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Konnichiwa,
Yes and no. I come mostly (in my younger years) from the Pro-Audio side of the fence, having designed at some point in time mixing desk modules for the east german radio/tv as well as other pro-audio gear plus work as recording and live sound engineer.
The system is just one I picked up when my Girlfriend moved in for a while (she's currently being refused a British Visa), to put in the bedroom. The Micro System looked good, no frivolous features, plain Radio, CD, Volume and a 2 position EQ, but the rest a cut or two above the really cheap stuff, pretty heavy too for 2W RMS rated power output. It was in a 2nd hand shop and I disliked the speakers that came with it immediatly (nasty little critters). Looking on the "junk" shelf I noticed a pair of old JVC speakers, single cone, no whizer 6.5" Driver. I had them connect the stuff up - fine.
As said, I did apply mods, but very basic ones. The straightforward signalpath and simple Amp together with reasonable speakers simply have natural tones for instruments, a better soundstage than wallhanging should manage. There is a lot of the "47 Labs" and "Final Labs" sound about this system. Funnily, it makes most High End systems sound congested, opaque and edgy.... All that for 40 damp squid at the shop, 15 Squid for Caps and a silly amount for the amount taken from the industrial size 0.25l bottle of C37 lacquer....
Of course, once I go and turn the downstairs system on, with 15" Tannoy alnico magnet coaxials in corner enclosures, valve amp's (at the moment Shanling SP-80, EL34 PP), digital room correction (at the moment Behringer DEQ2496), MF Audio transformer based passive preamp, Shanling CD and SACD Players as digital sources and killer LP frontend I suddenly am aware what the Bedroom system is missing (dynamic range and bandwidth especially). Yet the bedroom system makes listening to radio in the morning for wakeup WAY too nice to make getting up easy. Maybe I need to switch to the Capital punishment?
If most gear and cables where truely NEUTRAL (such as is the case with better and high end studio gear not deliberatly aimed at altering the sound), then synnergy would be less of an issue. Hence my believe that shortcomings of a given piece of equipment should addressed, rather than hidden behind the shortcomings of others.
I never just employ one methode whereever possible. The "bypass" test comes from pro audio. The "preference" test I use comes from there too, but is common also with the Audiophile side of the fence.
Sayonara
Yes and no. I come mostly (in my younger years) from the Pro-Audio side of the fence, having designed at some point in time mixing desk modules for the east german radio/tv as well as other pro-audio gear plus work as recording and live sound engineer.
The system is just one I picked up when my Girlfriend moved in for a while (she's currently being refused a British Visa), to put in the bedroom. The Micro System looked good, no frivolous features, plain Radio, CD, Volume and a 2 position EQ, but the rest a cut or two above the really cheap stuff, pretty heavy too for 2W RMS rated power output. It was in a 2nd hand shop and I disliked the speakers that came with it immediatly (nasty little critters). Looking on the "junk" shelf I noticed a pair of old JVC speakers, single cone, no whizer 6.5" Driver. I had them connect the stuff up - fine.
As said, I did apply mods, but very basic ones. The straightforward signalpath and simple Amp together with reasonable speakers simply have natural tones for instruments, a better soundstage than wallhanging should manage. There is a lot of the "47 Labs" and "Final Labs" sound about this system. Funnily, it makes most High End systems sound congested, opaque and edgy.... All that for 40 damp squid at the shop, 15 Squid for Caps and a silly amount for the amount taken from the industrial size 0.25l bottle of C37 lacquer....
Of course, once I go and turn the downstairs system on, with 15" Tannoy alnico magnet coaxials in corner enclosures, valve amp's (at the moment Shanling SP-80, EL34 PP), digital room correction (at the moment Behringer DEQ2496), MF Audio transformer based passive preamp, Shanling CD and SACD Players as digital sources and killer LP frontend I suddenly am aware what the Bedroom system is missing (dynamic range and bandwidth especially). Yet the bedroom system makes listening to radio in the morning for wakeup WAY too nice to make getting up easy. Maybe I need to switch to the Capital punishment?
If most gear and cables where truely NEUTRAL (such as is the case with better and high end studio gear not deliberatly aimed at altering the sound), then synnergy would be less of an issue. Hence my believe that shortcomings of a given piece of equipment should addressed, rather than hidden behind the shortcomings of others.
I never just employ one methode whereever possible. The "bypass" test comes from pro audio. The "preference" test I use comes from there too, but is common also with the Audiophile side of the fence.
Sayonara
