Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo So what are ya listening to tonight?

OK, a couple of questions:

1. Does it get more clear when you cut your bass? How about your treble? How about your bass and treble?

2. What volume setting causes displeasure?

When you experiment with the above, make sure you are listening to a well-recorded tune and not Slayer or something...LOL!

I'll give it a go. Thats a good experiment.

As for changing the bass and treble id have to not be using the " Pure Direct " or " CD Direct". These are the magic buttons in my opinion. I'll try this experiment for sure today but I already know that when the pure direct isnt on at high SPL I dial the treble back to 10 / 11 o clock. And bass stays at noon, occasionally ill dial it forward to one o clock or 2 but it ends up back at noon. Too much. Although for rap and bass heavy tunes i dial it up and just let it boom sometimes. It's fun.

I've played a ton with moving away from wall and back to wall and away from side walls and stuffing socks in the ports to dial back the bass at times. I use that a bass control instead of the dial when using pure direct.

I'll use that Lee Ritenour Jam. It's a good one.

It's usually a high volume that causes displeasure in the high range around 11 o clock on the dial. I think my volume pot isn't one of these linear layout ones. I think when im at 12 o clock im maxed out. i've never gone past that.

I'll give the experiment a go with these factors in mind.

I'm off to shoot my bows. I look forward to seeing the results.

Kodiak,
Nice find on the cds. Lee Ritenour, Larry Carlton, I'm a fan. If you enjoy that certainly consider Al DiMeola, Pat Metheny and Steve Lukather, more great guitarists.
Diana Krall, Dave Matthews also good stuff.
SACD? I enjoy what I have but looking forward don't believe there is much of a future for it, not considered mainstream, low utilization.
Jeff

Hey Jeff, i totally love Dave Mathews for sure. I actually got a Pat Metheny CD in the stack I bought. I just grabbed it bc I remembered seeing the name come up in suggested in Spotify. Other guitarists I like are some slide guitar Ed Gerhart is really good. Killing the blues is a good track.

I also quite enjoy Loreena McKennitt. Really interesting music. As well as kd Lang too. Tracy Chapman is fun as well. So much good music out there!!

This is just awesome! How much better can it get in 48-bit/384KHz FLAC?

https://youtu.be/Uuamh-0tG_0

Listening to Chris Botti, Indian Summer, smooth as it gets.
cheers,
Jeff

But then again, Brian Culbertson from the album Dreams, Later Tonight. Very nice piano with just a touch of funk!

Jeff

Brian's recording quality is just unbelievable. He has the best rendition of Little Drummer Boy. I found this guy through you, Jeff, a while back.

Hey Mojo, reassuring to know I’m not the only one who hears just how complete he is.
I agree he has a great ear, knows just what he wants from the studio.
Check out Brian Culbertson, Morning Walk from the album Winter Stories. Really like that bass.

Jeff