tbuddha
New Head-Fier
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I've just put together a new office rig. I got Senn HD-650s, then an X-Can v3 amp. The source I’m using is an old Sony DVP-7700, which was a reference player (albeit a dvd player) a few years ago. I have gotten mixed opinions here about the quality of the red book output I can expect from the Sony.
Well, I have been burning-in, and have been pretty pleased with the sound I've been hearing. Until yesterday. I played the title track from Lyle Lovett's "The Road to Ensenada". I have heard this cut many times on my home gear, and there is a persistent low bass line running throughout the song. I just wasn't hearing it on this office rig.
So I put the CD on my Panasonic PCDP, through a Total Airhead, and sure enough, it was there big as life.
Which brings me to the point, and the reason I'm posting this here. I'm hoping that the culprit is my interconnect cables. I'm using the ones that came with the Sony. Since this was a high-end product, the wires seem more substantial that the usual red/yellow/white ones that come with most consumer video gear. But who knows.
I'm painfully aware that Musical Fidelity only claims the X-Can frequency response down to 30Hz., so I really hope the amp is not the cause of this missing bass. I have a pair of DiMarzio M-Path interconnects coming from Headroom early next week. I have read here that these particular cables are generous with the bass response. I sure hope they do the trick!
Well, I have been burning-in, and have been pretty pleased with the sound I've been hearing. Until yesterday. I played the title track from Lyle Lovett's "The Road to Ensenada". I have heard this cut many times on my home gear, and there is a persistent low bass line running throughout the song. I just wasn't hearing it on this office rig.
So I put the CD on my Panasonic PCDP, through a Total Airhead, and sure enough, it was there big as life.
Which brings me to the point, and the reason I'm posting this here. I'm hoping that the culprit is my interconnect cables. I'm using the ones that came with the Sony. Since this was a high-end product, the wires seem more substantial that the usual red/yellow/white ones that come with most consumer video gear. But who knows.
I'm painfully aware that Musical Fidelity only claims the X-Can frequency response down to 30Hz., so I really hope the amp is not the cause of this missing bass. I have a pair of DiMarzio M-Path interconnects coming from Headroom early next week. I have read here that these particular cables are generous with the bass response. I sure hope they do the trick!