Never purchased the T900A, but did a direct A/B with @Jh4db536 when he brought his set to my place. Last paragraph https://tinyurl.com/y3zgcm9p and what I have now https://tinyurl.com/y5sozf78 I would literally harvest pennies and sell them as copper to save and skip the T900A and get the T500mkII's.
Too many other outdoor hobbies eating into my earnings right now to spend on the T500mkII. Surf fishing, motorcycles, camping gear... But one day I WILL buy the T500mkII again...
Sound united bought onkyo's home audio group. Pioneer/elite/only/Integra are now joining Denon/Marantz
With Oppo ceasing audio operations just kind of shows how tricky the market has become. Hard to say if SU didn't buy Onkyo's audio stuff, would they have had enough money to continue on or would have closed up like Oppo/been sold to different buyers.
With all those brands under the same corporate umbrella, I'll probably just stick with the higher end Yamaha stuff for home theater. I've found it to be in general more reliable with a better UI. I own Marantz now, and have been underwhelmed.
How long until Sound United buys out the Yamaha home theater side. SU will swallow up every receiver brand! Wonder for us, who works with SU with Denon/Marantz if the Onkyo/Pioneer umbrella extends to us or they will want to keep it in big box stores. Sony makes us order a certain amount of their receivers for our quota every quarter.
Google values the $150 iPhone SE I have at $256 if I trade it in for a pixel 3a XL. How much can I sell my Pixel 2 XL for?
Google has almost enough cash on hand to match Ukraine's entire GDP, and routinely shrugs off fines which would bankrupt entire companies (and third world nations). It's no wonder why they can scale anything if they really want to haha.
How much would Google pay for you 2XL in trade? eBay might do well by you selling that Apple phone...
Just a friendly reminder: if you ship a loaner via USPS I will ban you. Seniority MIGHT be taken into account with regard to ban length.
Plus, it takes a binding U.N. resolution, an act of Congress, a declaration of war including lists of grievances, AND the Postmaster's authorization to pay the claim out. He/She is a federal employee, so good luck getting them off their ass to sign the check. So, yeah, fuck the USPS.
This makes me feel good about not even being in US. Oh wait, India Post. (Frankly, nothing like its reputation years ago. Much improved)
Does the software allow for automatically redirecting a user's posts to a specific forum? You could create a Twilight Zone for the ranters instead of executing.
I'm just a psychotherapist who likes jazz and showing people their own projections. Mission accomplished, I think. ;-)
@neogeosnk I thought I was the only one who was madly in love with that live album on here. It's not "audiophile" enough for this crew.
The album is exceptional at showing the headphone or dac's ability at detail retrieval/plankton. I call it the yellow brick road test, that the benchmark dac3 failed and sold.
Finally found someone to pick up the 16 cu ft monster enclosures for my 18s (martysub) and now I’m building 4 cu ft sealed enclosures.
Nice! Never tried those or had the opportunity to listen to them. You impression about the NAD T758 was spot on. It is quite a bit better than the Anthem MRX 510 (even without EQ)
went to go mod the HSE A2000 and realized I used the last of my micropore tape for actual medical use.
If you've got Prime, here's a cheap re-fill option that i just received: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012TD02PS/
That is what I ordered, and despite Prime, it won't get here til tomorrow even though my A2000s got here from Japan today.
Meh, I already ordered some. Might stop by the drugstore tomorrow and pick some up locally if I have time (probably won't).
I use the number of posts in the philosophy hole thread as a yardstick for how pompous and self important we are on average.
Still waiting for your "Look What You Made Me Do" analysis. I mean if you are "Too Sexy" for that just say so...
No, 3 per side is enough. More difficult to wire to a normal impedance but let’s see what’s possible. Worst case I drop to two per side and use the other two for another project/ship to Marv.
If I was in the US there'd be all kinds of favors you might demand of me which i do not want to discuss in public. Luckily I'm in the EU so I dodged that bullet.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.avsforum.com/forum/155-diy-speakers-subs/1648673-martysub-faq.html%3Famp%3D1
@purr1n I think it's funny that we both had our dabble in car audio which taught us all about displacement and them big ol' woofers.
Tetris effect for $20: https://m.gamestop.com/product/games/tetris-effect/169459 Props to @JK47 for calling out how awesome it is.
Yikes. Few weeks ago I paid full price. Wish I waited, since I want to sell my copy sooner or later, lol.
@SineDave wtf do I do for Atmos channels if my ceiling is uneven? One side is 1.5 feet lower than the other.
Actually, I don't know an easy solve here. I think I need arrays of speakers for each height and phase adjustments for each array to sound natural at different seating positions. Time delays will only optimize for one seating position.
@zerodeefex It's ok if you use an acoustic calibration routine like Audyssey or Dirac. Atmos content isn't highly directional (it's meant to be produced by broad dispersion speakers), so just adjust your distances by ~2ft on the offset side if need be. That distance adjustment should adjust the time delay appropriately.
Thanks. I'm paranoid that I'll pick up the RSLs and this will bite me in the ass. Talked a bit with @Donald North and he recommended some experimentation. Also realized a friend's husband is an eng director at dolby and seems to have been the one who invented a huge chunk of the authoring side of the equation for atmos. I might just ask him, hah.
Can any of us torment @jexby? (I think a one-day ban might be ok for "mod-baiting." Two weeks for projectile vomiting at a mod. Keeping things in proportion)
