Hey,
I've been following these forums for sometime, so thought it was about time I made a post. This is my current home cinema setup, its all kit I bought years ago with the exception of the blue ray player. I've not been pleased with the sound recently, specially for music - being bright and lacking mid and bass. Apart from trying many different speaker positions I've tried several small upgrades to try and improve the sound. I bought some polipods to isolate the cd/bd and replaced the speaker cables from QED Silver Anniversary to Chord Carnival Silverscreen which has made a huge difference. I only upgraded the speaker cable a couple of days ago, so still need time to burn in so hopefully more improvements to come Have also tried Kontak cleaner on interconnects and speaker terminals and denson d-magic demagnetiser cd .
I'm looking to upgrade possibly the receiver, CD player and TV. As I mainly watch TV and films I guess I should probably upgrade the TV first as the motion stutter on slow panning scenes is really bugging me. But obviously a receiver that has HDMI in/out and can decode HD audio will be beneficial, but for now multichannel connects will suffice.
For music I listen to alot of heavy metal/rock, so the current harshness of the sound wasn't enjoyable to listen to. Some acoustic music sounded great, but with rock and metal it wasn't long before it got fatiguing to listen to and wasn't long before I turned it off - not ideal But recently my tastes have been changing to more mellow music and even listening to classical so would like to improve the listening experience for all my music tastes (if possible). I try and listen to everything on direct without any EQ as I can definitely tell the difference once the sound processing is turned on. But I'm still missing the elusive soundstage I hear people talking about, although I think I'm close. Hopefully the new speaker cable will improve things once its run in, or maybe I'm just expecting too much from the gear I have.
I think I've ranted on long enough. Any thoughts on upgrades and advice welcome.
Cheers
I've been following these forums for sometime, so thought it was about time I made a post. This is my current home cinema setup, its all kit I bought years ago with the exception of the blue ray player. I've not been pleased with the sound recently, specially for music - being bright and lacking mid and bass. Apart from trying many different speaker positions I've tried several small upgrades to try and improve the sound. I bought some polipods to isolate the cd/bd and replaced the speaker cables from QED Silver Anniversary to Chord Carnival Silverscreen which has made a huge difference. I only upgraded the speaker cable a couple of days ago, so still need time to burn in so hopefully more improvements to come Have also tried Kontak cleaner on interconnects and speaker terminals and denson d-magic demagnetiser cd .
- Pioneer VSX-D2011 7.1 THX Receiver
- Arcam CD72
- Sony BDP-S760
- PS3
- Sky+ HD
- IsoTek Mini Sub w/ IsoTek power leads for minisub and CD
- B&W 602S3 Fronts on Atacama speaker stands (sand filled, spiked and atacama isolation gel pads)
- B&W LCR600 centre
- B&W ASW 675 (output stage blown - need to get repaired asap. Using Sony sub from Pascal sat/sub package I had before atm)
- Sony Pascal Satellites x4
- QED Performance and Chord connects
- Samsung LE40M87BDX
- iPod Touch 16Gb and apple dock
I'm looking to upgrade possibly the receiver, CD player and TV. As I mainly watch TV and films I guess I should probably upgrade the TV first as the motion stutter on slow panning scenes is really bugging me. But obviously a receiver that has HDMI in/out and can decode HD audio will be beneficial, but for now multichannel connects will suffice.
For music I listen to alot of heavy metal/rock, so the current harshness of the sound wasn't enjoyable to listen to. Some acoustic music sounded great, but with rock and metal it wasn't long before it got fatiguing to listen to and wasn't long before I turned it off - not ideal But recently my tastes have been changing to more mellow music and even listening to classical so would like to improve the listening experience for all my music tastes (if possible). I try and listen to everything on direct without any EQ as I can definitely tell the difference once the sound processing is turned on. But I'm still missing the elusive soundstage I hear people talking about, although I think I'm close. Hopefully the new speaker cable will improve things once its run in, or maybe I'm just expecting too much from the gear I have.
I think I've ranted on long enough. Any thoughts on upgrades and advice welcome.
Cheers