Saturday night, listening to John Coltrane/Blue Train -- Locomotion.

This afternoon I setup a small bedroom system, using an Adcom GFA-555 amp (200 watt), Adcom GFP-565 Preamp, Adcom GCD-600 5-disc changer, Mapleshade Interconnects, and Emotiva Speaker wire. The star's of the show, however, are the speakers being used...the GEt SuperSat 3's. These little jewels blow me away. I've already racked up a couple hours of listening and can't wait for my next session to start...let the Good Times Roll.

Anthem,

That's some serious 2-channel support for a pair of SSat 3s. I'm sure it sounds great and it must be nice to have components like that laying around but that is a serious supporting cast. Almost like having Michael Caine performing at a local community theater... I'd be curious to hear how much better your Aon 3s or even a set of Triton 5s or 7s would sound with that set up.

Cheers,

T Cobe

Now T Cobe, settle down. No doubt all the speakers you mentioned would sound super good with this setup. The wife said yesterday that she was amazed that speakers as small as the SS3's could render such beautiful sound. If I replaced the SS3's with Aon 3's, she might get overly excited, have a heart attack and die...wouldn't want that, now would we. The SS 3's will stay......at least for now.

Back to The Bach Gamut by Virgil Fox this morning following Rick's advice to listen to this recording in surround format. I don't normally go for a processed version of 2-channel to create surround sound but this live recording certainly lends itself to this format.

Listening in Dolby PLIIx definitely goes a long way towards putting you into the environment. Between the music and the ambiance of the church captured during the recording, you get a sense of being there in pew during the performance.

The music itself was just as powerful as in 2-channel, maybe even more so with the addition of LFE and a third subwoofer. While everything blended well, I got the sense that my Paradigm components were not as musical as my GET gear. The Aon3s in the rear surround position were clearly better than the left and right surrounds. While powerful, the Paradigm sub was not as musical or tonally accurate on the low organ notes as the Triton one. While it lacked in tone, it did add to the dispersion of bass and added presence.

This recording will definitely be on my reference list to evaluate speaker bass reproduction. I can't imagine a better recording for testing a speakers bottom end. There is certainly nothing better in my collection. Anthem, don't try playing this on your SSat 3s...

Cheers,

T Cobe

T Cobe wrote: Back to The Bach Gamut by Virgil Fox this morning following Rick's advice to listen to this recording in surround format. I don't normally go for a processed version of 2-channel to create surround sound but this live recording certainly lends itself to this format.

Listening in Dolby PLIIx definitely goes a long way towards putting you into the environment. Between the music and the ambiance of the church captured during the recording, you get a sense of being there in pew during the performance.

The music itself was just as powerful as in 2-channel, maybe even more so with the addition of LFE and a third subwoofer. While everything blended well, I got the sense that my Paradigm components were not as musical as my GET gear. The Aon3s in the rear surround position were clearly better than the left and right surrounds. While powerful, the Paradigm sub was not as musical or tonally accurate on the low organ notes as the Triton one. While it lacked in tone, it did add to the dispersion of bass and added presence.

This recording will definitely be on my reference list to evaluate speaker bass reproduction. I can't imagine a better recording for testing a speakers bottom end. There is certainly nothing better in my collection. Anthem, don't try playing this on your SSat 3s...

Cheers,

T Cobe

Hi, T Cobe

Thanks for the test and the feedback!

I would guess that you're right, it's better with all GEt speaker gear for tonal matching. I did not get any tonal disparity at all with the T2's as the surround speakers, just an added sense of depth, and immersion in the music. Maybe an option is to try it with just your T1's, SCXL and Aon3's for an all GEt performance??? Not sure how hard that would be with your setup...

Thanks!

Rick

Bro. Anthem, I agree totally with what Bro. T. Cobe said,
Bro. T. Cobe, I agree totally with what Bro. Rick said.
Bro. Anthem, you got the best comeback of all though!!!!!!
Good ones guys,
God Bless, Wayne