It's a room mode thing for sure, you get that % up too high and it makes everything fall apart even at lower volumes.
I had SAM at 50% and when I switched SAM off and it was glorious. I assumed the Wilson crossover was too good and blamed SAM, didn't even dawn on me to change the %. Left it off for a week, recently turned it back on just to see if anything changed, but set the SAM to the Devialet default of 35% first. Toggled back and forth and wow, now it's completely the opposite, SAM fattens the centre image up and the detail is still there, moves the soundstage forward and just makes the speakers disappear. Just to confirm I dialed SAM back up to 50% and toggled back and forth and 50% absolutely doesn't work in my room, the center image falls apart the gets all muddied up.
Such a small change in a setting such a big difference.
I had SAM at 50% and when I switched SAM off and it was glorious. I assumed the Wilson crossover was too good and blamed SAM, didn't even dawn on me to change the %. Left it off for a week, recently turned it back on just to see if anything changed, but set the SAM to the Devialet default of 35% first. Toggled back and forth and wow, now it's completely the opposite, SAM fattens the centre image up and the detail is still there, moves the soundstage forward and just makes the speakers disappear. Just to confirm I dialed SAM back up to 50% and toggled back and forth and 50% absolutely doesn't work in my room, the center image falls apart the gets all muddied up.
Such a small change in a setting such a big difference.
Roon->HQPlayer->McIntosh C47->McIntosh MC301s>Transparent Super->Wilson Audio Sabrinas w/ Shunyata Denali, Rega RP8, Rega Apheta 2
