Eek, me ears are bleedin'
Posted by: garyi on 30 July 2002
Ok, somewhat concerned. returned home today didn't appear to be any neighbours in so wound up the wick.
On the list:
Massive Attack: Blue Lines
Baby Mammouth: Seven up
David Bowie:Heathen
The hardware: CDi, 180, FC, 102, NAPSC, SBLs, standard naim cables.
All music via CD.
The Problem
Ear bleeding style treble. Especially Massive attack, I had to turn it off, no joke.
The cure
1 180? Common Gary you know this was the bad boy.
2 Standard naim cables ha! Anyone knows cables transform or kill a system.
3 CDi, that poor old thing, time to move on.
4 Its the naim sound Gary, you twat.
5 SBLs Gary, face it 'they' were right all along.
6 That'll teach you, you laminate floor laying turd.
7 Bad Kama, all them CDs were poor recordings, honest.
8 Get some sound bases for the SBLs.
9 You have fallen into the deadly world of vinyl, the LP12 has proven how poor the CD medium is and always will be.
10 Flat cap? Comon Gary you are into big box technology now, lose the slim line.
Ok, with them suggestions, and I hope more to come, what should I start out with?
I would respectfully ask this not turn into a stand wars, lets just assume I know Mana is the way forward and that ash is not. However I feel that there are elements in the system which can be cured cheaply before I spend a substatial amount of money on a stand, bearing in mind this one is only a few months old.
FWIW I havn't tried vinyl at a similar volume will report back in the near future on that.
Cheers Folks
On the list:
Massive Attack: Blue Lines
Baby Mammouth: Seven up
David Bowie:Heathen
The hardware: CDi, 180, FC, 102, NAPSC, SBLs, standard naim cables.
All music via CD.
The Problem
Ear bleeding style treble. Especially Massive attack, I had to turn it off, no joke.
The cure
1 180? Common Gary you know this was the bad boy.
2 Standard naim cables ha! Anyone knows cables transform or kill a system.
3 CDi, that poor old thing, time to move on.
4 Its the naim sound Gary, you twat.
5 SBLs Gary, face it 'they' were right all along.
6 That'll teach you, you laminate floor laying turd.
7 Bad Kama, all them CDs were poor recordings, honest.
8 Get some sound bases for the SBLs.
9 You have fallen into the deadly world of vinyl, the LP12 has proven how poor the CD medium is and always will be.
10 Flat cap? Comon Gary you are into big box technology now, lose the slim line.
Ok, with them suggestions, and I hope more to come, what should I start out with?
I would respectfully ask this not turn into a stand wars, lets just assume I know Mana is the way forward and that ash is not. However I feel that there are elements in the system which can be cured cheaply before I spend a substatial amount of money on a stand, bearing in mind this one is only a few months old.
FWIW I havn't tried vinyl at a similar volume will report back in the near future on that.
Cheers Folks
git.
Have just performed surgery.
Will report back soon, I suppose I have to let it warm up first
Have just performed surgery.
Will report back soon, I suppose I have to let it warm up first
quote:
Who set that that lot up? Looks like a stir fry!
Brilliant, Ed! I guess that's appropriate for our very own celeb chef.
Gary - get rid of that "cheapo 6-way mains block". Mains is a fundamental thing, you're probably losing loads in there (does it have a nice little neon to totally f*#k up the power under pressure)... get yerself a Grahams Hydra, some Music Works (if you like what it does for you - although you might listen only to Wings from this moment forward
), or get one of those maplins four-into-one plugs and stick the CDi, LP12, 180 and FC into it.If you [i]must[i] do a box upgrade a supercap would be a wise move - you can then jump straight to a 52 later. Normally an 82 would be a smart step, but the FC would hamper it. You could biff the FC and 102 and get an 82 to run off the 180 - probably a good call.
HTH
Rico - SM/Mullet Audio
Gary,
I vote for: -
6 That'll teach you, you laminate floor laying turd.
The Klyde doesn't have the most extended treble around (I use one myself) and will definitely produce less treble and a warmer sound.
It's not the Ash rack, though, I promise you (I've got one of those too), compared to my previous rack the Ash is much more belanced, and less bright.
Can you stick something soft on the floor between you and speakers (rug, cushions, naked nymphs writhing on the floor etc)
Might not help, but the latter option will take your mind off the brightness
Andy
I vote for: -
6 That'll teach you, you laminate floor laying turd.
The Klyde doesn't have the most extended treble around (I use one myself) and will definitely produce less treble and a warmer sound.
It's not the Ash rack, though, I promise you (I've got one of those too), compared to my previous rack the Ash is much more belanced, and less bright.
Can you stick something soft on the floor between you and speakers (rug, cushions, naked nymphs writhing on the floor etc)
Might not help, but the latter option will take your mind off the brightness
Andy
If he comes up with the promised 'do' then I may seek advice!
In the mean time I have attempted a bit of a spring clean and here is what I have come up with:
The spare plug there now holds tight, so I may pull the plug from the linn for that socket as Marco suggests. Mind you they are on the same loop so I don't know what this will achieve.
Of course in order to adjust cables in situe I have had to swing the stand out from the corner of the wall hense the Girlfriend comments. I would bitch and moan but it is her flat ;-)
The stand now sits flat aginst a wall so I can't get the camera in to well.
All in all I have not heard an iota of difference not even if I was being generous, everything sounds just as it did before, as I expected.
Marco has suggested I remove the pulsar points, however linn suggest that te deck needs to be on something light, (ash with seven sheets of 10cm glass is not light) as such I though that with the PPs underneath it would make it a bit better, but as I say I haven't heard any differences either way.
I am rambling now. Where is Dev? He rarely posts nower days, I miss him.
In the mean time I have attempted a bit of a spring clean and here is what I have come up with:
The spare plug there now holds tight, so I may pull the plug from the linn for that socket as Marco suggests. Mind you they are on the same loop so I don't know what this will achieve.
Of course in order to adjust cables in situe I have had to swing the stand out from the corner of the wall hense the Girlfriend comments. I would bitch and moan but it is her flat ;-)
The stand now sits flat aginst a wall so I can't get the camera in to well.
All in all I have not heard an iota of difference not even if I was being generous, everything sounds just as it did before, as I expected.
Marco has suggested I remove the pulsar points, however linn suggest that te deck needs to be on something light, (ash with seven sheets of 10cm glass is not light) as such I though that with the PPs underneath it would make it a bit better, but as I say I haven't heard any differences either way.
I am rambling now. Where is Dev? He rarely posts nower days, I miss him.