Budrew, I almost replied to your other thread on the 'fancy outlet'. I looked at the BC site and saw that they're selling ACME outlets. I've run in 8 of these in my system, and there are periods during break in where the ACMEs sound very dull and lifeless as you described. You may hear this again at some point. They took a little over a month to stabilize in my system. Hang in there. I've seen some threads where people have given up after trying the FIMs for just a few days. Both sound excellent once thoroughly run in, although both have very different characters sonically.
McIntosh Loses Midrange... Help
I have another thread about a specialised electrical outlet that I thought might be the source of a problem I'm having with my system where it's gone lifeless. Further testing and analysis has led me to realize the midrange is dead. That's where the life is in music and the lack of it could be why my system sounds lifeless.
Is there anything that might cause a McIntosh amp to lose its midrange, or any amp for that matter?
Additional components include Rega Jupiter CDP (new and still breaking in possibly though it's been a long time already), Tannoy D500 speakers, Harmonic Tech TruthLink interconnects and generic speaker wire. I've done lots of switching interconnects and components and outlets and still have the same problem, even with another CDP.
Any thoughts on whether this might be a McIntosh problem that needs correcting are appreciated.
Is there anything that might cause a McIntosh amp to lose its midrange, or any amp for that matter?
Additional components include Rega Jupiter CDP (new and still breaking in possibly though it's been a long time already), Tannoy D500 speakers, Harmonic Tech TruthLink interconnects and generic speaker wire. I've done lots of switching interconnects and components and outlets and still have the same problem, even with another CDP.
Any thoughts on whether this might be a McIntosh problem that needs correcting are appreciated.