Recent content by Tom Schneider

One free thing to try is to move either your chair or the speakers toward you to form a semi nearfield listening position. I moved my KEF LS50 Metas into my office and struggled with the sound until I moved to a more nearfield listening setup. Helped with some of the room problems and was also a...

Tidal primarily but also have Amazon Music for my wife since she streams music pretty much all day on her Sonos Era 300.

Main listening room - Caintuck open baffles with Lii Audio F15 full range drivers and a KEF KC62 sub Office desktop - Focal Alpha 50 powered monitors Office listening area - KEF LS50 Metas

Here's the Spyderco PM2 Wharncliffe that I've been using lately. It started out stock but I put on custom CF scales and titanium hardware.

I have an Arthur 4215/E2 that I originally purchased to drive my 85db efficient KEF 50 Metas. I have since moved them into a smaller room but the BoXem remains in my main listening loft connected to very efficient single driver open baffle speakers. Clearly overkill in terms of power but the...

We have two Sonos Ones outside on the patio playing in stereo mode. They are close to the back wall so bass is decent and with two they certainly play loud enough when we have guests over to swim in the pool. We also have an Era 300 in our family room since we have a no TV policy and only listen...

I'm 8.5ft with a very open room and typically stick to 70-85db. There are nights with friends where we push 95db but that is rare. I tend to listen early in the morning on weekends when my wife is still asleep downstairs so stay around 70db. The good thing is my OB speakers sound good at lower...

When streaming for my dedicated system I use Tidal primarily due to the interface and Tidal Connect. My wife uses Pandora and Amazon simply because she can use Alexa through her Sonos Era 300. She is more into having back-ground music.

When I was running my LS50 Metas full range I did notice distortion but adding a KC62 crossed over at 90hz it ended up much cleaner. Having a high power amp also helped to make the sound more relaxed without distortion.

Side note is I'm currently listening to my LS50 Metas in a semi-nearfield configuration. Seems strange to see them in the middle of the room but it does help to cancel out my room influence. It also opened up the bass without even having to move my sub. My listening room is a loft which has an...

My LS50 Meta's and KC62 sub are still my mainstays in my listening room. I have been playing with open baffle single driver speakers lately. Once the baffles are made I'll do a comparison.

Still loving my boxem amp. I'm building a 15" single driver set of speakers so the boxem will likely be overkill but the are so good that I'm not thinking about moving to tubes.

For me it was hearing the NHT 3.3s setup in a good dealer room. I ended up buying the smaller version but I was really impressed.

I too am looking into acoustic treatments since I can walk around my room and bass changes dramatically so that is my first area of focus. Right now my LS50 Meta placement is solid as they not only disappear but have a soundstage that is both tall and deep which still surprises me for such a...

I played around with spacing and toe-in and ended up in the same position in my room. Pretty much facing forward but with a few degrees of toe-in which seems to work well with my room. I'm still dealing with bass nodes but that's a different issue.