My computer audio setup is UBER

[cyclohexane]

dude, how much did all that cost?

 

[nsafreak]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: oneshot47
Doesnt beat mine in sig.

especially with the incredibly piss-poor placement I would say it does, especially with what looks like dipole speakers.

Heh meant to put that in my original post as well. The way those speakers are setup give him absolutely no stereo imaging whatsoever. He needs to take speaker placement 101 again.

 

[oneshot47]

Originally posted by: nsafreak

Originally posted by: oneshot47
Doesnt beat mine in sig.

Size isn't everything bud and it's just pathetic that your speakers are bigger than your TV set.

Dahlquist DQ-10, one of the finest high end loudspeakers ever, voted by Stereophile (i think, or maybe The Absolute Sound) as one of the top 10 speakers of all time. $2500 retail when they were new in the 70's, still blow the crap out of most anything under $2-3k. They are actually so big because the designer, Jon Dahlquist, wanted to make a driver based speaker that looked like the Quad ESL-57 electrostat, and to keep the sound as close to it as possible. Behind the grille is a 10" "large advent" woofer in a 12" pincushion frame which resides in a box that takes up most of the bottom half of the speaker, and above it are a mid bass, mid-range, tweeter, and piezo horn super tweeter in an open air enclosure. The drivers are in a phased array and are time aligned. Some of the best imaging and mid range performance, ever in a speaker. Right now they are driven by a crappy kenwood surround reciever, but im looking to get my hands on an old phase linear 700, as these really need 200+W to really open up. So no, size isnt everything, but in this case the performance backs it up.

 

[oneshot47]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: oneshot47
Doesnt beat mine in sig.

especially with the incredibly piss-poor placement I would say it does, especially with what looks like dipole speakers. Now get those things away from the wall/corner.

If youll notice theyre in a room about 10' by 12'. I dont have much choice until im in a bigger apartment.

 

[oneshot47]

Originally posted by: nsafreak

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: oneshot47
Doesnt beat mine in sig.

especially with the incredibly piss-poor placement I would say it does, especially with what looks like dipole speakers.

Heh meant to put that in my original post as well. The way those speakers are setup give him absolutely no stereo imaging whatsoever. He needs to take speaker placement 101 again.

Even placed badly, i can say almost without a doubt youve never heard imaging like this.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: oneshot47

Originally posted by: nsafreak

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: oneshot47
Doesnt beat mine in sig.

especially with the incredibly piss-poor placement I would say it does, especially with what looks like dipole speakers.

Heh meant to put that in my original post as well. The way those speakers are setup give him absolutely no stereo imaging whatsoever. He needs to take speaker placement 101 again.

Even placed badly, i can say almost without a doubt youve never heard imaging like this.

I'm familiar with that line, and given your placement/source/amp they sound like poo.

If you need speakers that fit into tight spaces check out BOSE. They are the best.

 

[Demo24]

and then you blow out one of your 2001's

 

[Dubb]

Not bad.

Mine: RME DAC > Linn pre/Amp > Sonus Faber grand pianos.

 

[oneshot47]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: oneshot47

Originally posted by: nsafreak

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: oneshot47
Doesnt beat mine in sig.

especially with the incredibly piss-poor placement I would say it does, especially with what looks like dipole speakers.

Heh meant to put that in my original post as well. The way those speakers are setup give him absolutely no stereo imaging whatsoever. He needs to take speaker placement 101 again.

Even placed badly, i can say almost without a doubt youve never heard imaging like this.

I'm familiar with that line, and given your placement/source/amp they sound like poo.

If you need speakers that fit into tight spaces check out BOSE. They are the best.

Dahlquists sounding like poo are still better than most anything anyone else has heard. If youll notice above, i dont have much of a choice in here until i move this summer.

You really think i should check out bose? With all that money going into marketing...i mean research, they must be better than these right??

 

[oneshot47]

Originally posted by: Dubb
Not bad.

Mine: RME DAC > Linn pre/Amp > Sonus Faber grand pianos.

Right back at ya.

 

[spidey07]

heh, I've heard some really nice stereos and I'm not knocking your speakers. They are very fine. But seriously man, give them some room - even the best speakers can sound poor if not placed well.

 

[oneshot47]

Originally posted by: spidey07
heh, I've heard some really nice stereos and I'm not knocking your speakers. They are very fine. But seriously man, give them some room - even the best speakers can sound poor if not placed well.

I really wish i could. A friend of mine's dad used to rep for a lot of audio companies; hes got a late pair of 10's nice and spread out in his living room, i know how theyre supposed to sound. But seriously, as long as youre sitting fairly close to them (where the chair is anyway), it does sound really good.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy

Originally posted by: SampSon
That's not uber, that's a low end monitor setup.

how so?

All I see is a pair of what I assume to be quality monitors connected through a DAC.
I have more than that just for my dj setup.

So how can I improve it?

Well you have Event's to start, which is a great start. Though thoes are high quality studio monitors, designed for close range use. I had a pair of asp6-n, wonderful monitors.

It all depends on what you are trying to do with your setup.

Those look a bit big for near-field use.

Only if you're a pussy.

I was kidding (hence the winking emoticon). You can always turn down the volume.

But, to be honest, my ears are quite sensitive to high volumes.

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: Albis
so what's making it uber?

Mine is sexier.

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/LordMorpheus/IMG_2097.jpg

Thats right, '70's power baby!!

complete with Fleetwood Mac's 1972 Bare Tree's on the turntable. Runs from the computer just fin, great noise. Love it. Only problem is no good place for the speakers.


Your overall setup is completely amazing, though. Just ridiculously cool.

 

[EvilYoda]

ah, that's right, you were the one getting the monitors and Benchmark DAC1. Congrats! For a smaller system, I'd love to have something like yours. Mine isn't too shabby either, let's all celebrate

 

[Koing]

Looks cool but I'm not in the know on those speakers and a bit out of the audio loop.

I know my friends father has a smoking setup B&W speakers and a $1k Marantz amp!

Koing