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So what relay would make then break and satisfy this requirement reliably? With an unbalanced live neutral potential of up to 30A for 6kW on one phase I guess the current for this device might have to be rated accordingly (same for the neutral wire) at some fraction of this (enough to trip an...

I am assisting my folks with a 3-phase Deye 12kW install and the electrics are a nightmare. Specifically the unbalanced loading means neutral comes in so many guises and to try maintain a semblance of SANS 1042 adherence seems like a minefield....and then you split off essential and non...

Always love to see a diffuser build. Once one has acquiesced to tasteful and well executed diffusion to a well tempered room, there is no mistaking the finesse or going back.

SIW had a return rate of over 30% earlier this year on some GroWatt inverters, not sure of specifics but they stopped carrying them as a result. Sad as they have some nice smart home integration options. Might have been their batch equivalent to the Shoto BMS installed backwards.

My perception is that once the basic performance requirements are met, most of the consumers experience is more influenced by brand perception, visuals and most importantly the amount of money spent.

If there are difficult room setups then I would use the stereo amp and use the EQ for subwoofer integration to balance out the room at the LF. I wouldn't use an AVR for this though often their performance is quite satisfactory and issues overshadowed elsewhere. Often even 30-40cm movement in the...

KenMasters... If you want the objective angle...Toole and Olive both have done preference data on EQ systems and they have all to date fallen short of the system bypassed above Fshroeder (even those of their paymasters in the Harman group). They don't touch the EQ in their reference listening...

If one optimizes room placement, applies DSP to the sub FShroeder area with sub optimization and has speakers that are up to the task I disagree for stereo (which this thread is about). If the source music is near field recorded + digital reverb faire I would say fine, but if it is acoustic...

Have you tried Sondor filter foam? Open cell polyurethane might do the trick.

The old saying of good sound usually measures well but good measurements don't guarantee good sound apply here. The Auto-EQ tools are useful as an evaluation function in optimizing a setup. If one changes the setup to a point where the setup tool has to do significantly fewer changes, chances...

tmi. I am saying that a frequency response measurement and EQ as a toolset to pull a graph to some desired outcome isn't the be all and end all to how we perceive sound and that a very linear and well behaved power response source loudspeaker sounds quite natural to our ears in a room which...

Because you're measuring the same metric as what the correction is applied with you're missing the point somewhat. That is why the AES and the SMPTE don't sing from the same songbook even remotely when it comes to this topic. It is also at the root of why cinema mix-downs translate so poorly...

The couch quirp is because most people using Audyssey and the like set up from the top of a couch. Even Trinnov with directional microphone which de-correlates some early reflections struggles with SBIR interference. XT32 is finer and more conservative but the issue of correcting for effects in...

Full disclosure: I use FIR Room correction and still prefer the LF EQ mostly manual. Foobar source with convolution. Audyssey can and does help below the Schroeder frequency and with LF EQ where most speakers have a rising power response and need some help or with difficult rooms. It also helps...

If one makes careful use of the AVR's bass management (the types with manual config) one can sometimes even out the LF a bit which is nice to make up for some issues. With decent speakers however, please do NOT use Audyssey et al to EQ automatically, it almost universally makes things measure...

I am at a loss for words. After hearing of his lapse in health yesterday I was already reflecting on so many things. This morning I woke up anticipating this news. I reflect with gratitude for the example in humility, giving a fair hearing to all sides and then having peace with what is and...

You define how you want the sound field per speaker to be like and unravel the construction details into elements and acoustic targets. Auro is decoded a bit differently to DTS:X/Atmos and is closest to the immersive audio standard that is shaping the future of cinema.

Close to my room size, but exactly square. I would advise understanding how the first two axial modes behave by measurement or modeling and looking at a small woofer to blend in and fill up 30-50Hz. To affect anything that low the absorber needs to cover 20% of the total room area minimum and...

Where is the ability to like this post? Just had a look at a PV install today for a friend and he was sold a Voltonics inverter as a legit "hybrid" even though he was sure to ask the supplier whether it could blend power sources (spoiler alert: they do not). In short the difference in ability...

In short, setup matters more than the change from a 10" to a 12" or even a 15" sub. When you talk about 10dB acoustic gain by changing position, the bigger subs become reasonable options only once one has exhausted placement and optimization of the baseline setup. I know rooms that ask for 15dB...