[Skylab]

Right now the RSA Stealth is doing duty as my main preamp, as the Cary is on it's way to Cary to be repaired

Funny thing is the Stealth sounds almost as good as the Cary does, at 25% of the price.

When the Cary comes back, there will be another great amp shuffling

 

[MomijiTMO]

Possible sale maybe?

 

[mulveling]

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Originally Posted by digitalmind /img/forum/go_quote.gif I was afraid of placing them this way because of the asymmetrical room, but it works better than anticipated. Have no problems at all with how it's set up. I have all kinds of wierd shapes in the house that you don't see on the picture (a 4 meter high ceiling in the middle... it's a loft) so there's not much I can do to fix it.

Nice setup!

Nonsense, to the cries of necessarily bad imaging in a room like yours! Firstly, those Tannoy dual-concentrics have a more narrow dispersion than traditional speakers, which keeps the sweet spot less tainted by room effects. They're not as good for listening out of sweet-spot, but who would do that?

Also, call me crazy, but believe there is some correlation between how aesthetically pleasing a room is, and how good it sounds. Your room is lovely. Sure there will be asymmetry in the first reflection, but that asymmetry could also help dissipate bass modes. You (ideally) want to damp the first reflection points anyways! From the midrange and up, you should be hearing primary direct sound from the speakers.

Your setup looks very reasonable, but you might experiment with distances - distance from speaker to front wall, and distance from seating to speaker. That can help you determine the optimal balance between bass and imaging.

 

[wgb113]

First go at a headphone setup:

My other two headphones are out of the picture and I'm saving up for some Dynaudio studio monitors to replace those Blose PC speakers.

Bill

 

[Zombie_X]

Here's my current set-up, but it's cluttered.

 

[teishu]

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Originally Posted by GreatDane /img/forum/go_quote.gif How could you see her name from that distance?? -or did you see my Hayley obsession in Webshots lol ...so Hayley scores another fan, great! I agree, her voice is amazing.

Had a listen to some of here stuff, i'm quite impressed. Got a few of her albums on my amazon wish list now

 

[kboe]

I should have an MP-301 on the way today. If it comes tonight I'll post pics!!!!

 

[GreatDane]

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Originally Posted by teishu /img/forum/go_quote.gif Had a listen to some of here stuff, i'm quite impressed. Got a few of her albums on my amazon wish list now

Hayley is, without a doubt, my favorite female artist.

Hayley is in the beginning stages for her next CD...I will be on the pre-order list for sure. The last 3 of Hayley's CD I bought from CDJapan, not cheap either, but well worth it.

Here is 6 out of my 11 releases on CD:

At the age of 12, Hayley recorded her first demo CD which was limited to 70 copies, then later an additional 1,000 copies were pressed. Still this is a rare CD.

Below you can see some of her CDs, including her first "Walking In The Air" (bottom left). Just one year later,"Hayley Westenra"(her first studio recording) and "My Gift To You" were recorded.

I recommend buying her first two studio CDs last because her voice had not reached a mature, honed level. Her CD "Pure" is where I recommend starting. There are different versions for many of her CD releases,depending on the country...it's confusing. Also be aware of her DVD "Live From New Zealand" which is a must have for a Hayley fan.

[size=x-small]...sorry for posting so much stuff[/size]

 

[SoupRKnowva]

Wow, i jsut went and checked her out in wikipedia, theres so many versions of Pure, which one is a man to get?? lol thats crazy, i could understand maybe a different bonus track for japan or something, but thats a little overboard

 

[GreatDane]

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Originally Posted by SoupRKnowva /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wow, i jsut went and checked her out in wikipedia, theres so many versions of Pure, which one is a man to get?? lol thats crazy, i could understand maybe a different bonus track for japan or something, but thats a little overboard

Yeah, it's very confusing. I bought my copy of Pure from cduniverse.com which was a British import version having a bonus CD.

 

[plug]

her hometown christchurch NZ, where I live now.

Not a fan of her music but i can appreciate it on a musical level

 

[sachu]

Being half way around the world from my main headphone rig has some pleasant surprises.
Till I get back to PDX, this is my current listening setup.

My first ever DIY project.

An active 3 way speaker system.

Drivers are :
Vifa D27 tweeters
Scan Speak 13M/8640 paper cone midrange drivers
Dayton 10 inch classic woofers

7 channels of gainclone amplification
and 3 way active xover which is housed inside the amplifier chassis (Linkwitz 24dB/octave).

 

[mrarroyo]

Those speakers came out very nice! Congratulations.

 

[jjinh]

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Originally Posted by GreatDane /img/forum/go_quote.gif [size=x-small]...sorry for posting so much stuff[/size]

Pure is just beautiful, gives me goosebumps when I listen to it - definitely one of my favourites.

I didnt know she had those 'sings japanese songs'; I'm going to check them out!

 

[GreatDane]

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Originally Posted by jjinh /img/forum/go_quote.gif Pure is just beautiful, gives me goosebumps when I listen to it - definitely one of my favourites. I didnt know she had those 'sings japanese songs'; I'm going to check them out!

Sooo many of her songs give me goosebumps...listening with my JVC-WOW!

I bought those "Sings Japanese Songs" from cdjapan. They were expensive but good stuff.