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  1. KenMasters

    REW Measurements of AlleyCat's Room- Take 2

    Wherever you're sitting, you are subject to the constructive and destructive effects of the room - the large swings in the response you see from 500Hz down are caused for the most part by room modes. The magnitude and balance of those swings will change depending on where in the room you sit...
  2. KenMasters

    REW Measurements of AlleyCat's Room- Take 2

    Just be careful of confirmation bias. The further from the back wall you place the speaker, the lower down in frequency the speaker boundary interference - you need to move your speakers pretty far into the room to escape it completely. By bringing the speakers closer to the wall, you bring the...
  3. KenMasters

    REW Measurements of AlleyCat's Room- Take 2

    The transcript you're quoting is for sound engineers discussing setups in venues much larger than a typical living space with separate bass modules - how far you need to be from the wall depends on the bass extension of the speaker. Theory is all good, but there's no way to really know how your...
  4. KenMasters

    Amazon launch - music service not included

    I can tell you as a Prime subscriber in Denmark, we still don't have access Amazon Music.
  5. KenMasters

    Do you power condition?

    Yes, and they are all subjectively derived conclusions. You spend money on a thing or sell a thing, you want that thing to add value. Tell me in what ways it made the picture better and I will point for point explain why it could not. If there's not a mechanism by which it could manifest an...
  6. KenMasters

    Do you power condition?

    I don't see how my simple statement can be characterised as beratement. Do what? It can't make a difference (other than have the TV be on or not). I never said people weren't capable of making decisions and I don't see how I insulted anyone. They can take it as an insult, but it wasn't given...
  7. KenMasters

    Do you power condition?

    An experience is your involvement and observation of some thing or event, it is not a statement to declare the following is not subject to fact. You stated unequivocally that it made a significant difference to image quality, easily visible. There was no mitigation, no "I felt" or "it seemed to...
  8. KenMasters

    Do you power condition?

    You stated the improvement as a point of fact. Science isn't pseudoscience because you don't like the findings.
  9. KenMasters

    Do you power condition?

    Can't see how it could make any difference to the picture at all - outside of providing one or not. I'll leave this here: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/ps-audio-powerplant-12-review-ac-regenerator.31298/
  10. KenMasters

    Frequently Misspelled audiophile terms

    This is one my wife and I sometimes discuss. I think if it's a person's name, it's important to try and pronounce it correctly, but often with places and objects, I think it's often more appropriate to go with how one would pronounce the word in their native language - we don't pronounce Paris...
  11. KenMasters

    That time again.

    The flu vaccine doesn't make you sick, but it can provoke an immune reaction. How the production of antibodies affects you depends on the person. Also possible to have caught the flu around the same time you get the shot.
  12. KenMasters

    REW Measurements of AlleyCat's Room- Take 2

    The first graph's scaling is not good and the second I'd guess is R+L measured simultaneously and smoothed psychoacoustically. Right now there's not much in the way of rhyme or reason behind Alleycat's measurements - other than perhaps the understandable desire to produce flattering graphs...
  13. KenMasters

    REW Measurements of AlleyCat's Room- Take 2

    That series by Geoff is really good - presented in a very practical manner. He used to work with a colleague of my wife's.
  14. KenMasters

    REW Measurements of AlleyCat's Room- Take 2

    I had the later Ultra version of these subs (dual config) and they did a good job with my LS50s, but I don't think they're commensurate with your B1s. Also the 6-band auto GEQ that comes with them is pretty much useless.
  15. KenMasters

    REW Measurements of AlleyCat's Room- Take 2

    The only way I can fathom what you've written above is that you do not understand. If your in-room response deviates dramatically from the predicted response, your issue is not with the measurement but with the room. This is how my LS50 Metas measure up to the predicted response on Erin's...
  16. KenMasters

    REW Measurements of AlleyCat's Room- Take 2

    Two different modes of interaction (with a blending in the middle) - in both cases REW can be used to map out the issues. I believe this is a misunderstanding on your part. No one is saying what you seem to think they are saying, all that Klippel is showing you is how placing a given speaker...
  17. KenMasters

    REW Measurements of AlleyCat's Room- Take 2

    You are comparing two different things - Klippel tells you nothing about the room, only the speaker and its predicted behaviour, not individual effects within the room. I'm talking about my room, comparing measurements with the floor and no coffee table, floor reflections absorbed and with the...
  18. KenMasters

    REW Measurements of AlleyCat's Room- Take 2

    I don't think it has anything to do with the Klippel testing system, more that our hearing system is not nearly as sensitive to sounds coming from above and below as they are the horizontal. If I look at my measurements, the floor doesn't seem to come into it - coffee table yes, but not the...
  19. KenMasters

    REW Measurements of AlleyCat's Room- Take 2

    I only chatted to him briefly, I just wanted to let him know I appreciated his online presentations. He was very generous with his time to a stranger approaching him in an airport, but my flight was about to board and my wife was waiting on me. We briefly talked about panels and the brand he's...
  20. KenMasters

    REW Measurements of AlleyCat's Room- Take 2

    It's a funny coincidence given this thread, but I bumped into Anthony Grimani yesterday in Munich Airport (he's there for the High End show).
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