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In the Thread: Macondo listening experience
Post Subject: Actually I disagree with your assessment.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 7/28/2009
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 montepilot wrote:
This past weekend I was able to have an extended listen to the revised Melchiades amplifers.  My previous listening session left something to be desired with midbass punch and dynamics.  Had I not have heard mini me it may not have been noticeable.  But mini me had drive and mid bass punch that made blues and jazz recordings extremely satisfying in a way that full Macondo system could not capture.  That is why I drew the analogy of David (mini me) slaying Goliath (Macondo).

My host was already familiar with the inadequacy of Macondo in this particular area of performance and went to work to remedy the problem. The results were beyond just satisfactory.  Now the system has mid bass crunch, dynamics and excellent texture that was wonderfully rewarding in every way.

In my view there was no “midbass punch and dynamics deficiency before” and there was no change in midbass on any kind. The updated Macondo has direct-coupled MF DHT amp, the third order on tweeters and… it was it. There was absolutely nothing changed since a couple of months back. I would agree that entire upper range has more exciting texture, more interesting tone and much more thrilling transient capacity then before. That was the whole idea - to get to MF more power and to idle the plate more then I was able to idle it with a single-stage amp. I presume that more textured and more transient upper range convey to you a feeling of “midbass punch and dynamics”, but it is not the case.

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