I'm not doing much in the way of radical tweaks these days. Last one was when I more than doubled the mass of the glass platter on my TT. These days I fiddle and £art, making tiny changes looking for, sometimes I dont know what . . . 'what if' type changes, not really better, more, do I like it this way or tother way? Had a good result from a tenners worth of ceramic bearing . . .
This week I've been doing a lot of thinking, evaluated the room and speaker placement. One has don nothing significant with it since I first set the hifi up properly a couple . . . or is it 3 years ago now? Quite deliberate it has been to, change nothing, then the changes I have made are significant to the hifi kit. So, now I have the system 'sounding to my liking', maybe a bit of 'fine tuning' to the listening room might be in order?
As its a living/study area, and only small, there is not much I can do . . . however, the speaker placement has always been an issue in my mind, I remember these PMC's were in my previous life. The room is 12 foot square, with loads of stuff in there. The long and short is, I have to make the best of it . . . Thats not good enough for me, I will always try that little extra to see
. . . 5 feet between speakers ain't much, but 3 doors, computer, desk, record storage and the hifi its self all have to be accommodated, as well a sofa, bent wood cottage type and decent coffee table. As I say, food for thought.
The speakers have always been set with a few degrees of toe in and 2 feet from the back wall, the listening sofa is on the opposite wall. Since the platter mods and ceramic bearing change, I have thought there was more to come, I could hear potential??? The doors stop any more space between speakers, I know that moving the settee forward 18" makes a major improvement, but from a living point of view, it ain't practical.
The only option I have without knocking down walls is to fiddle with speaker position, but I thought I had it right :? I can try and return to the original positions, so open the PMC to flat on, no toe in . . . yes, the image opened nicely, but . . . there was a lack of dynamics. Lived with it for a few days, could not stand it any longer, but what next? Go radical, sharply angled in :doh: did not feel right but I had to try . . . There was definitely a sweet spot . . . but still not right, I had to widen that sweet spot. Moved the speakers a couple of millimeters at a time, finally I found it, a position that sounded right. Everything clicked into place, the volume increased, the base became crisp and room rattling, it was like having my old EAR 509's back, dynamic power with sweetness and authority.
That was Monday, living with it and my appreciation only grows, 20w of triode valve power driving 87db studio monitors via 8m of basic copper cable . . . :dance: I measured the toe in angle today . . . '20 degrees'!!! Speaker crossover is well in front of the listening position, probably 30 inches . . . I presume there is some technical explanation for these positive change, what ever it is I'm a happy bunny. and it did not cost me a penny
CJSF
This week I've been doing a lot of thinking, evaluated the room and speaker placement. One has don nothing significant with it since I first set the hifi up properly a couple . . . or is it 3 years ago now? Quite deliberate it has been to, change nothing, then the changes I have made are significant to the hifi kit. So, now I have the system 'sounding to my liking', maybe a bit of 'fine tuning' to the listening room might be in order?
As its a living/study area, and only small, there is not much I can do . . . however, the speaker placement has always been an issue in my mind, I remember these PMC's were in my previous life. The room is 12 foot square, with loads of stuff in there. The long and short is, I have to make the best of it . . . Thats not good enough for me, I will always try that little extra to see
. . . 5 feet between speakers ain't much, but 3 doors, computer, desk, record storage and the hifi its self all have to be accommodated, as well a sofa, bent wood cottage type and decent coffee table. As I say, food for thought.The speakers have always been set with a few degrees of toe in and 2 feet from the back wall, the listening sofa is on the opposite wall. Since the platter mods and ceramic bearing change, I have thought there was more to come, I could hear potential??? The doors stop any more space between speakers, I know that moving the settee forward 18" makes a major improvement, but from a living point of view, it ain't practical.
The only option I have without knocking down walls is to fiddle with speaker position, but I thought I had it right :? I can try and return to the original positions, so open the PMC to flat on, no toe in . . . yes, the image opened nicely, but . . . there was a lack of dynamics. Lived with it for a few days, could not stand it any longer, but what next? Go radical, sharply angled in :doh: did not feel right but I had to try . . . There was definitely a sweet spot . . . but still not right, I had to widen that sweet spot. Moved the speakers a couple of millimeters at a time, finally I found it, a position that sounded right. Everything clicked into place, the volume increased, the base became crisp and room rattling, it was like having my old EAR 509's back, dynamic power with sweetness and authority.
That was Monday, living with it and my appreciation only grows, 20w of triode valve power driving 87db studio monitors via 8m of basic copper cable . . . :dance: I measured the toe in angle today . . . '20 degrees'!!! Speaker crossover is well in front of the listening position, probably 30 inches . . . I presume there is some technical explanation for these positive change, what ever it is I'm a happy bunny. and it did not cost me a penny
CJSF
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