BlueJeansCable doesn't have it on their website, but if you get the pinout info from the manual and figure out which speakon connector (2pole,4pole, etc) you need, you can have them make the cable. It was just a $5 addon to the normal speaker cable cost for 2-pole speakon's. I have some speakon to locking banana 10awg cables on the way. I think the Crown drivecore2 series are made with more home-user friendly features. Speaker bindings with screw-on or bananas (they go in vertically so kind of a weird fit, but it works. I'm still getting speakons just because) It also has XLR, RCA and 1/4" inputs and builtin crossovers.
  5. -Hi end speakers exist, no question. Mind was blown the first time i went in a room with B&W 800Ds and started me on this journey. Spend cash here! -Hi end preamps and sources, maybe but probably not -Hi end amps, a little skeptical now -Hi end cables no way Thats not to say there aren't other reasons to get that stuff. It's like a 60s muscle car vs a Civic with Turbo/NOS. Something way cool about the muscle car even though the Civic can beat it in a 1/4 mile.
  6. I started out with a Musical Fidelity integrated amp. Mainly for the looks and good reviews. It sounded great and I stayed with it for a while. Recently, I wanted to try DSP so had to switch to separates (i have subs so didn't use the tape loop). As an experiment after reading AVSforum a bit, I purchased a super cheap (relatively) Crown class-D pro amp (200Wpc/8ohm), which is basically the same power rating as the MF. I did side-side non-blind testing and it sounded the same to me. So either amps are just commodities now like cables (as one faction on AVS claim) or I don't have the golden ears. In any case, I think you'll be fine with anything that has enough power. If I were starting over, I'd get a passive preamp with some form of non-potentiometer volume control (stepped attenuation or the like) and a crown pro amp. (I only have one line-level dac source) So far, the best sound I've had from these LS50s is with an Onkyo AVR with Audyssey XT32. I only use it in stereo mode. Seems like a waste, but its relatively cheap and has the audyssey tech. Only problem is that it's fugly. But that convinced on room correction so I'm adding a dirac module between my preamp and amp as the next step.
  7. Quick question. I know this is true when using the internal DAC. Did Coppertino say this is also true when using an external DAC through the lightning connection (i.e. Oppo HA-2)
  8. I got a pair a few months ago. At first it felt like they were lacking in bass so I got a subwoofer, since that is a typical recommendation for these speakers. Then I figured out this whole integer mode thing and all of a sudden I had too much bass. I kept my subwoofer, but in retrospect I may not have needed it.
  9. I'm still waiting on the microphone, but I'm only looking at the frequency stuff now, since that is adjustable with software. Room treatments are a whole 'nother area of research. I'm still really new at all this and am taking it one topic at a time for now. I reread my post and I guess these are Audirvana specific questions. It might be more appropriate to post on their forum.
  10. Greetings! I've been reading alot about integer mode on the Mac lately. I tried bitperfect, but it couldn't enable integer mode on a Mountain Lion laptop, but Audirvana did. When I finally got integer mode activated, I noticed an increased bass response almost immediately. I remember turning up the gain on my subwoofer last night, and I was definitely turning it down on the same songs after I got this working. I subsequently read somewhere (i can't remember where) that increased bass response is typical when activating integer mode. I have a umik on the way and my master plan is to run RoomEQ wizard to get some recommended parametric EQ settings, then use the AU ParametricEQ in Audirvana to implement it. I'm trying to find the holes in this plan before I start buying stuff so now I have a couple of questions. I purchased AudioHijack and Bitperfect before I had this all figured out and now it looks like Audirvana will do what I want, but want to be sure before the trial finishes. - Room EQ Wizard doesn't look like it will work in integer mode and I don't think I can use pre-recorded test tones with it. Since its recommended EQ settings will be based on a non-integer-mode measurement, will that incorrectly EQ Audirvana if I use the Audio Unit eq plugin? - I believe AudioUnits is a Core Audio function. If I activate an eq plugin, will that pull Audirvana out of integer mode or out of the iZotope thing? I'm basically trying to decide if I can do this all with software or if I need to get an external EQ.
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