My hifi is a disaster 1 problem at a time .
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:18 pm
Following a momentary lapse of reason , I have acquired a partner and 3 step children and lost my bachelor pad with 5m[w] x 9m[l] x 3.5m [h] living room dedicated to hifi.[ see picture elsewhere on the forum]
This weekend Sonia [ this is the name given to my hifi by the aforesaid four ] and I relocated to an adult room which is virtually a square box 3x3x3, bar the bay window . The sound is currently unsatisfactory .
My homemade speakers which were lovingly built upon principles advocated by the doc [ series wiring no crossover on bass drivers etc ] are too large and remain in storage . They have been temporarily replaced with Wharfedale diamond 10.3, bought solely because I am impatient needed something for xmas , had reasonable reviews [ yep i did say that ] and were only £85 clearance from richer sounds [ no boxes or dust covers ]
They don’t sound to bad – only listened for ½ hour, but voices are good, there is detail, perhaps not as much ? and nuance and inflection on voices and plucked instruments . Drums sound good and dynamic and i can pick out the different types of drums being hit by Collins , alas the soundstage is piss poor , there is a central image , however , there is no extension beyond the boxes and air between instruments is none existent , its throwing the sound at me currently . I am on the verge of giving up and learning how to build a sovereign style breeze block room in the garden .
However ,at present and before i take apart the diamonds and hard wire and simplify the crossover my immediate problem is that the pink triangle subchasis bounces with every footfall.
I have sunk Phillips head screws in to the wooden floor which is fitted on to a concrete floor . The oak table , is fitted with spikes and these fit in to the phillps heads in the floor . on top of the table sits a marble stone square separated from the table top by plastic blobs the pink sits on top of the marble separated by 3 pieces of plastic at each back corner and the middle . The pink as no base plate .
Any and all ideas accepted gratefully , bar a wall shelf and move back from whence one came .Forget about it and watch tv for the next 15 years or buy some headphones are the only two so far .
This weekend Sonia [ this is the name given to my hifi by the aforesaid four ] and I relocated to an adult room which is virtually a square box 3x3x3, bar the bay window . The sound is currently unsatisfactory .
My homemade speakers which were lovingly built upon principles advocated by the doc [ series wiring no crossover on bass drivers etc ] are too large and remain in storage . They have been temporarily replaced with Wharfedale diamond 10.3, bought solely because I am impatient needed something for xmas , had reasonable reviews [ yep i did say that ] and were only £85 clearance from richer sounds [ no boxes or dust covers ]
They don’t sound to bad – only listened for ½ hour, but voices are good, there is detail, perhaps not as much ? and nuance and inflection on voices and plucked instruments . Drums sound good and dynamic and i can pick out the different types of drums being hit by Collins , alas the soundstage is piss poor , there is a central image , however , there is no extension beyond the boxes and air between instruments is none existent , its throwing the sound at me currently . I am on the verge of giving up and learning how to build a sovereign style breeze block room in the garden .
However ,at present and before i take apart the diamonds and hard wire and simplify the crossover my immediate problem is that the pink triangle subchasis bounces with every footfall.
I have sunk Phillips head screws in to the wooden floor which is fitted on to a concrete floor . The oak table , is fitted with spikes and these fit in to the phillps heads in the floor . on top of the table sits a marble stone square separated from the table top by plastic blobs the pink sits on top of the marble separated by 3 pieces of plastic at each back corner and the middle . The pink as no base plate .
Any and all ideas accepted gratefully , bar a wall shelf and move back from whence one came .Forget about it and watch tv for the next 15 years or buy some headphones are the only two so far .