Alright, have performed a couple of tests this morning using 2 reference cd,s . Pat Benatar, best shots and Nonzamo by IQ, both have some really good tight punch bass lines in them and soaring vocals( for rock anyway!)
First I pulled the ht fronts and swapped them in, these are sonus faber concerto grand piano and they gel perfectly in the ht rig but here with no other changes....a complete disaster!
Really muffled bass of miniscule proportions, nasal vocals and soundstage all but gone, could just be equipment matchs but also possible that in the ht rig I have the sub crossed over at 70hz so just maybe I do not even know the letdown as it is not apparent there, or maybe they just work much better with the components in the ht rig?
Whatever hooked the Ushers back up and back to near bliss.
Next I swapped out the Krell poweramp for the ht 2 channel poweramp( i have Emotiva xpa2 and xpa5 for ht duty). Different......
Not bad just ...different.....
I would say the bass was maybe a little deeper but not as tight, vocals seemed strong and sweet but the soundstage was possibly a little more compressed. Overall I think the Krell did a better job but the difference was nowhere near as drastic as the speaker swap.
I know Emotiva does not have the best rep but seriously the bang for the buck at 1300 for both amps used off eBay was not to be missed and they work extremely well in the ht rig.
Looks like the next step has to be moving the behemoth 110lb REL sub in and giving that a whirl...I am working up to that one.....
First I pulled the ht fronts and swapped them in, these are sonus faber concerto grand piano and they gel perfectly in the ht rig but here with no other changes....a complete disaster!
Really muffled bass of miniscule proportions, nasal vocals and soundstage all but gone, could just be equipment matchs but also possible that in the ht rig I have the sub crossed over at 70hz so just maybe I do not even know the letdown as it is not apparent there, or maybe they just work much better with the components in the ht rig?
Whatever hooked the Ushers back up and back to near bliss.
Next I swapped out the Krell poweramp for the ht 2 channel poweramp( i have Emotiva xpa2 and xpa5 for ht duty). Different......
Not bad just ...different.....
I would say the bass was maybe a little deeper but not as tight, vocals seemed strong and sweet but the soundstage was possibly a little more compressed. Overall I think the Krell did a better job but the difference was nowhere near as drastic as the speaker swap.
I know Emotiva does not have the best rep but seriously the bang for the buck at 1300 for both amps used off eBay was not to be missed and they work extremely well in the ht rig.
Looks like the next step has to be moving the behemoth 110lb REL sub in and giving that a whirl...I am working up to that one.....