Back to basics and lovin it!

Jonesy
Jonesy Posts: 189
edited October 2007 in 2 Channel Audio
Took out the Pioneer HT receiver and put an Adcom GFA 555II into the basement system yesterday. I stripped out the surround channels and have forgot about getting a center channel to match the Monitor 7B's.

Now I know about the importance of the preamp, I heard an improvement when said Pioneer was replaced by an Outlaw in the main rig. But I have to say this Adcom has opened up the bottleneck in this system. The Monitor 7B's are incedibly present and easily fill the room. It's time to read in the often used analogy of lifting a veil off the speakers.

It is also nice to have finally decided on going with a straight-forward 2-channel system. It was almost theraputic pulling all those additional cables out from behind the stand. Simple, powerful and dynamic as all get out. I love it! :D
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited October 2007
    That is exactly why I'm still a hardcore 2-ch guy. With SDA's in the mix I don't need 3.1 more speakers and the processing that goes with it.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited October 2007
    I'm with you Jonesy and H9. Even being a rep for some great home A/V lines, my HT system is meager at best. But, later this year, I am tearing down the big entertainment center wall I built a few years back, selling my 56" Panasonic RPTV and getting a 50"+ plasma. I'll have a separate HT system with inwall front LCR speakers and I already have the 4 back in ceiling speakers there. But, I'll have the separately controlled 2-channel rig. It's just that time. I want to have the ability to listen to the SRS II's (plus other speakers I have) in the living room. More space to open up the staging.

    Here is what the wall look like from the kitchen view. Oh, the cow **** is gone BTW. That was the ex's stuff. :D
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    edited October 2007
    Are those the tweaker super-killer pebbles on the TV? SUCKER!!!!!
    Or do they really work......?????
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited October 2007
    Nooooo....they are little glass candle holders. I swear!

    Hmm...I wonder if they help the picture. :D
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    edited October 2007
    BTW got both sets of SDA1's set up. 2Ch and HT. Tears and ears of joy!
    Soon as I figure out how to put film in my sons digital camera, I'll post pics.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited October 2007
    This is why I have 2 separate systems. Except for SACD's, I only listen to music on the 2ch rig.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    edited October 2007
    Same here Face. No SACD though.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited October 2007
    lightman1 wrote: »
    Soon as I figure out how to put film in my sons digital camera, I'll post pics.

    ok now... cameras are now filmless.. FYI ;)
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    edited October 2007
    danger boy wrote: »
    ok now... cameras are now filmless.. FYI ;)

    Huh! I'll be damed!
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  • Yashu
    Yashu Posts: 772
    edited October 2007
    I have put all of my money into 2channel. I almost thought of just buying a cheap HTIB for movies... but movies sound great over two channel... don't need a center when two speakers image well.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited October 2007
    Jonesy wrote: »
    It is also nice to have finally decided on going with a straight-forward 2-channel system. It was almost theraputic pulling all those additional cables out from behind the stand. Simple, powerful and dynamic as all get out. I love it! :D

    cool, spending time with 2-channel is the core of the hobby.

    RT1
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited October 2007
    Go for it and enjoy.

    engtaz
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • Jonesy
    Jonesy Posts: 189
    edited October 2007
    Yashu wrote: »
    I have put all of my money into 2channel. I almost thought of just buying a cheap HTIB for movies... but movies sound great over two channel... don't need a center when two speakers image well.


    Ain't that the truth. The center image was always there but became solidified, along with the whole soundstage expanding, once the Adcom came to the party.
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