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In Reply to: RE: Audio, as a perfectionist hobby will drive you nuts posted by Dryginger2 on June 24, 2015 at 11:25:48
"Incidentally do you play the sound of your plasma TV through your audio system and, if so, have you disconnected and removed the little audio units from the TV yet and your home yet (storing them outside/ in the garage)? Doing so brings a nice increase in clarity."
Casual watching, audio is just through the plasma. I have a very UN sophisticated setup. If I want to hear audio from the tube via the system,
I plug the line outs which feeds the amp. Movie night with a DVD, same thing with the DVD player. Both are on the roll-away.
Those speakers were on my list when shopping, but I ended up with these which at the time were easier on the wallet(closeout)Opera Seconda
Equally musical,but a different build(sealed cabinet)
I do the planks under the speakers as well. An REL well behind the listening position is on 4" maple also.
I'm curious about the presentation with your mods. Must sound amazing since your gear is already up to the task as is.
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Dirtyvinyl,
You have a handsome system that must sound great.
Perhaps to protect our nervous systems from cumulative shock or to allow us to remain receptive to new impressions, we cannot hold our satisfaction with new products or delight in audio improvements for more than a week or so before they recede into our memory bank. Tweaks allow us to upgrade the same equipment with staggered improvements and moments of renewing satisfaction. Is my sound better than three years ago? Yes, it's almost unrecognizably improved but that happened in steps some of which individually made a huge impact and all of which made a clear and present improvement at the time. And probably learned more from testing the many things that did not work out than the fewer things that did. Complexity is clutter so always looking for a way to reduce the total number of installed tweaks when another breakthrough might make any redundant. It's fun!
DG
DG, those are very kind words. In relative terms $$, I hear an acceptable amount of performance that I can't afford at shows . Eventually, I will mix it up with a completely different speaker. Perhaps bite the bullet and up my tolerance level dollar wise.
I agree with your analysis of nervosa.
Small pieces of Dynamat sound damping 2x2 inch squares can have a big effect on that window behind those speakers. They can really tighten up instrument location and decrease smearing. Two to four squares usually does the trick.
"They can really tighten up instrument location and decrease smearing."Funny you should mention that. If I want to really hear the system approach what its capapble of, I have an unusual, but effective way of taming reflections and focusing the overall sound.
The room is quite "live" as the system is pracitically surrounded by windows. Both L/R walls are windows the length of the room.
Just like other home brew tweaks such as nice rugs on the wall, I have some discreet velcro strips that hold up clear shower curtains. They provide surprising damping properties and under $10 bucks.
One on the rear window is used as well.
SO tolerated since it isn't permanent. With them in place, a noticeable
notch up in realism.
Edits: 06/24/15
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