LSiM 707 thoughts from LSAF by Marc Phillips

RuSsMaN
RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
edited May 2011 in Speakers
http://thevinylanachronist.blogspot.com/

Scroll down, if it is not at the top, he's blogging a lot of different rooms.

Cheers,
Russ
Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited May 2011
    Shouldn't his title "Polk Audio at Lone Star Audio Fest 2001" be "Polk Audio at Lone Star Audio Fest 2011"?


    Apparently, he does not like Cardas cable. "(Russ was the only exhibitor to use Cardas, a grave oversight IMO). "

    But he does like the speakers (even with Cardas). Great. :biggrin:
    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
    Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
    Three 20 amp circuits.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited May 2011
    The oversight was that no one else used Cardas. All Marc uses is Cardas. Re-read it and quit overthinking it.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • punk-roc
    punk-roc Posts: 1,150
    edited May 2011
    I had interpreted that to mean more exhibitors should have been using Cardas? lol, who knows..

    Were the 703s on demo there? The bookshelves are the speakers i'm most curious about and haven't heard much mention of them..

    Jason
    2-Channel - So far...
    Pre: Dodd ELP
    DAC: W4S-Dac2
    Source(s): Computer and Denon 2910
    Amp: Parasound HCA-1200II
    Speakers: LSi9s - Vr3 Fortress Mod
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited May 2011
    No, I brought a single for static display. They will however be demoed at an open house this weekend, in McKinney, TX.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • punk-roc
    punk-roc Posts: 1,150
    edited May 2011
    ok cool, thanks Russ

    Jason
    2-Channel - So far...
    Pre: Dodd ELP
    DAC: W4S-Dac2
    Source(s): Computer and Denon 2910
    Amp: Parasound HCA-1200II
    Speakers: LSi9s - Vr3 Fortress Mod
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,204
    edited May 2011
    We carry the full line of Cardas cables and they are quite nice not to mention have one hell of a following.
    I didn't know you worked for polk Russ , when did this happen? What do you do for them?
    Anyway I gotta get a set of these in front of me. It would be nice to have polks in the theater system again. It's been to long.
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited May 2011
    punk-roc wrote: »
    I had interpreted that to mean more exhibitors should have been using Cardas? lol, who knows..

    Yes, it can be read both ways. Since he was gaga in the previous post for gear with MIT cables, I interpreted it as mentioned. Oh well, since cables don't matter anyway, the point is moot. :biggrin:

    "I really hate to hand out "Best Sound at Show" Awards, but it was difficult to ignore the sound coming from the Advanced Home Theater Systems room at the Lone Star Audio Fest. For the most part the system was simple: a Luxman L-590A Pure Class A integrated amp and D-05 CD/SACD player fed into YG Acoustic Carmen speakers and wired with MIT cables."
    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
    Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
    Three 20 amp circuits.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited May 2011
    Dan, I do contract work, scouring the interweb for all things Polk, and crush spam on the board, help out with demos at some shows. The man on the streets so to speak, along with Mark.

    Dan, it's a bit of a drive for you, but not unreasonable - you should do everything in your power to make Capital Audio Fest (which Mark is running). I'm sure he'd love to give you some personal demo time so you can blog your thoughts.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited May 2011
    RuSsMaN wrote: »
    Dan, I do contract work, scouring the interweb for all things Polk, and crush spam on the board, help out with demos at some shows. The man on the streets so to speak, along with Mark.

    Dan, it's a bit of a drive for you, but not unreasonable - you should do everything in your power to make Capital Audio Fest (which Mark is running). I'm sure he'd love to give you some personal demo time so you can blog your thoughts.

    Cheers,
    Russ

    Only if he brings enough tribute Russ....as out time is valuable you know :smile:
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,904
    edited May 2011
    "simple system":eek: amp - 4k+, cd player - 5k+, interconnects - 6k, speakers - 18k, speaker cables 22K. they did sound nice though.
    ps. didn't get the price on the power cables.
    Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
    Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
    Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
    Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
    Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
    Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
    Puritan PSM156
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited May 2011
    You don't bring something new and exciting only to power it with a Fisher Price clock radio with spring loaded binding posts.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited May 2011
    I told Scott that myself, that I loved the simplicity of his setup.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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