Rakesh & Casa Nova?

Posted by Rakesh Malik [IP: 209.8.58.131] on October 20, 1999 at 16:25:25
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In Reply to: Rakesh & Casa Nova? posted by Bruce D on October 18, 1999 at 20:34:02:

Not a problem. It's not (yet) an optimal system, but I'm working on that (slowly, but surely).

My room isn't all that big, it's about 20' long, and 10' wide.

My mains are Magnepan MG 1.6's, driven by Marantz MA-500's. My rears are B&W 602's driven by an H/K PA-2200. I intend to replace them with the same thing that I have in front. I don't have a center channel yet; I'm planning to get the Magnepan. It all depends on when money allows... I have heard an all-Maggie surround system, and I'm pretty much hooked.

You will get a significantly smoother soundfield than I do, due to better tonal matching between speakers; that's why I had plans from the outset to replace all of my speakers with Maggies in stages.

The Casa Nova has crossover options galore; I think the lowest is around 30 or 40 Hz. I don't remember exactly, it's been a while since I looked.

My surrounds are in the back of the room, near the corners. My mains are in the front, about 3 feet from the wall, but only about 6 inches from the side wall. The right side of the room is largely open, and the left side has a fireplace and 2 sliding glass doors with heavy drapes in front of them.

I have 2 inputs set up for my DVD player, which serves as my transport. One, that I use for movies, is set for Circle Cinema. I use that mode also for TV viewing, though it's not relevant with most DVD's since they usually have Dolby Digital tracks. I found that Narrow mode provides a more precise image than Wide, but Wide sounds more expansive.

For music I have an input set up to use Circle Non-encoded. It provides a smaller soundstage, and just feels more intimate.

Both modes do well for recovering ambiance, so I only use the Cinema mode for material that is surround encoded. For Circle encoded disks, Circle Encoded is about as close to Logic 7 as it gets without owning an actual Lexicon pre/pro.

Right now I'm not using any digital crossovers. I have all of my speakers running full-range. I do want a sub, but I don't know whether it will happen before or after I get more Maggies.

I hope this helps.

-Rakesh

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