Hi Delancey - I am coming in late on this one, but lack of timing is usually due to smeering. Gross smeering is usually caused by vibration issues - such as the use of very compliant materials to support equipment or speakers (such as bladders, and other soft footers). If your speakers can sway back and forth (which is typical with Maggies) you will also have this kind of problem. Each of these tend to affect timing by robbing the music of upper-bass drive. With panel speakers, there is also the issue of precise alignment in the set-up, and the problems with incorrect set-up are also a smeering issue. But this effect is usually on the leading edges of all transients, and are most noticeable from the mid-range up. It sounds from the success you had that the problem was the latter not the former.
What affects timing in a system?
I got a new pair of speaker stands for my MG3.6 and was surprised with the result. When I first put them in, the bass was so much better, but the rest of the fine balance was way off. I had to adjust speaker placement to fix soundstage and high frequency response. Replace isolation products from...etc. Now I feel that I have all the parts the way they should be timbre, dynamics, detail without fatigue etc.
The problem is every thing sounds slower and just off in timing. My girlfriend who has better ears than me says the music has "lost it's rhythm". HOW CAN THIS BE? I didin't add any electronics that would change phase response or electrical transmission. I don't know what to check/change/tweak? Any advice, experience, or guesses?
The problem is every thing sounds slower and just off in timing. My girlfriend who has better ears than me says the music has "lost it's rhythm". HOW CAN THIS BE? I didin't add any electronics that would change phase response or electrical transmission. I don't know what to check/change/tweak? Any advice, experience, or guesses?