I should add that this problem wasn't as bad when I had the Epos es11. I'm now considering Spendor S3 or AVI Nuneutron, any experience with these and a olive Naim set up? MY amp system is nac72/140 (with Avondale minicap)/Teddycap.
I should add that this problem wasn't as bad when I had the Epos es11. I'm now considering Spendor S3 or AVI Nuneutron, any experience with these and a olive Naim set up? MY amp system is nac72/140 (with Avondale minicap)/Teddycap.
Have you considered the Totem Arro Mike? They're nice sounding little things and don't boom.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
I was thinking stand mounts, in the belief this would stop boomy bass, or is that very ignorant? Can anyone tell me whether my 140 (has the Avondale minicap upgrade) would be enough to drive the SPendor s3/5r? I have a Teddycap to power my 72.
An easy load but low sensitivity (81db) so depends on what levels you want to play at and how far from the speakers you sit. Bass is already down 6 db at 76hz so there will be no deep bass to cause any room issues. At the same time this might mean the speakers will sound 'small'.
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just an idea mike,i had ditton 66's and the bass tended to be boomy if sat straight on the floor,i made some mana sound bases for them and that tighten up the bass a lot.
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John Wood KT88 Amp.
Paradise Phono Stage
Sony TTS-8000 Turntable.
PMAT-1010 MK6 Tonearm.
Ortofon Cadenza Bronze
Sony X555ES Cd Player
Yamaha NS1000m Speakers
Thanks everyone, some useful info, even though I've owned Naim kit for a while, I'm still very ignorant on hifi technical terms!
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I'm Phil.
Hi Mike, I run mine ('2 version) with a Quad 306, rated at 50 watts, room is 13 x 12, I find I have plenty of volume. BTW, the sensitivity is 84, not 81. The sealed cabinet really helps bass control I find, really surprising the firmness and depth they can do, I had larger ported ones before and much prefer sealed cabinet bass.
CCA, Sony TA FB940R, Spendor S3/5r2.
Quad 306, Tisbury, Rega Apollo CD.
^^ This.
Lots of good advice so far, Mike, which you should follow. However, unfortunately the problem will not go away (or be lessened) until you address the issue of isolation, and in that respect, install something effective.
No loudspeaker with a decent bass response I've ever used on a suspended wooden floor, has failed to boom, simply plonked on the floor with no spikes or stands/isolation platforms. Therefore, no matter what else you do, until you fix that, your room will continue to 'sing along' with the music, but not in a good way!
Also, if you can, posting a couple of good, clear pictures of your set up, from different angles, might help us advise you in some other way of how to optimise things, perhaps with speaker positioning. Mains (and cable) issues can often also contribute to boomy bass.
Is all your kit, for example, simply plugged into a cheapo 'B&Q mains block'?
Marco.
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
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