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Just wanted to provide an update as to my listening experience with the SE84 and ZROCK2 in my system. I got the gears with all the mods and have been listening to them for the past four months or so. During this time I also got Randy's Lii F15.
I have been thoroughly enjoying my new systems (switching between the Betsy and Buck and F15 every once in a while). I am a bit surprised by the SE84 and the power it pumps out. My room is moderately sized and I almost never go above 9 o'clock when listening to digital sources. It gets loud! I'm pretty new to this hobby so I don't have much in the way of comparison but suffice it to say that I am really enjoying my music collection and have been spending much more of my time listening. I haven't really experimented with the hi and lo switches nor the bias switch. I just leave it as is and change the volume.
As for the ZROCK2, I think it really changed my system a great deal. Again, I have no experience with any equalizers but with the ZROCK2 in my system, everything sounds tighter and somehow warmer and I don't really miss my subwoofer anymore. I got rid of my subwoofer once I heard the ZROCK2. ZROCK2 is really a good piece for my system, at least for my needs and preferences. I leave the knob at more or less 3 o'clock.
As for my loudspeakers, I enjoy both the Betsy and Buck, and the F15s. When I first got the F15s, I loved it more than the Betsy (which I still really love). However, when I tried putting the Betsy back into the system, I understand what Geno meant when he said that the Betsy's are his favorite (hopefully not misquoting him - I recall him saying something to that effect but can't remember where). I don't have a favorite between the two but the Betsy has a very distinctive sound especially when I play strings or solo piano, which is very easy on the ears.
Very happy with my system as it is now. Maybe if I have more money to spend in the future I might upgrade some cables and interconnects, since I am using very cheap ones right now. But I love my system and cannot wait to start listening once I get home each day. However, I've been eyeing the Lii W15 bass drivers, which look very interesting. Anyone have experience running both the ZROCK2 and subwoofer or bass baffles? Wondering if it might be bit of an overkill.
Anyways, thanks for reading! Just wanted to share my very positive introduction into high fidelity audio!
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