Quick impression: Fleetwood Mac on my KP301b

tensleep

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I have had my Klipsch set up in my new living room for about 2 months now, passively biamped for about a month. Music has never sounded better! The listening space is about the best I have ever had. My amplification is also better than ever. Tonight, when I got home from work, my wife was playing Fleetwood Mac: Greatest Hits. I sat down in front of the stereo to eat some Taco Soup (yum!) and Sara came on. Oh my goodness!

Now I have listened to this recording probably 50 times on many different stereos. My best system to date had been my JBL 4410 powered by an Alesis RA-100. I have heard a great deal of detail on this setup before and have been very pleased with them. However, tonight, I heard the multitrack layering on the harmonies to Sara like I have never heard them before! I can hear Stevie, Lindsey and Christie individually. The sound just gets so big, hits a crecendo, and then collapses back to the simple rhythm and tune. It happens as Stevie is singing about drowning in the sea of love.

I made my wife sit down and listen. She said that it is just like the ocean's tide, the way the sound builds, then ebbs, and she is exactly right. I have never heard the space and depth in this particular recording before. My copy is on a CD, so now I am on the hunt for a great copy of Tusk on vinyl. I also can't wait to get an active crossover in the system and hear how that sounds.
 

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Excellent...I think women vocalists sound especially sweet on Klipsch...your KP-301bs are professional Chorus', right???...nice...thanks for sharing...love the professional Klipsch in finished wood...
Bill
 
Excellent...I think women vocalists sound especially sweet on Klipsch...your KP-301bs are professional Chorus', right???...nice...thanks for sharing...love the professional Klipsch in finished wood...
Bill

Yes, they are the Chorus. From what I understand, the drivers are capable of handling higher power - that is the main difference.
 
I like to use Crosby, Stills & Nash as an audition piece because of the similar layering of voices; when you can pick out the intricate interplay and trace each individual harmonic line, you know your system is doing well. I also like side one of Thomas Dolby's The Flat Earth because of the densely layered production, wide frequency and dynamic range and unique percussive effects.
 
Sweet! It is experiences like this that make this hobby so wonderful. Great that your wife enjoys the music with you, too!


I have a copy of Tusk on vinyl, but very sorry to tell you... this one is staying right here! :yes: :D I'm sure there is a nice one out there with your name on it, though - it was a popular enough album, so there must be plenty of them out there to be found.
 
I like to use Crosby, Stills & Nash as an audition piece because of the similar layering of voices; when you can pick out the intricate interplay and trace each individual harmonic line, you know your system is doing well. I also like side one of Thomas Dolby's The Flat Earth because of the densely layered production, wide frequency and dynamic range and unique percussive effects.

Thanks for the tips! I don't have either in the collection at the moment, but have enjoyed these artists over the years. Now that the system is coming together, I will have to seek out other good audition LPs.
 
Very satisfying when a system really comes together. I have been auditioning my heresy's with Mark Knopfler, Chris Isaak and some Donald Fagen. It's all good !
Congrats on the nice system.
Best regards,

J.B.
 
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