Recent content by Flint

This is the WiiM amp that has an HDMI input (and is controlled via one's phone). It is also a killer streaming device, if he's interested in streaming. https://www.wiimhome.com/wiimultra/overview

If a TV is a source and price matters, most TVs have either a line level stereo output or an optical digital output which can be configured for stereo. With the former, a simple line level cable (either RCA to RCA, or 3.5mm to RCA) can be used. With the later, there are little USB powered DACs...

Perhaps, but the ventilation openings are VERY likely to allow spiders and bugs to get inside the unit and over time dust will very aggressively collect on the spider webs and other stuff inside the chassis. I have a covered patio and chose to use a super tiny $60 Class-D amplifier which has...

According to my friends in Texas, you have to live in a state for 30 years in order to be considered a local - well, at least in Texas. Wait, I am starting to think this rule only applies to me. :gross: Back in the 1980s NMSU was consistently rated in the top five EE schools in the world, even...

I'm and Alumni of NMSU, as was my brother (physics) and my father (EE), and almost every I attended High School with.

I had a musician friend over to house yesterday and we were fooling around in the drum-room and we couldn't remember the exact progression of a song we were dabbling around with, so I told Alexa to play the song - which came up on these great speakers. We listened to the song, but my friend was...

I've been using the new player for over a month, and I am VERY happy with it. Being a common Android device, I can use it for all sorts of stuff in addition to being a true high-end audio source. I've loaded the apps for all of my favorite streaming music services, such as Amazon Music HD and...

Acoustic blankets are less ideal than fiberglass or mineral for a given thickness, but they are better than nothing. Typically in home studios they are used as sound barriers rather than in room acoustics, but they do offer decent midrange and treble absorption.

Ha! I have no need. I watch TV to experience story telling. Big tvs, for me, are mostly a sensory overload and distract from the great writing in the best movies and TV shows.

Sorbothane is always sticky, as the closed cell foam is filled with viscous fluid that leaches out. So your experience is common. The stuff my speakers released was fully dissolved sorbothane where the walls of of the cells broke down for some reason. Solvents can cause that, so maybe cleaners...

To warm up for each show, they would sing the chorus of "Carry On My Wayward Son" by Kansas in full harmony over and over and over and over to get their voices going and hit peak synchronicity on pitch and intonation. They worked HARD to have the chops, because back then it was expected for...

For my speaker design & building work, the joy of listening to other people's rigs, and measuring acoustics, I have carried a stand-alone portable digital player for quite a long time. That way I have instant access to all of my reference recordings and test tones/tracks which I know for a fact...

Now some joyful Piano jazz trio live tunes.

Loving me some classic powerpop from Chewy Marble:

Well, I've been lucky to get to spend time in the hot seat in small mixing rooms for TV and BluRay audio mastering and I did not feel especially enamored to the height channels in those "ideal" setups. However, in the huge cinema mixing facilities with 350 seats and a 50 foot screen, I was...