I’d suggest upgrading your source components. Your amp and speakers are revealing their limitations. Better sources will fill in the sound and flesh out the tone.
Luxman leaves me wanting
My current system is a Luxman L590-AXII driving DeVore Gibbon Super Nines. My source is Lumin U1-Mini (w/Sboosterj and Denafrips Venus II. Also a Rega P3. Speaker and interconnect cables are circa late 90s Cardis Cross There is a lot that is right about the sound of my set up, but I feel it’s lacking fullness in the midrange. When I turn on the loudness on the Luxman, I get the meaty weight in the mids I’m missing, but at anything but low volume, it alters the sound in a negative way.
I had considered a tube Integrated before I got the Luxman, but liked the L590 when I heard it. Now I’m wondering if I should have gone with tubes. (At one point I had a BAT Pre w/ a Classe amp and loved the bloom in the mids and vocals). I’m attracted to the LTA 40+ from the good reviews and long tube life. I’d be interested in hearing one with my speakers, but there are no dealers, so I could buy and return if I’m not thrilled, but wanted to know anyone has heard the 40+ with Super 9s. Also interested in other options to get a richer sound. Budget is around 8k.
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@steverrino, perhaps the Luxman and your speakers are not an ideal marriage but you should not be hearing what you describe. We know nothing about your room acoustics nor the shape, size or structure. Cables and different amps at this stage will not achieve much, not if your listening position places you in a partial null of which there are many in all untreated rooms. It is difficult to conceptualise the damage strong early reflections cause, something that can not be solved with EQ A smart suggestion offered by a poster above is to consider subs, an excellent way of taming peaks and nulls whilst also bringing lots extra to the party. An improvement is gained across the spectrum. I've heard Devore 0/96 driven by a 300B single ended amp sounding delightful. |
If you want to leverage the full power of ROON to tailor your sound with DSP (or Convolution filters) give Mitch Barnet a call or email. He has a remote service to do EXACTLY what you are looking to do. The dude is a professional sound engineer and will use very advanced and pricey audio software. To do similar task using built-in DSP in audio hardware is very limiting. This is because a computer is infinitely more powerful (just upgrade computer/server when needed). Digital Room Calibration Services, Convolvers, Headphone Filtersets (accuratesound.ca) Mitch setup Convolution filters for my small office setup when I used Thiel CS3.7’s. It was a great result. However, I sold the CS3.7’s and bought Magnepan LRS+ and did not need to use DSP. A better speaker fit for the room. I have speakers in my Livingroom system that are sound amazing. However, for $750 I will get Mitch to remotely analyze my room (seating position, etc) and create a few Convolution filters for ROON. I am curious if I can get even better sound than what I have naked. The filters are applied BEFORE the signal hits the DAC.
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