Post photos of your systems/rooms here! (Part 15)

Discussion in 'Audio Hardware' started by Halloween Jack, Mar 28, 2015.

  1. Clonesteak

    Clonesteak Forum Resident

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    Kalamazoo, MI
    King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard!!! Gumboot Soup is an excellent album :righton:
    Excellent set up and taste in music. Yes!!!
     
  2. SirMarc

    SirMarc Forum Resident

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    Thanks man. Love The Gizz! Waiting to see what they do next. Hoping for a straight up prog album, although I'll take another collaboration with Mild High Club...
     
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  3. Clonesteak

    Clonesteak Forum Resident

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    Very curious to see what they come up with next. Not sure we will see another 5 albums released in the same year again but would gladly take an album a year. Prog album would be great.
     
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  4. Slippers-on

    Slippers-on Forum Resident

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    I bet that's high fidelity! I know what the Node2i is like, but paired with the PS audio DAC...DAM! So tell us about the PS audio DAC/PRE and the PS Audio Amp? Sound signature?
     
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  5. kessi

    kessi Forum Resident

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    Sure, when it arrives but dont hold your breath. Though I had a call from the local dealer about the optional PSUs so there is hope :D
     
  6. Dougr33

    Dougr33 Forum Resident

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    Congrats on the PS Audio Stellar stack.. I don't think there's a better $2800 deal in audio right now.
     
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  7. SirMarc

    SirMarc Forum Resident

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    The Bluesound is passing through 24/96 through coax on mqa files with Tidal which is cool, and kills the full unfold through RCA's. Happy about this for sure.

    CDs sound better than I've ever heard them on my rig, but maybe a hair brighter than I like. I'm hoping some break in takes care of this. I am finally hearing some depth from CDs though, which is cool, but as of now I'm still preferring my turntable.

    As far as sound signature, I'd say clean, with very strong and tight bass, with a nice wide and three dimensional soundstage. Like I said before though, I hope the highs chill a little with break in. I'm also hoping the mids get a bit more lush
     
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  8. SandAndGlass

    SandAndGlass Twilight Forum Resident

    I find that ultralinear bass is tighter but not as realistic as the softer and more natural bass that is rendered in the triode mode.
     
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  9. Galactus2

    Galactus2 Forum Resident

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    It's both amusing and great to see that no listening room seems to be complete w/o the ubiquitous Lava Lamp. And yes, I have one, too. :D
     
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  10. SirMarc

    SirMarc Forum Resident

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    Damn, I'm taking back some of my comments. Its smoothing out and warming up already! These may be keepers!
     
  11. SandAndGlass

    SandAndGlass Twilight Forum Resident

    Sometimes you have sensitive speakers, but without adequate bass cabinets.

    My vintage Altec A7's have very resolving realistic bass, within the range that the 828 bass cabinets were designed to perform.

    The 828 bass cabinet, has about 15 cubic feet of volume.

    Still, if you expect them to kick out some strong bass and rock out, then you need to feed them some real power, Which the Rogue M-150 monoblock's do quite nicely.

    The A7's with their 828 bass cabinet's, will play down to around 50-Hz. give or take a couple of dB.

    So, given sufficient power, they can play a bass guitar gown to the low open "E" string at 41.5-Hz and be strong and articulate.

    But other than rocking the house, a speaker that is highly sensitive is best when paired with a lower power amp, perhaps a 4-8 Watt SET amp. An amp of this power may still give you nice articulate bass, but not at any volume. If you have the midrange driver's playing at a certain volume, you may need a separate sub-woofer to keep up.

    Similarly, if you need to gown lower in frequency, say below 40-Hz., then having a sub to reinforce the bass is important, because the lower you go in frequency, the more power it takes to produce low frequency bass notes as the same volume level as the main program material.

    I use a large commercial sub when a lot of power is directed to the A7's. I use a smaller home sub when powering them with my 3.9-Watt class "A" amplifier.

    Either way, the extra bass reinforcement is a welcome addition, as it keeps things articulate and natural.
     
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  12. crazy eights

    crazy eights Truckstop Lovechild

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    sorry for the thread hi jack LOL

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  13. Galactus2

    Galactus2 Forum Resident

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    Love the rocket ship ^ one!
     
  14. Ntotrar

    Ntotrar Forum Resident

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    Should have read as "Triode". Where I got "trilinear" I cannot say.
     
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  15. Tullman

    Tullman Senior Member

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    Ha! I've done that.
     
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  16. Dennis0675

    Dennis0675 Hyperactive!

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    Ruins a good time.
     
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  17. Slippers-on

    Slippers-on Forum Resident

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    Great!
     
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  18. avanti1960

    avanti1960 Forum Resident

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    man, i though for sure we'd see some outer space murals on those walls by now......
     
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  19. Ntotrar

    Ntotrar Forum Resident

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    We left the space muralist in New York... :)

    P.S. he also paints whales!
     
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  20. Tim 2

    Tim 2 MORE MUSIC PLEASE

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    Alberta Canada
    Big bass cabinets do require less power.
    Ever wonder why little subs require thousands of watts ???
     
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  21. freesole

    freesole Forum Resident

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    Testing the Luxman 509X integrated. Still fits on the tv stand :)

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  22. crazy eights

    crazy eights Truckstop Lovechild

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    how does he get them to keep still?
     
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  23. crazy eights

    crazy eights Truckstop Lovechild

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    beauty
     
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  24. timztunz

    timztunz Audioista

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    Texas
    :laughup:
     
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  25. mongo

    mongo Senior Member

    freesole, I think you're giving a few of the guys pentode-envy ;)
     
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