Recent content by mattc76

Thanks for all the great tips! - I think I'll probably send them back to b&w and see what they think as I don't want to b*gger them up myself! Thanks again!

Hmmm - think I might try and open it up and have a look. If not, where would be the best/cheapest place be to take it for someone to look at?

Dear All, I hope you can help with this annoying problem! I purchased some 2nd hand MM-1 speakers "opened but not used" on ebay a while back to use with my Mac mini. Playing my itunes library through them they are great - no problems at all. The problem is I use Logic X for some amateur music...

Thanks Dan! I am more than happy on this occasion to resoundingly claim "Numpty of the year" - I have just discovered that the power cord to the DAC XP had worked itself very loose and was hanging on by a mere thread; the result of which was no bass - WIERD! This is the second time I have...

Hi all - I hope someone can help! My system consists of a squeezebox, a Cyrus DAC-XP with PSX-R, and an X-Power. I went to listen today and all there was playing was the highs and the higher mids!? It was like some sort of bizarre "karaoke" mode. I fiddled with the connections etc and no...

Dear All, Thank you all for your superb replies - I am pleased to have sparked off an interesting and lively discussion. What has dawned on me though throughout this thread is that my strategy of buying things second hand off eBay for "prolonged auditioning" while being a financially sound...

Well I'm just in the process of experimenting with connecting the PSXR to the X-Power (instead of the DAC XP). I have noticed 2 things. Firstly the highs are more laid back and seem less detailed and spacious - almost as if its slightly veiled - not unpleasant just different. I imagine this is...

Wow! A whole load of great responses. I'm on my laptop now so its much easier to reply than on my iphone! This is exactly what I want - detailed and defined bass. I'm happy with the treble and mids but the detail in the bass is just not there. Also my setup does NOT boom. I have the speakers...

Plastic penguin - I guess a lot of me thinks that my Cyrus kit is not being allowed to fulfill it's potential with the CM1s and by upgrading them to something comparable (at least in terms of price) I would see a relatively big improvement quite easily. I have always said to myself that I want a...

Lindsayt - could you recommend any? Preferably second hand. I came very close recently to bidding on some b&w 805s recently (infact I did bid on them but they went only slightly too high), my other shortlisted ones were spendor a6's, some sort of similarly priced dynaudios or the new b&w pm1s...

Funny you should say that Overdose because the other thing thats started to niggle me is the number of boxes / connections etc. I listen via my squeezebox or airport express (using digital) so a single cable into the back of some actives is very appealing. Incidentally I had been watching some...

I've just read Atticus's thread in its entirety. Very interesting. Maybe I just need to go out and listen to a whole range of different kit?! The problem maybe that I've got one of those "never satisfied" type personalities such that if something bugs me even slightly then it becomes amplified...

Sometimes I wonder if the performance of the treble/mids (to me) is so good that it highlights the not so good (but still good bass). Admittedly I also have rubbishy stands so I could upgrade those. Fortunately my own personal rule of hifi is to always buy second hand - that way you can chop and...

Great responses thanks! The Cyrus x-power is top of the range of Cyrus power amps before moving to their monoblocks. I think when I first got the power supply, the rewards in terms of clarity/detail were more pronounced when I connected it to the DAC/preamp. Maybe I should experiment with...

Dear All, My current setup consists of Cyrus DAC XP + PSX-R, X-Power, and B&W CM1 speakers. Whilst the treble and mids are beautifully sweet with great separation and "air" between instruments so you can hear each individual element (improved a lot by the addition of the PSXR on the DAC), I...