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Swapped long wall to short wall and now I am having some big issues
be forewarnedWell - I switched the speakers back to the long wall - but on the same wall as the equipment racks -  so opposite what I had before. not an ideal area adjacent to and behind the speakers with the racks and room cutout on the left. cei... 
Swapped long wall to short wall and now I am having some big issues
Alanswerthe switchbox has no resistorsthose amps are not sensitive to no load conditionnearly all my room positioning listening was done with only one amp on.I have also used less refined long speaker cable directly from the amps 
Swapped long wall to short wall and now I am having some big issues
Al1) I have tried both sets of pre/amp combinations very similar sounding (The Uesugi slightly more laid back) and both have the same artifactsthe analog section uses the Doshi photo stage for both (line in to the Uesugi.The CD is much worse sound... 
Swapped long wall to short wall and now I am having some big issues
Thanks again Alan for stopping out for a listening session to address the issues.I just posted my long and short wall room layouts in my system pageto better visualize thingshttps://systems.audiogon.com/systems/92I may just place the speakers alon... 
Swapped long wall to short wall and now I am having some big issues
thanks guysSkywachr - I am not following your test procedure.Place your right speaker near the wall and play only it - then progressively move it inward toward the left speaker? 
Swapped long wall to short wall and now I am having some big issues
Thanks for the suggestions and I will work on extremes on the speaker positioni have gik products for the first refections,I do have the opportunity to offset the speakers to the room slightly and the center of the tweeters are only separated by 4... 
What were some of your early Hi-End audio gear/influences?
Nakamichi cassette decksNAD Bang and Olufsen turntables 
Name Your Top 5 Most Musical Dynamic Sounding Tonearms of All time?
Durand Talea on a Galibier GaviaZYX universecombosublime 
ZYX Optimum phono cartridge - a defining statement
the cartridge tracked very well.flying colors on the shure test recordour local turntable expert had it up on the scope and channel separation was superb.He was very pleased at how quickly he was able to dial everything in.A Durand tone arm is par... 
ZYX Optimum phono cartridge - a defining statement
Whoever said "the Universe is best"?I’ve listened to plenty top flight cartridges that have impressed me.This is my first step into the upper echelon. Like many, I was reluctant to dip my toe in the water. I have friends who have acquired very mus... 
ZYX Optimum photo cartridge - a defining statement
a few excerpts from from Richard Mak's   Part Time Audiophile reviewhe is using a lower output special version.. The UNIverse line of cartridge has certainly come a long way since the early days of the UNIverse I, which I find somewhat lacking in... 
ZYX Optimum phono cartridge - a defining statement
the person is trying to sell me somethingI am in no way that persuasiveor the reviewer is trying to get his own equipment cheap or even freewrong I do not work for an audio magazine or have a high profile websitefinally that the person is a head c... 
ZYX Optimum phono cartridge - a defining statement
Lewmthank you for your insightful responseI wouldn't have written an indepth review if I wasn't hearing very tangible differences that I wanted to share.  I used the same descriptive elements from one model to the next because each showed an audib... 
ZYX Optimum phono cartridge - a defining statement
 
ZYX Optimum photo cartridge - a defining statement