AC Epicenter

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

Going to hook up an epicenter. Just wanted to see what all the fuss is about. I'll post up some sort of listening results when I get back.

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[Hayabusa 10+ year member]

Cool... I doubt it will help the mag out much though since it doesn't need it.

 

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

Well...I'm back from hooking up and listening. I plan to go listen to more music after dinner. Quick review.

Instillation...

Three wires for +, -, and remote are easily hooked up. Input RCA and output RCA are easy and quick as well. The epicenter's remote gain is easily hooked up with the data cable. A for ease of install

First listening test...

Radio...

Talk radio is interesting with the epicenter. If its all the way up male voices are very low and deep. Female remain the same. All in all it isn't bad or over powering.

Rock radio, Interesting addition to the music. Very low end exaggerative. Some bass rifts that are usually higher on the instrument range are reproduced lower...way lower then expected. Makes it sound as though it was out of place.

Rap and hip hop radio, Very nice. Makes almost any song sound better. Defiantly meant for this type of music.

Classical rock, No way. I had to turn it off on several songs. It kept picking up the keyboards and over powering the bass. At times I thought it had cut out, because one minute it was beating away, the next it was completely silent.

C+ Could have been better on a wider range of music.

CDs...

SRV-River Paradise

Very nice on River paradise. Bass riff is defiantly more precise and exact. Low end is minimally exaggerated.

SRV-Little Wing

Again, nice. This song seemed a little exaggerated. I also had to keep fidgeting with the gain knob. I couldn't get it where it sounded best for too long before I had to adjust it again.

Lit-My own worst enemy

Best so far. Brought the bass drum kicking in my back. Actually I think I like this song better with the epicenter on full blast.

APC-sixteenth stone and several other songs

Nice bass, minimally exaggerated, except one song. The one song it actually had a higher bass note that the epicenter reproduced it very low and it just didn't blend well, no matter however I had the gain set.

Other then that it was not bad.

Mudvayne

Oh my...Kick drum was wicked. I think the epicenter actually made the mag bottom out //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

One song has a low end sweep that the epicenter changed to nothing more then the lower end bass and kick drum. Big downer for me on that song. I listen to that song waiting impatiently for that sweep.

Dream theater

Again nice, but too exaggerated for my tastes.

Dire straits

Never, ever, will I turn this thing on again during this artist.

B- Only for the monstrous low end addition...

Total rating B-

If you are a bass head, this is for you. If you like trying to reproduce your music accurately, this isn't for you. Rap and heavy rock is a must, otherwise you will be disappointed.

 

[espguitarist91 10+ year member]

What Mudvayne song?

 

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

What Mudvayne song?

I listen to several of thier CDs, but the song with the sweep is on the L.D. 50 album intitled "Internal Primates Forever" its #3

 

[Blunt 10+ year member]

get on aim justin

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

Cool... I doubt it will help the mag out much though since it doesn't need it.

do you know what an epicenter does? it adds in lower bass which isnt usually there in like rock songs or any other type of music which doesnt have a lot of low bass.

 

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

get on aim justin

Let me finish eating first...

 

[prochobo 10+ year member]

do you know what an epicenter does? it adds in lower bass which isnt usually there in like rock songs or any other type of music which doesnt have a lot of low bass.

Does it add deebeez? LOL, I might get one of these to help out my trance music. Ported boxes and trance doesn't mix too well . . .

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

my epic160 tells me teh deebeez the epicenter puts out

 

[Hayabusa 10+ year member]

do you know what an epicenter does? it adds in lower bass which isnt usually there in like rock songs or any other type of music which doesnt have a lot of low bass.

Yeah I know what it does... It restores bass. Boy what reading the side of the thing does...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif Doesn't do anything I can't do on Fruity Loops...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif

 

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

Just got back from a quick drive. The first Linkin Park album beats like crazy with the epicenter. Very nice.

On a down note, Sublime is terrible with it. It couldnt make up its mind to play or not on almost all of the album. It would kick in and out random and sparatically. Definatly had to turn it off.

 

[Skip01 5,000+ posts]

I thought it made like songs that dont have a bass line have one,basically.

From the SteelCity Sounds vid this is what i thought.

I know this isnt its only function,or is it?

 

[thch 10+ year member]

its an adaptive filter and can be fooled. i'm still wondering how this bass is being "lost" in a manner that can't be corrected with linear filtering.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

I see you're enjoying it.