Hello,
Given the relative lack of comments regarding the UcD180 Kit Diycable sells, I thought I‘d share my 2 weeks experience with it.
My purpose in getting the kit was to determine if I liked the UcD sound, and the purpose of that was to find better performance for my 3 way active speakers that are currently powered by a 6 channel ATI 1806.
The speakers are sealed WWMTMs that use the 12” Peerless XLS for bass, the Seas W18ex for bass mids, and the Seas Millennium tweeters on top.
The crossover is the DEQX.
Building the kit took about 2 hours and only because I got lost
wiring the transformer.
For complete idiots like me, better instructions would not go astray. Luckily, there is this forum and help was quick in coming ( Kevin was at CES ). Thanks Gary.
Having it built, I turned it on
and wow. No smoke.
Letting it run for 24 hours, I connected it to the subs in place of 2 ATI channels, let the crossover recalibrate itself, and listened.
Overall, asking a 90 watt amp to power subs with an impedance of 2 ohms might not be all that intelligent
, and needless to say, the UcD ran for the hills
Next up, I inserted the ATI back on the bass and put the UcD on the mids. Again let the crossover recalibrate itself and had a listen.
On the mids, the UcD amp sounded an order of magnitude better then the ATI.
The overall resolution and detail are far greater.
The sound stage is better / deeper / sharper / clearer, and instruments simply sound more real.
There is also a sense of pace that was not there before that has me listening to more music then I have with virtually every the other mod and upgrade I’ve made to the system.
Thanks Kevin.
While this in no way suggests that the UcD is the greatest thing since sliced bread, it is good enough to me that I just ordered several of the 400AD modules to try on the mids and bass. If that works out, I’ll move the 180s to the tweeters, and run the 400s on the mids. If the 400s are enough for the bass, I get additional 400s or if not, it's 700 time.
Branwell
