dudlew
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Ok,
I have been listening to these for the entire night, but not critically. I was listening to a friends MP3 collection all encoded at 128kbs so its not that great. I have decided to hold off for a little while on my write up because the switching of cables is inefficient right now and also I need to build some new stands. I also want to wait until I recieve my Marantz reciever, which may be this weekend, so I can evaluate the system as it should be.
But so far I am loving them, the one fault I have found is that the treble can be just a touch harsh, but I believe that I need a cable upgrade all around. The interconnects coming from my soundcard to the Nikko right now are anything but good (two cheapy (RCA and the cheapest Street Wire I could have found)interconnects, joined by a coupler to increase the length), and the speaker cables, from use with the Missions, are brighter and a little thin sounding than usual. I used these with the Missions because I felt that they were a good match, opening up the top end a bit and getting rid of a little boom and midrange shoutiness. The Monitor Audios are a different kettle of fish though and I need some more neutral, smoother sounding, and natural cables, which I believe I have in the CableTalks I have. I just need some bananas to make switching the speaker cables between speakers quick and easy.
So once these things are done, I will post an update then.
D
I have been listening to these for the entire night, but not critically. I was listening to a friends MP3 collection all encoded at 128kbs so its not that great. I have decided to hold off for a little while on my write up because the switching of cables is inefficient right now and also I need to build some new stands. I also want to wait until I recieve my Marantz reciever, which may be this weekend, so I can evaluate the system as it should be.
But so far I am loving them, the one fault I have found is that the treble can be just a touch harsh, but I believe that I need a cable upgrade all around. The interconnects coming from my soundcard to the Nikko right now are anything but good (two cheapy (RCA and the cheapest Street Wire I could have found)interconnects, joined by a coupler to increase the length), and the speaker cables, from use with the Missions, are brighter and a little thin sounding than usual. I used these with the Missions because I felt that they were a good match, opening up the top end a bit and getting rid of a little boom and midrange shoutiness. The Monitor Audios are a different kettle of fish though and I need some more neutral, smoother sounding, and natural cables, which I believe I have in the CableTalks I have. I just need some bananas to make switching the speaker cables between speakers quick and easy.
So once these things are done, I will post an update then.
D