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Now I am in a Delimma

So, yesterday I stopped by a Hi Fi store here in Socal because this particular dealer was the only that had  the Luxman SQ-N150.

I wanted to take a look at it and hear it if possible. It's small but a really nice looking piece.

Well the dealer hooked up the Luxman to a pair of Klipsch Heresy IV's. He played a couple of tracks from Qobuz running through a Goldnote DAC.

I had not heard any of the Klipsch Heritage line before or any other speakers that fall within the same type of presentation.

More than the Luxman, I think it's the speakers that really affected me.

As I have read before, they have that really forward in your face, Live type of presentation!

As I left the store after the demo, I thought to myself, Holy Crap, now I have to hear these speakers at home.

So, as I always do, when I get home, I play the same tracks on my system (I had Shazam'd them while I was in the store) to compare.

Now mind you, the same tracks on my system does not sound bad in anyway but definitely did not have the same in your face experience like the Heresy's had.

I am feeling I really liked that sound and am starting to feel that music on my system sounds dull now.

Man, why did I have to hear those.

The only way I am going to be satisficed now is to get those speakers and try them out myself. 

Dammit.

Jay


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@jay73,

I felt the same way when I auditioned the new JBL L100 Classic speakers. They had that exciting in your face quality that I really liked and brought me back to my youth when I owned an original pair of the L100 speakers.


So, I bought them and sold my Golden Ear Triton One speakers. Fast forward two months and that in your face sound got very tiresome. I decided to tame the midrange a bit so I tried 2 equalizers, the Schiit Loki and the Bellari EQ570. I kept the Bellari because it had a 60HZ adjustment that helped with the bass and I dropped the 2KHZ control back a couple of DB to tame the forwardness.


I then bought a SVS 2000 Pro sub to flesh out the sound a bit more and am still in the adjustment phase. I also had to buy 3 sets of interconnects to connect the EQ and Sub. If I had to do it over again, I wouldn’t do it as I had a perfectly great pair of speakers already. But, like you, I just had to have those speakers. Think long and hard before you make the plunge. The in your face sound can wear on you very quickly.
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