DirtDawg
Ex Member
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OK, I have to relate this to the entire "class." (scary stuff!)
I just got this amp, yesterday, and of course, even though I knew it would work fine, I wanted to Make Sure that it worked, since I just bought it. I did not want to disassemble any of my existing systems just to test the amp, yet.
So, I grabbed an old set of cheaper Yamaha bookshelf speakers, from the dusty areas of my garage shelves - a pair slated for donation to more needy people, honestly (a set I acquired from an estate auction and, quite frankly, I have better speakers to give away to other people who would appreciate to own a set of speakers). It is a set of speakers that are not even considered good enough for my garage system anymore. (I needed to put a load on the amp and this was something similar to a speaker load.)
I am also out of desirable cabling, so I cut up an extension cord for speaker wires. I scrounged to find some old AudioQuest interconects and hooked it all up to my plain old DVD player (the one in my bedroom - the bedroom system is little more than a night light in reality. I put in a movie turn the sound down and close my eyes - get it?). The speakers were set on my "undresser" about two feet apart - it is the place where I unload my pockets before I step into the shower.
All I was going for was to determine for certain that my newly acquired amplifier actually works. I got it going and it warmed up as I put the kids down for the evening. The amazing thing is that every time I walked by (bathroom trip, tooth brushing trip, night clothes change trip, etc. etc.) I was forced to pause, due to the incredible sound from this makeshift trial set up.
I HAD TO STOP - I JUST HAD TO STOP - AND EXPERIENCE THE AMAZINGLY DEEP SOUNDSTAGE (speakers are two feet apart, remember), INCREDIBLE FIDELITY (speakers are inefficient junk, remember, and I am using zip cord and terrible low level connectors), THE ENGAGING DRAW OF THIS (worse than minimal) SET-UP AND THE CLARITY THAT I HAD NEVER IMAGINED POSSIBLE FROM THIS SET OF "THROW AWAY, HUNDRED DOLLAR SPEAKERS." I HAD TO STOP EVERY TIME I WALKED BY, JUST TO EXPERIENCE THE IMPOSSIBLE!!
I have not taken it apart, yet. I wanted to see if I was just high on something new last night and that feeling would go away as I sit quietly and determine if I am more F_O_S than I had previously thought.
NO!
This stupidly inadequate system sounds absolutely amazing! It is one median quality (Pioneer) DVD player, direct to the Zen, with cheapest (consumer grade six inch, two-way Yamaha) speakers I own. There is no way to describe the unbelievable depth of the sound using BS, thrown-together sCrap for everything but the heart and soul of the system.
I honestly expected the amp to work perfectly, but I was not completely prepared for what I was hearing. This is amazing. It is my third ZenC amp, so I have been impressed by these little guys a number of times in the past, but I have never tried to go so far from ideal, before.
I can't really post adequate superlatives to describe my eye-opening, nearly traumatic audio experience, but I know that I am not alone.
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