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    Why do room modes become insignificant above bass frequencies?

    Do be aware of room resonances, though. Most rooms I have measured have resonance peaks in the single digit kilohertz range, strongly dependent upon room geometry and where you are in the room. I found out the hard way when trying to record my violin. Cheap violins have resonance peaks in that...
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    Lossless MP3?

    I love FLAC. I use it for just about everything. As a musician, I get exposed to a lot of bit resolutions and data rates. FLAC has always handled everything I threw at it, from CD quality (44.1kHz, 16bit) up to studio quality (96kHz, 24bit and more). Unfortunately, neither my 2015 Toyota Avalon...
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    Flash Giveaway... Special Edition!!

    Count me in. Fun movie.
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    Flash Giveaway: Take Home 'IP Man 4: The Finale' on Blu-ray!

    Count me in. And check out my ancient stack of hardware: Tight Living Room in Texas.
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    The RX-V661 was carefully selected. It is old enough to have a phono, S-VHS, and component video inputs, but new enough to have HDMI. I can plug it all into it. It only has 2 HDMI inputs, though, so I sometimes wish I had another one when I plug my computer into it. The X-Box and digital TV box...
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    Tight Living Room in Texas

    To be fair, both of my 6800s were not working when I bought them. Both had a broken main drive gear. I think I got the other one for about $30, so close to $40 after repairs. People were just dumping them in the early 2000s.
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    Video Review: Monoprice's 8" Alpha Series In-Ceiling Speaker

    Monoprice has a lot of options for in-wall speakers. They seem to use a lot of electrolytic caps in their crossovers, though. Not sure if this is really an issue, but it would be ten or twenty years down the line. The ones reviewed here look like a spectacular bang for the buck. But the Sycamore...
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    Video Review: Monoprice's 8" Alpha Series In-Ceiling Speaker

    Thanks for your review. I have been considering speakers for surrounds, both back and sides, in my living room, but have no real place to put them. I have often wondered if the Monoprice speakers were worth the effort. Sounds like they may fit the bill.
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    Tight Living Room in Texas

    I got two of the 6800s about 15 years ago. I realized that VCRs were going away and picked them up on ebay as people dumped them. I gave one to my parents and kept one. The one I gave my parents originally cost me $15 from ebay, $6 for a replacement drive gear, and $0.50 for a bad capacitor. $22...
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    No More Doom and Gloom... Win 'The Rise of Skywalker' on Blu-ray!

    I'm in, as well, and new to the forums. Been enjoying it so far. Left "Tight Living Room in Texas" in the showcase. Let me know what you think.
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    Tight Living Room in Texas

    My living room is an exercise in how to get good sound using solid, long-lasting components. The heart of the system is a pair of Infinity RS-3000 speakers I was given when we got married. I had to refoam them a few years back, but they still sound great. I picked up a JBL CSS10 sub a few weeks...
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