Just thought I'd write some stuff about what I'm listening to now.
Equipment used at this moment in time.
M-audio soundcard
Dahlquist QX6 bookshelves
SVS 20-39 PC+
Onkyo HTR-510
Biwiring is cool, but not for the reasons you may think. Yes I am biwiring my speakers with homemade biwiring cables (http://www.1-2-3-direct.com/DSC00112.JPG). Now lots of people claim biwiring will make things sound better - I did some tests (non blind) and I personally couldn't hear the difference. Why do I do it? Well, the wiring looks cool and I had extra banana plugs that I wanted to use. It took me about an hour to make 2 30ft lengths of braided bi-wired cables... which makes me wonder.. how the hell can companies justify charging so much?
Anyways, on to the stuff that you guys would actually want to know about. First off, my bookshelves. I had a set in December, sold them in January and got a chance to pick up another set just recently. When I first got them, I knew nothing about speakers and was happy I had them. Now that I've done more listening to other stuff and kinda know what to look and listen for, I must admit, I'm even more impressed.
I went with some different music today (stuff I use to listen to, but don't for whatever reason) and was very impressed because of the way these speakers just for lack of a better word... *sing*. Going from everything from classical to dave matthews to no doubt to pop, these speakers just give a great image and are clear... but not to the point where you can't listen to them. I just love closing my eyes and listening to them... very hard to place the speakers even though I have them set up pretty poorly.
I can't explain it, but these are very easy to listen to without being laidback. I've listened to them with and without a subwoofer and they hit low, but not quite that low.
Which brings me to my next point - the SVS... WOW. I tuned it to my towers, but it blends seemlessly with my bookshelves without changing anything. It's big, it takes up a lot of space, but wow does it ever play cleanly.
The other subwoofer which I've spent a lot of time (being defined as more than 5 months) with was the one that came with the promedia 5.1 It did a great job as a computer sub, but it was always too murky for my tastes.
With the SVS now, I have it placed in the corner behind me (I'm packing so I have limited space) and every single bass note feels like it's coming from the bookshelves. It's weird. I always thought good bass was something other than what I feel with teh SVS... but the more I listen to it, the more I like it... Just having that extra definition down there and being able to feel the bass drum kicks in some songs is simply amazing... then hearing some classical tracks where the music goes nice and low... breathtaking.
It's a shame that my bookshelves will be gone as of monday. I get harddrives instead!
Why don't you guys share a little about your systems?
Equipment used at this moment in time.
M-audio soundcard
Dahlquist QX6 bookshelves
SVS 20-39 PC+
Onkyo HTR-510
Biwiring is cool, but not for the reasons you may think. Yes I am biwiring my speakers with homemade biwiring cables (http://www.1-2-3-direct.com/DSC00112.JPG). Now lots of people claim biwiring will make things sound better - I did some tests (non blind) and I personally couldn't hear the difference. Why do I do it? Well, the wiring looks cool and I had extra banana plugs that I wanted to use. It took me about an hour to make 2 30ft lengths of braided bi-wired cables... which makes me wonder.. how the hell can companies justify charging so much?
Anyways, on to the stuff that you guys would actually want to know about. First off, my bookshelves. I had a set in December, sold them in January and got a chance to pick up another set just recently. When I first got them, I knew nothing about speakers and was happy I had them. Now that I've done more listening to other stuff and kinda know what to look and listen for, I must admit, I'm even more impressed.
I went with some different music today (stuff I use to listen to, but don't for whatever reason) and was very impressed because of the way these speakers just for lack of a better word... *sing*. Going from everything from classical to dave matthews to no doubt to pop, these speakers just give a great image and are clear... but not to the point where you can't listen to them. I just love closing my eyes and listening to them... very hard to place the speakers even though I have them set up pretty poorly.
I can't explain it, but these are very easy to listen to without being laidback. I've listened to them with and without a subwoofer and they hit low, but not quite that low.
Which brings me to my next point - the SVS... WOW. I tuned it to my towers, but it blends seemlessly with my bookshelves without changing anything. It's big, it takes up a lot of space, but wow does it ever play cleanly.
The other subwoofer which I've spent a lot of time (being defined as more than 5 months) with was the one that came with the promedia 5.1 It did a great job as a computer sub, but it was always too murky for my tastes.
With the SVS now, I have it placed in the corner behind me (I'm packing so I have limited space) and every single bass note feels like it's coming from the bookshelves. It's weird. I always thought good bass was something other than what I feel with teh SVS... but the more I listen to it, the more I like it... Just having that extra definition down there and being able to feel the bass drum kicks in some songs is simply amazing... then hearing some classical tracks where the music goes nice and low... breathtaking.
It's a shame that my bookshelves will be gone as of monday. I get harddrives instead!
Why don't you guys share a little about your systems?