Recent content by Kage

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    Oh, the joys of tone controls

    My Tannoy M1s imo sound flat without the bass up on my amp. Maybe it means the amp struggles? Doesn't distort though and it really makes the speakers shine. Maybe some speakers need that little bit of tinkering?
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    After all these years is stereo still a gimmick?

    On that front, a band I listen to; Tesseract is releasing their next album as a binaural one as an added extra. The last one was a 5.1 as a bonus. Really looking forward to listening to it. Binaural audio is the future for headphones I think but not sure if much is released at present In...
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    LS50 or LS50W

    The conservatory is a pavillion so the roof is plastered so it isn't as bad as it could be. Would getting blinds/curtains help the sound much? I would put the spikes through the carpet but its a new carpet and so is the underlay, but it is concrete. As for the sticking the speakers to the...
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    LS50 or LS50W

    Weirdly enough, I placed them in the corners rather than at the ends, so they are at an angle to the glass around it. Performance is a bit better but this isn't realistic positioning. I'll post images later on of the room. Moving my computer down there as well as where my dance machine is...
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    LS50 or LS50W

    I'm kind of in a position of unknowingness. Tried the speakers in my conservatory on stands, away from the windows and even up close. I've tried them in the front room (where they could never be) and they sounded better, but they don't sound half as good at my house as they did at my parents...
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    LS50 or LS50W

    Finally got the Custom LS50 stands!!! Took a while due to posting issues. Erm... How many pieces do you get haha. I'll attempt to build later and post up a piccie. No way am I putting those spikes through the new carpet though
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    LCD 3/X DAC AMP

    Thanks you two Don't worry. I won't do the same I did with headphones as I did my Kefs, but that decision has paid off. I'll head to a dealer when I get some more money together, hehe. I won't go for the Dragonflys in that case, but I would want a high quality DAC/AMP that could power LCD 3...
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    Power hungry!

    Hahaha mad some of these power draws. Always confuses me though. My LS50Ws have 230watts each per channel. I imagine they only use the full 460w together when really blasting out? They must use less juice at lesser volumes surely?
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    New album releases

    I personally cannot wait for Tesseract's new album, Sonder. The digipak also contains a binaural mix (their previous album had a 5.1 mix)
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    LS50 or LS50W

    Ahh cheers :) I'd worry about putting spikes on carpet haha but one room is carpet over concrete. One issue I'm actually having now is with the right speakers cat5 connector. I'll see if its just the cable, but I press the button down to release the hold on it and I have to pull to get it...
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    LS50 or LS50W

    They sound much bigger than the speakers themselves. Room filling. They like to be played loud though. Shame, I feel that with neighbors with plasterboard walls, I could never get to the volume I did there. So impressed though. Cannot wait for the stands. They quite tall?
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    LS50 or LS50W

    Wow! Brought them over to my parents (trying to avoid every bump in the road haha as their are many). Put them on stands my dad has as I'm still waiting for mine and.... wow. No other words for it The bass is superb. No idea why the bass isn't there with my placement at home but these are...
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    LS50 or LS50W

    Thanks for the comments :) I'm hoping the stands do something but I may have found a better sound output for the desk they are on currently. They are nearfield though and will mostly be used for that purpose. They are actually heavier than I expected so moving them about to different rooms...
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    LS50 or LS50W

    Hey, I'll know more later when I come to test them at bigger volumes. I had the app though set to Extra so it should have been exerting the most bass it could. Felt some notes in the bass register though fell flat, when my Tannoy M1s though stopping at 48hz, did those notes (though that...
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    LS50 or LS50W

    First impressions in. Focus and clarity/soundstage is top notch. This is only playing at night time levels so not hardly on at all. Bit of an odd one though. Even at that volume, with no music playing, you can hear a buzz coming from both speakers. Would this be normal? Not loud but it is...