JDSmith
New Member
Hi there all:
I am writing to ask for help understanding why my set up works and seems so great to me.
The input device is a Marantz CD-5000 CD player.
It runs into a Cambridge Audio Dacmagic plus, output is standard RCA plugs out.
That runs into the aux input of a wonderful Pioneer SX-780, which has been reconditioned.
The speakers are the kicker. I had saved all these years my Mission Cyrus 781s, from 1989.
I love those speakers, lots of presence and detail. I am a big fan of vocal music and, to me, these speakers really convey voice timbre. They are rated at 6 ohms, but the 1989 Stereo Review Julian Hirsch review says might be closer to 4. (he really liked them).
The Missions are great by themselves, but their only lack is bass depth.
Here is the thing. I happened on a pair of old large advents from the 60s, working well. 8 ohm speakers. bought them and hooked them up as the B pair. Spent some time listening to different types of music on both sets comparing.
Then...I ran them at the same time and blew my mind. The sound is beautifully warm and clear and forward
but now with tons of bass depth. Switching the loudness bass boost is mind blowing.
Ever since that moment, I have run them together. All I want to do in my free time is listen to these guys.
I am pretty new to all this, but I gather this should not work well sound-wise and has the potential to stress the receiver. The pioneer seems to have plenty of power for both sets and after running it nonstop for hours, the pioneer is room temperature warm. I constantly check temperature. I cannot discern any sign of stress, and my listening volume is around the 3 setting (thats if I really crank it up).
Also, I gather that there could be out of phase issues with two sets of "mismatched" speakers, but I just can't hear any muddiness. I have listened to a lot of different speakers, including some pairs for $1,000 or more, which I have no interest in purchasing. Not as pleasing. My theory is that the impedance differential allows the highs and mids of the missions to totally dominate the Advent tweeter, and the Advents augment the bass frequencies. So if there is a phase issue, its muted by the speakers playing different roles.
Can anyone help me understand why this works?
I am writing to ask for help understanding why my set up works and seems so great to me.
The input device is a Marantz CD-5000 CD player.
It runs into a Cambridge Audio Dacmagic plus, output is standard RCA plugs out.
That runs into the aux input of a wonderful Pioneer SX-780, which has been reconditioned.
The speakers are the kicker. I had saved all these years my Mission Cyrus 781s, from 1989.
I love those speakers, lots of presence and detail. I am a big fan of vocal music and, to me, these speakers really convey voice timbre. They are rated at 6 ohms, but the 1989 Stereo Review Julian Hirsch review says might be closer to 4. (he really liked them).
The Missions are great by themselves, but their only lack is bass depth.
Here is the thing. I happened on a pair of old large advents from the 60s, working well. 8 ohm speakers. bought them and hooked them up as the B pair. Spent some time listening to different types of music on both sets comparing.
Then...I ran them at the same time and blew my mind. The sound is beautifully warm and clear and forward
but now with tons of bass depth. Switching the loudness bass boost is mind blowing.
Ever since that moment, I have run them together. All I want to do in my free time is listen to these guys.
I am pretty new to all this, but I gather this should not work well sound-wise and has the potential to stress the receiver. The pioneer seems to have plenty of power for both sets and after running it nonstop for hours, the pioneer is room temperature warm. I constantly check temperature. I cannot discern any sign of stress, and my listening volume is around the 3 setting (thats if I really crank it up).
Also, I gather that there could be out of phase issues with two sets of "mismatched" speakers, but I just can't hear any muddiness. I have listened to a lot of different speakers, including some pairs for $1,000 or more, which I have no interest in purchasing. Not as pleasing. My theory is that the impedance differential allows the highs and mids of the missions to totally dominate the Advent tweeter, and the Advents augment the bass frequencies. So if there is a phase issue, its muted by the speakers playing different roles.
Can anyone help me understand why this works?
