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  1. Feeding a subI was ready to jump onto a different subject than setup today but a number of you have asked me to at least touch on how...
  2. Music and roomsAfter reading through our series on rooms and tuning, my son Scott suggested I watch a video by Talking Heads leader David Byrne on how architecture...
  3. Actually measure what you haveWhen I used to be a part of loudspeaker manufacturing at Genesis one of the tools we relied on the most was something called an RTA....
  4. LaseringOur series on setting up your system for best advantage talked a lot about measuring and making sure your loudspeakers are spot on in terms of...
  5. The last linkAs you can imagine, every room and every system and situation are different. It is nearly impossible to give good all-purpose advice that's specific to anyone's...
  6. I'am so diffusedThe first time I can remember anyone paying attention to room treatment was back in the mid 1970's when the local manager of our Pacific Stereo...
  7. Room TreatmentThis will be the first of a few posts on room treatment, so big is this subject I will be writing about. When we first started...
  8. More bassI rather think I shortchanged everyone yesterday in my post about bass. I guess my bias towards adding subwoofers outweighed anything else and I realize not...
  9. BassIn past posts I have written much about bass and much of what I have written involves the use of subwoofers. As many of you know...
  10. Going biggerContinuing with our setup series you've now managed to get the loudspeakers to disappear on a simple vocal and trio piece as well you've hopefully managed...
  11. Becoming a magicianYou've probably noticed that in this setup guide we're focusing primarily on imaging and have been ignoring other aspects such as tonal balance. That's ok and...
  12. Getting depthYesterday's post got us connected and playing our system for the first time. Through the use of Stereophile's test disc we've determined that the channels are...
  13. Dialing it inIn our last post we managed to get our loudspeakers roughed in, measured and connected and confirmed that everything is correct in our electronic setup from...