System edited: Added & removed equipment. New pictures and more to come

hevac1 November 25, 2011 20:35

The entire cupboard is on the other side of a main carrying beam so there is no vibration tranfer. I can play at deafening volumes and huge amounts of bass with no feedback problems. I don't do it very often but sometimes. The wife gets pissed though.

hevac1 July 21, 2010 00:44

Hatari,

I got lucky on their placement, John Quick from Tempo Sales & Marketing lives in MA. He came over to help place them with the people from Goodwin's HighEnd when they were delivered. The final location may be different because he wants them to break-in some, then he will return for the final placement.

I sit 14'8" from the front wall and 9' from the front of the speakers. The woofer is 2' from the side wall, 3'10" from the back wall and they are 9' apart to the center of the front of the speakers. All quick measurements BTW.

I purchased the woofers when I still had Ovations, I had the woofer in the Ovations firing forward. I have not used them with the Sarastros yet. When I do I will get back to you.

I am enjoying the Sarastros very much, better detail, imaging, range and sound stage.

I made a few other changes in the room just after the speakers. I changed out my projector screen from fixed to powered. I felt the fixed screen screwed with the bass and imaging, I was right. I now have better imaging and bass but the bass is a little too much and I have issues with mid-range that I never had before. I have to treat the room somewhat to get it correct and I am experimenting with treatments at this time. This has only started with the screen change because when the Sarastros were setup I had the fixed screen and not the powered screen. One thing always lead to another ya know, LOL.

BTW 2 channel has first priority in the room.

Thank for the interest,

Enjoy.

hevac1 February 14, 2010 16:20

System edited: Updated Front picture

hevac1 February 13, 2010 20:35

System edited: Updated Oppo to LE. Upgraded front speakers to Varity Audio Sarastro II. Better bass, treble and the same great midrange. Better definition, larger sound stage and do these babies disappear with a little work.

hevac1 February 11, 2010 12:50

I talked with the person that owns Sarastro II. His upgrade was to sell the old Sarastro and buy new SarastroII. He felt the II's sounded better. I did not know that. He also said the upgrade price was not worth it to him and may not be for you either.

hevac1 February 05, 2010 16:18

I just upgraded from the Ovations to the the Sarastro II a week ago.
A freind of mine upgraded and said it was worth it. He said they sound better with a wider varity of music and alot better with rock music.

hevac1 February 02, 2010 00:58

My amps with the Ovation sounded effortless with no sign of strain, this is through out the range of these speakers. I now have Sarastro II's and feel the same. With the Saratros thou the upper midrange and tweeter are so much sweeter and the definition is much better. There is also better bass control and lower bass all around. The midrange is about the same and is why I like the Varity line over the last 10 years or so. They are harder to setup correctly. Took a few hours compared to the Ovations.

hevac1 February 01, 2010 12:34

System edited: Added 2 JL Audio f113 subs to 2 channel system.

hevac1 November 25, 2009 22:53

System edited: After adding VPS to system tried some Nordost cables and loved the sound. They have added them to the system.

hevac1 April 04, 2009 21:08

When I have time and enough hats I will put them going all the way around the room.

hevac1 September 19, 2008 10:03

Thanks Jfrech Hope you enjoy yours also.

hevac1 August 08, 2008 10:17

System edited: System is sounding awsome now. I will try not to add more for a while.

hevac1 August 06, 2008 20:41

Hello John,
Sorry for the Long delay to you also.
The Ref3 is awesome for my system and have been very happy with it. If you are looking for something that sounds great with most music then you cannot go wrong with the Ref3.

hevac1 March 20, 2008 21:22

Hello Norfish,

Sorry for the LOOOONG delay in responding to you about my system.

I have removed the FMS speaker cables from my system because they were sounding lean compared to a pair of Purist Audio Design Aqueous's a friend let me borrow.
Since then I have tried a pair of Silversmith's and they sounded awesome. A new speaker wire from Basis, very good and alot like the Purist I am borrowing. & some from Nordost, Tyr and Valhalla are excellent but very costly. The Silversmiths sound was between both of the Nordost speaker wire. I am trying them all again shortly to make my final pick.

Enjoy the music.

hevac1 March 20, 2008 21:17

Hi Ryder,

Yes I had it as part of my two channel system also but found it was not quite fast enough. I tried the Aerial SW-12 and it was very fast, as a result I purchased it. My 2 channel is my priority system not the theater.

I sold my front Rel but wish I had kept it. It is hard to setup the SW-12 for both. It was much easier to setup the Rel for both. I should have kept it for the HT front.

The only other issue with the Rel. When setting it up with mono amps, terminate the common to the preamp not the amps other wise you will get noise from the system.

Enjoy the music.

hevac1 March 20, 2008 20:37

System edited: Well I finally uploaded pictures. As you can see I am running out of room for my records. The wife will not let me store any records in the living room. Next I will upgrade the phono stage, interconnects & speaker cables. I have been busy so have not responded but suggestions are welcome The Parsifal Encores on the left wall are for sale here on AudiogoN

hevac1 June 26, 2007 23:42

System edited: Just upgraded to Parsifal Ovations and an Arial Acoustics SW-12 for the front of the system and it sounds better than ever.

hevac1 June 02, 2007 16:15