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Is there anyone here that has some rf7iii or just some klipsch speakers that know a good dac that’s matches up with them well or just a dac I’m general that is of decent to high caliber quality? I’m looking for a nice good dac that’s of high quality that will give me better sound quality than the dac on my anthem mrx720 that is also mqa compatible that will unfold the mqa Giles so I can get the beat quality out of them. Thanks
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1 minute ago, Thaddeus Smith said:
Then stop worrying about settings and enjoy what you've got going. Sounds like you're squeezing out what you can with the gear you've got. The rest is just fiddling over inconsequential details.
I'd be much more willing to dive deep with you in person where we can see and hear everything in together, but over a forum with information gaps and 11 days between replies? This is as good as it's going to get.
God yeah I wish I could find somebody in this area that could do that. That would be amazing. It’s really hard for me to read on a computer because of my head problem so I do what I can.
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2 hours ago, Thaddeus Smith said:
pick whatever sounds best to you. you seem hyperfocused on entirely the wrong things here.
Lol dude they all sound the same... you didn’t answer my question at all lol 🤦, I’m not hyper focused it’s just hard to get a straight answer from people and an answer I can actually understand..😢. I just want to get the best quality out of my system that I can and programs I use. I wish people would be like here get this get that do this, that will make your system run perfect to how you want it but everyone always speaks in a foreign language to me and seems to answer every question except mine lol. It’s just me but lol. What things should I be focused on?
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On 10/14/2020 at 1:20 AM, Thaddeus Smith said:
Your receiver doesn't support MQA, so once it leaves Tidal you're only playing PCM files. I'd stop worrying about MQA unless you want to put in the research and financial investment to acquire MQA supported equipment for the entire signal chain. Anything less than that level of effort will result in PCM conversion at some point, thereby defeating the entire purpose of MQA.
Ok so my system doesn’t support mqa so what quality should the sound that is coming out of my speakers be. My tidal steaming is telling me to set it to 44hz. Tho I already have it set to exclusive mode of whatever so it should change it for me but I guess it’s not. I’m so ducking confused. My computer usually sets it to 48hz but I usually go and set it at the max 24big 192hz. Is 44hz what my system should be playing at? I have it set to master quality but we already establish my system doesn’t support that I know, so is 44hz what it should be playing at and is that what I should aet it too?
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On 10/12/2020 at 9:34 PM, pbphoto said:
The Tidal app will do the first unfold for you. Turn off "passthrough MQA" unless you have an MQA compatible DAC, which you don't. If you do the first unfold in Tidal, then your Anthem should see an 88.2 or 96 PCM stream. Read this a couple more times: https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005773698-Optimizing-HiFi
I’m confused how will the music play at 88 or 96hz when tidal is telling me to set it to 44100hz? I’m so confused. Why is it telling me to set it that low? Also why did you contradict yourself saying if I do the first unfold In tidal then I will see a 96hz steam but then you said the backward mqa stream becasue my system doesn’t support that will be slightly less than cd quality. God everyone on here confuses me. Are you saying I have to somehow figure out a way to do the first unfold with some type of program for master quality songs then I will see a higher hz stream? How do I do the first unfold?
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Gain?
in Solid State
Who ever else has a power amp and the rf7iii where do you guys have it set? I have mine half way.
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Gain?
in Solid State
10 hours ago, willland said:From my understanding, amp gain controls are used to better match the output voltage of your preamp. Determine the preamps output voltage and adjust the amps gain accordingly.
From the Parasound A31 Manual
When to Set the Gain Control Knobs Above or Below Normal You can increase loudness by turning the Gain control knobs clockwise if your system will not play loud enough with the Gain control knobs set at Normal. This could be the case if your A 31 is driven from the pre-out jacks of an AV receiver (as opposed to an AV processor). We recommend advancing the gain as little as possible past Normal. As you increase gain settings you increase the chance of hearing a “hiss” sound from your speakers. You also run the risk of damaging your speakers (not to mention your hearing) if the volume level is too high. The primary reason to reduce the gain below Normal would be if your speakers’ efficiency is extremely high and your listening position is close to your speakers. Reducing the gain would reduce audible “hiss” from your speakers. Don’t worry about setting the A 31 Gain control to exactly the same levels for all channels because you can always balance the channel volume using the speaker level calibration in your home theater AV receiver or AV processor’s setup menu. Note: We recommend re-calibrating your AV receiver or processor’s speaker levels after adjusting the A 31 gain controls.
Bill
Yeah read the manual but that doesn’t say what it is which had to do with voltage between the two. I wonder what the optimal position for the gain with my rf7iii and rc64iii and anthem mrx720.
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16 hours ago, babadono said:So you are saying someone takes the pre out from an AVR to a separate power amp to run their main LCRs then hooks speakers up to the LCR outputs on the AVR? Yes it could be done but why? Run those other speakers in a different room?
I thought it would be cool to have two sets of lcr.
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10 hours ago, willland said:I think when you are using the LCR preouts to connect to an outboard amp, it disables the AVR's LCR speaker terminals.
Bill
O does it ok. I want to try but don’t want to damage anything.
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in Solid State
So I have a quick question. If someone has a power amp say on the front sound stage. Your powering your left, right, and center With said power amp. Since that power amp is powering those speakers on the receiver the left, right, and center spots are open with no speakers wire going into them. Is it possible to plug in another left right and center to those open spots and basically have two sets of LCR and let the receiver power the second pair? Would this work, could it damage my receiver or would it even work and if so are there any reasons one wouldn’t want to do this? 🙏
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Gain?
in Solid State
What is the ideal position for the gain knob on the back of my power amp for my speaker? Which I run a parasound a31 and a pair of rf7iii and the rc64iii for my center.
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The only problem is with my Xbox one I get quite a bit of background noise and static with my Xbox. They don’t seem like the quietest price of equipment. Or it might be a ground loop and I a cheater plug won’t fix it..
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I’m also looking for a good 4K hd or uhd Tv or whatever it is people are buying these days to watch dvds.
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10 hours ago, ssh said:
I have various OPPO players that are outstanding. You can find them at many price levels. OPPO still services them, although they no longer manufacture them.
SSH
What is this treachery you speak of? Lol, what is Oppo?
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Sorry wasn't sure where to post this, but I’m looking to buy a nice quality Blu-ray player for movies. Is that what people still use to play dvds right? Any suggestions for a good quality blu-ray player? Thanks guys!
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A little bit janky setup right now but she’s my baby and I love her, but that sub will be up in my system soon. as soon as I can find the extra helping hands to get the 350lb beast moved lol.
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On 10/12/2020 at 9:34 PM, pbphoto said:
The Tidal app will do the first unfold for you. Turn off "passthrough MQA" unless you have an MQA compatible DAC, which you don't. If you do the first unfold in Tidal, then your Anthem should see an 88.2 or 96 PCM stream. Read this a couple more times: https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005773698-Optimizing-HiFi
I read it through again. I already have it set to master quality and I exclusive mode and force volume selected. Is there a way to see and make sure what quality the music is playing at?
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23 hours ago, codewritinfool said:
Careful not to get too invested. What will you do if you can’t hear the slightest difference?
GIGO. You aren’t getting some magic effect out of recordings that don’t have it to begin with, no matter how carefully the bits are folded.
Just my opinion.The way I look at it, I want to use my system to it’s full potential and not squander it. But ify.more peace of mind thing I guess then. When you have a head injury and you’ve been stuck in your house all year you look for anything that will keep you busy and it’s something I love.
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12 hours ago, Les Lammers said:
IMHO, H4's would be perfect in your room. I recently upgraded from H3's and bought B stock H4's for $2200 shipped. I use a subwoofer due to the size of my room. The H4's have the same tweeter and midrange horn as the CW4's. You really should listen to both and trust your ears.
Yeah, h4 would probably be perfect but I don’t really care if my speakers are little to big and powerful for my room. I already have a 7.1 system in here with my rf7iii and dual 18” woofers(caprivator4000ulf). Like why does it matter I mean like what would be the downside of having cw4 in a room to small? I can tell this room is defiantly a little too small for my rf7iii but they still sound amazing and I’m gonna be moving out of here within a year or so anyway and having them in a dedicated sound room. Or even before then I might move my system into the basement which is quite a bit bigger. But I will head your advice for sure about the h4. In all honesty I want both speaker 😁😁😁.
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23 hours ago, DTO said:
I’m in the minority. I was disappointed by the cw4s in a 10x15 room. But then again I was disappointed by cw3s. If you can place away from the wall I preferred forte iiis.
Why were you disappointed.
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7 hours ago, Shakeydeal said:
I think a CW IV would work in a small room. That said, I don't think you will get all the performance they are capable of in such a room. But 80% is still pretty good I guess.
To the OP, if you have a decent sized room, I vote Cornwall IV all the way.
Shakey
My room is about 13’ by 15’ with an 8’ hallway that extends to the bathroom and a weird open closet makes it a little wider on the right side of the room by about 2.5’ with 8 foot ceilings. My current setup in here is a pair of rf7iii rc64iii pair of rf52ii and a pair of rb51ii. Love my current system and the rf7iii and rc64iii but wanted to try something maybe a little bit more musically and let me current setup cover movies and have the cornwalls for music. Also using a parasound a31 to power the front sound stage.
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14 hours ago, pbphoto said:
The Anthem MRX 720 does not support MQA so it's just playing those MQA files you are sending it as regular CD quality - slightly less actually. MQA files can play on non-MQA devices in a backwards compatibility mode, but at slightly less than CD quality. The best you can do with your setup is to decode (1st unfold) MQA in software. This takes it up to 88.1 or 96, and then send that stream to your MRX 720.
Or, just stream regular hi-res FLAC files to your Anthem.
How do I do that, what software do I need? Ok so I shouldn’t have pass through mqa on? I had it on before and it still played. What setup would I need to get the full effect? When I have is set to exclusive mode it’s sets it too 48hz. I thought it might have been able to becasue when I had it set on pass through mqa sound was still coming through but I guess that doesn’t matter and it’s only playing at 44-48hz.
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5 hours ago, Schu said:
if your system is not reassembling the files, then you would not be getting a signal. if you are indicating MQA as source, and you are getting sound, that's it.
but as others have stated, many DAC's will not realign a MQA file.
I can’t find anywhere that says my dac supports mqa. I can’t even find for sure what the name of the mrx720 dac is. So if I have pass through mqa selected and there’s sounding actually coning through does that mean my dac is unfolding those files?
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Should I have these selected?
MQA master quality files?
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