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Linvin' the Dream
My appologies if I run off a bit here ...
As some may know, I've been working the restoration for a while now. That's my cabinet in an earlier post. The truth however is, I've never actaully heard a 500C up until tonight!
I've wanted to get back to vinyl and vintage so used this incredible site to figure out how.
After much research I came to the 500C.
Well, after a weekend with the metalbone kit, and some help from a colleague at work, I finally powered it up. We even put the baby on an audio test generator and scope to see two beautifully matched sine waves; smooth as silk.
HOLLY COW!!!!!
I was running what some might say are slightly coloured JBL L100s (speakers of my deams as a teen) off a Sony HT amp.
The Fisher has tamed those speakers in so many ways (as someone in the speaker forum pointed out, it was the only way he liked the L100s; through a Fisher 500C).
Well first the base is so tight and punchy, it blew the Sony out of the water. Second the Fisher takes away that midrange bright/harshness out of the JBLs, they are now FAR smoother and easier to listen to.
There's also power to spare, the police will arrive, before I run out of juice.
I took my 17-year-old daughter down to the basement (only place it's allowed to live), and just crancked it. She was blown away, she said she's never heard anything like it. I played the Speakers Corner pressing of Yellow Brick Road; would make you weep, the sound was so good. I noted that her generation has only ever listend to music through $2.00 earbuds, and badly compressed MP3s.
I'm over the moon, what a wonderful sounding piece of gear. Once it's all back together, I'll post the final pix.
Glad to be part of such a great family!!!!!
As some may know, I've been working the restoration for a while now. That's my cabinet in an earlier post. The truth however is, I've never actaully heard a 500C up until tonight!
I've wanted to get back to vinyl and vintage so used this incredible site to figure out how.
After much research I came to the 500C.
Well, after a weekend with the metalbone kit, and some help from a colleague at work, I finally powered it up. We even put the baby on an audio test generator and scope to see two beautifully matched sine waves; smooth as silk.
HOLLY COW!!!!!
I was running what some might say are slightly coloured JBL L100s (speakers of my deams as a teen) off a Sony HT amp.
The Fisher has tamed those speakers in so many ways (as someone in the speaker forum pointed out, it was the only way he liked the L100s; through a Fisher 500C).
Well first the base is so tight and punchy, it blew the Sony out of the water. Second the Fisher takes away that midrange bright/harshness out of the JBLs, they are now FAR smoother and easier to listen to.
There's also power to spare, the police will arrive, before I run out of juice.
I took my 17-year-old daughter down to the basement (only place it's allowed to live), and just crancked it. She was blown away, she said she's never heard anything like it. I played the Speakers Corner pressing of Yellow Brick Road; would make you weep, the sound was so good. I noted that her generation has only ever listend to music through $2.00 earbuds, and badly compressed MP3s.
I'm over the moon, what a wonderful sounding piece of gear. Once it's all back together, I'll post the final pix.
Glad to be part of such a great family!!!!!
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