IRS V, Pass Labs X350.5 (soon to be replaced with XA200.5 monoblocks) ARC Ref6Se, VPi Prime Signature w Hana ML Cart, through PS Audio Nuwave phono pre, PS Audio Power Plant 20, PS Audio Directstream DAC, Oppo 103 SACD, Pioneer RT1020L, Teac 3340S. TV used exclusively for music management through 8TB HD
Hired a piano moving company to move the woofers up to my audio room on the second floor. They (the movers) were beasts and well worth it! The mid/hf panels come in 5 pieces. top/bottom, two wings and the driver compliment in the center. My wife helped me move and assembled them.
I can just imagine my wife getting highly animated if I were to bring any of these speakers home... I have a WAF going on as it is and I am pretty sure the comment... if a large speaker is good a really gigantic one is just about right... would not melt her butter at all... now... If I could just get my wife to look the other way....
This is what your wife means when she says "The speakers take over the room!". All kidding aside, let me know when you have an open house and I will be right over!
Epic. To the room treatment comments, I think a system like this would crush any room interaction modes <g>. Seriously though - there would be floor to ceiling point sources generating a wall of sound. Must be incredibly immersive.
A wise person once said that the room is the most important component in an audio system. Baylinor raises a serious concern. Some experimentation with diffusers and absorbers would be worthwhile, and at reasonable cost.
I have to say this is probably the most impressive amount of audio equipment assembled I have ever seen in a listening room that is seemingly completely devoid of any acoustic treatment. Interesting concept.
Nice all out effort for an impressive speaker! Line source with prodigious LF is one of the great experiences of sound in this hobby. Kudos on going big to capture the enormity of it. Soundstage and scale together can't be faked, and you have acquired a grand expression of it.
The magnitude and refinement is eye-catching. I can only imagine what this system sounds like. Thinking out loud, the words "enveloping," "scale," and "thereness" come to mind - but truth be told, if I ever had the opportunity, I'm sure I'd just be lost and speechless. Stunning system.
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