Chris' Exotica 3's in Mexican ziricote

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Vulcan00

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Re: Chris' Exotica 3's in Mexican ziricote
« Reply #60 on: 10 Feb 2015, 01:32 pm »
Sometimes I will listen to a song and I can't believe how perfect it sounds, but the next time I listen, something seems off and I start tweaking my settings...other than possibly the operating temperature of the electronics, nothing else has changed. It makes me think the real variable is me.

I have to second this  :thumb:. My experience is that the quality of the sound is often related to my mood.

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Re: Chris' Exotica 3's in Mexican ziricote
« Reply #61 on: 13 Feb 2015, 04:55 am »
Kingdeezie, How are your E3's sounding now?  Have things smoothed out?

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Re: Chris' Exotica 3's in Mexican ziricote
« Reply #62 on: 13 Feb 2015, 07:49 pm »
Kingdeezie, How are your E3's sounding now?  Have things smoothed out?

Last night was probably the best my system has ever sounded.

The last few days before last night were a little discouraging. Something had happened to the bass. It was a little wooly, and it seemed to all of a sudden sound overblown. I was getting ready to take the plates off to adjust the gain, but I let my better judgement prevail, and rode it out for a little bit.

Last night everything was dead on. The sound was smooth, the bass was tight and balanced, the highs were extended, and the music was just kicking.

These speakers, when all cynlinders are firing, are amazing.

The amount of detail is off the charts, but the sound is never analytical.

The old saying "hearing new things in familiar recordings", doesn't really justify what I am experiencing.

Its not just hearing these new things, but having them be reproduced as three dimensonal entities of their own.

Back up vocalists in even poorly recorded pop/rock music, get their own space and layering. For as much as I hate hyperbole,  I can now "see"(not literally, by see I mean, imagine them based on the dimensionality of the sound) the backup vocalist.

Compositional layering on some progressive rock/metal tunes are rendered with this crazy three dimensional texture and clarity.

Its really a cool effect. 

This is the first time in a long time I am excited to get home, and just sit in my room and listen to music for a bit. My old system, in my acoustically difficult room, sounded down right broken in comparison. It caused me to stop really listening to music much at all.

Really happy with them to this point. I feel like I reached a new level of fidelity after last night.  :thumb:


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Re: Chris' Exotica 3's in Mexican ziricote
« Reply #63 on: 13 Feb 2015, 08:08 pm »
That's so cool.  Even I am thinking about getting a serious listening chair - like I need to sit on my arse for even more hours each day! :duh:

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Re: Chris' Exotica 3's in Mexican ziricote
« Reply #64 on: 14 Feb 2015, 01:59 am »
That's so cool.  Even I am thinking about getting a serious listening chair - like I need to sit on my arse for even more hours each day! :duh:

One of the best "stereo" purchases I made was an Ekornes chair (Stressless Medium Jazz) for my music room.

What's the point of having a great sounding system in which you want to spend hours in front of it, but can't because your listening chair isn't comfortable??

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Re: Chris' Exotica 3's in Mexican ziricote
« Reply #65 on: 14 Feb 2015, 02:40 pm »
Hi,

I'm sure the differences in the performance of these speakers can't be too much. In my experience the sound of the system  comes down to the quality of the recordings and unfortunately the higher you go up the food chain recordings become especially important.  I have a pair of HT3's and it is obvious when the recordings aren't recorded well.

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Good luck with the speakers though.

Regards Rod

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Re: Chris' Exotica 3's in Mexican ziricote
« Reply #66 on: 19 Feb 2015, 12:28 am »
So I am about 100 hours, and these speakers are it for me.

They are just really perfect for my tastes. Like I have been saying all along, the vocals are amazing in all forms of music. Every detail, every nuance. The overall sonic picture is super textured and layered. Piano sounds phenomenal.

Low level listening is excellent. I used to have to turn my system up super loud to get any connection from it. I might be listening right now at 70DBs, and everything is there, and I am perfectly content.

They play every genre extremely well.  :thumb:

The only downside for me is the active portion. I love these speakers, but I am almost afraid to use them. Its not very rational behavior, but I cringe a little every time they kick out of standby. I know that nothing lasts forever, but having to be worried about service life of the built in amplifiers is not something my worrying mind likes thinking about.

The sound is truly stellar though, top to bottom. I honestly don't know where things go from here in terms of improvement, because for the first time I am wanting for nothing when listening.

I honestly feel that these speakers are world class, I am sure that there are better speakers out there, but they are likely forever out of my price range.

Listening to Temple of the Dog right now, and despite the recording being horrible, I'm tapping my feet and bouncing my head without even realizing. FINALLY, enjoying the MUSIC  :thumb: 

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Re: Chris' Exotica 3's in Mexican ziricote
« Reply #67 on: 19 Feb 2015, 01:24 am »
Glad they got there.  I knew they would.