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Post by monkumonku on Nov 21, 2010 16:41:25 GMT -5
You have to factor in too, that most heavy metal and even most very popular rock is rarely recorded and mastered well. In my experience, just about every metal recording I've heard, is congested, bright, and just bloody awful sounding. Especially on revealing speakers that have a strong top end. You got that right most Heavy metal albums are not recorded well. BTW, I dig the bat dog! ;D Is that your pug? That's because the sound engineer's ears are probably shot and they are already in a stupor when they are mastering the albums. ;D Either that or that's how the original source sounds.  |
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Post by EMO_tional on Nov 21, 2010 17:47:35 GMT -5
I like to avoid subs, subwoofers are not vinyl's best friend. (ever heard what low frequency rumble or groove noise does... not pretty) Even in the best setups, groove noise can cause woofer pumping and this at the vary least wastes amp energy. Low pass or rumble filters can be used, however that's not an ideal solution. I'm not a basshead, 70ies and 80ies rock was never mastered with large amounts of bass. I have more than enough "bass" right now. This setup is only for 2ch listening. Bookshelfs I was using before, which I replaced with the towers for more bass. As far as my TT's are concerned, I'm a big fan of microline stylus, so I use either AT440mla carts and I have a Dynavector 10x5. Tracking and VTF are always spot on on all my decks. (I "collect" high end Direct Drives from the mid to late 80ies), a time when vinyl was dying and the Japanese poured all their R&D into their decks to try and compete with CD) They are all considered top class DD decks. The JVC in particular represents the best of the last days of Japanese Turntables, it's a wonderful combination of technology and craftmanship. On Monday, I will have the USP-1 setup, and I can eliminate my flaky pre, then we'll see how much of an improvement I get. From everything you have told us about your HT, it appears you may have problems with the amps not having sufficient headroom, the speakers themselves not handling dynamics very well, and (possibly the worst) the placement of your speakers. You can test just how much the speaker placement is contributing to the problems you are experiencing. Temporarily move your speakers out from the back walls a couple of feet; and, if space allows move them further away from the side walls. Then run your test cuts and see how much of a difference it makes. You will likely need better amps no matter what else you do, but the results of this little test can help you in focusing on where to devote more effort towards. You can fairly inexpensively help the rooms acoustics by putting up some insulated drapes and some carpeting/rugs. As far as speakers go, when you save funds to upgrade you might want to consider using good satellite or bookshelf speakers matched with a musical sub woofer. When you have more trouble shooting with your room/HT setup share your findings with us. We may be able to offer alternate solutions to enable you to extract the best sounding system that you can afford to persue. One last question that came to mind, when you talked about your turntable/cartridge, what brands/models are you using and have you double checked your tracking force, anti-skating, etc to ensure your setup is not contributing to your problems. |
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Post by Pauly on Nov 21, 2010 17:57:37 GMT -5
No radtech, that is not my Pug. It's just a pic from the internet that I thought was hilarious, and thought "Ooh, new avatar" lol.
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Post by RadTech on Nov 21, 2010 18:24:45 GMT -5
No radtech, that is not my Pug. It's just a pic from the internet that I thought was hilarious, and thought "Ooh, new avatar" lol. The look on the dogs face is priceless. I laugh every time I see it! ;D |
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Post by Pauly on Nov 21, 2010 18:26:32 GMT -5
Well good, it's here to stay lol.
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