Pro: Violin solo and classical Con: Lack of emotion on some vocal recordings, may be too much detail~
Jeff Rowland Continuum 500
Lacking the lower note control, great mid & upper range int. amp
Dynaudio Confidence C1
Very detail and great for a small room like mine.
Cardas Golden Reference 1M IC
I haven't tried some more expensive ones yet but their performance is acceptable as of now.
Cardas Golden Reference 2.5M Speaker Cable
Same as IC, saving up some cash for something different. I really wish to test the Tara Labs The one and Superconductor on my system. Hope it happens soon~
Musical Fidelity Stable-1 x2
The before and after difference is noticeble. It's worth the price tag if you can still find one on the market.
Oyaide F1 / M1 + EE/F-S 2.6 (2M)
I test it on both DAC and Int. Amp. Difference is very noticeble. It's being used on the INT amp now as I found JR Continumm 500 sounds more neutural with this power cord. May be it's just in my setup. I highly recommend this power cord for anyone who wants to dig more detail out of their current system. It does really help. Price might be a little high for a custom cable.
Oyaide P004/C004 + 4N Copper Litz (2M)
Used on the X-03SE, beyond my expectation for the price i paid.
Oyaide R1
The before and after difference is not as noticeble as the F1/M1 + EE/F-S 2.6 but it's a solid outlet.
Hi shodulik It was because I didn't need a 3 shelf model back when I had the x-03SE & continuum combo. I do believe putting gears off the ground is the best isolation. Thank you :)
Hi Ths364 There's nothing behind my listing position, though, it has 2 meter away from the rear wall. I did try to put pillows behind my head, i found having reasonable amount of absorbing material on side walls helped further. Thanks for reading! :)
Hi, I find that toe-in reduces soundstage width quite a bit with my Dynaudio's as well.This seems to be true for the DCM's I own also. I didn't read all of the prior threads but I'm curious to know what's behind/at the sides of your seating position I seem to get a bigger soundstage extension on one side of my listening room because it's an assymetrical layout. Pillows behind my head seem to help reduce early reflections from the wall behind my seating position,which seems to help soundstage width and depth. One last thing seems obvious but I'll mention it anyway. Some recordings don't seem to have a lot of stage width-depth to begin with,others are truly incredible.Who knows? Good luck.
If you want a deeper sound stage, there are not that many ways to do so: you need more space between the front wall and your speakers. If you do so, the problem you'll probably encounter is this: you'll get more sound stage depth but you'll be compromising bass response. Nice system by the way.
I tried to toe in several different amount and i found the more they are toed in, the narrower the stage is. They are settled at 10 degree to get a balanced stage and image.
I have my C1s toed-in a fair amount but notice that yours point straight ahead. I wonder if some toe-in might improve the imaging for you. What are the dimensions of your room?
I haven't tried a lot of other int amps, i've tried MF A3.2, NAD M3 and the JR i currently have now. I found this JR matches my C1 the most as of now. The upper range really impresses me.
hi Jazzcrooner12 I used several different setup before. I 've used musical fidelity A3.2 CDP + Int amp + Tri-Vista 21 DAC + B&W CM1. To be honest, my current setup can not beat my old setup playing vocal recordings. Though, I started playing classical musics a while back and I found my old setup lacks the detail so most of them are gone now :D
Also played with a pair of active monitor Dynaudio (BM5a), KEF XQ20 and sonus faber Concerto, may be the price difference is quite big, they not very impressed compares to C1. They are good speakers though. I got what I paid for.
Those C1s look great! I looked at them, but decided to stick with my modest NHT C3s for now. What other speakers did you consider before landing on the C1s?
