Tell me to stop,and I'll stop posting, but for now I will keep track of ANY other observations I encounter.
My mains are 12 FT apart, and the CENTER IMAGE is FULL and LARGE,this is the extreme distance before center begins to break down, but the 12FT is cool. Then 12FT from each speaker to me...for 2 channel.
A few CD's expanded my perception of the Theta and my own ability to believe where all of these sounds were coming from.
Govinda "Entwined and Entranced" is so unusual, at time the sound is swirling around and between the speakers and extending above and beyond them, and the sounds are so unusual, I had never really heard them fully before.
The violin in one song was as sweet as the most advanced speaker, again, never was until now a strong suit of the Klipsch, but the Theta delivers the ressonace...the passion.
Richie Sambora in Wood and Steel GUitars II has solo accoustic, and he is amazing,,,,and there are sounds delivered a mystery...a cluncking of guitar case, maybe a block of wood.
Like I said, this is the first time in all my building, I felt I had a world class system.
A friend says the SPEAKERS is where he starts when building, he will spend the most there, but my THETA is the heart and soul of my system, somehow helping my speakers over achieve. They do sound so damn good I would have a hard time ever parting with them.
It is the soundstage, I have the luxury of space, I am usd to having them far apart, 12FT probably the MAX it should be, but with high ceilings of wood and wood floors....the stage is expansive, but it is excellently defined.
Before you buy any amp, some how demo this, call Craig SHummer talk to him, read the website and reviews, but after all of that, what I am telling you I hear, I go to bed thinking of playing it, and wake up wanting to play my stereo and keep digging out discs I haven't heard for awhile, and realizing before this, I hadn't heard HALF of what was there.
And it really doesn't matter what kind of disc you put on, the past experience of listening to it is blown away!
Tonight the guitar music I had on I Lowered from Proceed setting of normal to medium loud 60....it was late so I lowered the volume to 45, hwere before I wouldn;t hear much...and to my surprise, at much lower listening levels, the AMP can be delicate when it has to, and still deliver detail and enjoyment at below normal levels.
Maybe I find the Dread an assault on the senses, because it delivers as much detail as the human mind/ear can stand.
ONce I break it in, I suppose by then I will stop shaking my head!
Ya'll take care
Duratek
