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I am wondering what they sounded like.Mike
First, lets be clear about the fact that it wasn't the SP Tech room. Bob was graciously invited to bring his speakers and have them share the room with TurboFC3S's speakers, but it wasn't his room. As for how they sounded, not terribly good to be honest. Suffice it to say I've heard them sound a lot better.The get-together at Steve Chang's (reefrus) home Saturday night was a very different story, however. I think (hope) Ted's post will be the first of several commenting on what was heard that evening.
The bass overwhelmed the room, and IMO the sound reinforced my previously-held belief that TacT gear isn't the ideal choice of electronics with even moderately revealing speakers.Worth noting, too, is no room correction was applied to the SP Tech speakers. As I understand it, the signal was passed straight through.Bob had hoped to use the latest NuForce V2 amps, but a short at the end of one of his speaker cables blew two of them before he or anyone else knew what was happening. Can't drive two speakers with a single monoblock.
I heard that some of my demo material was used and received well.
Makes me want to hire you to remaster virtually every recording I own!
Why use a TacT if you aren't going to engage room correction?
I also don't agree that TacT gear (especially if it is modified) can't be used in a good system. However, I will save that for a different thread, at a different time.
Good seeing you Jim.
I had a conversation with Richard Vandersteen about how his room sounded in NY and in Colorado, basically saying that most people never heard what those speakers are capable of. He was a bit peeved at all audiophiles that think they can walk into a show and expect the best sound that is available from a hotel room. He is right, but many people form opinions over their first impression, we all do to some extent. I heard the 5A's set up by John Rutan and was floored, I was a grinning idiot...seriously.
This year I played the same test cut, a live Yellow Jacket cut off a Ridgestreet Audio review disc(Thanks Robert)(A very classy Guy with excellent product).I played this cut in every room/ speaker of interest I experienced at 07'RMAFBack to work to be continued .........Rod