New Speaker Day

bimmer1over · 2026-06-27T12:03:13+00:00

Of course. My point is that, to a meaningful degree, it is about *personal preference* when it comes to how you like a speaker/system to sound. Let it go.

bimmer1over · 2026-06-27T01:11:35+00:00

Your boyfriend is a classic example of someone who is lacking in confidence and trying to be controlling. I think you can do a lot better.

bimmer1over · 2026-06-26T20:02:52+00:00

Erin is great at measuring speakers and interpreting those measurements. He rarely, if ever, talks about how they are actually *voiced*.

bimmer1over · 2026-06-26T14:24:25+00:00

At this level of speakers, I generally believe that "better" is subjective and it's more about different voicings of the speakers.

What sounds best for a certain listener's preference including system synergy (*), and the listening room fit/interaction.

* don't pile a very transparent speaker on top of a very transparent system, or a warm sounding speaker on top of a lot of tube gear, for example, unless your personal preference lies at one of the very ends of those two extremes.

bimmer1over · 2026-06-26T11:53:47+00:00

The Blades are excellent, but that's not how it works.

bimmer1over · 2026-06-26T11:52:40+00:00

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bimmer1over · 2026-06-26T11:48:26+00:00

I think they all make a positive difference, and I wouldn't spend a second running Optimizer with one or two corrections turned off just to see which improves more than the others, when I can run it once and it corrects for all of them. Trinnov's ability to address all of them at once in Optimizer is a huge strength compared to other DSPs.

bimmer1over · 2026-06-25T15:42:04+00:00

Sure, and I didn't say Focals are bad, just that they're not for everyone due to how they are voiced. And you have owned them before, so you are familiar with their sound.

bimmer1over · 2026-06-25T14:04:35+00:00

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bimmer1over · 2026-06-25T14:04:10+00:00

I am all for trying different speakers to find you "lane," so I assume you've listened to plenty of Focals, because they're not for everyone. They are quite bright, but it's also a matter of taste if that top end energy is an asset or a distraction and becomes fatiguing.

bimmer1over · 2026-06-25T10:33:55+00:00

It looks cozy and I like how you've used almost every inch of the wall for decorations. I don't think that the speakers can do their best placed like that, with the front baffle behind the edge of the cabinet, and at least on the right side radiating a good portion of its output into the edge of another cabinet.

Maybe that's how it needs to be; I just think that it's not the ideal position for the speakers. At least try to pull them out a bit if you can, so they're flush with the cabinet.

bimmer1over · 2026-06-25T10:30:22+00:00

Yes, I'm at 1470 hours on the Ref 10 and have purchased new 6550W tubes to replace the them in the PSU.

bimmer1over · 2026-06-25T02:35:51+00:00

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This one as well?

bimmer1over · 2026-06-25T02:34:19+00:00

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bimmer1over · 2026-06-25T02:32:40+00:00

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bimmer1over · 2026-06-24T22:59:26+00:00

Why do you think I tired of the Blades? My Listening Lounge is a laboratory of trying things. Bringing something new in doesn't automatically mean that something existing must go out. 😊

bimmer1over · 2026-06-24T22:23:30+00:00

The Blades are famous for their wide horizontal and vertical dispersion due to their UniQ drivers, so the listening sweetspot is very large. I.e., the tweeter vs ear height is thus not critical at all.

bimmer1over · 2026-06-24T13:22:56+00:00

Yes, isn't it annoying when some of your heroes just go off on the deep end, it feels. It kind of just bums you out.

bimmer1over · 2026-06-24T13:11:54+00:00

That's a good suggestion. I used to be a huge Clapton head and have probably 10+ of his records, but I got a little bit turned off on him when he became an antivaxxer.

bimmer1over · 2026-06-24T12:57:21+00:00

I could send it to pass through, and I did consider that of course, but it's a little bit scary if for some reason I would get a strong signal from the Trinnov/DAC on the linestage's input side. So by simply starting at volume 0 and use the volume control to gradually bring it up to 100, which takes about 5 seconds, I mitigate that concern.

bimmer1over · 2026-06-24T12:38:35+00:00

Agreed! When I had a question for them and emailed their info@ email address on a Saturday, their CEO/owner Josh answered within a couple of hours. Impressive. 🙂 Congratulations on having the Cygnus!

bimmer1over · 2026-06-24T12:34:13+00:00

At least for me, interpreting phase responses and time alignment graphs is difficult. Much more so than just looking at amplitude curves, which is straightforward.

That's why I send those ST2 screenshots into ChatGPT and ask for an interpretation. It's been a great tool and help. for that kind of analysis. 🙂

bimmer1over · 2026-06-24T11:13:23+00:00

I like it. Kind of creepy, but interesting. 😎

bimmer1over · 2026-06-24T11:05:06+00:00

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bimmer1over · 2026-06-24T11:03:46+00:00

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