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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited February 2012
    Congratulations. It's always nice to hear stories about guys finally receiving one of their dream speakers.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,011
    edited February 2012
    Yeah, nice to see Steve gettin' all jacked up. One word of advice my friend..........

    Bev....don't make her an audio widow or you'll find a bullet hole in your new speaks.

    Enjoy.
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    SVS SB-2000
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    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited February 2012
    Zero wrote: »
    Congrats my friend. I think you'll be holding onto these for quite some time. Enjoy em'... :)

    Oh, and just to throw a wrench into the mix.. Good tubes + Harbeth = sex for the ears. Give it some time.. you'll get it. :D

    You said it. I didn't want to be the one to begin raining on his parade, but since you've started, let's make it pore. I see a Dodd Audio Battery Powered Tube buffer in your future. It's basically a passive like you are accustomed with a tube buffer. Give it a look.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2012
    They gave me a hair-on-the-back-of-my-neck moment (which hasn't happended in a long time) during K.D. Lang's "Constant Craving." Those background vocals were floating baby, and as real as I've ever heard them.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited February 2012
    http://doddaudio.com/BatteryPoweredTubeBufferPreamp.aspx

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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2012
    I'm eating prime rib, and you're showing me shrimp cocktail...HTH?....LMAO. I'm blissful, leave me alone.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited February 2012
    steveinaz wrote: »
    I'm eating prime rib, and you're showing me shrimp cocktail...HTH?....LMAO. I'm blissful, leave me alone.
    That buffer is a serious piece of gear for the price.

    And I warned you about that message board. ;)

    Glad you're enjoying the new speakers.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited February 2012
    steveinaz wrote: »
    I'm blissful, leave me alone.

    You should have purchased these:

    Monitor40Small-e1301775589466.jpg


    Not sure how you could be happy with your current speakers ;)
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2012
    Yeah, you got 10 grand you can give me? baby steps, baby steps....
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2012
    Face wrote: »
    That buffer is a serious piece of gear for the price.

    Yes, but Confucious say: "One must have a problem before seeking a solution."

    I know what you all are up to, talk Steve into buying some more crap, so his wife tosses him out; leading to a big "I'm getting divorced and need money " sale in the FM. What, you think I fell off the turnip truck this morning?
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited February 2012
    Next they will tell you to get a B&K amp Steve. :p

    Congrats again. Looking forward to the pictures.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2012
    B& who? Take that bastads. LOL
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2012
    Here's the system, taken about 15 mins ago. Skylan 20" stands:
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • PrazVT
    PrazVT Posts: 1,606
    edited February 2012
    Very nice!! I dig those stands as well - congrats!
    ALL BOXED UP for a while until I save up for a new place :(

    Home Theater:
    KEF Q900s / MIT Shotgun S3 / MIT CVT2 ICs | KEF Q600C | Polk FXi5 | BJC Wire | Signal / AQ ICs | Shunyata / Pangea PCs | Pioneer Elite SC 57 | Parasound NC2100 Pre | NAD M25 | Marantz SA8001 | Schiit Gungnir DAC | SB Touch

    2 Channel:
    Polk LSi9 (xo mods), Polk DSW MicroPro 2000 sub | NAD c375BEE | W4S DAC1 | SB Touch | Marantz SA-8001 | MIT AVt 2 | Kimber Hero / AQ / Signal ICs | Shunyata / Signal PCs
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited February 2012
    Those speakers are monsters **** !!! I bet they sound good
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited February 2012
    I am always shocked at how simple your setup is yet know what gear is there I can only imagine how good it sounds.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited February 2012
    Can we get some pie please.
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  • WagnerRC
    WagnerRC Posts: 2,163
    edited February 2012
    Congratulations. Very nice!
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2012
    Zero wrote: »
    *drop kicks you* Toe in ole boy, toe in.

    Damn, caught me...LOL There's actually 1" of toe-in, which at 12ft (remember my couch is far back) almost puts them firing directly at the center of the couch.

    Because of my terrible bad left ear, I usually sit all the way to the left on the couch--the 1" toe-in puts the left speaker in-line with me when seated this way.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2012
    Thanks fellas, appreciate the compliments. I really like the bass character of these speakers, as well as visceral feel of drums---very snappy, yet never stringent. They ARE a speaker that drags you in.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited February 2012
    I'm telling the guys on the Harbeth forum that you have a TV between their speakers.
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  • gdpeck
    gdpeck Posts: 840
    edited February 2012
    Congrats on the new speakers! I really didn't know much about Harbeths before this thread. I spent a little bit of time reading up on them, and now I'm afraid I really want some. So I guess I'm cursing you at the same time I'm congratulating you. Enjoy!
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited February 2012
    Shocking, general observation in regards to the Harbeth.
    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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  • dkr919
    dkr919 Posts: 379
    edited February 2012
    Congrats on the speakers. If you have any DIY skills and are looking for the Harbeth sound most of you probably know about the Continuum, designed by Jeff Bagby which models the BBC LS3/5a-Harbeth P3ES. Here is a link to the kit which is very highly regarded and inexpensive to build.

    http://meniscusaudio.com/continuum-pr-p-1324.html

    Also Salk Sound sells the Continuum in very nice cabinets although more pricey.

    http://salksound.com/continuum%20-%20home.htm

    There is lots of info on this build on the parts express forum.
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited February 2012
    purdy
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,011
    edited February 2012
    Those stands are dyno-mite....very nice Steve.

    Does that decor in the corner of the left speaker double as a bass trap ? Looks cool.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2012
    As an after-thought--I think bass traps have to be denser/thicker, so I don't know if it works very well.

    I really like the Skylan stands---but they are hard to find without shipping from Canada. I like that the speaker plate is the same size as the speaker; and the columns are fillable. The only place I could find them in the US was Acoustic Sounds website, and luckily they had them in stock. The model I have is made specifically for the Harbeth Compact 7ES series. The 20" stand puts the speakers tweeter center axis at 37".
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2012
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    I am always shocked at how simple your setup is yet know what gear is there I can only imagine how good it sounds.

    Thanks, it's my personal theory that the first thing is to get as many "electronics" out of the way as possible. To get at the truth, you've got to remove layers standing between "it" and you. If nothing else, my system is dead quiet.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited February 2012
    Sweet speaks Steve. Can't wait to hear what you think. I love me some monitors.
    -Kevin
    HT: Philips 52PFL7432D 52" LCD 1080p / Onkyo TX-SR 606 / Oppo BDP-83 SE / Comcast cable. (all HDMI)B&W 801 - Front, Polk CS350 LS - Center, Polk LS90 - Rear
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2012
    Kev--page 2 (bottom) of this thread, I gave some impressions...
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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