magiccarpetride;677909 Wrote: > I went out of my way last night and applied your mods. Why did I do it, > if I was already happy with the 'vanilla' TT3.0? Here is why: > > I've upgraded my interconnects last week, after which I've experienced > not-so-subtle change in the sound of my system. Many previously unheard > musical details emerged -- it is obvious that upgrading your > interconnects is an important step up in achieving better sound. > However, there was trouble in paradise -- the sound quality veered off > toward overly 'clinical' presentation. By 'clinical' I mean aseptic. It > is as if you were to shine a super bright source of light at the object > you're observing. Too sharp with almost unbearable lucid presence. > > Somehow, the charm and the overall organic quality of the sound got > replaced by this super precise, cold and heartless engineered > projection. This impression was confirmed after I've switched back to > my old interconnects. The sound immediately reverted back to its > organic charm, only this time it was noticeably 'wooly'. So, in my > book, organic sound == good, but organic and wooly == bad. On the other > hand, silky sound == good, but silky and clinical == bad. What I wanted > is organic and silky. > > So just for a lark, I've applied your mods, and lo and behold, I think > I'm now reaping the benefits of having laser sharp precision combined > with the organic, warm and silky overall sound quality. I don't know > what you did there (although I wouldn't mind if someone would go > through the trouble of breaking it down in layman's terms), but it does > seem to offer the best of both worlds. > > Needless to say, I'm keeping my new, razor sharp interconnects, as they > seem to play rather nicely with the upstream adjustment to the > transport. This is especially noticeable with percussion, especially > with cymbals, tambourines, etc. They now sound super precise while at > the same time having this silky warm shimmer. Any traces of metallic > overtones are definitely gone. I've confirmed this after playing > Japanese SHMCD master of Sade's "Frankie's First Affair", which always > had super aggressive presence of cymbals. The cymbals were apparently > recorded very hot, and then further emphasized during the post > production and mastering. It was always kind of painful to listen to > the cymbals on that track, but now finally the harsh edge is gone and > the sheer musicality of the track remains. > > Congratulations, I think your approach was overly successful:) But as > Guido said, it is all too dependent on how are other components in your > system balanced. In my case, this change hit the sweet spot, so thank > you!
Thanks, although I don't want to take anything away from Soundchecks achievements. Hopefully you still have the same impression after a few weeks. sometimes it sounds good just because it is different. Would be interesting if Soundcheck could comment on these settings and whether there is further improvement to be made. I particularly like the piano sound with these settings, it just sounds so real, the rest is good too, but I have never heard the piano sound so realistic on my system. -- SBGK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SBGK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52003 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
