Erik Mandaville Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 My sister in law just came in from outside where she was working on a paper on her laptop. When she approached the stairwell, she asked Marie (in all seriousness!)if someone were upstairs playing guitar! This is EXACTLY the thing I love to hear! It's working well, and just out of curiosity I've replaced the Heresy with one of my Lowther horns. From initial impressions with this first CD, I think it will work quite well for the time being. I need to turn it's volume down a bit further than with the Heresy, but the balance in fequency response between the three speakers seems similar enough to make the illusion work. An interesting overall perception of 3 channels: I feel I'm listening to fewer speakers than I did with just two. I think much of this has to do with the fact that the overall sound seems to me to be more cohesive and unified than it did with two (which for years I thought was something incapable of being improved upon). For me, this is a definite improvement. The CD is a Fingerstyle guitar playing from Narada. Very well recorded, and it really does sound like someone is in the other room playing a real instrument! Wonderful sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Mandaville Posted November 26, 2004 Author Share Posted November 26, 2004 It had to happen sometime! I think this is my first double post! I tried to correct the grammatical error in the subject line, and so I both showed up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 The 3 channel stereo experience is definetly one that should be tried. I personally favor it, but I don't have any speakers capable of timbre matching across the front. At first, 3 channel stereo with different timbre speakers sounds better than 2 channel, but you'll quickly learn that the sound quality is limited by the weaker of the speakers. I'd hate to get you thinking that way, but I think you'll come to the same conclusions and eventually you'll find yourself with a small belle center channel Recently, artto let me swing by his place and listen to his system and during one of the recordings, I asked him to turn off the center channel. The soundstage instantly went blah and I found myself back in his room. He turned the center channel back on and I was instantly back into the other world. However, there was one recording where the center channel was too loud and it totally ruined the mix...so Artto goes off and turns the channel back down and it's instantly back. Artto was telling me how the splitter box he made requires a complete turn to attenuate 1dB. He said that dialing it in just right is of the most importance and I think he even records in his CD booklets what level he sets the center channel. After listening for only a few hours, I was not as sensitive as him, but I don't think he was exagerating either. Anyways, the true test of a good system is when someone else comes in and thinks real live music is playing...I hope you're enjoying yourself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 Is it LIVE or is it... Erik's three channel? A new reference standard and a real compliment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 Better by far to have this experience, than have someone visit your home and hear him say, "Who is that awful guitarist on that crappy CD you're playing?" And then hear your wife tell him, "That's not a CD, that's Erik upstairs!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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