[back to the regular email gateway from the web thing] 2006-02-15-04:52:18 P Floding: > Nice system! > Never heard that kind of horn-stuff in my life! I've had electrostats, > and normal dynamic, but never horns.
I hadn't heard them until this year; just heard enough *about* them that they seemed to be on my must-audition list. I suggested to my girlfriend that the next time we were both in Atlanta, we should arrange to listen to Jim Smith's demo system. The way I put it to her was that they're kind of ridiculous in many ways (size, appearance, expense), but if and only if they turned out to be so compelling those things ceased to seem to matter much, they'd be worth considering seriously. After we both listened to them, she began to speak of when, rather than if, there'd be over-the-top horned objects in our living room. The only time I'd listened to horns before that was some Klipschhorns sometime in the late 70s... but their dynamic characteristics (whatever their other difficulties) made a lasting impression on my young ears. > As an owner of an RCS 2.2x I'm most interested in what you think of the > S2150s. I also have some tips on how to bring the 2.2x to a whole new > level without paying much. (Did you have your 2.2x modified, BTW?) Well, a couple of years ago when I was first auditioning the RCS, I was on the verge of sending it back because its analog outputs via the D/A card sounded unpleasantly hard to my ears... but some other TacT users convinced me I hadn't really heard it unless I heard it with a TacT amp, too. They were right. The 2150 is one of the best-sounding D/A converters I've ever heard (that subtle, raise-the-neck-hairs immediacy and detail, but without ripping your ears off), and, oh yeah, it puts out enough power to drive speakers too. The S2150 stayed, the D/A card went back. (Interestingly, TacT's A/D card, for getting analog sources into the box, sounds great.) As for mods... so far the only significant mod I have in my 2.2x is one of Anthony (Aberdeen in Vegas)'s drop-in switching power supplies -- which actually far outperforms the external linear I'd been using for awhile. That and ditching the cheezily-filtered Power Entry Module for a direct-wired one, since I'm using far better power filtering outside the device. Some Wolff carbon-fiber-magic power cords calmed things down a bit, too. -Jeff _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
