Just a question for 2170 owners.
Does anybody use the balanced analog inputs and if so your thoughts on sq.
Mine just sound wrong.
I have option from my ph10 phono to run xlr or rca out so had both hooked up to the 2170 so instant switching comparison. And yes I did match sensitivity to give same db levels prior to listening.
On xlr it just sounds way to bright, thin and brittle. The rca is vastly better sq to my ears. I also noticed same when I hooked my OPPO up in the same manner but the phono seems to highlight it further.
I do not think is cables as the rca are Nordost red dawn which most people think give a thinner sound!
Xlr cables are Wireworld gold eclipse7.
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Not a bad idea, would hate to spend a lot at this point if it turns out to not be the cables at all.
Funny thing is that Nordost cables have suited my system very well and just about every other cable is Nordost, the RCA ones are from the phono and tape deck into the 2170 and my speaker cables are Nordost too.
But different results with different equipment and people all the time
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Kenny
Thanks for the input (sic)
I am running out of options besides the obvious as you say of it being the tonality of the cables themselves. I did verify they were terminated correctly, pin 1 to pin 1 etc etc on both cables.
Unfortunately i do not have any other xlr cables right now to do a quick test so would have to buy something which could be a whole shooting in the dark experiment right there.
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@grannyring
I was actually wondering on that after reading mr greens thread.
nice to know however if i did that sure as sugar one of my wayward cats would pee in it!
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Tbh it is hard to remember what vinyl sounded like on my McIntosh but I was using its own,built in phono stage so not a fair comparison to where I am now.
Probably25% vinyl playback, I stream most of my music nowadays so for me the ph10 into the 2170 is much more than "good enough" ...lol.
All I can say really is that I have not thought about looking at any other amp since buying the 2170
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Thanks for the update, so you never got to even try a 3400 yet, great shame.
Real pity you are amongst the ones having trouble getting product from cpt.
I was fortunate to receive an equicore1800 and found it to be a great unit.
Hope your fortunes improve and you get your monies back and eventually can sample a Lyngdorf product.
Good luck |
Are their any 2170 owners here running Tekton Di and your thoughts?
The 2170 have enough juice for them? |
I ordered a base pair but now I am thinking I should add the upgrade package at $300 from what I hear, would anybody agree?
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I cant see me ever using mine Bill but out of town right now and not back until Saturday.
Let me have a look when I get home but pretty sure you could have it.
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Did anybody ever buy a 3400?
Thoughts on it over the 2170?
Particularly interested in the music server aspect as well as any perceived increase in sq. |
@cal3713
Could you expand on your opinion of the media server aspect portion please?
I assume it has a wired lan input and can stream Tidal et al?
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@cal3713
Thank you very much for the prompt and informative response, helps a lot!
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Mofojo.
Have heard of a couple of people having issues on an update, do not remember what one of their solutions was but it should be right here in this thread somewhere.
I only updated mine once right out of the box and had no problem at all.
Good luck. |
Have a question for those running a sub on their 2170.
What are you using and how did you set it up for best results?
I recently downsized my speakers to Scansonic mb2.5 and while bass is fair it does not compare to the Wilson's they replaced.
So just to test I added an old sub I have lying around, an old Jensen 8" sub, cheap and cheerful but wanted to make sure there would be some improvement.
Looking to stay under say $400 used if possible.
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Just been researching the SVS subs.
A little more than I planned but that's pretty common in this game....lol.
Tbh, this little Jensen sub that I have owned for near 20 years has slotted in seamlessly. Obviously being only 8" and OLD it does not go that low but it has added some bottom end colour to the Scansonic,s and is earning its keep.
Maybe I save some money for a change...
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Thank you Craig and Robert
Will be looking at the SVS, HSU subs in more seriousness.
$699 brand new is not horrible and there should be a few used or open box examples around.
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I would likely take the analog outputs set to stereo mode IF I had 2 identical subs but I do not.
I have an old 8 inch sub and a newer 12 inch sub
So I have the analog output set to mono and take a mono out to a 2 way adapter to feed both subs with the same mono lf signal.
Then I use the gain and crossover on each sub to set to my taste having the basic crossover set at the 2170 at 90hz.
Not sure if it is best way but seems to give good enough results so far.
Still breaking the new speakers in so have not run anew room correction yet and I guess we will see another difference after that.
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I recently changed my speakers to a pair of triangle atlea esw and tbh the 2170 sounded best running in bypass mode for the room correction.
Odd because with two previous sets of speakers, Wilson Witt and Scansonic mb2.5 the focus setting gave quite a bit better result.
So yes there is something to be said here for differing results with differing speakers.
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All you need are the speakers connected to the amp and its microphone.
It is a fairly simple process that is well documented in the manual.
Basically once you start the room correction program the amp outputs various "noise" through the speakers which are test tones the Mic reads and feeds back into the amp.
It is completely self contained no computer needed.
I could go into more depth but that should be enough for you to get the gist of what is required and what occurs |
This is similar but it is best to run music through it and get best speaker placement possible before then running the room correction.
You will move the Mic around the room at the prompts so it gets a full picture of your room acoustics.
It is actually pretty impressive the change it usually makes to the sq.
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Glad to help
Good luck whichever way you decide to go. |
You would need to look at your sub schematics and your amp .
Some units that are fully balanced cannot have subs hooked up in the normal accepted fashion via the speaker terminals, pos to pos and neg to neg.
There are ways round this but you would need research it and there are some threads here on that subject.
I assume that the TACT does not have a dedicated sub out or variable analog out and you were thinking of connecting via the speaker terminals?
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