How did we see it so quickly? If you go to "My page" and click on "Interaction - Forum Threads" it shows up all the updated threads in which you participated :) I check this every couple of days and saw that you had updated your system so here I am :)
Good to hear you are enjoying your new speakers. How low do those SF's go? Have you done any frequency sweeps yet?
By the way you should also post your system on SNA.
Congratulations on your new speakers, Shane. They already look right at home! Can you please write more about the difference between the two, and why you went for the Sonus Fabers?
My speakers are difficult to drive because of the bass section - it is a conventional woofer in a box. No doubt Acapella padded back the horn and the tweeter to match the woofer. If Acapella had gone the Avantgarde route and made the woofer section active it could probably escape this problem, but they chose to make the woofer cross over at 800Hz. That is already well into the midrange, so you would run into problems with amplifier matching. With their solution, you are forced to consider expensive quality amplification.
Next time you are in Melbourne, look me up and pop by for a listen. But I suspect that my system will be very similar to Aaron's in that it's more a classical music system than a rock system. I wouldn't know the first thing to listen for with rock, so I don't know how good it would be for that type of music. I have 15 shelves worth of CD's, and only 1 of those 15 has a mixture of stuff (jazz and world music).
Thanks for your comments, Shane. BTW, are you the same "Shane from Aus" on AudioAsylum?
I know what you mean about Nik. He has been trying for ages to get me to buy one of his Tannoys but unfortunately I don't like them. He can be very dismissive of products which he does not carry. It would be nice if he could recognize that there are more than one ways to skin a cat. Every time I walked into his shop he would diss the ProAc's which I was using. It turned out to be a very painful experience to go there. It seems as if he likes my new speaker so the tirade has stopped ... for the time being.
And yes I know Rob with the big Tannoys. In fact he was over here yesterday to have a listen. He is a real gentleman and always great company.
I am still waiting for the CAD-211AE's to arrive and then it will be party time! I've been told that the amp has seemingly got limitless reserves of power. Which will be good, because my speakers are only 91dB/W/m efficient and have a difficult impedance curve.
Your listening room looks like a taste of heaven. You've certainly invested quite a bit in software! Pity we don't share musical taste otherwise I would be waiting for you to have a garage sale!
Nice system, downunder. I have a pair of Cary CAD-211AE's on order and was considering getting the CAD-500MB's to bi-amp my speakers with, since they are meant to be a fairly good tonal match. Your comments made me a little concerned - were the 500MB's that bad?
Like you, i'm in Australia but i'm in Melbourne. I am guessing that you are in NSW? You seem to know Drajreynolds.
