While not everyone here will agree, I expect that the majority of us has found that placing system components on a good solid equipment rack improves the sound.

I was amazed at the improvement realized when I moved my equipment form a heavy MDF shelved cabinet that I had made to a decent quality Target stand (manufacturer, not store) which I borrowed from a friend. I then bought a PolyCrystal stand that made yet again a large improvement.

Hi All! I am new here to the forum and was seeking help to do some upgrades to my Denon turntable. Can someone let me know what to do?

Thanks,
Emile

Prejudice (pre-ju-dis), noun. A judgment or opinion formed before the facts are known; a preconceived idea, favorable or, more usually, unfavorable.

While auditioning loudspeakers recently, I developed a new audiophile prejudice and simultaneously realized I had at least one other to begin with. I

I'm a newbie building a home theater room and need some help. My room will be 11'x13'x8' with hardwood floor, no windows. All walls/ceiling are plasterboard. Planned viewing is in the 11' direction. I'd like to make the wall behind the TV a half-wall, about 4' high. Behind that is another room 10' deeper and 15' wide. The half-wall is only to help the rooms feel open. Will this screw up my 7.1 surround? I'm more concerned with sound than aesthetics and will enclose the room if needed. Would appreciate any help, thanks.

this track is supposed to have a peak level of -20 db. but when i open up the file in my software audacity, it seems to show the peak level to be -8.1 db. quite a difference.

i am puzzled. could someone more knowledgeable than me confirm what the peak level of this track is? thanks much!

I am thinking about purchasing a set of Tetra 120U bookshelf speakers. Does anyone have any experience with these?

Last week, some of you will remember that I was in the market for some speakers - my 1994 AIWA unit was not cutting it.

In the end I decided to go with the AudioEngine 5's for a number of reasons. Here is the thing that has me confused:

The AudioEngine 5's sound clearer, more detailed, and far more spacious than my old AIWA's, but... they sound smaller.