I've just moved house which has meant dismantling and reassembling my rather complex Orion/Phoenix/Bob system.
As I do this I am pondering alernatives.
I'm still not tempted to change its essential nature, or the drivers. And whilst unlike some I don't have any major issues with the sonic quality of the dcx, I hate its general flakiness. I have two now (and have gone through others) because of intermittent failures related to its poor design.
So I'm intrigued by the Minidsp.
It appears to do everything in terms of xover and EQ that the dcx does, but without the reliability issues.
And it is cheaper.
Davey has tried it in a similar setup to mine, as has Gainphile, but I'm wondering how others have found the stability (most importantly) and the noise.
It'll be fed from the variable out of a prepro. i used to listen loud to (on occasion) big orchestral, organ and reggae in a very big room (650sf with 15ft ceilings) but the new one is much smaller. At the moment I have balanced amps, but their Euroblock connections annoy me so much they may also be looking at a new owner.
PS, did I mention how much I hate Euroblock connectors? They are fiddly, fragile and pick up the noise balanced operation is supposed to remove. They suck.
As I do this I am pondering alernatives.
I'm still not tempted to change its essential nature, or the drivers. And whilst unlike some I don't have any major issues with the sonic quality of the dcx, I hate its general flakiness. I have two now (and have gone through others) because of intermittent failures related to its poor design.
So I'm intrigued by the Minidsp.
It appears to do everything in terms of xover and EQ that the dcx does, but without the reliability issues.
And it is cheaper.
Davey has tried it in a similar setup to mine, as has Gainphile, but I'm wondering how others have found the stability (most importantly) and the noise.
It'll be fed from the variable out of a prepro. i used to listen loud to (on occasion) big orchestral, organ and reggae in a very big room (650sf with 15ft ceilings) but the new one is much smaller. At the moment I have balanced amps, but their Euroblock connections annoy me so much they may also be looking at a new owner.
PS, did I mention how much I hate Euroblock connectors? They are fiddly, fragile and pick up the noise balanced operation is supposed to remove. They suck.
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