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2007-05-27 Thread harmonic
In my experince the disapearing act have ALOT to do with the kvality of the source. The better the source the more 3d the sound will get and the transporter is one hell of a source and because its so akurat its also very musical. If the room is very bad roomcorrection is a indeed great tool and

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2007-05-27 Thread Phil Leigh
RC does NOT make my system less dynamic...quite the opposite in fact. It sounds limp and unappealing without it. I have a horrendous midrange suckout in my room so by allowing the TACT to reduce the bass and treble accordingly and then raising the overall level I get a pretty flat response.

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2007-05-27 Thread harmonic
The tact system is a great tool to compensate suckout as you describe. When i placed my speakers where the normaly would sound best and ran full roomperfect correction it would sound completly flat lifless and without eny dynamics at all it it sounded like it was broken. When i moved the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Vanished

2007-05-26 Thread haunyack
desertrat58;203607 Wrote: The Transporter is simply a wonderful digital source. Period. Agreed - the Vandersteen's faithfully reproduce what is presented by the Transporter (via BK). On that note I should add that the Transporter suits me fine, the price becomes irrelevant once you hear. Nice

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2007-05-21 Thread opaqueice
Thanks very much for the info - I'll check it out. -- opaqueice opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35450

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Vanished

2007-05-21 Thread desertrat58
The Transporter is simply a wonderful digital source. Period. -- desertrat58 Transporter - Bryston BP25MC preamp - MK (R.I.P.) MPS 2510 active monitors + MK MPS 5410 subwoofer. Also a Sota Nova tt with Graham 2.2 arm Benz Ace HO feeding into BP25MC.

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2007-05-20 Thread haunyack
I had one of thoses aha! moments that I am compelled to share. I've put about 300+ hours on my new Vandersteen 3A Signatures by now and I've noticed something peculiar lately. My listening position is about 13' with speakers toed to intersect about 2 from the back of my head while listening.

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2007-05-20 Thread krochat
I agree - now try them with Inguz room correction! Regards, Kim -- krochat -- SB3 (+linear) - Big Ben - TacT RCS 2.2X - 2xS2150 - Vandersteen 3a Signature + TacT W210 krochat's Profile:

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2007-05-20 Thread haunyack
krochat;203375 Wrote: I agree - now try them with Inguz room correction! Regards, Kim Hi Kim, Can you quantify (in plain terms) the difference Inguz room correction makes? David . -- haunyack Transporter - BK Reference 200.2 - Vandersteen 3A Signature. Fridgidare - Mirror Pond pale

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2007-05-20 Thread haunyack
krochat;203381 Wrote: Well, any room correction system will work, but Inguz is the least expensive. I use Acourate to generate filters for both Inguz and the TacT RCS. They sound somewhat different, and Inguz should be more accurate since it has more filter taps than the TacT unit. I've been

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2007-05-20 Thread opaqueice
Is there any advantage to using acourate over DRC and the tools inguz provides? -- opaqueice opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread:

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2007-05-20 Thread krochat
opaqueice;203389 Wrote: Is there any advantage to using acourate over DRC and the tools inguz provides? I haven't tried DRC, but it is a lot cheaper than Acourate (free vs $430+ ). Acourate does phase correction that other systems don't (as far as I know). It would make sense to start out