Generally, I oppose to coloring the system with components... If there is a flaw that colors the sound this should be fixed where the problem is rather than trying to compensate by using a component that colors the other way around.
This is very difficult land indeed. I guess if there is a bright room you should see what you can do with the room within reasonable limits. If there's a bright room, then I guess the Thiel's won't work... That doesn't mean the Thiels are bad speakers, they just need a room that's not bright. Because the speakers are sooooo revealing.... b.t.w. Theils are fantastic speakers. If you sort out the room so that it's not that bright by adding some diffusers and absorbers, then suddenly the Thiels may be a completely different animal. There are no simple answers. I have been a number of times at the Oslo Hi-Fi center in Oslo, Norway, claimed to have among the 5 best demo rigs in Europe. They have spent 25 years optimizing one single room, and you can't even see any acoustical treatments anywhere... Where am I getting... I really don't know, just that my advice is that you have to start where the issues are, and if that's the room, then the DAC or cables or amp or DSP cannot sort that out. You cannot fix a bad sounding room with DSP. But the musical pleasure may be way way improved when you fix the issue where the fix belongs.... Regards -Harald N -- haraldo Suse Linux -> SB3 -> Benchmark DAC1 -> Krell KAV400xi -> Meadowlark Kestrel2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ haraldo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13472 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42961 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
