Thanks for the feedback. It is reassuring that others like you have no problems with the music.
On Wednesday a local installer with a good reputation is doing a survey which I have to pay for to establish the heating needs of each room, the current setup and what heating and hot water installation we need. The house has three heating zones, is fairly well insulated including triple glazing. The radiators are usually not hot at all.
I need to get solar as well possibly before the heat pump.
Whilst the systems away for a tune up it’s time to start part two of the change. I have always wanted more space for the Kudos speakers. Our current listening room is two narrow and there’s not enough space to the side of them. So part two is a bigger listening room
Have you moved house? Sorry, I’m clearly catching up late for a change.
As for the DR, I was disappointed for the first couple of days, finding the newly-serviced and DRd 552 and 500 a little flat, cold and lifeless. I even posted on here in a state of mild panic, but things picked up quite fast. You end up with the same delicacy but greater space, microdynamics, clarity and detail of instrumental texture. You won’t be disappointed, but don’t be surprised if you’re a little nonplussed when you first switch them back on.
Just a few thoughts for your next upgrade having just read to the bottom of this post . A HRS isolation base and nimbus assemblies to sit your CD 555 on. Brought better clarity, dynamics and punchier controlled bass to my CD555.
Sorry I’m not up to speed with your kit I assume you have two 555PS powering your CDP if not big uplift.
New gutwire power cables have made a big difference to my system affecting the soundstage, PRaT, and a greater realism to the sound presentation.
I know it’s not an accepted idea by many, but a thread I recently put upon on my experience of adding a sub to my S800s (which have huge bass like your Kudos) is worth a read. The REL No.25 has been a revelation.
Not quite Michael but we go over the weekend, we have been making preparations to move everything in. We have found a lovely barn conversion just on the other side of Melton Mowbray. Its open plan with a large sized kitchen lounge perfect for the system to breath. The only problem is the logistics of getting the cabling in. As you can see there is no direct route from the centre wall to the side wall where the system will sit.
As for the DR, I take on board what you say. From memory, most of the big kit was underwhelming for a period, the dreaded burn in had to be allowed for, but give it a few weeks/months and I am sure it will come on song and the differences will be noticeable.
The HiFi is going on the living room side?
What is the width of the separating island wall between the lounge and diner?
Solid wall?
Are you putting in a dedicated electricity circuit immediately?
The hi-do’s going into the lounge side, the dinning room is small in comparison and has a lower ceiling. The centre bit has the utility and toilet block in it. It’s not solid but the Kudos have upward ports for the bass which shouldn’t hurt the sound.
Mains is work in progress. I will have a much simpler installation here. The old set up was too complicated and messy. The old power cables were far too bulky. The plan with Pete is to have a single spur leading into a mains block with just four power cables into the system.
The aim is to get the system back, up and running and then start fine running in a few weeks when it has all settles down.
My hunch is that this room would sound great to my ears, but with the caveat that I tend to favour a ‘bright and live’ presentation over ‘smooth and integrated’. The ‘ported’ space behind the speakers will help, as will a large overall volume in front of the speakers together with a large volume behind the listeners ears. I wouldn’t expect a neutral sound as such, but I’ll wager it will be pretty gripping listening. Fingers crossed anyhow.
We don’t intend to have the speakers overlapping the middle island so hopefully there should be plenty of room to get into the rear diner. Anyway, the gap should be larger than the gap we had between the settee and the system in our now old house which we managed to cope with
Don’t forget I tend to prefer very bright and forward speakers so it shouldn’t be a problem. If you recall my adventures with the ART Deco’s when I had two steps of resistors removed from the tweeter to bring more brightness and detail into the sound.
There’s plenty more room above, in front and to the side of the speakers, they are really going to sing in the new room