| Most audiophile reference stuff tends to be classical or jazz. What do you like? |
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nickthegun 86,312 posts
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UncleLou wrote:
Good man, it annoys me that I can't quite configure my space into creating a comfortable place for the sweet spot. I need new furniture to achieve it.
Mr_Sleep wrote:
I have. It's in the middle of the couch. And the floorstanders are just 2m away from head, so it's a little couch+2 speakers triangle in the middle of the living-room.
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THFourteen 54,488 posts
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Registered 16 years agoMy amp comes with a mic that you can use to configure a sweet spot in any config -
mrpon 37,147 posts
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Registered 15 years agoMine too! Marantz? -
@Mr_Sleep reading my post again, it sounds like I live in a loft. The room is dominated by the listening and accompanying seating devices, and it does look strange to the uninitiated. If I could get away with it, I'd probably by Neumann nearfield monitors, but I can't get the speakers even closer before it starts to look really silly!
Even with normal hifi floorstanders though, closer is better, just close enough before you can locate the individual treble, mid bass speakers. The space behind the couch and the speakers eliminates most of the inevitable echo.
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Why aren't there any SACD versions of my favourite Darkthrone and Venom albums? Badly needed. -
SACD will finally die its death once lossless/HD digital kicks off properly which I'm getting increasingly irritated waiting for. Really thought Apple were going to announce it the other day but they didn't, which means it'll be September at least now.
And HDTracks was supposed to launch in the UK in May and still hasn't.
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@UncleLou sounds like a nice setup. I envy you I used to mix with very nice monitors all set up correctly and the sweet spot was so stark that I have wanted to do it at home but I won't have it right until I can take out the fireplace and surround. -
Dirtbox 92,336 posts
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Armoured_Bear 30,320 posts
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Registered 9 years agoDirtbox wrote:
Very interesting.
The older I get, the bigger crock I think audiophile stuff is. So long as it's got a bit of bass and some treble and I can make out the tune, that's plenty for me. I don't ave the time or inclination to sit there and savour the singer's lips smacking and the crickets chirping outside of the recording studio. -
Armoured_Bear 30,320 posts
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Registered 9 years agoSo, what kit do people have?
Anything in your system that you're especially enamoured with? -
The only thing I have that is really nice are my speakers which are Mordunt Short Avanti 906i's which provide everything I could want. Everything else in my system is pretty budget. Even the speakers aren't that much compared to some. -
Armoured_Bear 30,320 posts
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Registered 9 years agoMr_Sleep wrote:
My MS10i's (used as rears now) are still going, had them for 22 years...
The only thing I have that is really nice are my speakers which are Mordunt Short Avanti 906i's which provide everything I could want. Everything else in my system is pretty budget. Even the speakers aren't that much compared to some. -
beastmaster 22,082 posts
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Registered 17 years agokalel wrote:
Classical defo. I'm starting to slowly get into jazz. Would have hated it a few years ago.
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Armoured_Bear 30,320 posts
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Registered 9 years agoA lot of audio nerds like Steely Dan as demo stuff, sounds like unbearable sank to me but each to their own. -
Armoured_Bear wrote:
I have a Creative 2.1 PC speaker system. It's okay, but the volume control is broken.
So, what kit do people have?
Anything in your system that you're especially enamoured with?
edit: looks badass though
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ShadyChopper 113 posts
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Registered 13 years agoI have[http://www.iconaudio.com/portfolio-item/stereo-60p-mkiiim/ ]Description_here[/link] this
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Edited by ShadyChopper at 20:43:34 10-06-2014 -
phAge 25,487 posts
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Registered 18 years agoArmoured_Bear wrote:
This. Moving from a flat to a house with a cellar I've been able to do a bit of room treatment to has made my 5.1 setup sound better by several orders of magnitude. The difference really is quite unbelievable.
UncleLou wrote:
I can believe that, a shame so many people don't put more effort into the listening environment.
We recently got new, somewhat thicker, curtains. They had a bigger impact on the sound quality in the living room than anything before, inlcuding buying entirely new loudspeakers that cost about 5 times as much as the old ones.
The curtains were 40 Eur.
Going the whole hog is clearly not practical but placement opf furniture and soft furnishings make a huge difference, as can speaker placement.
And yes, it was also plugged in before. -
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Armoured_Bear wrote:
Hats is beautiful. A wonderful, wonderful album. I've not got anything else of theirs, so what's Walk Across the Rooftops like? More of the same?
Walk Across the Rooftops and Hats by The Blue Nile are amazing sounding recordings.
I'd like to try out some 5(+).1 recordings (rather than remixes). I keep forgetting to even look for them. Something like Holst's The Planets could sound quite amazing through surround, I imagine. -
Armoured_Bear 30,320 posts
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Registered 9 years agoBremenacht wrote:
It's more sparse and atmospheric, a little less melodic but brilliant.
Armoured_Bear wrote:
Hats is beautiful. A wonderful, wonderful album. I've not got anything else of theirs, so what's Walk Across the Rooftops like? More of the same?
Walk Across the Rooftops and Hats by The Blue Nile are amazing sounding recordings.
Peace at Last ( the follow up to Hats) is also brilliant, some incredible songs on there, the Blue Nile can move me like no other band.
I'd get Peace at Last first, then Walk across the Rooftops.
High is not quite as good but still a fine album.
Oh, and Paul Buchanan's solo album is also worth a listen, very simple arrangements, just him and a Piano and mostly slow and ponderous. -
Danke. -
We've got Sonos's dotted around the house and a Sonos Play Bar under the TV, the sound quality is excellent. The headset I use when on my PC is the Creative Aurvana Live, I'd read good things about them so after my last gaming headset broke I decided to take a shot, the sound reproduction was astounding, they brought so much more to music, movies and games.
Edited by El_MUERkO at 01:55:04 11-06-2014 -
Khanivor 44,732 posts
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Registered 19 years agoWe, I mean she, reorganised a few rooms in the house lately. This meant the main TV shit went downstairs. Which is good, as upstairs is a converted attic with vaulted ceilings. No good sound with speakers sitting four feet out from wall but tops of them touching sloping ceiling. Read speakers could get close to wall but there was still 10-20 feet of open space to either side.
Now they are down in a slightly elongated square room, with speakers near to wall and sat speakers in the corners. It's not perfect - glass doors make up most of one wall - but it's noticeably a fuckton better sounding. And I've yet to run the Audissy thiname to get that sweet spot dialed in.
Bonus - sub woofer sits in the fireplace. Keep the fucking birds awake now; take that fuckers! -
DodgyPast 9,347 posts
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Registered 16 years agoOnkyo 515 which isn't terrible and Mordaunt Short MS 3.40s that must be about 20 years old.
Laptop in the bedroom is hooked up to a Creek 4040 plugged into the speakers that came with a Denon Rcd-n7.
Nothing special really but both sound pretty decent.
Denon Rcd-n7 lives at the wife's parents house hooked up to some vaguely reasonable speaker that came with a relatively expensive JVC midi system.
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THFourteen 54,488 posts
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Registered 16 years agomrpon wrote:
Nope its a Sony actually. AV Amp so i have everything plugged into it, and it plugged into the tv. DTGR 910 or something like that.
Mine too! Marantz?
My 5.1 Jamo speaker set is ace, only £180 or so when i bought them, and have lasted 10 years and still sound fantastic for the money. Would recommend to anyone who is in that price range.
Headphones wise, i still love my Sennheiser bluetooth mmx 550s i know people hate on bluetooth, but the convenience is amazing, and with apt-x they sound fine with my galaxy s5 -
phAge 25,487 posts
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Registered 18 years agoHad my setup for a couple of years now, and (especially after moving house) I'm well chuffed with it.
Yamaha amp with XTZ floorstander fronts, XTZ center and rears. Ancient Cerwin Vega sub with 2 x 8" drivers. -
beastmaster wrote:
Would highly (strongly in fact) recommend Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone. Not only is it stunning music, but the recording and master are astonishing.
kalel wrote:
Classical defo. I'm starting to slowly get into jazz. Would have hated it a few years ago.
Most audiophile reference stuff tends to be classical or jazz. What do you like?
A must for Sergio Leone fans as well. -
THFourteen wrote:
I've had those headphones. Sorry to be a snob but they have no place in a audiophile thread.
Headphones wise, i still love my Sennheiser bluetooth mmx 550s i know people hate on bluetooth, but the convenience is amazing, and with apt-x they sound fine with my galaxy s5
Actually fuck that, I'm not sorry to be a snob. That was the whole point of the thread!
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