That's great that others heard good things in that room. When I walked in they had some string chamber music playing that sounded pretty nice, but a bit on the etched end of the spectrum but nothing offensive. Someone requested Steely Dan - I think they played Babylon Sisters. That track sent me from the room. Steely Dan is some of the best recorded pop out there and this system was very far from neutral reproducing it. Instrumental timbres were off, lacking in realistic body, size and overtones. It reminds me of the old days of hifi where certain systems excel at only certain genres. Silly. |
Now,
after a solid week of further break in of the M700s + Stellar GC dac/pre, I invited a
friend over with a ton of live music experience. He heard the system with the
Audio Alchemy kit, and did not hold back his valid criticisms. He did not hear
the system with the AA PS 5 power supply, which did make a huge difference, but
still, nothing like now with the PS Audio. There’s just no substitute for raw
horsepower (AND POSSIBLY SOME REFINEMENT IN THE GC VOLUME CONTROLLER AND/OR ITS
INTERNAL DAC’)
My friend is a rocker: Me, not so much, but I have enough to satisfy an occasional itch, so, first up was SVA (Stevie Raye Vaughn) volume was cranked to concert equivalent level and wow, wow, wow;.My $2500 Emerald Physics KCIIs dealt t with no strain. SVA was followed by Peter Gabriel "Secret World Live" This was followed by Tina Turner ’Private Dancer’ then The Pointer Sisters Greatest hits .
In all cases the music was seamless, bass, brass, and drums had ample tonality and packed a mean ass punch (WITHOUT USING MY SUBS NO LESS) not a hole I could detect, and my friend couldn’t stop repeating many accolades, even during songs, which irrates me to no end
My next move is a big step up the EP speaker line
hth |
I don't know what they were driving the Muraudio with at CAF (last Nov.) but the sound was barely tolerable. First of all, overly loud for the small hotel room; second on the jazz trumpet piece, the higher notes on the trumpet just seared my ears. Had to leave, fast. It was even unpleasant out in the hallway. |
twoleftears
Apparently they were driven by Triangle Art class A monos. I'm getting the sense that the harshness we both heard was mostly endemic to the speakers themselves. Now that you said that, I would really like to hear the Merrill amps with a more neutral speaker. |
Tweak 1: That has been exactly my experience too now with three months into enjoying the PS Audio Gain Cell DAC preamp/M700 monoblocks combo, in my case driving/feeding Thiel CS2.4s and two SVS SB2000 subs. |
@toetapaudio:
I had a client replace his $18000 Mola Mola Kaluga amps with one of my $999 Icepower 1200AS based amps. And he now has better sound. He liked them so much he bought 4 in total. So at 18x the price, and worse sound, I wouldn't consider them a bargain. |
When he came into the store and out of the cold, did he take off his earmuffs?
Tim
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georgehifi,
Mate, I can only infer you're projecting and embarrassed because you leave your earmuffs on indoors, too.
Love,
Tim |
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Oh dear, sunshine, I’m referring to the post above yours.
(so wrong , so obvious) like two other retailers are doing |
georgehifi,
But did you enjoy my cheeky monkey comment about the earmuffs, mate?
Love,
Sunshine |
yes so I continued the payout.
Cheers George |
georgehifi,
Sorry, I didn't take anything you stated as a payout.
Tim
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"So wrong! So obvious!"
Just have a lot at his self promoting on other threads and you’ll see what I mean. Just like two other retailers here.
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georgehifi,
I thought you knew that I'm not, and have never been, a retailer. I'm just a 60 yr old music, ht and audio/video equipment enthusiast in Indiana.
I am a big fan of class D amps (I own ClassD Audio, Emerald Physics and D-Sonic amps) and distributed bass array systems (I own the Audio Kinesis Debra) but have no affiliations with any of these companies or any other companies. Now, if you want to accuse me of being a fan boy of either, I definitely plead guilty.
I understand it's bad form to post here without declaring you're a retailer, dealer, owner or associated with any of these. I've never self promoted anything since I've never had anything to promote besides products or technologies I have personal experience with and consider of high quality.
If you're going to accuse me or anyone else of self promoting, please don't do it on nothing more than a hunch and have the good sense and courage to present your allegations in a more direct and responsible manner.
Thank you,
Tim
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