Topic: Thoughts on ACM V3

[Kevin Straker]

Significant difference between the three to my ears, even on crappy laptop and mid grade computer speakers.  I'm away from the home stereo currently.

what do you hear as the difference between the acm v3 and the stock v3?

[Gutbucket]

Oh no, comparison poetry.  I need to listen on the good stereo, but I hear a bit more transparency in the top mostly, maybe a difference in the lower end too but that's really hard to hear on the little speakers.  I still liked the AD2K the best for clear transparent top, but the ModV3 has a certain richness.  Uggg poetic bs /off.

[Kevin Straker]

Anybody want a copy of WSP 8-15-2008 Knoxville

schoeps 621>acmV3>hdp2
dfc/fob row M or O, can't remember.
24/48 on a dvd-a disc.

send me a pm with your address if you want to give a listen.

[orechall]

nice offer Kevin....I love the acm v3 havent heard it with the scheops yet...sending a pm now

[davelive]

greetings all!
Had my V3 modified by Doug in May. Since then I have made over a dozen recordings using a
pair of Neumann km140's.

My opinion? I don't like what the mod does to sound. At times the highs seem to be overdriven and the bass
tends to be muddy. I do think there is some improvement in overall sound stage openness but the loss
of crisp sonics that I came to love with my original V3 configuration have gone.

I plan on returning my lunatec to Doug to have his mod reversed.

Anyone else feel this way or is it just me?
I guess that what appeals to one person's taste may not appeal to everyone.

Attached mp3 is a track from the Charlottesville Phil show on 7/8/08 using km140's>V3 modified from the 16th row dfc.

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[OFOTD]

Anyone else feel this way or is it just me?
I guess that what appeals to one person's taste may not appeal to everyone.

Yes I felt the same way and sold my 140's because of it. 

I also felt that the ACM mod did not work with my AKG's either.

Enter the DPA's and everything is different.  I think that the ACM mod with my  4021's makes the bass huge but very tight.  The highs seem very natural to my ears without much fatigue at all.   Soundstage is HUGE!

As more and more folks are getting the ACM mod its appearing that it is best paired with DPA's and Schoeps.

Doug was offering a TCM mod but I have not heard it yet and would assume that it would be better suited to the Neumann's and AKG's.

 

[Rick]

Doug was offering a TCM mod but I have not heard it yet and would assume that it would be better suited to the Neumann's and AKG's.

If he was, he is no longer does. I asked about 2 weeks ago.

[L Ron Hoover]

Any MG sources out there? I'm thinking it would go well with them.

[jerryfreak]

It lessened the gap between the AD2k+ and the V3's AD, but you still prefer the AD2K?

i agree with larry.

theres a reason the ad2k cost $1800 new - it was (is?) the best portable AD ever built

[orechall]

when I spoke with Doug before I had the mod done he told me he intended the tcm mod for LD mics....dont know if I have seen anyone running the tcm mod and havent heard it yet either...

[JasonSobel]

My opinion? I don't like what the mod does to sound. At times the highs seem to be overdriven and the bass
tends to be muddy. I do think there is some improvement in overall sound stage openness but the loss
of crisp sonics that I came to love with my original V3 configuration have gone.

I plan on returning my lunatec to Doug to have his mod reversed.

I would think that it would be quicker, easier, and cheaper to just sell the oade mod V3 here on taperssection, and buy a used, non-mod V3 from someone else.  V3's pop up for sale in the yard sale section here very frequently, and I'm sure you could buy one for less than you could sell your modified V3.  just a thought...

[pyiteac]

It lessened the gap between the AD2k+ and the V3's AD, but you still prefer the AD2K?

i agree with larry.

theres a reason the ad2k cost $1800 new - it was (is?) the best portable AD ever built

Except for the Apogee AD1000

[jerryfreak]

or hook up another ts'er who wants an oade mod with a straight-away trade for their non-mod unit?

I would think that it would be quicker, easier, and cheaper to just sell the oade mod V3 here on taperssection, and buy a used, non-mod V3 from someone else.  V3's pop up for sale in the yard sale section here very frequently, and I'm sure you could buy one for less than you could sell your modified V3.  just a thought...

[Kevin Straker]

greetings all!
Had my V3 modified by Doug in May. Since then I have made over a dozen recordings using a
pair of Neumann km140's.

My opinion? I don't like what the mod does to sound. At times the highs seem to be overdriven and the bass
tends to be muddy. I do think there is some improvement in overall sound stage openness but the loss
of crisp sonics that I came to love with my original V3 configuration have gone.

I plan on returning my lunatec to Doug to have his mod reversed.

Anyone else feel this way or is it just me?
I guess that what appeals to one person's taste may not appeal to everyone.

Attached mp3 is a track from the Charlottesville Phil show on 7/8/08 using km140's>V3 modified from the 16th row dfc.

d

I do find myself reaching for the bass nob more than I used to. It does have more bass, that sounds more round. If that means anything to you. I'm still on the fence. I have two nights of panic/charlotte to listen to before I arrive at a conclusion.

[datbrad]

greetings all!
Had my V3 modified by Doug in May. Since then I have made over a dozen recordings using a
pair of Neumann km140's.

My opinion? I don't like what the mod does to sound. At times the highs seem to be overdriven and the bass
tends to be muddy. I do think there is some improvement in overall sound stage openness but the loss
of crisp sonics that I came to love with my original V3 configuration have gone.

I plan on returning my lunatec to Doug to have his mod reversed.

Anyone else feel this way or is it just me?
I guess that what appeals to one person's taste may not appeal to everyone.

Attached mp3 is a track from the Charlottesville Phil show on 7/8/08 using km140's>V3 modified from the 16th row dfc.

d

Sounds like what the "loudness" switch on a stereo receiver does to the sound.