Hi everyone!
Just checking in. Well the bass is here now. Why? Well, it was my fault. You see, I have this acoustic treatment in the room that even though it was there in front of me, I had become so accustom to it, it was as though it wasn't there. One day just listening and wishing for more low end energy, I decided to remove whose huge foam corner tubes. wala!!! In fact a little too much bass. Well after adjusting this acoustic treatment I am relieved. I need to send Eddie an email He could not it out figure either. I even sent him a photo of my set-up. He did not notice them either.
Another thing, you can make a dramatic improvement in your sound by properly conditioning your AC. I already had a very good coil based unit but I did not mixing my analog with my digital. So I constructed this........
http://www.10audio.com/diy_power_conditioner.htm
I made mine a little differently. I didn't use a power strip. Rather I used a box that holds two, 2 plug receptacles (20 amp) and 10ga wire. I also used the same wire to make an ac cord. I did this by weaving the wire ala original kimber. This is the same ac cord used by my other power conditioner. The guy that made this unit called a Promethean Power Flo. Told me that if it is good enough to bring the power through the wall to the outlet, it is good enough to male a ac cord with. He also used the same wire to make the internal coil which is the heart of the unit. His theory was that the small ga wire used in other coil based as conditioners detrimentally affect the sound. His coil made with large gage wire is much better.
Any way if you decide to do this project, remember these things.
1) Make sure that your weave the wire for your ac cord. This is what will get rid of a lot of the ac line noise and rf.
2) If you decide to use 10ga wire, you will need to use a heavy duty soldering iron. A normal one would not be able to get that much metal hot enough.
This project is not a coil based unit so it will not limit the dynamic range in any way.
My digital gear still sounded better plugged through the Promethean but my analog amplification sounded far better through the new one. This is a big step. Overall the sound is more clear and dynamic. The sound stage is now both wider and deeper, the space between instruments and performers is more vast. This affected my system in such a way that it now even seems more powerful.
If you decide to try this be sure to be careful…..davi
