@silverfox@ Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 After replacing caps in cornwall 1 found the sound that you are now getting is a change wherein dewald tube intregrated amp is sounding like your SS, and bottleheadpre, relaxed and smooth only a bit more of all you had aim for. ie top , mid more pronounced without beign harsh. Then only to find that your beloved ss is in serious need of some aditional something, it seem to me that possible the problem area might be my outlaw 950, which i'm quite fond of.and would have discribe as natural,so too the acurus amp. my delima how to recapture the signiture of my system without too much upheaval,a great sleeper pre would be nice, not tube .I have enough to use as reference. This is about a certain sound that i've been trying to atain andfind it evolving where i least expected it to,what wouldyou do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 Not the most popular approach, but probably the most effective. Thought I'd throw it out there just in case: http://www.rpginc.com/residential/cinemusic-products.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@silverfox@ Posted April 6, 2007 Author Share Posted April 6, 2007 Thanks for your responce ! didn't actually consider room treatment as a probable cause, seemslike a course in engineering needs to be my next course of action,isthere no quick fix in this hi-tech world of accustic. plasteredwalls,ceiling, tile floor =wall treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsched with Yamahas Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 @silverfox, I too witnessed that change w/my CWII network updates, with the mids/highs much brighter and detailed than before. I did move the speakers closer to the wall, and symetrically changed the angle. Now I did move some furniture around too, so this was also probably a source of "change". Room acoustaments will definitely affect sound, and that is why I am a firm believer in Equalization, but that is yet another controversial topic. Having dealt with these issues in my automobile, I have peaks and valleys in my frequency spectrum just based on the interior of the vehicle. RTA proves it! Much absorbtion, deflection, and cancellation occuring, so the only way to address this was to employ an EQ to rebalance. Not saying you need an EQ, but moreover, pointing out that room fixtures, furniture location, etc., do make a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Btw, what specifically did you do during this crossover change? Are you saying it sounds worse? Or that you were hoping to achieve a better improvement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@silverfox@ Posted April 7, 2007 Author Share Posted April 7, 2007 Some of the changes i've made over the last fewmonths, has been to change origonal caps to Bec GE cans,this madea marked difference to clarity. replacing speaker wire, and i dounderstand that some are of the opinion that this does not affectsound. From my own experience there is a improvement, tried ic withsame wire and the SS seem to become laboured where as the bottleheadpre through acurus amp was a bit sharpry,the ic remained with thebottlehead. This ilisten to quite often only having to warm up limited the combo andlistening was done mostly at weekend, so was very fimiliar withsound,now the outlaw pre and amp came together like effortless. Nicetop to bottom.just needed a bit more upper mids, and the last shimmerfrom a simbal, which brings me to this point, bought some VCapsand replace the Bec, these caps Dean made mention of in a treadthah he thought highly of , and from how they have affected my system ican say they are nothing to snivle at .because of how the tube gearsounds ,getting what i am aiming for in the upper mid and the high backinto my ss will make it worthwhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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