stuartk
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| Which component to upgrade to improve bass control? Hi tvad-- always nice to hear from you!I appreciate you offering advice based upon your experience with Silverlines.As it happens, I live in the town where Pass Labs used to be located but have only heard Pass separates driving larger Zu speakers-... | |
| Which component to upgrade to improve bass control? And... I've experimented with speaker distance from back wall. Moving them as far forward as I can (37"), I note no improvement. | |
| Which component to upgrade to improve bass control? I guess I'd better state that I'm aware that what I'm after may simply not be possible by upgrading a component. That's fine. Just thought I'd ask, as I'm no expert. | |
| Please Suggest Approaches to Perceived System Darkening @oldhvymec:Thanks for your suggestions. Drivers are fine.At any rate, I figured it out. . . A couple months back, I took an old Symposium shelf I wasn't using to a shop and had them saw it in half. I stuck the resulting slabs under my monitors (be... | |
| Please Suggest Approaches to Perceived System Darkening @oldhvymech:I currently do not have tone controls.Hence, there's no way to turn down treble or turn up bass. | |
| Please Suggest Approaches to Perceived System Darkening @deadhead:Tweeters seem to be working fine... | |
| Please Suggest Approaches to Perceived System Darkening @deadhead and @jasonbourne52:Thanks for the suggestions. | |
| Please Suggest Approaches to Perceived System Darkening @erik_squires:"Another possibility is if your relationship to the tweeter axis has changed. Are you now sitting lower or higher than before? Did you toe your speakers in/out more?"As a matter of fact, yes-- I have been experimenting with adjustme... | |
| Please Suggest Approaches to Perceived System Darkening Yikes. Guess I'd better get that done. Thanks, russ69! | |
| New In 2021 Yes, J. A.-- I have the most recent (1 CD + 1 DVD) version. I have no complaints about the sound-- what appeals to me is the prospect of getting to hear more tracks! | |
| New In 2021 Thanks so much for mentioning the David Crosby/ "If I Could Only Remember My Name" re-issue, J. A. It's one of my favorites from that era/genre and will definitely be picking up a copy ! | |
| Inexpensive, neutral-to-warm sounding SS headphone amp? Thanks, freediver.I gave up tubes in both guitar amps and audio amps years ago.I seem to have bad luck with tube gear compared to others and am no longer willing to deal with the headaches. I do appreciate your contribution, though! | |
| Bad recordings and high end audio "Be careful here. It should read: Good recordings will sound better and poor recordings will sound a lot better than they would on a bad system".Maybe for vinyl but not in my experience, when it comes to CD playback, nor has it been the case for e... | |
| Bad recordings and high end audio @daydream816:"My initial thoughts are to pair a tube preamp with a SS amp. So many variables it is overwhelming , however I figure I need to start somewhere lol. "I don't know what your budget is but if you do not have unlimited funds, something... | |
| Bad recordings and high end audio I don't see that you mentioned your source-- vinyl? CD? Streaming ?If we knew this, it would be easier to make suggestions. As mentioned, the better the sytem, the more resolving it will be-- in other words, the more information it will deliver ... |