Aha I have found an area the 552 is worse than the 252!!

Posted by: Consciousmess on 04 November 2017

I am chuckling as I write this, because it’s because the 552 allows greater insight into the recording. I am playing a wonderful album:

Lera Lynn - Out to Sea (from The Avenues)

The bass goes even deeper than what the 252 did - which is great, BUT there’s now a resonance with some furniture (I think), when a certain note plays. Never had that before.

I honestly thought I had my system and listening room optimal, but a better pre amp has blown that out of the water. Actually, the chuckling has now stopped as it now irks me a bit. Hmm what to do? Bass traps??

Posted on: 05 November 2017 by northpole

Well done finding the culprit - I suspect your feng shui may be temporal - Peppa Pig is sure to make a return before long!!

Peter

Posted on: 05 November 2017 by Huge
DrMark posted:

And here, being a native New Yorker, I always thought a pitcher was worth a thousand words... (in the vernacular, "pitchah", so as to be indistinguishable from "picture", which is said the same way)

I thought we ought to have at least two more alternative pitcher pictures...

  

Posted on: 05 November 2017 by Bobby72
Mike-B posted:

Me too:  I'm sticking with my much loved Supernait.  Next planned change will be with a house move when I will go ATC active on a 252 (or whatever any new same level pre will be called)       Interestingly I visited Naim a while back where I heard NDX-552-500 driving a pair of Focal Utopia Evo's,  amazing !!!   But after I returned home & fired up the old SN I was pleasantly surprised how satisfying it all was,  OK before I get locked up by avid forumites as terminally insane,  I'm not saying my home set up is as good as the rig at Naim,  I'm just saying it was reassuringly satisfying.   A top end Chateau Margaux is one thing,  but a pint of Brakspear's best is just as satisfying in its own way 

Hi Mike,

Be interested to know which of the Utopia III Evo speakers it was you heard at Naim?

Best regards.

Bobby

Posted on: 05 November 2017 by DrMark
Huge posted:
DrMark posted:

And here, being a native New Yorker, I always thought a pitcher was worth a thousand words... (in the vernacular, "pitchah", so as to be indistinguishable from "picture", which is said the same way)

I thought we ought to have at least two more alternative pitcher pictures...

  

Ah yes Huge, but can your "pitchah" boast of marrying Kate Upton last week?

Posted on: 05 November 2017 by Huge

Maybe not, but there's no flies on the last one...

At least, that is, they don't survive for very long anyway. 

Posted on: 05 November 2017 by Bobby72
Mike-B posted:

Me too:  I'm sticking with my much loved Supernait.  Next planned change will be with a house move when I will go ATC active on a 252 (or whatever any new same level pre will be called)       Interestingly I visited Naim a while back where I heard NDX-552-500 driving a pair of Focal Utopia Evo's,  amazing !!!   But after I returned home & fired up the old SN I was pleasantly surprised how satisfying it all was,  OK before I get locked up by avid forumites as terminally insane,  I'm not saying my home set up is as good as the rig at Naim,  I'm just saying it was reassuringly satisfying.   A top end Chateau Margaux is one thing,  but a pint of Brakspear's best is just as satisfying in its own way 

Hi Mike,

Be interested to know which of the Utopia III Evo speakers it was you heard at Naim?

Best regards.

Bobby

Posted on: 05 November 2017 by Mike-B

Hi Bobby,  re the Focal speaker's,    I believe they are called Maestro,  2x 270mm bass drivers,  165mm mid & the Focal beryllium inverted dome tweeter.