cube-tube
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I know a few of you guys follow this thread and enjoy seeing the on-going changes. Well... Here's a couple more changes, and these made a HUGE improvement in overall sound. Loads of dynamics, very very silky smooth treble, lively, natural vocals to die for, powerful, highly detailed and super fast mid-bass, and deep, agile and extended bass (that last one is a real shocker)...
Me, my girlfriend and my oldest brother have been on the road for 15 hours straight today, from 1am to 4pm, from here in central Florida to nearly central Georgia and back again. 880 miles rounds trip! We went to pick up basically brand new Klipsch Heresy III's in walnut. We're all tired as heck. My girlfriend is already in bed asleep, my brother is here in the listening room on the couch out like a light, and I'm about to pass out myself as I've been awake since 5:30am yesterday morning! But I am just too caught up in the sound I'm hearing coming from my system right now.
So I pulled out the NHT 2.9's and put these little Heresy III's on the floor and gave them a listen for a while. While they sounded okay, on their stock risers, it wasn't the sound I was expecting. I then removed the risers and placed these little guys on some little tables that I purchased a while back for those Genesis speakers I was using. Placing the Klipsch's on these tables opened them right up. A large, vast and rather detailed sound stage with plenty of width beyond the speakers, both to the sides and front to back. In either position, they provided impressive bass output, at least down to around 40-45 Hz in my room.
Though bass performance is great with these little guys, I was wanting more, and with great extension. Since the amplifier controls on both of my JL e110 subs are having issues again (2nd time now), I decided to dig out my old trusty Polk Audio PSW505 subs and give them a whirl. I've always connected them with an RCA cable and Y-adapter, but this time I decided to connect them via their speaker inputs (the preferred method of Paul McGowan of PS Audio). So from each Stellar M700 monoblock I am running my old Wireworld Oasis 7 bi-wire cables to feed both input channels on each sub.
Holy frapp!! I have owned these Polk subs for 10+ years, used them a million different ways and not once have I heard them reproduce bass of any kind like they are tonight, being fed from those PS Audio Stellar M700 amps. Deep, tight, fast, tuneful, accurate, detailed, textured, and in living stereo! With one album I was listening to, you can clearly track the bass from the far left and hear it just walk across to the floor to the far right. And acoustic bass, bass drums, etc, etc, follow along cleanly with the Heresy III's.
To top it off, I was going to sell off all of my PS Audio gear and go with something with lower gain and tubes in the preamp stage as I thought that would be a better fit for these super efficient loudspeakers, but not now. The PS Audio Stellar preamp and monoblock amps make these Klipsch Heresy III's sing along with the best of them and the entire setup is deal silent when nothing is playing. In fact, these speakers showcase just what exactly the Stellar stack is really capable of, and I can safely say the Stellar stack is quite capable indeed!
Anyway, on with some pics. Just as a side note, I will be looking for some proper speaker stands for these Heresy's in the near future, but for now, these little tables will do just fine.
Me, my girlfriend and my oldest brother have been on the road for 15 hours straight today, from 1am to 4pm, from here in central Florida to nearly central Georgia and back again. 880 miles rounds trip! We went to pick up basically brand new Klipsch Heresy III's in walnut. We're all tired as heck. My girlfriend is already in bed asleep, my brother is here in the listening room on the couch out like a light, and I'm about to pass out myself as I've been awake since 5:30am yesterday morning! But I am just too caught up in the sound I'm hearing coming from my system right now.
So I pulled out the NHT 2.9's and put these little Heresy III's on the floor and gave them a listen for a while. While they sounded okay, on their stock risers, it wasn't the sound I was expecting. I then removed the risers and placed these little guys on some little tables that I purchased a while back for those Genesis speakers I was using. Placing the Klipsch's on these tables opened them right up. A large, vast and rather detailed sound stage with plenty of width beyond the speakers, both to the sides and front to back. In either position, they provided impressive bass output, at least down to around 40-45 Hz in my room.
Though bass performance is great with these little guys, I was wanting more, and with great extension. Since the amplifier controls on both of my JL e110 subs are having issues again (2nd time now), I decided to dig out my old trusty Polk Audio PSW505 subs and give them a whirl. I've always connected them with an RCA cable and Y-adapter, but this time I decided to connect them via their speaker inputs (the preferred method of Paul McGowan of PS Audio). So from each Stellar M700 monoblock I am running my old Wireworld Oasis 7 bi-wire cables to feed both input channels on each sub.
Holy frapp!! I have owned these Polk subs for 10+ years, used them a million different ways and not once have I heard them reproduce bass of any kind like they are tonight, being fed from those PS Audio Stellar M700 amps. Deep, tight, fast, tuneful, accurate, detailed, textured, and in living stereo! With one album I was listening to, you can clearly track the bass from the far left and hear it just walk across to the floor to the far right. And acoustic bass, bass drums, etc, etc, follow along cleanly with the Heresy III's.
To top it off, I was going to sell off all of my PS Audio gear and go with something with lower gain and tubes in the preamp stage as I thought that would be a better fit for these super efficient loudspeakers, but not now. The PS Audio Stellar preamp and monoblock amps make these Klipsch Heresy III's sing along with the best of them and the entire setup is deal silent when nothing is playing. In fact, these speakers showcase just what exactly the Stellar stack is really capable of, and I can safely say the Stellar stack is quite capable indeed!
Anyway, on with some pics. Just as a side note, I will be looking for some proper speaker stands for these Heresy's in the near future, but for now, these little tables will do just fine.
Thanks.