Why a recent upsurge in warm or smooth sounding kit?

[plastic penguin]

Don't get me wrong I like warm, but counteracted with a springy sound. Is musical tastes starting to change?

I need enlightening.

 

[CnoEvil]

Maybe the loudness wars have triggered a response in the opposite direction.

 

[chebby]

Don't get me wrong I like warm, but counteracted with a springy sound. Is musical tastes starting to change?

I need enlightening.

What the heck is a 'springy sound' ?

?

 

[chebby]

What leads you to think there actually is a recent upsurge in warm or smooth sounding kit?

 

[Anonymous]

Someone did tell me and it might very well be inaccurate that world wide product like say yammahas AS- and RX ranges get "voiced" for different regions ie America or India? And the euro market is always the warm sounding one.

Would this be similar to the difference between marshall amps (warm-british) and fender amps (super clean, quite bright in comparison and American)

Can this be traced back to the valves made in each country and is it a layover from this?

Just some thoughts

 

[shooter]

Ear drops?

 

[Balderdash]

I always thought my old Rotel pre/power combo was warm and, also therefore, non fatiguing.

 

[Anonymous]

Ear drops?

HA!!!, the finest kit upgrade.......the ear bud!!

 

[Balderdash]

Or pushing your ears out adds 10%!

 

[Anonymous]

Or pushing your ears out adds 10%!

Maybe superfi and richer should get little sucky sweets like on airplanes, sales would soar!!

 

[plastic penguin]

What leads you to think there actually is a recent upsurge in warm or smooth sounding kit?

There's been a few recently, while others have been preaching valve or class A amps. Shall I go on?

 

[plastic penguin]

Don't get me wrong I like warm, but counteracted with a springy sound. Is musical tastes starting to change?

I need enlightening.

What the heck is a 'springy sound' ?

?

Open and airy... makes you feel alive.

 

[Anonymous]

So we're talking souffle warm not jam sponge and custard?

 

[CnoEvil]

What leads you to think there actually is a recent upsurge in warm or smooth sounding kit?

There's been a few recently, while others have been preaching valve or class A amps. Shall I go on?

:silenced: :shifty:

 

[plastic penguin]

I've had Arcam amp for many a year and still love it, but not with kit that deadens the natural sound of that brand. I would never, for instance, partner Arcam with Dyns. Smooth with smooth = boring IMHO.

My Leema is meant to be bright and the RS6s I've heard (read) are cold, yet it has a wonderful solidity... no doubt due to room acoustics and sources.

I would never have a valve amp partnered with Sonus Faber or Dyn speakers. That sounds like sonic soup to me...

 

[plastic penguin]

What leads you to think there actually is a recent upsurge in warm or smooth sounding kit?

That wasn't a knock at you Cno... actually a very subtle one, TBH.

There's been a few recently, while others have been preaching valve or class A amps. Shall I go on?

:silenced: :shifty:

That wasn't a knock at you Cno... actually a very subtle one, TBH.

I think a valve amp or class A efforts in your price bracket makes sense, due to its outstanding delivery and detail, bass definition... but most are asking about sub-£2k amps and speakers. Personally I think there needs to be a calculated balance.

 

[CnoEvil]

I would never have a valve amp partnered with Sonus Faber or Dyn speakers. That sounds like sonic soup to me...

Depends on the Valve Amp ......you can't generalize with Valve amps, in the same way as you can't with SS ones.

 

[CnoEvil]

That wasn't a knock at you Cno... actually a very subtle one, TBH.

I think a valve amp or class A efforts in your price bracket makes sense, due to its outstanding delivery and detail, bass definition... but most are asking about sub-£2k amps and speakers. Personally I think there needs to be a calculated balance.

I know that.

I've been doing my best to promote the less trodden path....maybe it's having a small effect. :shifty:

 

[shooter]

Or pushing your ears out adds 10%!

Pinned forward? Thats a new one for the surgeons

 

[Covenanter]

Just the continuing use of meaningless terms on this forum?

Chris

 

[edplaysdrums42]

Maybe just maybe some people are starting to go off the neutral analytical kind of sound and just want to enjoy their tunes at home and let the studio engineers do the analysing....it's what happened to me anyway. Just a thought.

Cheers, Ed

 

[Native_bon]

I've had Arcam amp for many a year and still love it, but not with kit that deadens the natural sound of that brand. I would never, for instance, partner Arcam with Dyns. Smooth with smooth = boring IMHO.

My Leema is meant to be bright and the RS6s I've heard (read) are cold, yet it has a wonderful solidity... no doubt due to room acoustics and sources.

I would never have a valve amp partnered with Sonus Faber or Dyn speakers. That sounds like sonic soup to me...

When i bought my sonus faber speakers, i use unison amps tp demo it & it sounded open & clean. So dn't know what u mean by sonic soup..?

 

[Native_bon]

Yes!! finally looks like the end of clinical sounding HIFI is coming to an end. :bounce:. I have said this time & time again that Hifi systems were sounding too clean, removing enjoyment of the music. Hifi companies were buliting system for reviews & 5 stars instead of for music enjoyment.

Lots of people just thought thier systems was sounding too bright & lacking in bass time & time again to the piont were you could only manage a few mins listening.

 

[plastic penguin]

I've had Arcam amp for many a year and still love it, but not with kit that deadens the natural sound of that brand. I would never, for instance, partner Arcam with Dyns. Smooth with smooth = boring IMHO.

My Leema is meant to be bright and the RS6s I've heard (read) are cold, yet it has a wonderful solidity... no doubt due to room acoustics and sources.

I would never have a valve amp partnered with Sonus Faber or Dyn speakers. That sounds like sonic soup to me...

When i bought my sonus faber speakers, i use unison amps tp demo it & it sounded open & clean. So dn't know what u mean by sonic soup..?

By that I mean a thick, lush sound.

When I've tried other speakers (Totem, PMC, Spendors...) they are all technically better than the RS6s, but for some unexplained reason, the system seems to lose something... can't quite put my finger on what though.

I've heard some lush systems in the past, and I concede, with certain room acoustics they would sound superb. What I don't 'get' is a recent push for tube amps when they are so impractical.

Although my system is lively no way would call it clinical or mechanical...

 

[CnoEvil]

What I don't 'get' is a recent push for tube amps when they are so impractical.

You would if you heard a good one, as they are not the lush syrupy devices of days gone by.....and it's all too easy to get hung up on their impracticalities.