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Help, my system sounds lifeless!
Hi, this is my first post. I rushed putting my system together when i emigrated from the UK to New Jersey. In fact this site was partly to blame as i was attracted to the amazing "used" deals! I bought a pair of Dali Helicon 400 (mark I) as they passed the WAF. The rest of the system contains a Belles Soloist Integrated and Simaudio Equinox SE CD player, wireworld platinum eclispe 6 interconnect & Audio Art Cable Classic SC-5 Speaker Cable. My room maybe partly to blame but generally the system sounds lifeless, with little soundstage (better when i play vinyl). I am not feeling/falling in love with the speakers and do not like the bass response (which is often reported). I would like to change the speakers and was wondering if you could help. I have an extremely large cd collection (and have recently bought a used Lumin D1, but unfortunately not set up yet) covering all kinds of music. I am thinking 8ohm with better sensitivity would be a better option. Looking to spend around $3000-4000 used. Some contenders include Revel F206 or F208, Tannoy DC8 or DC8T, ATC SCM40, JA Pulsars (maybe too much $), PBN Liberty, Aerial 10T (never see them used) but they must have grills as sometimes kids go in the basement. Maybe Monitors with stands would be better option? I am hoping the flickr link works so you can see my room (excuse the feet!). I want to fall in love with my large music collection again! Looking for good bass & soundstage and speakers that can play all kinds of music (sometimes I'm partial to deep electronic music). In some ways because my taste is so vast i am not particularly looking for ultra revealing speakers (Nora Jones speakers i think you call them!). Looking forward to the NY audio show so i can hear some systems. Thanks for all the help, cheers Paul https://www.flickr.com/gp/97665913@N06/a5G6d9
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Speakers should go on the long wall with NOTHING between them. Re-do yourI just viewed a video on http://www.myspeakersetup.com/ which heartily recommends speaker placement on the long wall, and if this works, which I suspect it will, my audionut world has been changed for the better and forever.room with this in mind, and it will sound MUCH better |
Well I enjoyed my first audio show and found it very friendly.
The only room i couldn't get into was the audio arts room.
Maybe it was quieter on Sunday as the marathon put a few folks
off. A lot of the brands i wanted to hear were not present but highlights were the GamuT, Mola Mola/YG, Technics, Prism/ATC, &
Sonner rooms. Oh and some big horn speakers (Volti) were great. I was
hoping my jaw would drop at my first audio show but it didn't quite
happen unfortunately, maybe i am more of a sound snob than i thought!
That or the famous small NY hotel rooms! Still I did get a few music
requests in! Well its finally Thanksgiving so I am hoping to put the Dali speakers up for sale, set up another router for the Lumin and play with some new cable. I am starting to finalize my monitor list (so far the Tannoy DC8, Proac Response 2, Harbeth Compact 7 ES3, Revel, Focal) so please let me know if you have any tips. As mentioned I play all sorts of music, so they need to sound fantastic with Kate Bush as well as Trentemoller! I will try and find a tape measure and provide room dimensions. Wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving. Cheers Paul |
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