Hi all. I just moved into a new home and have family room that is 16'x21'x10' (ceiling) with wall to wall berber and an acoustic ceiling. I have my system set up along the 21' wall and it was lo-fi when I moved in and consisted of a Sherwood RX4105, a pair of Cerwin Vega VE12's and an ipod or PC though the aux RCA as a source. It sounded terrible at my old house which was a room that was approximately 10x15x7.5 and hardwood floors. To my surprise, when I hooked it up in the current house, it sounded like a different system and at the time, fantastic to my ears.
I knew the Sherwood had to go, it cut out when the bass kicked in, overheated and shut off. I replaced it with an Adcom GFA 555 and Adcom GTP500 preamp. Sounded a lot better, but it wasn't until I lost the ipod in favor of CD though my Samsung DVD 1080P7, connected though the TV with HDMI and then into the preamp, did I realize the HUGE difference compared to an Ipod source. So, next I bought an Emotiva ERC-1 CD player and that's my current setup, to my ears, it keeps improving and sounds fantastic when I listen to CD s burned with 320kbps MP3's or original CDs.
Next I want to add a music hall 2.2 record player. I keep reading how terrible my CV VE12's are....and I don't entirely understand because I THINK they sound good, but just wondering these are in fact the weakest link now with the setup and I could be much better served with proper audiophile speakers like B&W 801's, speaking of which, could the 555 drive used 801's to their potential?
any input helps. Thanks.
Hi all. I just moved into a new home and have family room that is 16'x21'x10' (ceiling) with wall to wall berber and an acoustic ceiling. I have my system set up along the 21' wall and it was lo-fi when I moved in and consisted of a Sherwood RX4105, a pair of Cerwin Vega VE12's and an ipod or PC though the aux RCA as a source. It sounded terrible at my old house which was a room that was approximately 10x15x7.5 and hardwood floors. To my surprise, when I hooked it up in the current house, it sounded like a different system and at the time, fantastic to my ears.
I knew the Sherwood had to go, it cut out when the bass kicked in, overheated and shut off. I replaced it with an Adcom GFA 555 and Adcom GTP500 preamp. Sounded a lot better, but it wasn't until I lost the ipod in favor of CD though my Samsung DVD 1080P7, connected though the TV with HDMI and then into the preamp, did I realize the HUGE difference compared to an Ipod source. So, next I bought an Emotiva ERC-1 CD player and that's my current setup, to my ears, it keeps improving and sounds fantastic when I listen to CD s burned with 320kbps MP3's or original CDs.
Next I want to add a music hall 2.2 record player. I keep reading how terrible my CV VE12's are....and I don't entirely understand because I THINK they sound good, but just wondering these are in fact the weakest link now with the setup and I could be much better served with proper audiophile speakers like B&W 801's, speaking of which, could the 555 drive used 801's to their potential?
any input helps. Thanks.