immatthewj
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| patricia barber - diana krall - holly cole @tomcarr , right on, man. I didn’t take anything you typed before as being negative. Not at all. You didn’t say what grade you gave the pressing(s?) of Cafe Blue? As far as Cafe Blue, I bought that back when it came out on redbook (HDCD) (which ... | |
| A free tweak revisited My system is in a dedicated room. I never listen to it without eyes closed and seated in the sweet spot. It's never used for background listening, the other two systems are for that. I've only got one system up & running and that system h... | |
| patricia barber - diana krall - holly cole Every one of the Krall and Barber albums I own are recorded extremely well. But then, so are every one of my Pink Floyd and Dire Straits albums. Somehow I never seem to get around to listening to any more DK or PB... @tomcarr , I am totally ... | |
| Cables from amp to preamp or longer speaker cables… My speakers are in front of a bare wall and my gear is off to the side. Speakers are bi-wired with long runs of Kimber (I think) 6TC and 8Tc (but that was a long time ago, so I am not positive) and interconnects are 1.5 m of balanced Kimber Silver... | |
| Why does pulling out main speakers from wall improve sound? I would think that there are probably some speakers that are more forgiving of placement than other speakers. . . . | |
| room size question. I agree with you, but when I go, once a year or so, it’s giant speakers in giant spaces. (my point being that soundstage is not a given, we are not recreating but creating it) @grislybutter , gotcha. It’s been like over 40 years since I dropped... | |
| room size question. if I go to a concert, I don’t hear a soundstage, most of the time I just try not to go deaf with my sensitive ears, @grislybutter , I thought you made good suggestion and points; however I would think that if you went to a small mostly acoust... | |
| room size question. Also, it looks like you may need to move the speakers closer together since you’re not getting any soundstaging with them wide apart ... if you move them closer in small increments with no toe-in, there should come a point where they will snap in... | |
| room size question. i keep saying that the system sounds fine, i have vocals that image from the front.....but that is where it stops. @bshaw , Sorry if I missed something, but I thought that you said that you either had imaging and no real sound stage or if you m... | |
| room size question. Well, two things: You listed your gear but I am not familiar with any of it (which doesn’t mean anything as a couple of decades ago I quit keeping up on this stuff) but I did find in the decade before, that as I gradually upgraded the electronics... | |
| room size question. if i go wider, then it just sounds like 2 speakers playing and have no center imagining at all. i have center imagining.....but i am not getting anything more than that. So no matter the distance you put your speakers at, no happy med... | |
| room size question. i get that toe in plays a part....but if toe in sounds terrible, which i have said it does, then why toe them in ? if i go wider, then it just sounds like 2 speakers playing and have no center imagining at all. @bshaw , I don’t make any claims... | |
| Why does pulling out main speakers from wall improve sound? That question interests me as well. I have always assumed that it would add depth to the sound stage. | |
| System set up in front of corner Vs flat wall - acoustical issues? So that the configuration will be more diamond shaped than rectangular shaped. That’s interesting . . . I’ve wondered about that myself. I would think that the rack being in front of the corner would have some acoustic effect, and I am assuming ... | |
| System set up in front of corner Vs flat wall - acoustical issues? Am I misunderstanding your question? It almost reads to me as if you are wondering about using one of the corners of your room as the back drop for the speakers versus one of the flat walls being the back plane for your speakers? |