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  • Inspector 24
    Inspector 24 Posts: 1,308
    edited December 2013
    Hermitism wrote: »
    Okay, you guys need to come out with a thesaurus! When you say you gained head room, could you describe what you mean? Do you mean you can turn the volume up higher? Sometimes you guys make me feel an inch tall!

    Think of it as a big power reserve.

    Imagine you're riding a bike on a flat road. Now you come up to a hill. If you can maintain your speed you have power in reserve, IE headroom. If you have to slow down, good you have less headroom.
    Up
    LSi15 LSiC - RX-V3000

    Down
    LSiM707 - 706c - 702f/x - Dual HSU VTF-15H Mk2
    Parasound HCA-3500 - HCA-2003A - Marantz SR7005
    Sim2 D60 - Dragonfly 106" Panny 500

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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,276
    edited December 2013
    Gotcha, three great explanations! Thanks! My bike still has training wheels.
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,276
    edited December 2013
    tonyb wrote: »
    Keep in mind too, the more revealing your system becomes, the more those old crappy recordings will sound like horse ****. Nothing you can do about that unless you want to search out better quality recordings if available for that particular band/song.

    Otherwise render it to casual listening at low volumes....to hide that horse ****.

    Am I the only one that sees the irony in that? You spend all this coin to get better and better equipment, only to find that you have less and less music worth listening to. I feel like I've been a victim of a pyramid scheme!
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,276
    edited December 2013
    I'm coming to Canada for your amp and gold nuggets!
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  • Inspector 24
    Inspector 24 Posts: 1,308
    edited December 2013
    Less volume helps bad recordings. :)
    Up
    LSi15 LSiC - RX-V3000

    Down
    LSiM707 - 706c - 702f/x - Dual HSU VTF-15H Mk2
    Parasound HCA-3500 - HCA-2003A - Marantz SR7005
    Sim2 D60 - Dragonfly 106" Panny 500

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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,276
    edited December 2013
    Yeah! So does "mute". I'm just kidding, most CDs sound good. F1 described it perfectly...bright highs and little bass on early CDs.
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  • jbooker82
    jbooker82 Posts: 1,627
    edited December 2013
    nbrowser wrote: »
    Pyramid scheme ???

    HK 3490, $450
    RTi A7, $350 each
    Canare cabling $36 16 feet
    Bad **** Parasound Amp $400

    Smile on my face ? PRICELESS !

    Now get the soldering iron out and some caps and resistors on order, or send the XO's out to Trey at VR3.
    AVR: Onkyo Tx-NR808
    Amplifier: Carver A-753x 250 watts x 3
    Fronts: Polk RTI A7 (modded by Trey VR3)
    Center: CSI A4 (modded by Trey VR3)
    Rear: FXI A4
    Sub: Polk DSW Pro 660wi
    TV: LG Infinia 50PX950 3D
    Speaker Cable: AudioQuest Type 8
    IC: AudioQuest Black Mamba II
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited December 2013
    Will you still respect him in the morning?
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,001
    edited December 2013
    Hermitism wrote: »
    Am I the only one that sees the irony in that? You spend all this coin to get better and better equipment, only to find that you have less and less music worth listening to. I feel like I've been a victim of a pyramid scheme!

    LOL....in some respects, true. DSKIP hit on tubes making those crappy recordings sound better and he speaks the truth.

    I've always found that better SS gear is almost too revealing, has to be some tubes in the mix somewhere. Bring back some soul to the music that some SS gear sucks out.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited December 2013
    Somebody say "Tube buffer" :smile:.

    If it was me I would start there if you can (forget what your setup is now). If you can snag a cheap tube buffer to go between your source and AVR (or AVR and amp) that would be the easiest way to play with tubes and not have a high buy in cost.

    I also may know a guy looking to sell a Dared SL-2000a if a tubed pre intrigues you....
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,276
    edited December 2013
    Every time I'm out....you guys drag me back in! I'm not getting sucked in to your sick twisted web of deceit! Buy this, buy that, buy this, buy that. Buy these cables, no, no, buy these cables, upgrade your speakers, your avr's too weak, buy an amp, acoustic panels, bass traps, clean the ears with q-tips daily. Actually, I've struck a great deal with nbrowser. He badly wants my Sony VCR (a collector's item soon) in trade for his Parasound. We are just working out the details.

    Tubes...yeah I got your tubes. I'm going to install fluorescent tubes in my ceiling and see if that makes a difference!

    It's less expensive to just turn down the treble!! I hate each and every one of you ;)
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,276
    edited December 2013
    If someone comes over to the house and complains about the harshness, I'm just going to tell them my system is just too high end and revealing! And that's what expensive music is supposed to sound like!!
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited December 2013
    Hermitism wrote: »
    Every time I'm out....you guys drag me back in! I'm not getting sucked in to your sick twisted web of deceit! Buy this, buy that, buy this, buy that. Buy these cables, no, no, buy these cables, upgrade your speakers, your avr's too weak, buy an amp, acoustic panels, bass traps, clean the ears with q-tips daily. Actually, I've struck a great deal with nbrowser. He badly wants my Sony VCR (a collector's item soon) in trade for his Parasound. We are just working out the details.

    Tubes...yeah I got your tubes. I'm going to install fluorescent tubes in my ceiling and see if that makes a difference!

    It's less expensive to just turn down the treble!! I hate each and every one of you ;)
    Hermitism wrote: »
    If someone comes over to the house and complains about the harshness, I'm just going to tell them my system is just too high end and revealing! And that's what expensive music is supposed to sound like!!

    Hehehe.... we love you to Hermy........
    DSkip wrote: »
    You have to be careful with us - if you aren't, we might just turn you into a 2 channel snob like the rest of us.

    Eh, snob isnt what I am. I am a ****, or a-hole. I am fine with either or both :wink:....

    Now Skip..... well they dont have words for what he is :wink::smile::razz:
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,319
    edited December 2013
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    Now Skip..... well they dont have words for what he is :wink::smile::razz:

    We call him "Swamp A$$" at LSAF
    2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
    Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
    Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
    Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC

    erat interfectorem cesar et **** dictatorem dicere a
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  • Geoff4rfc
    Geoff4rfc Posts: 2,467
    edited December 2013
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    We call him "Swamp A$$" at LSAF

    Uh oh.........I know what that means..........Skip must drink a lot of Lone Star beer while shoving down 7/11 bean burritos :mrgreen:
    Source: BRP Panasonic UB9000, CDP Emotiva ERC3 - Display: LG OLED EVO 83 C3 - Pre/Pro: Marantz 8802A - Amplification: Emotiva XPA-DR3, XPA-2 x 2, XPA-6, Speakers, Mains/2ch-Focal Kanta No2's, C-LSiM706, S-702F/X, RS-RTiA9's, WS-RTiA9's, FH-RTiA3's, Subs - Epik Empire x 2

    Cables: AudioQuest McKenzie XLR's/CDP/Amp, Carbon 48/BRP, Forest 48/Display, 2 channel speaker cable: Furutech FS Alpha 36 12AWG PCOCC Single Crystal (Douglas Connection)

    EXPERIENCE: next to nothing, but I sure enjoy audio and video MY OPINION OF THIS HOBBY: I may not be a smart man, but I know what quicksand is.
    When I was young, I was Superman but now that old age has gotten the best of me I'm only Batman
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,276
    edited December 2013
    nbrowser wrote: »
    This one, has got some extra special Kool Aid....lol

    I was trying to do you a solid! (nbrowser was actually more interested in the vintage **** on VHS I was willing to throw in) but I was trying to be tactful by not mentioning that part of the deal.
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,276
    edited December 2013
    If you traded me that amp, your signature wouldn't be as long and your threads wouldn't take up as many pages!
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited December 2013
    nbrowser wrote: »
    This one, has got some extra special Kool Aid....lol

    They call it "Moonshine" in those parts.....

    Or at least thats what they tell me... I am a bit too far north in IN to know about that there moonshine :wink:
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,276
    edited December 2013
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    They call it "Moonshine" in those parts.....

    Actually, we call it "apple pie".
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited December 2013
    Hermitism wrote: »
    Actually, we call it "apple pie".

    Is that a "Justified" reference?
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,276
    edited December 2013
    Yep!
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited December 2013
    Hermitism wrote: »
    Yep!

    Wondered about that Raylan :wink:....
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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