What did you do to your stereo rig today?

Now, I have to be honest....that GD Auralic Vega G2 pissed me off to no end. Those that know me or have followed my posts know why.

Let it be known that earlier on today? I wanted to throw it in the trash (no lie).

12 hours of constant listening? There is some serious merit to why I chose this player. 4 hours ago? I would have laughed if you told me I would say this.

It's just now starting to "bloom" and there are now aspects to where....

Well, I'll save that for day three.

I HATED what I heard when I first heard it earlier on today.....but I heard it playing for the first time in months. After 12 hours? I have to say that I am fairly impressed. This is a nice unit. More to come.

Tom

Okay.....got distracted. LP's are alphabetized to "G".....but I had to stop!

As I was listening, something that has bugged me for some time was that the R channel (only at times) seemed just a little bit less than the L channel. No particular rhyme or reason and it was only sporadically, even though the spatial locationality cues, singers, background singers were where they were supposed to be. I always thought it was the recording (or certain ones), the mix, the mastering or simply room anomalies.

Tonight? It made me mad because I knew that something was off.

So, I went back to measuring and guess what? Apparently, I made a slight mistake on the "picture" measurements. Now, I know.....what in the heck is Tom talking about?

Well, the picture behind the seating location has those layers around said picture and I use these to dial in said measurements perfectly (Read - to within a MM or two). I am very precise with how I calibrate all of my speakers, rack, subs, stands, sitting location, etc....to the point to where I break out a laser measuring tool, a laser level and measure ALL parameters to the inth degree and then some.

Well dumba** me discovered tonight that the picture was off by a half an inch.....A HALF AN INCH!!! This was THE starting point for the whole rig for the golden triangle theory. Everything else was perfect but apparently, I screwed up on the one thing everything was centered on/around. DOH!

While this may not mean much to most? What was aforementioned was the end result. Basically, it skewed not the sitting position but how I pointed the speakers TOWARD said listening position. Now, the speakers (the mains) may have only moved a couple of centimeters but now the rig is dialed in....and when I mean dialed in....WHOA!

My point is that it is amazing how much just a "little" bit of play......well, comes into play. Damn, this *** soundin' REAL good right now!

Tom

I'm good, Ivan.

The end result is that string instruments that sounded like string instruments (like a violin/bass/double bass)? Well, they now sound like a wood instrument. The Oboe? Well, the infinite microdynamics/macrodynamics are completely there to a wonderfully sounding degree. It's that last "inth" degree that elevates the listening experience to the next level.

My family has gone to bed, so I can't turn it up as usual but.....the difference (even at lower listening levels)? OutF'nSTANDING.

It's amazing how much just a "little" bit of difference can impact the end result as to what hits one's ears.

Tom