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System that sounds so real it is easy to mistaken it is not live

My current stereo system consists of Oracle turntable with SME IV tonearm, Dynavector XV cartridge feeding Manley Steelhead and two Snappers monoblocks  running 15" Tannoy Super Gold Monitors. Half of vinyl records are 45 RMP and were purchased new from Blue Note, AP, MoFI, IMPEX and some others. While some records play better than others none of them make my system sound as good as a live band I happened to see yesterday right on a street. The musicians played at the front of outdoor restaurant. There was a bass guitar, a drummer, a keyboard and a singer. The electric bass guitar was connected to some portable floor speaker and drums were not amplified. The sound of this live music, the sharpness and punch of it, the sound of real drums, the cymbals, the deepness, thunder-like sound of bass guitar coming from probably $500 dollars speaker was simply mind blowing. There is a lot of audiophile gear out there. Some sound better than others. Have you ever listened to a stereo system that produced a sound that would make you believe it was a real live music or live band performance at front of you?

 

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My system sounds live and spooky real depending on the recording. I think I can push it to live most of the time rather than some of the time with adding BACCH to my system this spring. I know live music, my dad practiced grand piano 3 hours a day as a kid and he put on a number of 2 hour concerts consisting of any classical artist you can think of. I also played bassoon second chair in the Wisconsin Youth Symphony. That’s why I pursued this hobby. As mentioned above I do run my mains full range and supplement with 4 subwoofers. The system is all active with no passive components. I have 12 biquad filters created with an Earthworks microphone measuring 30K-30KHz in conjunction with Room EQ Wizard and Multi Sub Optimizer. I’ve had more than one person brought to tears listening to their favorite piece. I’d say that is confirmation that it is a live like performance if it can elicit that kind of emotional response. I’ve heard this before on another system that was highly directional, Sadurni Acoustics Horns, but the image was only wide enough for one person and it was ruined if you moved your head more than a few inches. 
 

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Steve

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@rauliruegas

That is a great story! I heard them at an AXPONA show in Chicago. I brought my wife and dad to the show because they had never heard sound reproduction on that level and I wanted them to understand what I was trying to achieve. (This is when I bought my Kinergetic Subs and Pass Labs amp used and couldn’t play them for years.) I’ve built my whole system on the BACCH principles from the beginning. I can’t wait to get that final piece. You should have seen my dad’s eyes light up when he sat in the magical spot. He was like a little kid and couldn’t believe how 3-D spooky real they were but he broke the magic turning to tell me. It was a revelation though and both he and my wife understood why I wanted to do this. She used to sing in Jazz clubs in college to pay her way through. She loves it as much as I do. It’s great to have someone to share it with.

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