Mike 585

Big band like wvo80, which my father turned me onto in the 60s--I'm 65. 40s thru mid-60s r&b, jump music, doo ***, r&r up until the mid-70s when the roll aspect disappeared. I also like some ragtime and early jazz until it evolved to where I can't find the melody. Blues is a big part of my listening and I sometimes like to jam on harmonica, especially after a drink or two. 😉 I like some classical. I don't like metal except for something like early Deep Purple. Actually, fear of being forced to listen to a lot of music I don't like at can't-ignore levels is a reason I have not as yet made the effort/commitment to drive my Miata to a pilgrimage from Rochester, NY. Certainly listening to music I do like and enjoying some adult beverages with some of the regulars around here, that I feel I already know from reading so many of their posts, is the other voice in the deliberation. I will say that having lost my job due to covid has made time commitment/scheduling a non-issue. A two edged sword that.

Just a shot in the dark without knowing the specifics of your listening space/situation but, fwiw I'll give you my two cents from my own audio quest to more or less reproduce the live music experience. I believe you're looking the wrong direction suspecting amp issues--you have nice amps. To get that live-ish satisfaction you need to move a lot of air in the lower midrange and base frequencies. I've not heard CF-3s but even with a good sub(s) for very low frequencies, I'm sure those little woofers in the CF-3s aren't capable of moving enough air to give the feeling I believe you're looking for. All the best and good luck with your quest. Mike

By the way, those 2 single-driver Monoliths replaced 2 Epik's each with dual 12s that I moved to my open-floor-plan main floor.. I know it's hard to believe, but the Monoliths sounds/perform/measure better in my space. If your space is bigger, the Monoliths come in bigger versions with similar performance. I think this is a good route for music if you can't or don't want to go the horn sub route. At least they're worth a look. Best of luck with your quest.

If just or mostly for music, check out Monoprice Monolith subs. I have a 7.2 setup with LaScalas across the front in a 16x22x7.5 basement room. With some eg they are razor flat to around 20hz. The subs are just 10" placed on the middle of the side walls (a good position arrived at empirically by Floyd Toole). Distortion is very low, especially if configured as ported. https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=24456. Only 3.2 percent ar 105db.

Sounds to me that most of her licks are copied from Johnny Winter And Live.

Dodger was or is from Rochester I take it. Good folks at Rowe. I've bought some used Mac gear there myself and my Belles as well. I hope the connection clicks for you this time around.

I bought one of these before Christmas. Solid as a rock. It's welded so ships truck freight. I can't remember now what the original quote for freight was. I vasilated, revisiting the site over the course of a few days, comparing brands, etc. Then one day it popped up a offer to ship for $60 so I went for it. I've heard others relate experiences of getting offered better deals after multiple visits. So, there is an upside to all the tracking. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/752920-REG/Peerless_Industries_AVL_AVL_A_V_Component_Rack.html

You and this freezer-chilled vodka rocks.

Well, that's a pleasant surprise after a tough day at the office. PM forthcoming.

Sorry to not get back sooner on the K-500s. I snooze, I loose. We had an all-consuming legal hassle come up over our recent home purchase. Glad you found a good home for them anyway.

If you're parting out and they're not on jimjimbo's shopping list, I could use the k-500s.

All my parts are old and of various age. My experience and conclusions are influenced by whatever that contributed. In my experiments, K55Vs and K55Ms were descernably different sounding when mixed in L C R, even when all speakers have the same networks. Even more so with the same drivers but mixed combinations of networks, type A, AB2/AL3, and Crites A4500. I'm curious what others have experienced.

Not currently. We moved to a new house in September and I have a ton of projects to do here. The theater room is down the priority list and pretty rough at this point. I'm just running 3.2 right now. I have all the parts for two more LaScalas (4 actually) so at some point I'll build some cabinets and go to 5.2, or hopefully 5.4 for good bass over a larger seating area. Lots of folks on here much farther down the road with developing their HT than I that can provide greater insight. I just piped in on the timber issue due to my experience with trying different combinations of Heritage and a strong feeling that a matched L, C, R is ultimately the only satisfactory solution. I think that it's best to, as best you can, determine where you want to end up and chart a course. Too many folks spend a lot of time and money wandering. Lots of good info here and elsewhere, the challenge is sorting the wheat from the chaff. Enjoy the journey.

IME a mismatched center is a constant annoyance. For me, on a relatively short 11' spread, a phantom center would be a better solution. For a time, I had a LaScala between two Belles. Same drivers and networks. It was very noticeably different when sound panned across. Now I have 3 LaScalas in the HT. It's wonderful. The Belles are now two channel in th LR.

If I was in that situation, I'd biamp.