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Post by electronumpty on Nov 5, 2020 15:22:48 GMT
I use monitors and a sub, sounds pretty good to me. Mind you I am building some Tannoys so I could have Sh#t for ears!! 🤣
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Post by Bigman80 on Nov 5, 2020 15:45:28 GMT
I use monitors and a sub, sounds pretty good to me. Mind you I am building some Tannoys so I could have Sh#t for ears!! 🤣 🤣🤣 |
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Post by brian2957 on Nov 5, 2020 17:09:49 GMT
It would have been wasier not to "fix" your amp. I tried it, K I couldn't go back.....once I know what I was hearing, it was obvious. It would be easier to sell everything and dump HiFi as a hobby I've dumped HiFi several times . Always went back  |
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Post by firebottle on Nov 5, 2020 17:13:56 GMT
Galan 9's, nice.....
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Post by macca on Nov 5, 2020 18:26:44 GMT
It would have been wasier not to "fix" your amp. I tried it, K I couldn't go back.....once I know what I was hearing, it was obvious. It would be easier to sell everything and dump HiFi as a hobby It would be like the Pope dumping Catholicism. How did this happen anyway? You had those speakers a while, I thought you were pretty happy with them. |
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Post by Bigman80 on Nov 5, 2020 19:20:07 GMT
I tried it, K I couldn't go back.....once I know what I was hearing, it was obvious. It would be easier to sell everything and dump HiFi as a hobby It would be like the Pope dumping Catholicism. How did this happen anyway? You had those speakers a while, I thought you were pretty happy with them. One of the Terminals in the amp was out of phase. It didn't come to light until jimbo loaned the 686 and heard it. My room being small, I just thought it was an oddity of the room... reflections off the windows etc. Hadn't heard an out of phase system so it escaped me. No it's corrected, there is no going back. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2020 19:25:17 GMT
Small stand mounts being driven by a monster amp. They are going to love it....
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Post by macca on Nov 5, 2020 19:50:37 GMT
It would be like the Pope dumping Catholicism. How did this happen anyway? You had those speakers a while, I thought you were pretty happy with them. One of the Terminals in the amp was out of phase. It didn't come to light until jimbo loaned the 686 and heard it. My room being small, I just thought it was an oddity of the room... reflections off the windows etc. Hadn't heard an out of phase system so it escaped me. No it's corrected, there is no going back. Ah right. Didn't realise that. So now you have fixed it there's no phase cancellation in the bass anymore and it's just too much. Back to the drawing board. Look on the bright side, if this hobby was easy it would be no fun at all |
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Post by sq225917 on Nov 5, 2020 20:05:13 GMT
Is whaleblue still selling his stand mount Raidhos on pfm?
Lotta speaker 4 the money
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Post by Bigman80 on Nov 5, 2020 20:07:57 GMT
Is whaleblue still selling his stand mount Raidhos on pfm? Lotta speaker 4 the money No idea? Gotta link? |
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Post by Bigman80 on Nov 5, 2020 21:11:57 GMT
They look rather tasty....over budget though.
Plus the D1.1 are probably more 'me' but are £6k lol
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Post by macca on Nov 5, 2020 22:31:25 GMT
You would deffo need a sub with the XT1, they are tiny.
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Post by macca on Nov 5, 2020 22:32:26 GMT
Oh I see they are the X1 not the XT.
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Post by sq225917 on Nov 5, 2020 22:45:42 GMT
They're a hell of a thing, guy i bought my ns1000 off went to those.
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Post by Bigman80 on Nov 5, 2020 22:47:46 GMT
Oh I see they are the X1 not the XT. I think you'd need a sub with both TBH.... |
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Post by macca on Nov 6, 2020 7:47:24 GMT
Yes, does look that way.
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Post by macca on Nov 6, 2020 8:01:04 GMT
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Post by Bigman80 on Nov 6, 2020 8:14:22 GMT
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Post by Bigman80 on Nov 7, 2020 14:30:14 GMT
HUGE thanks to misterc for taking the time to visit today. He's left me a speaker setup to play with and truth be told.....I'm pretty much over the loss of the 880's. The Quadral Galan 9 don't sound anything like I expected and the addition of the sub, which is just feathering the boundaries of the room, make the sound richer and improve scale beyond what I imagined could be got from this room. This is not a budget (in my world) solution by any stretch but it's so nice to hear the system sound so controlled, refined and.....grown up. The petulant nature of the bass has tamed and it's so nearly "spot on" I'll do some listening and report back. First, I need to make some jumpers. The ones in we're ok, but Tony put his fancy pants ones in and Christ almighty weren't the obviously better!!! I'll throw some of mine in now and see what happens.  |
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Post by macca on Nov 7, 2020 14:53:22 GMT
How are the speakers and sub connected up? Is there a high pass filter?
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Post by antonio on Nov 7, 2020 15:07:19 GMT
Two speakers I heard on You Tube which impressed me and , never heard of Aurelia speakers before, and you would need subs with these and also may the Ophidians, although that could be purchased later. I would seriously try a pair of Tannoys, I like what I heard of them and also Fyne Audio.
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Post by Bigman80 on Nov 7, 2020 15:07:47 GMT
How are the speakers and sub connected up? Is there a high pass filter? There's a line level connection from the biscuit tin to the sub. No idea about the sub, I've left it aTony set it for now. Will do some reading later. |
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Post by Bigman80 on Nov 7, 2020 16:34:02 GMT
Two speakers I heard on You Tube which impressed me and , never heard of Aurelia speakers before, and you would need subs with these and also may the Ophidians, although that could be purchased later. I would seriously try a pair of Tannoys, I like what I heard of them and also Fyne Audio. I'm quite enjoying what's here at the minute. Hans Theessink is particularly good. Lots of transparency and the soundstage seems to be free of boundaries at the moment. |
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Post by stevew on Nov 7, 2020 16:43:10 GMT
HUGE thanks to misterc for taking the time to visit today. He's left me a speaker setup to play with and truth be told.....I'm pretty much over the loss of the 880's. The Quadral Galan 9 don't sound anything like I expected and the addition of the sub, which is just feathering the boundaries of the room, make the sound richer and improve scale beyond what I imagined could be got from this room. This is not a budget (in my world) solution by any stretch but it's so nice to hear the system sound so controlled, refined and.....grown up. The petulant nature of the bass has tamed and it's so nearly "spot on" I'll do some listening and report back. First, I need to make some jumpers. The ones in we're ok, but Tony put his fancy pants ones in and Christ almighty weren't the obviously better!!! I'll throw some of mine in now and see what happens. Great stuff. I can only imagine the journey you’ve had with this for the last week or so. Kudos to Tony for helping out |
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Post by electronumpty on Nov 7, 2020 16:51:57 GMT
Yes, great to see you up and running.
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Post by Bigman80 on Nov 7, 2020 16:57:35 GMT
Yes, great to see you up and running. Thanks gents. Nice to have some good sound going on. Been listening to metal drivers since about 10:00am and my ears are not even close to falling off. It's a strange but they are surprisingly musical... |
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Post by firebottle on Nov 7, 2020 17:18:18 GMT
Told ya, told ya, told ya!
Glad it is doing the business there.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2020 17:24:00 GMT
That is about a little over £2k set up, including the sub?
Best start saving....
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Post by Bigman80 on Nov 7, 2020 18:05:56 GMT
That is about a little over £2k set up, including the sub? Best start saving.... Stands are £1500 on their own, Kevin.... we're nearer £3.5k in truth. Although I'm told the stands aren't for sale so that means of have to find something suitable....which I doubt will be anything near cheap. |
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