The Tao

Update:I added a pic of one of the Sophia 2 speakers. I also changed the Bryston 9B SST to the PowerPac 300 SST amps I will be replacing the 9B SST with soon (in the next week or two).<...

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The Tao

But sooner or later you will upgrade your Ayres to something bigger in size and painted in ''red''.:)))Why would I do that?!? I can just spray paint the ...

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The Tao

Mert,Thanks for the input, I'll consider upgrading the digital gear in the future. As it is now, I just invested in a very nice turntable for my setup. In my experience so far, you get much...

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The Tao

Joey_v,I'm being lazy, I'll have to post something soon. I only finally took the plastic wrap off fully yesterday despite having been using them since day one. ;)- Jeff

posted about 17 years ago

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The Tao

Update:I just put in an order for an SME 20/2 turntable, Lyra Titan cartridge and Sutherland PhD phonstage.I haven't had a chance to take pics of the Wilson Sophia 2 speakers yet, b...

posted over 17 years ago

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The Tao

Bflowers,I didn't get to listen carefully or critically with them off of the tray ceiling. The entire room was done all at once, so I can't help you with your question much. They should bre...

posted over 17 years ago

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The Tao

Update: I got my Wilson Sophia 2 surround speakers today. They arrived unharmed, of course... How could they not in those amazingly strong wooden crates? I haven't plugged them in yet to he...

posted over 17 years ago

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Southern Lights (Acapella Violon)

Thanks!I'm going to try e-mailing them and hopefully they are young enough to have learned english in school (it seems common nowadays for english to be taught as a second language in most ...

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The Tao

Glenfihi,Oh, and how rude of me... Thank you!- Jeff

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The Tao

Glenfihi,Those pipes made A LOT of noise. Insulating them as thoroughly as we did with mineral fiber and OC703 eliminated the sounds of running water completely. Now I have to do a similar ...

posted over 17 years ago

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Southern Lights (Acapella Violon)

Amfibius,I've been interested in hearing Acapella speakers, but haven't been able to find any USA dealer info on their website. Do you have any links for that information. Thanks,

posted over 17 years ago

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The Tao

I was listening to Yes "Yessongs" earlier today. That has currently been one of the hardest live albums for me to get good playback from on a sound system, in my experience. It didn't sou...

posted over 17 years ago

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The Tao

I keep myself very busy, that is why when I get the chance to sit for awhile and listen to music, like I did last night, I really appreciate it. I'm enthralled with my new speakers, so much so that...

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The Tao

I've made an unfortunate discovery upon hooking up my Meridian 861 and two Revel subwoofers for the first time through the processor itself instead of using the subs chained together with the speak...

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The Tao

Measurements were done with long sine sweeps, full range on ETF5. I am adding more treatments in the next few months, as well as altering some to different types of treatments. So when the time com...

posted over 17 years ago

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The Tao

Update posted: I added measurement pics to the equipment menu.The nulls appear to be common to the room in the 20Hz to 200Hz FR measurement, as I had them on the 802Ds when near these posit...

posted over 17 years ago

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The Tao

Dgad,I liked the Lamm room also. I keep forgetting about that room, I don't know why, possibly because it was the end of a long day when I finally got to it. I did enjoy the BAT room better...

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The Tao

**** Post correction, I meant to type WIRED, not "qired."

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The Tao

Dgad,I loved how the W/P8 sounded on the BAT monoblocks at HE2007. I wouldn't mind hearing the BAT monoblocks and/or the Audio Research Reference monoblocks in my room. Of course, I would w...

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The Tao

Shadorne,Oh, BTW, I think I was using bad terminology when I referred to them as recessed. I didn't mean 3-dimensionally as much as obscured/veiled by other frequencies. It often was very h...

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The Tao

Shadorne,Thank you for your thoughtful post. I'm going to be adding measurements of the room sometime in the next day or two (perhaps later tonight), so people can see how well things are m...

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Jfrech's system

Nice setup. I heard the W/P8s with the BAT tube gear at the show. Very nice match-up.Enjoy!

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The Tao

Update posted: I added individual pics of most of the equipment, plus my computer and video game systems (Blu-Ray and HD-DVD as well).

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The Tao

Dgad,Let me know if you do, I'd love to see it. I enjoy looking at other people's setups.

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The Tao

Thanks. Those are nice speakers I have heard. I haven't had a chance to listen to any of the JM Labs yet, at HE2007 they were only open during specific times when I wasn't able to be around... I lo...

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