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Nope, mostly MC music

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In Reply to: RE: So you're more a MC movie fan... posted by cheap-Jack on August 22, 2007 at 07:54:17

Howdy

My in room measured system is flat within +/- 3dB from 20 to 20kHz (in 1/3 octave steps) without using any auto cal stuff. I have a leg up by design: avoiding all time alignment and speaker distance settings and placing my speakers on the ITU circle, using the same tweeters and mids in all speakers, using matched amps, good absorption, non-parallel walls, etc. Sometime I'm going to do a more accurate measurement but by ear there aren't any particular problems, tho I do take little steps with tweaking periodically.

Every system I've heard which does auto cal takes the life out of good music. My Attraction processor does it, but as I mentioned I don't need it. Also I have a Denon 3930 and it's quite boring compared to my (admittedly more expensive) EMM labs transport, DAC and preamp.

I sure wouldn't mind having HDMI 1.3 on my HD PVRs. The varying audio levels in the various HD offerings and also the lip sync suck for the most part.

-Ted

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Sorry, MC music is not my cup of tea. - cheap-Jack 12:45:24 08/22/07 (3)
Hi.

I am still not convinced MC music can outform an oustanding stereo reproduction, IMO despite I am involved in MC digitals of top brandnames day in day out.

c-J
- RE: Sorry, MC music is not my cup of tea. - Ted Smith 12:55:53 08/22/07 (2)
  Howdy
  
  Come visit, I've converted some real diehards :)
  
  For minimally screwed with recordings (in a hand waving sense to put up six mics and hit record) the sound is so much more cohesive, more enveloping, no issues of soundstage, you are just there. There are a lot of such recordings on SACD, relatively less on DVD-A. I've found that people don't adapt so well to the MC mixes of stereo that they are used to that is "overproduced". Ironically many of those were mixed both for quad and stereo at the time and now are available on SACD.
  
  -Ted
  - One day I'll drop by. - cheap-Jack 13:33:59 08/22/07 (1)
    Hi.
    
    I was in Vancouver 2 weeks ago. How far are your place from San Franciso bay area?
    
    c-J
    - RE: One day I'll drop by. - Ted Smith 14:09:25 08/22/07 (0)
      Howdy
      
      I'm around Seattle, about 817 miles from San Francisco :)
      
      175 miles from Vancouver, Washington and 144 from Vancouver, British Columbia
      
      Shoot me an email if you are in the area.
      
      I've only been in Toronto for APL '79, boy that was another time.
      
      -Ted

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