Audio Pics

Wow! That's SEXY!

Yes, I am using a pair of Emotiva XPA-1 monoblocks. 1,000W into 4 ohms for each tower.

I also need to update the photo. I now have a Panasonic 65" ZT60 display wall mounted with hidden wires. Total stereo HT beast mode now.

Thats intense. Are those Legacys nominal impedance 4 ohms?

Very nice

Sonic bliss

Bad idea coming into this thread. You guys are making me jealous

I've heard a similar set of legacys run on Bryston mono blocks. It was awesome. Bubbly has a wicked setup too

Wilson Benesch series 2 square two

Biggerer


Shinyerer


Expensiverererer


Funny tupperware box with the best 40 watts on the planet... mayhap... I hear they use fresh juiced fairys for the electrolytics (I found a wing at the back of my rack `n everything)


erm, sorry for the understated look (worth two kidneys at least on the underbelly market)

power supply (well its only 40watts isnt it)


plumbing shot.


if you`d like to help fund my "shiny things" habbit or simply know of a spare dialysis machine I can borrow until I pay off the loan on the setup then feel free to PM

its an audiovisual fest...


ambience or boredom...

playin around...

more messing...


film break.


some kind of HD projector/optikinetic madness




some mystical place old bobb-fi goes and general computer foolery meets public

To sum up my audio experience as of late. I doubt i`ll ever own another pair of speakers that sport burr walnut and carry so much lacquer you can watch fly`s fall off the sides. (i`m all for single full range driver next)
And the best part is if you turn the amp on below room temp it will blow up (slight user friendly/audio bliss trade off)

I keep saying your name as bubbley bobby head. Not once or twice but for years lol. Kinda like when your singing a song you don't know very well and just kind of make it up to fill it in but it sounds close! Know what I mean?

You have some pretty nice hifi

its all Bobblerz... (like rubbin a brass lamp)



forgot this one for valve lovers

use a couple to serve with coffee. any complaints I say buy more coffee! cost beans

sounds a little more sure footed and awake than the MKI
then again the valves are well past it on the MKI now... (how much fidelity do you need near the toilets )

not sure why there caged in. seem pretty even handed to me

more super computer action later this year
ahh, the smell of tosted linear PSU in a morning

MattMan657 said:

Thats intense. Are those Legacys nominal impedance 4 ohms?

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Yes, 4 ohms.

http://www.legacyaudio.com/products/view/focus-se/

USB 24bit 384KHz DSD reference dac with femto master clock.



it sounds agreeably reference. makes the v-link sound shameful.

biggerer, fatterer, longerer and widerer sounds

Just a wee bit more TV. It's wall mounted with in-wall wiring, bolted to 3 studs with a 3/4" piece of plywood for backing. Should be very California earthquake resistant. It's also mounted on the lowest mount points, so if I upgrade to a Legacy Marquis center channel it can sit on top the console.

3ru black trim has been ordered for the XSP-1 now as well.

I'm making the best of my smallish 11'x12' HT/Multi-purpose Room. I've been slowly "remodeling" the past 3 months I Just ripped out (demolished) a built-in counter/cabinet monstrosity last week to open up the area shown in the pics below (the "Bagster" portable dumpster is AWESOME for this kind of small demolition work!), and got the new TV Stand assembled last Tuesday.

I've had the same speaker setup for about 5-6 years now, but was only now able to get it setup anywhere near ideal after ripping out the built-in counter/cabinets last week (why did I wait so long???!!!???)

L-C-R Speakers are Dynaudio AIR series active studio monitors (I also mix audio projects in this setup sometimes):
AIR-15 + AIR-BASE-2 for L/R stacks; and an AIR-6 as Center Channel. All mains are on Iso-Acoustics ISO-PODS to get proper driver aiming and isolation. Net amplifier power across this L-C-R system is 1,700 WRMS. It does the trick

Then, I'm running a passive pair of Dynaudio BM6P monitors for Ls/Rs surrounds, and a cheap-o pair of JBL Loft series as front PLIIz font-height speakers (just wanted to check out height channels for fun, will upgrade those later if I determine they are worthy of additional cash - looking at "height" channels as a neat gimmick for now ). These Ls/Rs Surrounds and L/R Height channels run off the Denon AVR's internal power amps for 125WPC (another 500 Watts, bringing total system power to 2,200 WRMS).

My NAD T175HD Pre/Pro bit the dust a few months ago, so I replaced it with a Denon AVR-X4000 with Audyssey MultEQ XT32 and 4K support. Very pleased with it even though it was less than 1/3 the cost of the NAD Pre/Pro it replaced!

Also just upgraded from a 2008 46" Samsung LN46A650 to the 2014 60" Vizio M602i-B3 with FALD last month - I adore it! Also recently upgraded the PC monitor from a 24" Dell 2407WFP to a high-rez Dell 27" U2713HM 2560x1440. Love it, too!

I have some DIY 12"x12" OC703 soffit bass traps in the ceiling-to-wall corners (approx 32 linear feet worth), and some 4" OC703 panels at the first-reflection points on the ceiling. I will be making new OC703 panels for the side-wall first-reflection points soon (4" deep, and spaced 2"-4" off the wall). I really need more bass-trapping (32' of 12"x12" soffit bass traps seriously aren't quite enough!) - will get to that one day. Room treatments should be considered as part of any system IMNSHO. The room is generally the most misbehaved part of ANY audio environment - and can turn any $100K system into an incoherent and peaky/nully mess!!! I can't say I've seen much attention paid to this inevitable facet of Audio around here...

It's a bit tight, but I'm pleased with the outcome in the small space. Sorry for the crappy/blurry pics:







And then if I just want to veg out, I look to my right and get this (125 Gallon freshwater aquarium):





It's a mini paradise for me after a long day at work...

As you were

pinky33 said:

The amp is broken in. The speakers are broken in. And after $550 in amp,speakers,new 1080p monitor, and quad monitor mounting setup I am beyond happy. I like so many others have dreamed of this moment for years. I also dreamed of owning a p90 assault rifle which I purchased last week. PS90 actually.

The speakers perform better then i could have imagined. I was going to modify the cross over this summer so I can use an 8" woofer with the setup, but I see no reason for the extra base. If I want to rattle my eyeballs in there sockets I can just go to the basement.

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Love the Revy background

Just moved my twin Hitachi HSA-3132's to where my tiny bookshelf speakers were *the small speakers were starting to not handle being the main speakers well*

Now I have two huge floor speakers for bookshelf speakers, slightly off center of the TV, cos well, had to make due with space limitations.
will post a pic whenever camera decides to worky

Nice aspect ratio. Now all you need are some real plants
What size is it?

Here is my current desktop sound setting *have two surrounds in back, and a Sony SA-W2500 sub under the desk...all in a roughly 12 by 12 room lol*
image is low dpi, as usual camera is not working for some reason.

Changed to current config *after an hour or two of boredom*

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My little slice of heaven

Well I figured that it is about time that I throw my hat in the ring. For background, I have been into high end audio for over 15 years, and into audio all of my life. I am a member of the planar speaker asylum, and have been a long time member of various other home theater and audio communities. I am pretty happy with where my system is at currently. Could it be better? Always. Here are the specs.

Magnepan MG3a's (30 years old and still rocking, been fully rebuilt of course)
Velodyne CHT8 powered sub (fast enough to keep up with the maggies)
Harmon Kardon AVR 430 (not the most glorious preamp but works well with the xpa1's and matches nicely
Emotivia XPA-1 monoblock's 1000w/4ohm (enough juice to handle the maggies beautifully)
65" LG LED (big enough for now, may go larger eventually)

Nice set up. Not particularly a huge fan of large tower speakers, but those fit the motif pretty well.