Real world performance is based on measurements (in room frequency response as well as waterfall graph). The A/C behind my right speaker is the least of my worries. The desk in front of the speaker affects my frequency response much more (around 110Hz) than anything else, but my desk is a necessity.
DAC: Assemblage DAC3.1 Platinum Edition or Onkyo NR5008
Preamp: Headamp GS1
Speakers: 2 Adam S3A and 3 Adam A7
Sub: Velodyne DLS5000
Room is semi-treated
Remember to factor in the cost of room treatment as hopefully you can get your frequency response to within +/- 10db and reduce ringing as oppose to +/-30db (very typical) with no treatment at all.
It's not like he cares. He'll say that he wants to base his decision on objective measurements (inaccurate in this case) but he never responded to my arguments on here or Head-fi.
It doesn't matter, if the tests are to be valid and accurate, that's what you want to strive for. If they didn't care for accuracy of the comparison, why put them out in the first place?
First of all, how was the frequency response of the speakers tested?
This is important as the room that the speakers were tested at have a huge influence on the frequency response unless it is an anechoic chamber. If speakers aren't tested at an anechoic chamber, the placement of the speakers...
After spending a few weeks fiddling with the latest Audyssey with an the Onkyo NR5008, I would like to note a few observations (only applies to 2 channel listening).
Note:
My front wall (corners included) and side walls (first reflection point only) are well treated while about 25% of my...
Forget about any receiver or amp. Active monitors are you solutions. The amp is built into the speaker cabinet hence eliminating any need for a receiver or a power amp.
You can pick either one out of this: http://www.radioshack.com/search/ind...l%20meter&sr=1
He used one of the above RS SPL meter and it seems like he used REW(Room EQ Wizard) which is free.
I'm surprised by some of the deep nulls that are created by MultEQ XT that didn't exist before. I'll be getting the Onkyo NR5008 which has the MultEQ XT32 and I hope I'll get some decent result out of it. At the moment, with the bass traps I have, I'm about +/-10db from 30hz to 300hz.
Get a SPL meter from radioshack and measure the frequency response of your two setup with Room EQ Wizrad and see the actual levels to check for anomoly. It's accurate to within 1db for up to 800Hz compared to much more expensive microphones.
Integrating a subwoofer into a 2 channel setup is much harder than most people think, so it's much better to sell your KRK Rokit 5 and go for monitors that extend lower. You'll get much better quality overall.
And also, the room has a lot more impact on your perceived sound quality than any DAC can bring you in a speaker setup. So as long as your DAC is decent, you shouldn't worry too much about it.
You can always just use iTunes and Apple Airport Express to streaming your music wirelessly from your computer to the Airport Express and connecting that with your DAC via toslink. It's convenient and you get bitperfect output.
My setup is exactly like that.
Here's what I gathered from Gearslutz:
"The following is from an exchange that took place in the rec.audio.pro newsgroup in May, 2003:
Bill Ruys asked: Why it is recommended to have bare (un-carpeted) floors in the studio? One web site I visited mentioned that a bare floor was a prerequisite...
I respectfully disagree that ringing isn't as important relatively to other acoustic properties. To me, reduction in ringing, echo, flutter, and flattening FR are all of equal importance.
Secondly, he tells people on Gearslutz exactly how his bass traps (not much different from bass traps by...
Before you bash the guy, you should read up on all the articles that he has written on acoustics. He bases his articles and even the Audyssey review on science and hard numbers by actually measuring the room. I don't know what you mean by him being bias as he only based his view on the...
Here's a link to a review of the Audyssey.
http://realtraps.com/art_audyssey.htm
I have doubts to its improvement for all 8 locations. Also, how does it deal with reflection which is essential in clarity and imaging? I'm not offered any explanation by Audyssey as to why something works. The...
Audyssey is basically an automatic EQ. While it's good at reducing peaks to a certain degree, it's not gonna help with ringing nor nulls which are all over the frequency range in any typical room. For example, if an EQ boost of 20db is to be applied to counter a null, you might easily overload...
I just wanna say that there are plenty of active studio monitors that are midfield although they aren't usually entry level. So active studio monitors aren't restricted to only nearfields.
First of all, I highly disagree that active monitors are underpowered and the notion that they're somehow inferior to passive speakers.
Secondly, in contrast to room acoustics (which typically/easily change your speakers' frequency response to +/-30db), the effects of DAC and preamp on the...
I can tell you that the AD2000 clamps tight against your head while the AD700 and W5000 barely sit on your head. The W1000 is in between those 3 headphones.
I just wanna say that with a square shaped room, the room acoustics suffer. It would be wise to invest part of your budget in room treatment especially bass traps. Otherwise, doesn't matter how good your speakers are, the in room frequency response will still be lousy as you'll get nulls as...
Yes, a studio monitor is unforgiving, but a recording that's well mastered and mixed wouldn't and shouldn't sound harsh. In fact, they sound really pleasant to my ears. Another reason you might get harsh highs is because of reflections in room.
Which studio monitors gave you harsh highs?
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