cal3713
Responses from cal3713
| Speaker Placement Issue/Thoughts PC and Jetson, I think you are both correct. I remember reading about someone with a McIntosh stereo amp actually noticing a difference in their right & left meters and getting worried that something was wrong, only to decide later that it was... | |
| Speaker Placement Issue/Thoughts Well, last night I used a small rope to match the distance from my listening position to both speakers (inside and outside corners). Unfortunately it didn't correct the need for a 4db shift. I'm starting to blame the fireplace that's in the front ... | |
| Speaker Placement Issue/Thoughts Nice suggestion on the yarn. I'll definitely do that. I also bought that book this weekend... I'm curious. | |
| Speaker Placement Issue/Thoughts This doesn't really matter, but I just found a real tape measure... and my speakers are actually only 7'6" apart, and I'm exactly 11" from the right speaker, and 10'8" from the left speaker. | |
| Speaker Placement Issue/Thoughts Like Rpfef, I've started to become convinced that my hearing is at fault, as the situation has persisted across multiple listening rooms, full equipment changes, and careful interconnect and speaker cable switches (including just flipping the cabl... | |
| Pass xa600.5, Marantz 9S2 or Mcintosh MC501/MC601? On McIntosh, Mac 601 doesn't sound like a 402 or set of 501s at all. This is like comparing Pass X250 to X250.5 imo. Totally different amps.~~~That's a good point... my comments assume that the sonic differences between Pass and McIntosh would rem... | |
| Repair Exemplar 3910 or ??? Thanks for the offer... but unfortunately I'm completely out of shelf space and am currently using a macmini (stuck on the same shelf as my turntable) as a transport. I wish I had the ability to truly compare, but I think the pure computer audio r... | |
| I feel like a toothless hillbilly - PW DAC Sorry, I lost this thread... anyway, I'll provide a link to that dealer's audiogon listings. You should be able contact them through one of the active sales.http://app.audiogon.com/listings?seller_id=309776&show_media=true | |
| Repair Exemplar 3910 or ??? I agree with JFZ... I had an Exemplar 2900 and unfortunately replaced it with an unmodified Oppo-BDP93. The Exemplar just killed the Oppo (which I just returned to Amazon). I still miss the Oppo's blu-ray video (much better than a PS3), but it was... | |
| Pass xa600.5, Marantz 9S2 or Mcintosh MC501/MC601? I've compared an XA-30.5 to a McIntosh MC402 on Thiel 2.4s and the Pass beat it in every category, except bass control. I didn't get a chance to do a head to head, but I've also tried out an X250.5 and it was close enough to the XA-30.5 that I'm s... | |
| I feel like a toothless hillbilly - PW DAC I know you didn't ask, but let me also put my vote in for the Mark II upgrade. I ran into a dealer that was selling them for $700 and that was some of the best money I spent on my system. I liked the PWD before, but this created wildly better soun... | |
| Peachtree Nova Pre vs. Modwright SWL 9.0 SE It doesn't have a source-switching remote, but a number of people recommended the Melos SHA-Gold as one of the best imaging pre-amps available, and it has a (supposedly great) headphone amp built in. Haven't heard it myself though...http://www.ste... | |
| New amp? Thiel... If you read some of my recent threads (which are all really about this same issue), you'll see me engaging in a similar hunt (although my budget was more around 4k for an amp). So far I've heard the following on my 2.4s:Classe CAP-151 (leftover fr... | |
| Ayre V-Kxe and Thiel 2.4s A thread update for future readers. The little 30 W Pass amp just killed the 400W McIntosh. The Mac did help address the bass issue (although not a ton), but was bested in every other dimension by the Pass. Putting the Pass in the system was like ... | |
| Subwoofer with Thiel 2.4s? I have to say that I'm extremely impressed with what this sub did to my system. Like others have commented, adding the sub opens up the soundstage and adds depth to pretty much all the music I listen to. I also watched Salt and listened to Tupac's... |