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It was 30 years ago when I bought my first “High End” component for my stereo, a Mark Levinson Amp. (I think the 23 or the 23.5). For the next couple of decades I got amps, preamps, transports and surround sound units from ML).
I do not have any nostalgic attachment to audio equipment because I am usually replacing it with something better. (however, I still miss my first car, a Dodge Dart.) But yesterday I replaced my last ML piece of equipment, a three channel Proceed amp that is probably 20 years old, with a three channel Krell S-1500.*
But I was a bit wistful thinking of some of the great companies that we have lost, changed or have been radically altered through buyouts over the last 15 years or so.
I have a 6.2** system (my room won’t let me have a 7.2 due to the way the roof behind it is constructed.). Gosh, I always recommend a 6.2 or 7.2 system because the back channels add so much. I really enjoy the rears.
It has not yet been fully warmed up, but I noticed some nice changes with the 1500:
*The 1500 is usually a 5 or 7 channel amp, but my dealer took two modules out of this and made it a three channel and put the two modules in another unit to make that a 7 channel.
**When I bought my house in 1991 I wanted a great “stereo” room, and I got one. Who knew that Home theater/surround sound was coming? So I didn’t think about back speakers, although the side speakers worked out perfectly. Here is a very simple “map” of the rear wall to the stereo room. A second “rear” speaker would have to be placed on the outside. So now, the two rear channels of a 7.1 are combined in one 6.1 and it does sound great.
I do not have any nostalgic attachment to audio equipment because I am usually replacing it with something better. (however, I still miss my first car, a Dodge Dart.) But yesterday I replaced my last ML piece of equipment, a three channel Proceed amp that is probably 20 years old, with a three channel Krell S-1500.*
But I was a bit wistful thinking of some of the great companies that we have lost, changed or have been radically altered through buyouts over the last 15 years or so.
I have a 6.2** system (my room won’t let me have a 7.2 due to the way the roof behind it is constructed.). Gosh, I always recommend a 6.2 or 7.2 system because the back channels add so much. I really enjoy the rears.
It has not yet been fully warmed up, but I noticed some nice changes with the 1500:
- It actually “louder” and more dynamic. I had to lower the “volume” on the 707 for the rear. Much of the sound, music especially, that came from the back was far more present here. I think I had raised the back volume because it was missing from the Proceed.
- More detail, sounds much more real.
- THE BUBBLE IS BACK! This is hard to explain if you haven’t experienced it. Instead of hearing 8 separate speakers (including the sub-woofers) it really sounds like there is one field of sound, a giant bubble surrounding you. It’s not as directional, but it sounds real, as if you are there.
*The 1500 is usually a 5 or 7 channel amp, but my dealer took two modules out of this and made it a three channel and put the two modules in another unit to make that a 7 channel.
**When I bought my house in 1991 I wanted a great “stereo” room, and I got one. Who knew that Home theater/surround sound was coming? So I didn’t think about back speakers, although the side speakers worked out perfectly. Here is a very simple “map” of the rear wall to the stereo room. A second “rear” speaker would have to be placed on the outside. So now, the two rear channels of a 7.1 are combined in one 6.1 and it does sound great.
