Phil, I hope your wife is back by now, and I hope the cats are still pissed :)
I have the Tact still here in the house, been playing with it to get used to it, see if it is really for me. No doubt it improves the clarity, and I smile big when I hit the preset. But it seems to add some kind of psycho mind tricks which make me feel a little weird when I am listening to it. I feel like I have to concentrate on the music just a little bit more in order to get into it, it is not as easy-going pure soulconnection as straight to the amp. In bypass mode I can hear the preamp "being there" in line, it definitely has a sound. Highs are not as crystalline in bypass or running a preset as straight into my tube amp, or even straight into the NuForce9SEs. The dealer originally setup one of those target curves included with the software, which rolls the highs down by -10 at 20k, and I knew that didn't sound right, so I ran some new cals today, with same kind of target, but I bumped up the highs to be co-linear with the mids, just ran it straight out to 20k, slight slant down to the right. The bass has a 2-3dB bump. I found this to be pleasant to listen to, but nowhere near as impactful and exciting as the pure FLAT curve! That program really sounded good. It still has the weird psych feel though, like I am listening through someone elses ears or something. Maybe I should be buzzed when I use this thing? Maybe it is like new glases, It takes a little while for the brain to adjust to the new (artificial) environment. I am more excited about it now that I have found a target that I think actually sounds good. Have any of you Tact guys ever tried flat? I guess to each his own, given equipment, room differences.. Thanks Rich -- richidoo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ richidoo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3097 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24366 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
