17-Dec-2014, 23:16
As regulars will know, I've been a naughty boy. I recently relegated my D200 to my second system, having found the ‘destination’ power amp for my Martin Logan Montis: it’s the Sanders Magtech, and the combo is utterly glorious. The Montis sound smooth as silk, with all the immediacy and the vast soundstage that MLs conjure up.
I demoed the combo in my study, which has pretty good acoustics, at the top end at least: it’s carpeted and the walls are lined with books. It sounded fantastic.
But the main system is destined for the living room, and when I moved the Montis and Magtech in there last week, I was a bit disappointed. The top end was a bit harsh and spitty. I put it down to the room’s dry acoustics. There’s nothing on the walls, the floor is bare boards and the furniture is leather (all of which will in due course change).
In the meantime I thought I’d try out the Townshend Seismic Bars under the MLs. The idea was to insulate the speakers’ bass cabinets from the suspended wood floor, so as to prevent boom and and also to protect our neighbours!
What I hadn’t expected was that all the harshness and spittiness would go. Wow! I’ve got my lovely smooth system back!
I’m not sure how to explain the improvement. I can only think that the speakers were interacting with the wood floor in some way: maybe they weren’t stable enough, or maybe vibrations from the bass cabinets were being amplified by the floor.
Anyway, I’d recommend the Townshend Seismic Bars to anyone who has floorstanders on a sprung wood floor.
Matt
I demoed the combo in my study, which has pretty good acoustics, at the top end at least: it’s carpeted and the walls are lined with books. It sounded fantastic.
But the main system is destined for the living room, and when I moved the Montis and Magtech in there last week, I was a bit disappointed. The top end was a bit harsh and spitty. I put it down to the room’s dry acoustics. There’s nothing on the walls, the floor is bare boards and the furniture is leather (all of which will in due course change).
In the meantime I thought I’d try out the Townshend Seismic Bars under the MLs. The idea was to insulate the speakers’ bass cabinets from the suspended wood floor, so as to prevent boom and and also to protect our neighbours!
What I hadn’t expected was that all the harshness and spittiness would go. Wow! I’ve got my lovely smooth system back!
I’m not sure how to explain the improvement. I can only think that the speakers were interacting with the wood floor in some way: maybe they weren’t stable enough, or maybe vibrations from the bass cabinets were being amplified by the floor.
Anyway, I’d recommend the Townshend Seismic Bars to anyone who has floorstanders on a sprung wood floor.
Matt
Sonos Connect (W4S) > DSpeaker Antimode 2.0 > Sanders Magtech > Martin Logan Montis
Sonos Connect (W4S) > Devialet 200 > Vivid V1.5
Silver Phantoms (just the two)
London
London
