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Triple Phantom Setup - cudifying - 06-May-2018 So ive been using 2 Phantoms in stereo since i bought them in december last year and i absolutely love them. I just now (forgive me) switched from apple music to tidal hifi which makes them sound even better. I was wondering if anyone had experience with a 3 Phantom setup. meaning one in mix mode inbetween the stereo pair. Does it sound even better/fuller? Looking forward to your replies RE: Triple Phantom Setup - ogs - 06-May-2018 For this to work 'properly' on a stereo recording you'd first remove SUM of L and R and route this to your centre Phantom, then send L -R and R -L to L and R respectively. Actually there exist a few MCH SACDs that contain the three original channels of the recording. One of these is "We Get Requests" by Oscar Peterson Trio (Absolute Sounds). I do not know if this matrix is easy to achieve with Phantoms as they only take digital input. The easiest is to run L and R as a normal stereo pair and the centre Phantom as mono (mix mode) at lower level, something like 10dB below the main channels. I think at least one Devialet Chat member is using a setup like this. If the main pair is widely spaced, a centre channel would absolutely make sense. RE: Triple Phantom Setup - cudifying - 06-May-2018 (06-May-2018, 11:20)ogs Wrote: For this to work 'properly' on a stereo recording you'd first remove SUM of L and R and route this to your centre Phantom, then send L -R and R -L to L and R respectively. Actually there exist a few MCH SACDs that contain the three original channels of the recording. One of these is "We Get Requests" by Oscar Peterson Trio (Absolute Sounds). Thanks for your insightful reply, pretty much what I was looking for. What would you consider widely spaced? I have them positioned next to a 65 inch TV. Id say they are roughly 3.5 meters apart from each other, do you think a third Phantom would improve the soundstage/immersion? If anyone with a similar setup is reading this, it'd be amazing if you could post pictures of it and your overall experience! Thank you in advance RE: Triple Phantom Setup - ogs - 06-May-2018 Widely spaced? I'd say 4-5 metres, but your 3.5 meters may also work. Let's hope someone that has done this chimes in with their experience. RE: Triple Phantom Setup - Don - 06-May-2018 (06-May-2018, 09:54)cudifying Wrote: So ive been using 2 Phantoms in stereo since i bought them in december last year and i absolutely love them. I just now (forgive me) switched from apple music to tidal hifi which makes them sound even better. Hi, We bought 3 Golds and although we’re running two in the living room and one in the bedroom now, when I set them up to test them I had all three in one room running L Mix R. To me, it did sound better and fuller. I don’t know why. Perhaps simply because there was more “sound”. However, I’m just as happy to have two in stereo. It’s a a big difference between mono and stereo. Noticeable from 2 to 3 Phantoms. Which Phantoms you have? |