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Re: Out with the old and in with the new
Mojo #430479 11/14/18 04:16 AM
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Re: Out with the old and in with the new
Mojo #430488 11/16/18 04:27 PM
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Glad the M5HP's are working out for you. I've been loving mine, especially lately when I dropped the Marantz receiver for a benchmark ahb2, using it in stereo mode. Very good match together.

Re: Out with the old and in with the new
Mojo #430489 11/16/18 09:38 PM
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Spiroh, that sounds like an amazing amp.

I was reading the review at the link below. At the bottom of page 1, the author refers to a song and piano that can be heard bleeding through headphones. I have no problem hearing these piano notes on my system via Spotify Premium on my Onk.

http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/benchmark-ahb2-amplifier/


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Re: Out with the old and in with the new
Mojo #430490 11/16/18 09:50 PM
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Yeah not sure on that review. I had a Marantz SR6009 which is a pretty good receiver. Power isn't much different between the AHB2 and the receiver. In fact, I was concerned if the amp would have enough power which it does. But I wanted a fully balanced system so with the AHB2 I also am using a new DAC as well. DAC to AHB using xlr connections.

Re: Out with the old and in with the new
Mojo #430499 11/18/18 11:52 PM
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I spent the day with my buddy of 40 years yesterday. I told him I upgraded my system and he readily agreed to listen blind to 2.1. He is not into audio and only listens in his car or at venues. Some of his comments and behavior were interesting:

1. "The sweetest taboo": I can hear that rain way, way back there. She's singing in front of the rain. Holy sh!t is that what this song is supposed to sound like?
2. "Once I wished a tree upside down": He's right out front. Wait he's going around the back now. He's at the back and now coming around to the front again. This is incredibly clear.
3. "Train song": Oh wow! This sounds like Holly Cole. She's here isn't she? I just saw that train going across the room!
4. "Rosanna": OMG I've heard this song so many times but not like this.
5. "Colomb": This is like having 3d glasses but on your ears.
6. "Oxygen part IV": He was completely mesmerized with this one and had no idea it was supposed to sound like this. He was moving both arms to simulate what he was hearing.
7. "Oxygene spa version": He went totally limp on this one and said he just wants to float in the saturating bass.
8. "St. Louis Blues" by Wycliffe Gordon: He asked if I moved the side walls.
9. "Belkis queen of Sheba war dance": He was smiling at the illusion of drums way in the back on the left.

There were many other moments also. Before taking off the blinders, I asked him to point to the speakers. He couldn't other than to motion from one side of the room to the other and from the floor to ceiling. I asked him to estimate the size of the speakers and he said, "Big. Very big. Floor to ceiling and very, very wide". When he took the blinders off, he looked at the M5s and then hunted around the room. He finally said, "Is that it?". I said yup and he said no way. So I played some more and he was even more floored. He said this wasn't a sound system as much as a sound to image and emotion converter.

He was also very surprised by the size of the sub given the fact he couldn't localize it.

Re: Out with the old and in with the new
Mojo #430500 11/19/18 12:42 AM
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Are the songs mentioned all off a single album?



Re: Out with the old and in with the new
Mojo #430501 11/19/18 12:46 AM
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No. I was using Spotify Premium.


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Re: Out with the old and in with the new
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Re: Out with the old and in with the new
Mojo #430503 11/19/18 01:18 AM
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I could spend my precious life posting links if it pleases you.


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Re: Out with the old and in with the new
Mojo #430504 11/19/18 10:32 PM
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I finally dialed the M3v4 into my living room. The soundstage is, like Willem Dafoe exclaimed in The Boondock Saints, "frickin' huuuuge!" It's well beyond speaker boundaries with lots of aid from lateral reflections.

They're 12.5 feet apart, well away from room boundaries and the MLP is 12.5 feet away. Now get this: toe-in is extreme so they cross 2 feet in front of my face. Don't ask me the theory behind this. It's the only way I can get them to stage good in this totally crappy room. I have to be careful with the volume because I end up exciting all kinds of room effects. I can get it more than loud enough for my needs though and I've discovered my ears and the 17 year-old Denon give out long before the M3s do.

Later this week I'm gonna try the M5s in this room.

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