No apologies needed - I think we all enjoy a fun meandering conversation Josh :biggrin:
In my case I'm not strictly-speaking limited on volume but I also want to keep my good hearing so I don't usually listen to anything ultra loud. Creeping my way towards 40 but I can still hear just about...
Ah yeah thank you John - that makes sense.
My only experience so far is with these Yamaha NS-777 which are I believe 89db sensitivity but sounds worlds better being driven by that Outlaw 5000x amp instead of the RX-A3080 AVR's internal amps.
Tentatively I was wanting to go with full SVS Ultra...
So in a general sense (not addressing my current room since I'm just biding my time until houses are not ludicrously priced and I can hopefully find something closer to my goal of roughly 24 x 20 x 9 basement to start from scratch) would the general consensus for 'when' to start considering a...
Much appreciated John!
I won't be upgrading any more equipment in this room (hoping to move to a new house next year - ideally with a better space for home-theatering!) but definitely need to take your advice on REW.
I do have a UMIK-1 but haven't had time to sit down and figure out how to use...
Dave is there a benefit to used speakers vs new (other than monetary of course)?
Forgot to mention I do have quite a lot of room treatment but again the acoustics of the room being an addon up on stilts and just not very well insulated end up with a lot of outside noise coming in which I can't...
Just curious what everyone's takes are on this.
Specifically I'm asking as we get into more advanced/audiophile territory with our home theater goals at what point or points does it make sense to move beyond powering everything with only the AVR?
When would you add a separate amp for at least...