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I just had one of those great moments in hi fi, and I thought I'd share it with you lot - a bunch of people who might understand, and who have helped me no end on my way towards it (if it wasn't for Audioshark replies, I would never have heard of Croft amplifiers).
Am I alone, or are there those times when everything just comes together?
You've spent hours listening to music and upgrading and fiddling. Often there's probably nothing wrong, but the tweaker inside you is making something about your system niggle you. The treble is a touch harsh or lacking air, the bass a little lean or overblown, the vocals just a bit grainy. You start wondering 'Do I need room treatment?' or 'Is my source the problem?' or 'Should I experiment with tube rolling?' or 'Should I fiddle with speaker placement... or room correction... again?'
And then one day you come home after a hard week at work, and your SO is out, and your pour a beer, G&T, wine, whiskey, whatever, and you put on music that you've never heard before and you sit your butt in the sweet spot, and it all just sounds right.
Your foot starts to tap involuntarily. You start to grin. Your hand goes for the remote. The volume goes up, and up a bit more. And then a whole lot more. Another track comes on, then another, and the volume goes up again. The system is now thundering and not putting one single tiny little toe wrong. The neighbours could be hammering on the front door and you'd have no idea. And you just think 'If they are... well... let them!'
I just had that.
And it was marvellous.
This great moment was brought to me by Alva Noto's FACT mix 641, via a Linn Majik DSi, Croft Micro 25R, Nord One UP SE and Proac Response One SCs.
Thanks all,
J
Am I alone, or are there those times when everything just comes together?
You've spent hours listening to music and upgrading and fiddling. Often there's probably nothing wrong, but the tweaker inside you is making something about your system niggle you. The treble is a touch harsh or lacking air, the bass a little lean or overblown, the vocals just a bit grainy. You start wondering 'Do I need room treatment?' or 'Is my source the problem?' or 'Should I experiment with tube rolling?' or 'Should I fiddle with speaker placement... or room correction... again?'
And then one day you come home after a hard week at work, and your SO is out, and your pour a beer, G&T, wine, whiskey, whatever, and you put on music that you've never heard before and you sit your butt in the sweet spot, and it all just sounds right.
Your foot starts to tap involuntarily. You start to grin. Your hand goes for the remote. The volume goes up, and up a bit more. And then a whole lot more. Another track comes on, then another, and the volume goes up again. The system is now thundering and not putting one single tiny little toe wrong. The neighbours could be hammering on the front door and you'd have no idea. And you just think 'If they are... well... let them!'
I just had that.
And it was marvellous.
This great moment was brought to me by Alva Noto's FACT mix 641, via a Linn Majik DSi, Croft Micro 25R, Nord One UP SE and Proac Response One SCs.
Thanks all,
J
