Decent 2 channel stereo setup recommendation

[corElement]

If you had a pc with xonar soundcard hooked up as a source your bass worries would have been over by adjusting with an equalizer.

My Jamo e875 is very weak on bass because the bass is overly tight.
The only way I could get the bass to kick in was by setting 30hz to 0 and increasing the 60hz by 3db.

Think about this option as well. Using a pc with xonar stx soundcard for as low as 25k as the source for music and using some other source for blu-rays.

My setup without an equalizer is overly neutral, im assuming your kef suffers from the same. No playful bass...

I fixed that by using the equalizer on the PC.

 

[vikoma]

I am also researching for decent stereo speakers. Have pinned down to Monitor Audio RX6 or PSB Image T6.

Also do listen to Nibbana's new, as yet unreleased speakers. They are less than 50% of these speakers, and will come close in quality, due to a very high quality tweeter they are using and they got in bulk. I auditioned them yesterday.

The way I am researching is to hear the speakers with best amplifiers/cd players. So we know for sure that speakers do produce good sound and are not the bottleneck in chain. Once speaker is pinned down, you start auditioning different cdplayer/ampli combos. And depending on budget, pick the one that sounds best. I do want some feedback on this approach...

 

[john_k_antony]

sorry.. msg got truncated.. what i was saying was .. you could get a strereo amp on loan for a few days from any friendly FM in bangalore and check out your own Kef's first..

whats the guarantee that by gloing in for Zu or Lyrita or any other brand will lead you to audio nirvana ?

The bang for the buck decreases as you go higher up the price chain.

rgds,
mpw

Thanks for helping. See the issue is I would need 2 pairs of front speakers. One for HT and other one for Stereo. Even if I get a stereo amp and then connect them to my Kefs, then for HT, I need to get another pair for speakers to connect to Denon. Thats why I thought of getting a dedicated new setup for stereo. I want to keep the Kef for HT as my center channel is also from Kef iQ series and I get a good timber match for my Left, Center, Right for HT. I don't want to disturb that.

Thanks,
John.

 

[mpw]

jka,

i am doing precisely that with 1 pair of fronts. Please connect the CDP to the Stereo amp to front speakers. Please connect the DVDP ( or blu ray for movies ) to AVR. Connect AVR pre outs to the Stereo amp and you are done..

The rears and center will still be connected to the AVR. Only the AVr will be able to drive these better as the fronts will be taken care of by the stereo amp even in HT mode.

regards,
mpw

 

[john_k_antony]

jka,

i am doing precisely that with 1 pair of fronts. Please connect the CDP to the Stereo amp to front speakers. Please connect the DVDP ( or blu ray for movies ) to AVR. Connect AVR pre outs to the Stereo amp and you are done..

The rears and center will still be connected to the AVR. Only the AVr will be able to drive these better as the fronts will be taken care of by the stereo amp even in HT mode.

regards,
mpw

Hey mpw, thank you very much for the info. I didn't think about this option! .

However what I have found is Kef iQ7 is still bass shy. And I would need a sub woofer to go with them to get the bass I am looking for.

However Jamo D590 seems like a good speaker that can deliver the bass I need. I am sold on the down firing 8" woofer . I am planning to audition Jamo C807 as well. I believe that BIGGER is BETTER

Thanks once again,
John.

 

[corElement]

It's bass shy because of some configuration issue in the crossover network, if your source allows you to use an equalizer to adjust the lower freq's bass shyness will dissapear.

I have a feeling you want to spend the money on an entirely seperate stereo setup instead of correcting the present one. If that is the case imply go ahead and indulge yourself. Our comments wont win a debate against your ears.

 

[avidyarthy]

'anither' d class in the making .....

 

[mpw]

Hey mpw, thank you very much for the info. I didn't think about this option! .

However what I have found is Kef iQ7 is still bass shy. And I would need a sub woofer to go with them to get the bass I am looking for.

However Jamo D590 seems like a good speaker that can deliver the bass I need. I am sold on the down firing 8" woofer . I am planning to audition Jamo C807 as well. I believe that BIGGER is BETTER

Thanks once again,
John.

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Go ahead and splash jhonny....whatever rocks your boat.

Bigger is not necessarily better

There is no nirvana which money can buy ( for everyting else.. There is mastercard )

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[john_k_antony]

LOL hyeah:

 

[john_k_antony]

It's bass shy because of some configuration issue in the crossover network, if your source allows you to use an equalizer to adjust the lower freq's bass shyness will dissapear.

I have a feeling you want to spend the money on an entirely seperate stereo setup instead of correcting the present one. If that is the case imply go ahead and indulge yourself. Our comments wont win a debate against your ears.

You got me right coreElement . The upgrade bug bit me when I saw the tube amp and Zu speakers my boss has. After listening to it, I really felt my stereo setup is inferior . Till recently I never knew that I could get Zu in India. Now that I talked to the India dealer, they are charging more than double the real price for obvious reasons. So I started looking out.

However I really really appreciate yours and other valuable inputs. I am learning new stuff and really excited about it.

Thanks,
John.

 

[corElement]

Can you share details with us about the dealer please, the Zu Audio ones. Any can you tell us what prices you were quoted for which models.

Thank you.

 

[john_k_antony]

Can you share details with us about the dealer please, the Zu Audio ones. Any can you tell us what prices you were quoted for which models.

Thank you.

Sent you a PM.

 

[john_k_antony]

Dear All,

Today I got a chance to audition Jamo C807 and D590 again in Cinebels. The set up was

1. Sharewood CDP -> Roksan Kandy K2 -> Jame C807 and D590
2. Sharewood CDP -> Marantz 7004 -> Jame C807 and D590

The listening room was bigger 22x22 and speakers were kept wide apart. I have to say that I was not impressed at all with any of the above combination. I went with a lots of expectation on Jamo C807 and was disappointed. I didn't get the same "wow" feeling I got when I heard D590 with Marantz 7004 + Marantz CDP few weeks back. Today the D590 was not sounding the same at all. Even C807 was nothing great to write about. Just sounded okay. The bass of D590 was not as good as I heard them few weeks back. And the clarity was lacking too. Now the difference in setup between last week and today is

1. CDP. Last week we used Marantz CDP and today we used Sharewood CDP.
2. The listening room size. Last week it was a small listening room with speakers kept close to each other. And I listened to them standing around 8ft away. Today they were kept wide apart and the listening distance was around 18ft. Well my listening room is going to be as big as the listening room I was in today and the speakers didn't perform to my expectation.

Now I am confused. I hoped Jamo C807 will thrill me with its performance, but it was a let down. Do you think its the Sherwood CDP that is playing the spoil sport? The sound was not clean and clear as I would expect them to be. And the bass was just about okay.

Also when I played an old recording, it was a total disaster. I could only hear noises and it was NOT musical at all. I agree that the recording is not top notch, but I do have quite a bit of old bollywood and malayalam CDs that I will listen regularly. I felt the system in my Civic sounded much better with the same CD.

I think I will have to do more auditions before I could get a good system. Or I may just save some money and get Zu Omen Def FS.

-John.