by Nyal Mellor
March 07, 2012
We recently spent some serious research & development time developing what could be called the Acoustic Frontiers approach to power and grounding for audio, home theater and studios. The results of this effort can be found on the new power pages on our website and in the three brands that we are proud to represent.
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by Nyal Mellor
January 15, 2012
DEQX, makers of the now discontinued HDP-Express and HDP-3 showed the next generation of their digital crossover / loudspeaker correction processor - the HDP-4 - at CES 2012. Acoustic Frontiers was there to take some pictures and get the low down on these new units.
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by Nyal Mellor
November 29, 2011
This blog article will teach you about home theater calibration - in particular how to calibrate the audio side of your home theater pre-processor (pre-pro) or audio visual receiver (AVR). I'm not going to cover the video side.
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by Nyal Mellor
November 02, 2011
This article covers the four main ways in which you can measure your room’s acoustics.
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by Nyal Mellor
October 28, 2011
This article will look at the different options available for setting up a wired or wireless home network. We'll explore some of the factors that are making home networks more important in our day to day lives and discuss the pros and cons of the wired and wireless solutions out there such as powerline ethernet, ethernet over coaxial cable and high powered wireless access points.
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by Nyal Mellor
October 22, 2011
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by Nyal Mellor
October 13, 2011
This paper is recommended reading if you are interested in understanding how room acoustics can influence sound quality. It also provides clear targets for the acoustic measurements that characterize your room’s performance.
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by Nyal Mellor
June 03, 2011
In recent years there has been much debate about how effective equalization is in reducing the negative impact of room modes. Room modes are characterized by a peak in the frequency response and extended ringing in the time domain.
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by Nyal Mellor
April 21, 2011
This weeks blog posts covers some of my favorite disks that I use when I am out at a customer's house diagnosing their room's unique acoustical issues or setting up their system. They have been chosen because they are high quality recordings that contain elements that are useful to test a system's sound quality.
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by Nyal Mellor
March 25, 2011
This blog post is all about how to keep up to date with what is happening in the wonderful world of two channel audio, home theater and acoustics.
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by Nyal Mellor
February 28, 2011
DEQX have released their driver for Windows computers running 64 bit operating systems. The new driver, and instructions on installation, can be downloaded directly from the DEQX forum. If you aren't already a member of the DEQX forum you will need to register> to access the forums.
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