Sum: thanks a lot, Nonoise, as you cost She Who Must Be Obeyed a nicer Christmas.
Sacrifices have to be made on the audio altar. She'll understand. All the best, Nonoise |
@veroguy, that must have been an older post as I use silver for my speaker cabling and have for quite some time. Right now I'm using Cabledyne Silver Synergy SCs and they work really well. They are 12 GA stranded silver with a copper woven shield and terminated with gold BFA bananas.
Before that I used Tempo Electric SCs which are solid silver with oversized Teflon sleeving and bare ends. As much as I liked the Tempo Electric, the Cabledyne had better focus and tighter images, which sounds counter intuitive, but it is what it is.
I have no brightness or aggressiveness but the images are stark and revealing with great extension, which is how I like it. I could always use a more romantic presentation but it always ends up at the expense of detail, air, separation, timbre, etc.
All the best,
Nonoise |
That about sums it up. The reviewer felt the British gear had the edge with a bit more authoritative base. That can all change with a different set of speakers or cabling.
I say that because my old Clear Wave Duet 6 monitors don't sound as good in the base with the Kinki when I use silver speaker cables, but is great with the copper cabling that I have. And, this all goes contrary to how it used to sound with my Marantz (good with copper but even better with silver). There are too many variables that aren't considered when the reviewer uses only one set up.
All the best,
Nonoise |
Sometimes things don't translate perfectly. I think that's why some may think at times it sounded like the reviewer had a complaint. But he didn't as he bought the Kinki without a second thought. All he did was to view it comparatively against the British gear, which naturally did a couple of things better, or equaled.
Thanks for the link, Mike.
All the best,
Nonoise |
Nothing like seeing those JBL boxes, sitting patiently, waiting to be heard. I think that Christmas gift will be the gift that keeps on giving.
🎅🎅🎅
All the best,
Nonoise |
I can almost see d2girls playing CD after CD, not believing what's being heard, much too busy to talk right now. That, and wasn't it around this time that those JBLs were to arrive? 115 lbs. apiece makes for a very time consuming task.
All the best,
Nonoise |
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Agreed. Though I'm still enamored of the looks, it's a distant second to the music. Now, I just sit back. listen, and fade away.........
All the best,
Nonoise
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I like them apples for sure. 👍
I know it’s not appropriate to say the Kinki is a giant slayer, so how about a giant handicapper, or equalizer. Like Samuel Colt made all men the same, the Kinki too, levels the playing field, if not seismically upsets it.
All the best,
Nonoise |
I think it's wonderful that the Kinki can bring you up and out of your doldrums. I really believe the sweetness you allude to is a result of the accuracy you're experiencing. The resultant responses that one goes through as one hears something properly done is rewarding in and of itself, like one of those "Eureka!" moments.
I don't have the gain switch and don't mind, at all, the immediate hearing of something, even at it's lowest setting. Having .25db steps in volume still allows me a mighty fine level of volume control. I prefer it to the over quarter turn of the volume dial on my Marantz before I could enjoy anything.
All the best,
Nonoise |
Darn it! That leaves me out. In the cold. Brrrr....
On a more serious note, I'd also like to hear what users with the gain switch have to say about it. So far, one user said he prefers the switch in the "off" position as when it's engaged, he can hear the dilution of the quality of the sound.
It makes me wonder if adding it, at the request of some, may have somewhat negatively affected the sound. That's not a knock on the Kinki as, to my ears, it sounds wonderful, as is (mine was a first gen model and I'm glad not to have that feature). In the end, it could very well be just a miss match of sorts with the other gear being used.
All the best,
Nonoise |
