Mapman.
Good to know about fullranges on my 1926 wooden floor. My PSB Imagine T2s sit on a concrete floor in my basement (AV), and they sound fantastic with their associated gear. My PMCs are on sand filled stands on spikes/discs. I can definitely feel the room vibration, even without the sub.
And, I'm a little embarrassed to say that I'm back to where i started with my PMCs. After all the great information from this forum, I've switched things around a little (and questioned assumptions!), and right now I'm really enjoying the setup. What did I do?
Well, first of all, I had set my Rel Stratus III sub using Room EQ Wizard. I had it crossed over at about 35Hz, so as to blend with the 40Hz lower limit of the PMCs. Resulted in a fairly smooth transition according the room analysis. I bumped up the Rel crossover significantly...maxed out in fact...95 db, I think, and I turned it up! Way too much bass....and I love it! Seems to have leveled out the room, perhaps. Female voices backed off a bit, it seems. I'm backing off the bass now, to see where I miss it.
Second, I borrowed a pair of 6 meter XLRs interconnects... Tara Labs RSC Master Gen2s from my local shop, Echo Audio. Ran them around the corner to the Red Dragon Class D amps and put them next to my speakers. i found some old heavy and short copper speaker cable, and voila! I think the balanced Tara Labs might have taken some of the edge off. Or perhaps it's the old cheap speaker cable. Now, I think the sound is "warmer" with this set up than with the tube amp running through 6m speaker cable. I'll have to spend some more time with it, but if I'm feeling satisfied all of a sudden.
I'm going to turn The Dead Weather up a bit now, and have a listen....
Good to know about fullranges on my 1926 wooden floor. My PSB Imagine T2s sit on a concrete floor in my basement (AV), and they sound fantastic with their associated gear. My PMCs are on sand filled stands on spikes/discs. I can definitely feel the room vibration, even without the sub.
And, I'm a little embarrassed to say that I'm back to where i started with my PMCs. After all the great information from this forum, I've switched things around a little (and questioned assumptions!), and right now I'm really enjoying the setup. What did I do?
Well, first of all, I had set my Rel Stratus III sub using Room EQ Wizard. I had it crossed over at about 35Hz, so as to blend with the 40Hz lower limit of the PMCs. Resulted in a fairly smooth transition according the room analysis. I bumped up the Rel crossover significantly...maxed out in fact...95 db, I think, and I turned it up! Way too much bass....and I love it! Seems to have leveled out the room, perhaps. Female voices backed off a bit, it seems. I'm backing off the bass now, to see where I miss it.
Second, I borrowed a pair of 6 meter XLRs interconnects... Tara Labs RSC Master Gen2s from my local shop, Echo Audio. Ran them around the corner to the Red Dragon Class D amps and put them next to my speakers. i found some old heavy and short copper speaker cable, and voila! I think the balanced Tara Labs might have taken some of the edge off. Or perhaps it's the old cheap speaker cable. Now, I think the sound is "warmer" with this set up than with the tube amp running through 6m speaker cable. I'll have to spend some more time with it, but if I'm feeling satisfied all of a sudden.
I'm going to turn The Dead Weather up a bit now, and have a listen....