Big changes yesterday -- I replaced my Boulder 866 with the Momentum 250 MxV and the Bartok APEX. I loved the 866, but caught the upgrade fever at CAF. The new system is starting to settle and burn in, but I'm already really happy with how the sound has improved.
I rely mostly on playback of redbook CDs using the Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 T, and occasionally streaming direct from phones, etc. Still no issues with the Pro-Ject; I was lucky I guess.
As the pics suggest, my room is not dedicated to audio. Far from it. Thus far, room treatments are limited to carpet, plants, paintings, blinds, furniture and bodies.
Hey earlflynn, Thanks! I'm very happy with the LSA-10s. When I wrote the original description, I'd been struggling to recapture some the qualities I recalled from an older system. A good friend stopped by last week and suggested that removing the packing film protecting the tweeters might help. (Walter, who sold me the speakers, really enjoyed that story.) So the system sounds much better now. To my ear the LSA-10s do a better job of reproducing bass than most bookshelves and the mid range and top end are sweet. Also, they seem accurate to me (not a lot of bloom or boom); they do not bog down during demanding passages. I just installed a Pro-ject CD Box RS2 T, as a transport in place of the Oppo 105, so everything is still adjusting. Yesterday, alone in the house, I was playing Moving Pictures, One Size Fits All and the like. Today, with my family here, I'm listening to KD Lang, Ingenue. All of it sounds wonderful. Cheers!
