Suggestions on improvement
I'm 78 with age related hearing decline.My current system which I do enjoy is comprised of a Marantz CD cd 60006,Technics integrated SUG700,Canton stand mounted 9k reference speakers, and two SVS SB1000 pro subs, Subs interconnects are SVS. Stand mounted are connected by marker cables on upper frequencies and monster cables Powerline 2 for mids and bass.
Speakers are placed 8 ft apart the listening position is also 8 ft.The room is untouchable,that is to say wife has fixed my location,hey no smirks, I know where my beard is buttered.The room has vaulted ceiling 14 ft(at sitting position),has one open sidewall,another is 3 ft behinds the speakers and is covered in floor to ceiling drapes on a 9 ft wall,the third wall on one side is all glass (glass door and full length window next to it ) the final wall behind the sitting position has glass covered photos and prints.On The sides of each speaker are over stuffed chairs with a couch facing the speakers.Hanging plants are in all corners.The room has wall to wall carpeting. For domestic tranquility I can only subtract components so bass traps and alike are verboten. I listen Stones, Beatles, Who,female solos, symphonies,and jazz(sax oriented).
Are there any cheap tweeks to improve current system given the above, max budget $1000.However if can improve my sound by selling off apiece of gear and adding that revenue I'd do it, just don't know what I'd get off the sale.
+1 My feeling as well. But on the other hand $1K + trade in on your integrated probably doesn’t get you any where. Hmm, actually try a high end power cord for the integrated. Maybe try the lending library from the cable company. Look at spending $500 (used, so $1K new). Speaker cables, also try used at the $1K. Either / both may make an outsized difference.
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For that amount of $$$ I think you’re relegated to cables or something like isolation tweaks. Here are some very good speaker cables that could potentially provide a meaningful upgrade, and if they don’t you can turn around and sell them for little/no loss so pretty low risk. I’ve recommended them to several people here and they’ve worked out very well with the obvious caveat that cables are always a bit of a crapshoot. You didn’t mention what interconnects you’re using between your CDP and amp, but that would also be a potential area of meaningful benefit for not all that much money. Hope this helps. |
That Marantz cd player can be improved upon greatly. I wouldn’t touch anything else until you get the source game up. |
If at age 78 you're still getting your beard buttered, you have no real complaints. As for your system, acoustical treatments aren't necessarily ugly. Wite panels on a white ceiling are practically invisible and make a big improvement on the largest flat acoustically reflective surface in your environment. 6 - 2X4 ft panels would add 48Ft2 of broad band absorption. We added about that much to the ceiling in our slope ceiling living room. Not only are they not noticed visually, my wife definitely noticed how much more 'intimate' (her words) the space feels with its liveliness tamed a bit. She's a believer in acoustical treatments now. |
OP, as a fellow subject to aged hearing that also began with loud tools and loud...louder likely music as baggage... Do you wear aids? -or- Would you accept an equalizer that had room correction abilities? -or- Both....like me? ...the ’rest of me’ is my own problem....*L* ;) If traps won't fly, I suspect panels overhead won't get to either..... An eq up to the task, 'reasonable' cables to knit it in, and a calibrated mic as it's 'ears'.....$1K ought to do it, shopping 'hard' for the sweet stuff if you must...😏 ...and you can always 'tweak to taste'....;) Mho.....If you're 'buttering your beard'.....either wasting it or not performing 'proper'.... My mustache? Yes, Certainly..need not ask. My beard? Go to go in that latitude.....a visit to the Hills, perhaps..... Anywhere Else? ....I trust y'all have That figured out by now.....🙄 |
