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Jezz, what a day. Ok so the TAG came about 10am today, then my DV Depot shipment arrived 30 mins later. First thing I id was naturally connect up the processor. The results on some demos PRE calibration were....well....let me g on:
I tried a CD out first, to test how the TAGs stereo handling was. I slapped in James Newton Howard's score for Unbreakable. Yikes, the detail fedback to me was just incredible. I could here the pianist's fingers lightly tapping the piano keys, the strings section came alive. The power was immense!!
First DVD to try was Gladiator. A DVD that my Pioneer reciever gave a some wat overdone perfomance of, and by that I mean on the Pioneer the dialogue was muffled somewhat in the big loud scenes, bass was a bit TOO much here and there. The TAG however? TAG balanced EVERYTHING out, music was no longer drowned under sound effects, I could make out the dialogue perfectly in the opening battle, surrounds were given a new breath of life it was just extraordinary.
I then tried Titan A.E which the TAG just took on with ease. Channel seperation was outstanding and it presented many of the same atributes as my Meet Joe Black demo showed off. Music was gracefully re-produced axcross the front soundstage, dialogue was crystal clear and I just could not fault the things performance.
The above, once again, was resultes from NOT calibrating the set up, and having the TAG powered by my Pioneer reciever, which will soon be replaced by a dedicated Rotel power amp. Not even in my dreams was I expecting to hear such improvements with the Reciever powering th TAG.
So then I got to Calibrating the thing, TAG's set up menus are a DREAM, sooooo easy, sooooo accurate and helpful. I had a tape measure and SPL meter to hand and got going. All set, even got the machine to say "Hello Daniel" on it's LCD pannel when I switch it on.
I spent the afternoon watching Almost Famous, an incredible film with a superb sound mix, full of great tunes that really gave he TAG a work out. Naturally the little thing didn't fail in any department and it was just a triumph across all channels. Again, extraordinary sepeartion across the front soundstage, strong, perfectly presented centre channel. Pure brilliance!!!!
I friggin LOVE his thing and can not wait to see what improvements the Rotel provides. TAG give you a pin badge with this thing, for their owners to wear with pride. Wear it with pride I shall damn it!
More results later/tomorrow.
Dan (UK)
I tried a CD out first, to test how the TAGs stereo handling was. I slapped in James Newton Howard's score for Unbreakable. Yikes, the detail fedback to me was just incredible. I could here the pianist's fingers lightly tapping the piano keys, the strings section came alive. The power was immense!!
First DVD to try was Gladiator. A DVD that my Pioneer reciever gave a some wat overdone perfomance of, and by that I mean on the Pioneer the dialogue was muffled somewhat in the big loud scenes, bass was a bit TOO much here and there. The TAG however? TAG balanced EVERYTHING out, music was no longer drowned under sound effects, I could make out the dialogue perfectly in the opening battle, surrounds were given a new breath of life it was just extraordinary.
I then tried Titan A.E which the TAG just took on with ease. Channel seperation was outstanding and it presented many of the same atributes as my Meet Joe Black demo showed off. Music was gracefully re-produced axcross the front soundstage, dialogue was crystal clear and I just could not fault the things performance.
The above, once again, was resultes from NOT calibrating the set up, and having the TAG powered by my Pioneer reciever, which will soon be replaced by a dedicated Rotel power amp. Not even in my dreams was I expecting to hear such improvements with the Reciever powering th TAG.
So then I got to Calibrating the thing, TAG's set up menus are a DREAM, sooooo easy, sooooo accurate and helpful. I had a tape measure and SPL meter to hand and got going. All set, even got the machine to say "Hello Daniel" on it's LCD pannel when I switch it on.
I spent the afternoon watching Almost Famous, an incredible film with a superb sound mix, full of great tunes that really gave he TAG a work out. Naturally the little thing didn't fail in any department and it was just a triumph across all channels. Again, extraordinary sepeartion across the front soundstage, strong, perfectly presented centre channel. Pure brilliance!!!!
I friggin LOVE his thing and can not wait to see what improvements the Rotel provides. TAG give you a pin badge with this thing, for their owners to wear with pride. Wear it with pride I shall damn it!
More results later/tomorrow.
Dan (UK)
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