Congratulations as well! I own a Tron 7 Phono and love it.

I am also very interested in the Horning Aristoteles and have a small to medium sized room. Jeff thought that these speakers would work well in my room. I have heard the Horning sound at the RMAF Show and love it. What does it most for me is the natural, open, and holographic pin-point imaging of instruments and personnel. Amazing.

My question, are you getting this from your Hornings in your room?

I also own a Raven One TT that I got from High Water Sound. Could not be happier.

kennythekey January 05, 2012 17:35

I am driving the Hornings in SET mode which is 12 watts. SET with these speakers still has great control over the bottom end and more purity in the midrange. I am still playing with speaker positions but have already found that they love plenty of distance from the front wall. It's a bit easy to overload my room with the bass output otherwise and the soundstage becomes much deeper.

I plan to add a turntable in the next month which will require a totally revised rack configuration. My living room setup unfortunately only allows for the gear to be between the speakers so my plan is to have a low wood bench built to get the gear as low as possible. Major changes coming soon so I will provide new pics when its all done!

latinsamba1 January 05, 2012 16:20

I meant to ask, do you drive the Hornings with your Manley amp in SET or PP mode ?

charles1dad January 05, 2012 12:17

Congratulations! I `ve always wanted to hear the Horning speakers. You have built an exceptional system that would seem to have great tone,dynamics and the ability to have 'natural' flowing music.

charles1dad January 05, 2012 12:09

System edited: Just upgraded to Horning Aristotles. Very natural sounding and great dynamics!

latinsamba1 January 05, 2012 04:52

Hi Devilboy,

I would say you would be challenged on deep bass with most single driver systems in a room that size. My room is a bit narrower than yours and also opens up to a kitchen behind the living room area (the kitchen area is about the last 7ft or so of the length of the room). A matching Omega sub would cure that problem in a room like yours but I'm personally not a fan of subs.

latinsamba1 May 22, 2011 19:31

Mmmm. It's systems like this that made me rethink which direction I want to in. I'm currently selling some stuff to go the single, full range driver/SET amplifier route. I'm considering a pair of Omegas. My room is 15ft wide X 18ft long, but opens up to a dinning room and kitchen behind me. I know the Omegas and other single driver speakers are efficient, but I'm concerned if an SET has enough juice to give me adequate bass response in that size room. I'm not looking for subterranean bass, but I don't want it to be anemic either. Like I said, this is my first attempt at SET so I'm kind of taking a chance here. Any recommendations you may have on this would be greatly appreciated.

devilboy May 21, 2011 10:52

Well done!

Looks like a well thought out system.

Spin the Yelliwjackets.

lapierre April 19, 2011 17:07

Thanks it certainly makes music now. I'm itching to hear the phono stage but a turntable is probably on hold until later this year.

latinsamba1 April 11, 2011 19:38

Latinsamba,congradulations on the Tron preamp. I`m sure this system sounds very good and is involving.

charles1dad April 11, 2011 18:39

Thanks Sebrof. That's basically what I did this entire weekend with the arrival of my new Tron preamp a few days ago. I never fully appreciated the impact a preamp can make until now! Very happy.

latinsamba1 April 11, 2011 17:54

Nice system. I can tell just by looking that I could camp out in front of it for days on end and never get tired of it. Just beautiful.

sebrof April 11, 2011 16:50

This is my 4th pair of speaker cables and replaced my previous AZ Hologram IIs. They gave me a bit more detail and I find that voices and instruments are more firmly locked in space. Very fast cable too which allows the speed of the Omegas to fully come through. IMO these are really outstanding cables for the money. If your system leans on the bright side though they could be a bit much.

latinsamba1 April 11, 2011 13:59

Everything should be as simple as possible and not simpler. Mine is cary 805c to Omega 6alnico monitors. How many iterations of speaker cable did you go thru before settling on the Aud AU24?

lewhite April 11, 2011 03:19

Hi Onemug,

The Manley sounds great in both modes but I keep it in SET which gives it that extra bit of air and sparkle while losing nearly nothing in the bass. Upgrading to the Sophia Carbon plate 300b tubes over the OEM Electroharmonix also made for a much more dynamic sound in SET.

latinsamba1 April 09, 2011 17:13

Well put together system. A 300b amp and a pair of Louis's Super 3r's is what got me started on the SET path.

What mode do you listen to your Manleys in the most?

onemug April 09, 2011 14:32