Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Inches to DB???

2015-01-20 Thread Mnyb
rgro wrote: Much appreciated, Michael. The Revels actually sound terrific in the configuration I have them where they are equidistantjust the usual nervosa that maybe that extra 2 db to balance the right speaker would make things sound even better! I think the room compensation

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Inches to DB???

2015-01-20 Thread rgro
darrenyeats wrote: Using an SPL meter like this, the measurement is a combination of direct and reflected sound. These are processed differently by the brain; I'm not sure correcting (either with EQ or distance) for the 2-3db discrepancy you measured will lead to a better result. I'd be more

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Inches to DB???

2015-01-20 Thread darrenyeats
Using an SPL meter like this, the measurement is a combination of direct and reflected sound. These are processed differently by the brain; it's not at all clear to me that correcting for the 2-3db discrepancy you measured will lead to a better result. I'd be more inclined to look at speaker

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Inches to DB???

2015-01-20 Thread Julf
And the human ear-brain chain is pretty good at compensating for room oddities... To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people - Paul W Klipsch, 1953

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Inches to DB???

2015-01-20 Thread rgro
Julf wrote: And the human ear-brain chain is pretty good at compensating for room oddities... A devilish combination...master of both elegant compensation and subliminal deceit!! Rg System information Main: Vortexbox/Squeezelite USB Benchmark DAC2 D LFD LE IV

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Inches to DB???

2015-01-20 Thread Julf
rgro wrote: A devilish combination...master of both elegant compensation and subliminal deceit!! That doesn't of course apply to people who *know* what they hear... :) To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Inches to DB???

2015-01-19 Thread Mnyb
Yes is esential to keep the speaker distance to listening position the same for stereo . A speaker arrangement with such a big flaw is not really usable ? Headphones is an idea . Or can the room be rearranged ? Use another wall for the hifi . Use a home theater reciever or processor , they can

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Inches to DB???

2015-01-19 Thread rgro
Mnyb wrote: Yes is esential to keep the speaker distance to listening position the same for stereo . A speaker arrangement with such a big flaw is not really usable ? Headphones is an idea . Or can the room be rearranged ? Use another wall for the hifi . Use a home theater reciever

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Inches to DB???

2015-01-19 Thread rgro
Apesbrain wrote: I suppose you could use SoX via a custom-convert.conf to attenuate the left channel. But then again... You're probably right. It would appear that, using the SPL meter and just moving towards the speaker, it's several feet and not inches that would actually increase the db

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Inches to DB???

2015-01-19 Thread rgro
Hello, My amplifier/dac combo does not have any balance controls. Something on the squeezelite thread got me to thinking and I got my SPL meter out and measured the db, with pink noise, coming out of my left vs. right speakers at my listening position. There is a 2-3 db difference with the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Inches to DB???

2015-01-19 Thread Apesbrain
I suppose you could use SoX via a custom-convert.conf to attenuate the left channel. But then again... rgro wrote: ... in their current position--to my ears---voices, etc.. that are supposed to be centered do seem to be.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Inches to DB???

2015-01-19 Thread Julf
rgro wrote: I suspect the easy solution is to simply move the right speaker a bit closer. However, my anal-retentive side is interested in precision and am wondering if, somewhere (can't find anything using a google search) there is a conversion table that would tell me how many inches