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Post Subject: The new room, the very first listening.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 4/20/2010

Connected today Melquiades and Macondo in new room. Macondo uses drivers as they are – no time or axis aliments of any kind yet, no Insertion Channels, no level calibration by channels. I just in-phase the channels and sat to listen, to see what happen. The main observation that I made is that the room is more capable then I even thought. Currently the speakers are 12.5 feet apart and I put my listing chair 10 feet apart. The Macondo is pointed just behind the shoulders – my regular configuration. The presentation is fine but with no critical drama of imaging. So, I did my Traveling trick that I stolen from Horowitz – I put under the legs of my chair the large “easy sliders” (over the carpet), closed my eyes and begun to travel around the room using my feet for proportion. After a while I have found a perfect spot where the center image is about to disintegrate but the “side” still hold it, the stage just begin to curve right in the way how I need it but with no deformity. I open my eyes – holey shit – I was 7 feet away from speakers! I looked back and I realized that I have a half of the room behind me. So, if I would like to sit 10 feet away then I would need to put my speakers 15-17 feet from each other? That would be VERY scare and VERY critical configuration, I doubt that it will work but I will try. Mind you that that all is with absolutely mis-aliened speakers and with left channel running from Radio Shake cable (I do not have PAD of this length.

There are many other very pleasant surprises in this room. It looks like the Melquiades gain is enough for this room. It also looks like Milq’s LF MIGHT have enough power for this room (I cross my fingers and hope but I doubt). The sound at my second listing spot (couch on the image above) is VERY good and balanced relative to the sweat spot my toeing works very well for this location. There were many other good things – in fact I did not see any symptoms that would bother me. The beginning is very good. I just wish to move Macondo would be easier….

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