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In Reply to: RE: Last night adjusted my opinion. posted by Satie on June 18, 2014 at 03:39:43
The 'musicians on a stage' imaging is better than it was (which surprised me), but what really gets me is the music which has a synthesized sound field, some of which creates a massive space in my room. Back when I experimented with the Rooze, I was a bit saddened by the fact that it just wasn't practical for my purposes in that room. On the other hand, it made some things sound a bit weird - too much scale and too vaguely located. So far, I haven't found an Achilles' heel with the HK/Limage setup.
I'm at work today, which means that I shut the system off before midnight last night. Until last night, I was in the cave past 2:00AM every night since going perpendicular. I thought it was a crazy idea; now it's an idea about which I am crazy!
My initial enthusiasm hasn't waned one tiny bit; in fact, it's still burgeoning.
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The best part of this...is ALL the music you are listening to...
This is just me and my process...I listen a minimum of two weeks...just to get past my critical "Audiophile" listening...I play random allot...this makes me listen and react to music that I am not always familiar with...I look for that being pulled in by the music, the "good" sound is just conveying recorded event...Capturing the purity is on the recording process...The emotional chord struck in conveying all of nuances of a performance is why I am here...when it all comes together...the "system" steps back and let's the music move us...
Wow, get your boots...that was some deep $hit...YES, if the change is major in sonic presentation good or bad...I won't listen my min. 2 wks...but moving Maggies needs a little time to marinate...especially with small moves, 1/2" at a time or major moves...switching tweeters or the moving way into the room...
Example: Interconnect change, to a more expensive cable, (I usually try to replace DAC to PRE, PRE to AMP with the same cables at the same time when I can), have had these cables for a month...I do think they are better in many aspects, but have not blown me away by no means...old cables needs to go back in, my "sonic" memory they had better mid bass, not as thin on high mids and lower treble...not as resolving and the newer ones have better soundstage, imagining......always trade offs, but nothing major where I would not be happy with either cable...it might end up being a combo of the 2 different cables??
Kind of like moving speakers and discovering possibilities of all the different locations and how you can "tune" your planars to your preferred listening style...IMHO...
I have not gone back to perpendicular yet...but I will and listen again...
Look at us...(on this board)...we are adventurous if we move speaker locations...my 20 year old self would punch his 50 year old self right in the face...
thanks
Mark
Mark,
Since you are the only person to upgrade to the 3.7i, did you notice the tape over the back of the midrange reducing the output compared to the original version? I seem to remember you taking before and after frequency measures. Did upper midrange get measurably attenuated? Just wondering.
Yes the tape is full-length on the back it starts on the edge of the mid range ribbon and then goes to the left over the bass panel.... The tape does have some thickness to it.. Somewhere between a 32nd and a 16th of an inch... Where it's taped to the magnetic pole pieces you can see the black surface of the face of the tape... And a very industrial facing on the tape...
Since the upgrade I've changed cables.... So I am going to go back to my original cables when I did dad halfhearted frequency test, before they came 3.7i's...
Then see if there's any difference with the Newer cables... After the test is done with the original cables...
Will keep you posted on the results...
SC.... Thanks again for your inquiry
Take care
Mark
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