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In Reply to: RE: Jvb, that's the first calculator I used in setting up my MultiMag prototypes! posted by Dawnrazor on September 25, 2010 at 06:03:03:
Well, before I clear up a thing or two on these, today (Saturday) we tested the new set of MultiMags842T that were made for my friend's B&W 802Ds.
The first time he had heard my own set of the MM842T, it being shorter than what he needs, the 802Ds had to be moved to less favorable positions. Still, he was impressed. The new cable set now allows the speakers to stay were they belong.
I thought he had already returned the pricey AudioQuest I mentioned earlier. As it turned out, a neighbor decided to buy them from him. So we borrowed them back for a comparo during today's test.
The AQ CV4 set sounds good, really good all around. Yet, the MultiMags matched it blow by blow for the most, and it did 2 things clearly better. First, imaging with the MM842T is better, as in more palpable and defined. Second, the top end is clearer, more extended and sweeter. We were glued to our seats at times, not wanting to switch cables again for comparison. I felt elated that so many hours of work were not wasted.
The AQ did seem more forgiving of upper midrange brashness, or perhaps it was less capable of delivering it as it really is. This only became apparent in SACD transfers of 50s & early 60s Jazz. Yet, even in these, the MMags did better overall...and portrayed what beautiful cymbals they already could capture in those days! Whatever high-frequency sheen they were able to capture in those recordings, the MM842T better allowed the B&Ws to deliver closer to their clean metallic glory. With good modern recordings this was even more obvious.
We also put the 12ga solid copper electrical wire on. Its BASS beats the crap out of both the AQs and the MMags. In doing so this wire exagerates it and shows the lack of finesse and balance further up. Its worst offense (and it also did this at home with my MMGs a while ago); it "sours" piano sound for me. Now, want peppy Rock? This wire may do well.
Anyway, to your comments:
- Cable management becomes another issue all by itself at home. So yes, though I started with similar lengths (which I prefer), I wound up with uneven sets later. It affects thin single Magwire. The MultiMags don't display any imbalance. I now can route them properly and it is easier to avoid touching the ground or other cables.
- Ha ha, I am loving cPlay b38! It came out during the Razoring tweaks tests and I could not use it then. I kept using an earlier version, trying to keep as little variablility as possible. Later, in a way, cPlay b38 came to bless the marriage of the Full-Razoring with the new Stick Bracing (or "Stixbees", per my wife's mock-naming convention). While I still have a psychological thing against the balance controls (in anything), I must say that cPlay's new feature could have done the trick.
- Yes, I can get decent bass with just thin 26ga, properly damped. What I cannot get with it, is the BEST bass nor the BEST 3D imaging that I have heard these MMGs do here. Remember that I don't use the subwoofer much...in fact, I just loaned it to a friend for a few days.
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- RE: Jvb, that's the first calculator I used in setting up my MultiMag prototypes! - JBen 00:01:39 09/26/10 (0)
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