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After nearly 20 years, I left Magnepan and went ProAc

Listened to proac d48r's a few weeks ago and fell in love at first listen. After a couple of days I got my wife to sign my "permission slip" and took the plunge and they now reside where my 1.6 once stood.  You see, I've never heard a speaker literally mesmerize me and engage me like this before.  Sure the Maggie's have a huge image and soundstage and transparency, but these Proacs simply sound more like a real event, with dynamics and palpability, with a more refined and true sound.  The images are much more dense.   

I only have 48 hours on them so they are nowhere near their final voice, but they are breaking in nicely.  The manual says they require a lengthy break in.  I pulled out my old marantz cd-5000 to do the break in honors and will run these straight for a week or two and then taper off with normal listening.   

One thing I dont care for are the spikes. They have these little slits that aid in tightening, but no tool to go around them, so I can't get a good tightening with just my fingers.......so the spikes jiggle.  When I check  I can hear the spike and lock but chatter, and   this is not helping my  stability or sound.  Any sugesstions to tighten them right would be helpful. Thanks.  Cheers to a new chapter!   Wanted to share my excitement with you.  So grateful and never thought I would have speakers like This.  It feels like a dream!

audiolover718
sbrownnw
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What soundocity outriggers did you order?

I've had my studio 148s for about 14 months now and it still seems like they incrementally improve each month with possibly more break in and refinement.  Plus, I just put some Signal Cable MagicPower power cables on my preamp and phono preamp - great addition!  I usually leave tuner, amp and preamp on 100%.  Tuner is the usual source all day unless there is a specific listening session going on. 
gary_c
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Thanks for the update. I'll be interested in your results of height adjustment, as well as rake angle. My eyes and ears are at the same height as the tweeter on my D38's (by chance, not planned), but I haven't played with rake angle.

There are many theories on why a system can sound so different from day to day, but for me I think it's the varying sound quality and type of music that I listen to from day to day. However, I recently bought some SHM-CD's and have been listening to them exclusively for the last two weeks. System sounded perhaps better than ever last week and early this week, yet the last couple of days not so good. Strange, same exact recordings. I wonder if some of it is due to us personally - being tired, noise exposure during the day, or road noise on cummute home, etc. Some people think that power quality changes from day to day, and time of day; not sure about that one.

Take note of what you're listening to when your system is sounding good or bad, and see if your music is one of the variables.

ps
765 posts
 
So many of our perceptions in this often eccentric hobby are influenced by which way the wind is blowing and the phase of the moon during any particular listening moment.

"Row, row, row your boat, merrily...."
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