In Reply to: Regrets posted by Dawnrazor on June 25, 2010 at 13:10:31:
Regrets? Yeah, right! Look, my own quest for cleaning up the top end of my MMGs first, made me leave the bracing/framing for last also. Only if I could have their tweeters singing sweet enough would I keep them. Seems to me like that's what you were aiming for, as well. In the process you have helped me and you are helping others with the exploration. And it's fun!!!
Anyway, the break-in period could have gone unnoticed had it not been such an uncommonly tight (and long) test for me. For example, not using the subwoofer, not even for movies since the previous week -- and for two weeks during the [unplanned] extended test -- made it more clear. When HR, initially, robbed the P-frames of their extended bass, I was prepared to accept it. The rest of the cumulative improvements with PF+HR were sooo well worth it!
Ironically, it was the bass in PF+HR that first alerted me to the break-in process. That night, I was having the place all to myself. I love my long-term test music selection (G2), and that's all I was having.
The first one on, Joss Stone's "I Believe It To My Soul", opens with a full ensemble and strong bass introduction. All very enjoyable with P-Frames (alone), in the past. From earlier in the testing process, I already expected that with PF+HR, the bass would be lost or weakened in this piece. Yet, I also knew that EVERYTHING else would be, at the very least, slightly better or the same. Overall, more engaging.
So, it started with the full ensemble intro. What!? My jaw dropped. Some of the strong bass was back! Then Joss' voice opened up. Full, luscious, and impossibly Soulish, she started singing it...and so did I, "I believe...."
The other bass-rich pieces in G2 were checked next. It was there, as well. It also started showing up in frequency sweeps. Slowly but surely, it came back.
Yes, a subwoofer would have hidden this evolution. So would a change, like going to Full-Razoring soon after HR. With me being such a darn sloth, it was easier to encounter it.
BTW, the closest neighbor was on vacation for over two weeks. That helped with late night listening also.
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Follow Ups
- RE: Regrets - JBen 00:51:47 06/26/10 (22)
- RE: Regrets - Dawnrazor 05:46:27 06/26/10 (21)
- RE: Regrets - JBen 23:18:52 06/26/10 (1)
- RE: Regrets - Dawnrazor 23:53:56 06/26/10 (0)
- I do (remember the bending of my mind) - wazoo 09:24:06 06/26/10 (18)
- It passes in time - Dawnrazor 15:42:07 06/26/10 (5)
- ribbons and junior maggies (an idea) - wazoo 18:27:09 06/26/10 (1)
- RE: ribbons and junior maggies (an idea) - Dawnrazor 22:22:31 06/26/10 (0)
- RE: It passes in time - josh358 16:13:52 06/26/10 (2)
- RE: It passes in time - Dawnrazor 16:52:55 06/26/10 (1)
- RE: It passes in time - josh358 17:55:49 06/26/10 (0)
- RE: I do (remember the bending of my mind) - JBen 12:39:56 06/26/10 (4)
- they are enchanting - wazoo 18:26:39 06/26/10 (3)
- And they were only stock!! :-)) Imagine how much *better* you can make them sound ... - andyr 19:47:33 06/27/10 (2)
- Ahhh! Mr. Higgins (Aussie version), thus are the fairest ladies made! - JBen 20:59:19 06/27/10 (1)
- Zackly, guvnor!! :-)) nt - andyr 21:13:15 06/27/10 (0)
- Oh yeah, - mrr 11:33:52 06/26/10 (0)
- chuckle..., chuckle... - mrr 11:23:09 06/26/10 (3)
- indeed - wazoo 18:25:44 06/26/10 (1)
- RE: indeed - mrr 21:40:19 06/26/10 (0)
- RE: chuckle..., chuckle... - JBen 12:32:14 06/26/10 (0)
- And now, to make you wet your pants... - RickeyM 09:46:52 06/26/10 (1)
- choices and economics - wazoo 18:27:47 06/26/10 (0)