hello all,
I'm considering trying out Lexicon. Over the years I have been very Impressed with there performance, built quality. I have read about but not heard first hand this Rv-8 receiver. I owned the B&K avr307 and felt it was ever bit as good as most lower end seperates with being all in one box. McIntosh and Sunfire also have receivers that sound like seperates. I also felt the Rotel RSX1065 could be in there as well. These receivers standing way out in a musical way past the Denon,Yamaha,Integra,Onkyo,Harman Kardon,marantz,Pioneer Elite,Sony Es,etc of the world.
McIntosh I did a side by side with Sunfire and Rotel. the McIntosh receiver sounded better the both seperates. Shocking but not really. Considering McIntosh has always been a extremely musical pproduct and favored by many, them building a receiver with the same kind of love I excepted.
I sold my B&K avr307 not because of it's sound quality but due to the fact to upgrade it, I had to send it out and wait to be upgraded. Or I could buy the new avr507 at that time. My experience with Rotel being an Installer installing it, I really started to favor it due to the sound quality vs price ratio. Mated with Dynaduio speakers, It blew me away. The combo I installed many many times and was shocked every single time. Audience series with the Rsx1065 receiver and others with the rsp1066 and rmb1075. I felt there was a very fine line between them both.
After much research and the want to get into "seperates", I made the move to Rotel seperates. I own the rsp1068 and the RMB1095. I sold my Polk Lsi speakers to get into my long loved Dynaudio Audience series. At first I was very happy with the system. i was waiting for the break in period, I noticed a higher level of detail but the system has always been alittle harsh. I figured again I'll wait for the break in period to pass.Well after months and months of waiting, It never got better, actually it got worse. I devoloped a Hiss/crackle/hum in the highs and I never really had good seperation in the instruments like I did with the B&k/lsi system. On paper I made a nice upgrade. To my ears I think I messed up.
I have been for the last few months trying to put my finger on my sound quallity problem. I'm a wire freak so I use very good quality Wire. I use all Kimber kable. In my last system , it made everything just sound incredible. My not saying wire is my problem, but it is the one thing thats differnt from all the systems I have Installed with Rotel and Dynaudio. In those systems I installed Transparent cables. Wire makes a difference but I don't believe it can break a system to the point that mine is in. I believe I have defective gear or I'm just not a fan of my sound. I'm having a hard time with that.
Sinse I have had seperates, I have not been happy. At first I beleive it was the excitement of owning what I wanted, then when I sat down and really listend, I was not. My last system used to make me laugh with joy, this system makes me angry and I turn it off.
For movies, I kinda like it better due to the dynamic range of the rmb1095. When action happens the amp is really dynamic. Better then the avr307 was. but still the warmth and more natural sound I had is gone.
At one time I thought it was easy to fiigure out what was the weakest link, now I'm very confused. Building a system around your favorite speakers seemed to be the way to go. I also wonder if Dynaudio is what I'm not totally digging.I have so many theorys on what "IT" could be. Another one is my Pioneer Elite Dv47a that I use for cd, sacd, dvd audio and watching dvd's.But that player also was in many of the systems I have Installed and didn't find flaws then.
On a last note on my rant, I know accustics make a big difference. but I have heard my system in so many different rooms, some less Ideal then mine and loved every single systems sound quality for both music and movies right out of the box brand new with no Break in other then the time the system played during install.
I'm not way into starting over once again.And I never heard Lexicon and Dyanduio together. Kinda the point of this thead before I started to rant. So
to the Lexicon owners out there, what do you think about the Rv-8? the reviews are stellar on it. I know how good there seperates are. I don't think I want to go seperates again. I kinda like the "box" and staying in it.One less area to fail meaning the ground problems that can happen with seperates, the interference with the IC's between them.
I'm considering trying out Lexicon. Over the years I have been very Impressed with there performance, built quality. I have read about but not heard first hand this Rv-8 receiver. I owned the B&K avr307 and felt it was ever bit as good as most lower end seperates with being all in one box. McIntosh and Sunfire also have receivers that sound like seperates. I also felt the Rotel RSX1065 could be in there as well. These receivers standing way out in a musical way past the Denon,Yamaha,Integra,Onkyo,Harman Kardon,marantz,Pioneer Elite,Sony Es,etc of the world.
McIntosh I did a side by side with Sunfire and Rotel. the McIntosh receiver sounded better the both seperates. Shocking but not really. Considering McIntosh has always been a extremely musical pproduct and favored by many, them building a receiver with the same kind of love I excepted.
I sold my B&K avr307 not because of it's sound quality but due to the fact to upgrade it, I had to send it out and wait to be upgraded. Or I could buy the new avr507 at that time. My experience with Rotel being an Installer installing it, I really started to favor it due to the sound quality vs price ratio. Mated with Dynaduio speakers, It blew me away. The combo I installed many many times and was shocked every single time. Audience series with the Rsx1065 receiver and others with the rsp1066 and rmb1075. I felt there was a very fine line between them both.
After much research and the want to get into "seperates", I made the move to Rotel seperates. I own the rsp1068 and the RMB1095. I sold my Polk Lsi speakers to get into my long loved Dynaudio Audience series. At first I was very happy with the system. i was waiting for the break in period, I noticed a higher level of detail but the system has always been alittle harsh. I figured again I'll wait for the break in period to pass.Well after months and months of waiting, It never got better, actually it got worse. I devoloped a Hiss/crackle/hum in the highs and I never really had good seperation in the instruments like I did with the B&k/lsi system. On paper I made a nice upgrade. To my ears I think I messed up.
I have been for the last few months trying to put my finger on my sound quallity problem. I'm a wire freak so I use very good quality Wire. I use all Kimber kable. In my last system , it made everything just sound incredible. My not saying wire is my problem, but it is the one thing thats differnt from all the systems I have Installed with Rotel and Dynaudio. In those systems I installed Transparent cables. Wire makes a difference but I don't believe it can break a system to the point that mine is in. I believe I have defective gear or I'm just not a fan of my sound. I'm having a hard time with that.
Sinse I have had seperates, I have not been happy. At first I beleive it was the excitement of owning what I wanted, then when I sat down and really listend, I was not. My last system used to make me laugh with joy, this system makes me angry and I turn it off.
For movies, I kinda like it better due to the dynamic range of the rmb1095. When action happens the amp is really dynamic. Better then the avr307 was. but still the warmth and more natural sound I had is gone.
At one time I thought it was easy to fiigure out what was the weakest link, now I'm very confused. Building a system around your favorite speakers seemed to be the way to go. I also wonder if Dynaudio is what I'm not totally digging.I have so many theorys on what "IT" could be. Another one is my Pioneer Elite Dv47a that I use for cd, sacd, dvd audio and watching dvd's.But that player also was in many of the systems I have Installed and didn't find flaws then.
On a last note on my rant, I know accustics make a big difference. but I have heard my system in so many different rooms, some less Ideal then mine and loved every single systems sound quality for both music and movies right out of the box brand new with no Break in other then the time the system played during install.
I'm not way into starting over once again.And I never heard Lexicon and Dyanduio together. Kinda the point of this thead before I started to rant. So
to the Lexicon owners out there, what do you think about the Rv-8? the reviews are stellar on it. I know how good there seperates are. I don't think I want to go seperates again. I kinda like the "box" and staying in it.One less area to fail meaning the ground problems that can happen with seperates, the interference with the IC's between them.
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