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In Reply to: RE: Progress posted by josh358 on July 12, 2017 at 10:07:49
Properly positioned, the diffusers make a significant difference, the imaging is suddenly amazing.
I've found that dipoles don't sound their best with naked windows directly behind them. :)
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"I've found that dipoles don't sound their best with naked windows directly behind them. :)"
LOL, by and large, that is typically the case. However, each darn room is different and many DIY tweakers may still find ways to make the dipole speakers work in such situations.
Because I have a large sliding glass door behind my Maggies, it cost me blood and tears to make an exception to the rule. While it did pay off grandly in several ways for me, I may have simply been lucky...because bright I ain't. : - ) ).
I actually did my best to minimize the effect of that window -- I put a thick sheet of plexiglass over it so that it's flush with the wall, which made a significant improvement.
Plexiglass seems to be better sounding than glass. It's better to have plaster back there, of course. :-) If I were more obsessive than I am, I'd seal up all the windows with something better sounding, but really, losing even this one makes the room kind of depressing, which is why I'm thinking about a transparent diffuser.
What I didn't mention is that the GamuT was also very god when connected to my Quad 2905 electrostatic speakers.
The other amps I currently own (Accuphase A-36, Red Wine Signature 30-2 and Consonance Cyber 845) sounded good but their power was not sufficient to drive them at high volumes. The GamuT (with full gain) offered plenty of power and the Quads (which I had previously neglected as their reputation is for inadequate bass and low maximum volume) astonished me with their very decent sound - including bass.
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