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Poll Results: How would you rate The NFB-2's Soundstage?

This is a multiple choice poll
  • 15% (2)
    Full 3D, I close my eyes, the speakers/phones disolve and I can touch each instrument in space
  • 15% (2)
    Not bad, it's like there's a band on a stage in front of me
  • 7% (1)
    Pretty flat, but I can still pick out individual instruments
  • 7% (1)
    Flat
  • 15% (2)
    Trapped inside my speakers (If I put my ear up to one of them I can hear the band inside, it's weird)
  • 7% (1)
    It varies with each song and style of music
  • 30% (4)
    You suck and I fully intend to hijack this thread, Kingwa is God, how dare you!
13 Total Votes  
post #16 of 20
7/15/11 at 11:00pm

Just an update, now I get the sound I want.  I don't know which is the root cause, but I did 3 things.  I change the power cord, change the tube from 300b to 2A3 on my amp, and one of the speaker cable seems a bit loose and I fix that.  Now, I get back the sound stage like the Maverick but with better detail and more separation between different instruments.  Now I am happy.  bigsmile_face.gif

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post #17 of 20
7/15/11 at 11:29pm

Did the 300b's have a lot of hours on them ?

 

Peete.

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post #18 of 20
7/15/11 at 11:31pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by dealaddict View Post

Just an update, now I get the sound I want.  I don't know which is the root cause, but I did 3 things.  I change the power cord, change the tube from 300b to 2A3 on my amp, and one of the speaker cable seems a bit loose and I fix that.  Now, I get back the sound stage like the Maverick but with better detail and more separation between different instruments.  Now I am happy.  bigsmile_face.gif


 


That's good news, what power cord did you upgrade to?

 

I'm planning to bi-wire with fat cable very soon and I suspect that might solve my problem as well. I've been noticing at close range my tweeter is significantly quieter than the midrange. It seems to vary with burn-in, but I think overall, when I had the TubeDAC it sent so much power to the amp that the tweeters got plenty to drive them (while the midrange distorted like hell), but now, with the Kingwa being so neutral and polite, the faults in my speakers are showing up a lot more.

 

If that doesn't work I'm going to try a simple eq that matches the crossover point and pulls back the midrange a little.

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post #19 of 20
7/17/11 at 2:27pm
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Originally Posted by Pricklely Peete View Post

Did the 300b's have a lot of hours on them ?

 

Peete.


Yes, they do.  The 2A3 is however new.

 



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Originally Posted by geraldsmallbear View Post




 


That's good news, what power cord did you upgrade to?

 

I'm planning to bi-wire with fat cable very soon and I suspect that might solve my problem as well. I've been noticing at close range my tweeter is significantly quieter than the midrange. It seems to vary with burn-in, but I think overall, when I had the TubeDAC it sent so much power to the amp that the tweeters got plenty to drive them (while the midrange distorted like hell), but now, with the Kingwa being so neutral and polite, the faults in my speakers are showing up a lot more.

 

If that doesn't work I'm going to try a simple eq that matches the crossover point and pulls back the midrange a little.

 

Actually, nothing very expensive.  I bought the ElementCord from Element Cable and plug it to my amp.  And move the Iron Lung Jellyfish power cord from the amp to the Audiogd.  

 


 

 

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post #20 of 20
7/18/11 at 6:13pm
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Originally Posted by dealaddict View Post




Yes, they do.  The 2A3 is however new.

 



 

 

 


 

 

 

I hate to say this but it's highly likely your 300b's have met the end of their MTBF life span. What brand of 300b are you using BTW (NOS or new production etc) ?

 

Peete.
 

 

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