My non-Polk speakers
swegyptian
Posts: 316
I've had plenty of speakers over the years, and many of them have been Polk Audio, but I don't have any right now. I just happen to think that this is the best audio forum on the web, period. So I wanted to share my current setup, as I actually tidied up!
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The Mirage bottom end is top notch. Makes the B&W sound like a bookie. I got them from woot, and I'm pretty happy. They don't image very well, but I'm using them for surround anyway, which they do really well with. I like how dispersed they are, especially when I flop around on the couch in a bunch of different positions, and they never make themselves obvious. Fit and finish is excellent. For two-channel, I would try something else.
That is indeed last the previous Sony XBR 4K. It's hard to beat their video processing, IMO. -
Looks very nice
Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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Very nice
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Thanks, guys!
BTW the Mirage are on surround duty, and the B&W 803 are for stereo. The B&W center is just hanging out, not hooked up to a darn thing. The electronics under the TV are for the stereo setup, and the surround equipment is just peeking in from the left. -
Looks great! I had a chance to listen to a set of OMD28s a couple of weeks ago. I really liked the low end and they sounded fantastic overall. I did think they were a bit subdued in the uppers for my taste however. Great looking room btw.Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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I like.
"Science is suppose to explain observations not dismiss them as impossible" - Norm on AA; 2.3TL's w/sonicaps/mills/jantzen inductors, Gimpod's boards, Lg Solen SDA inductors, RD-0198's, MW's dynamatted, Armaflex speaker gaskets, H-nuts, brass spikes, Cardas CCGR BP's, upgraded IC Cable, Black Hole Damping Sheet strips, interior of cabinets sealed with Loctite Power Grab, AI-1 interface with 1000VA A-L transformer -
Sweet looking rig. I always cringe when I see a nice amp shoehorned into a rack. Doesn't that ML run pretty hot?
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I've had no issues with the ML amps, but I tend to keep the volume pretty low. The heat sinks are on the outside of the chassis, and they are never more than warm. I would say that the average AVR is much hotter than the ML amps.
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Looks real nice, except using the fireplace is gonna present some problems.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
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The sacrifices we make!
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I've been on the forum for almost 16 years without having a pair of Polk as my mains. BUT, they have made some great and some outstanding sounding loudspeakers over the years, and I applaud that. Would've bought them if I didn't already have what I had. Plus Matt bought me dinner that time, which I also applaud. Some interesting revelations at that feast.
I like to think I was welcome here all of the time, but I know better. -
I like to think I was welcome here all of the time, but I know better.
That's crazy talk George.
Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
Well Jess, we've had some crazy times, and I've had a few non-partisan moments.
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My first "real" speakers were a pair of LS 70's (I have the LS F/X & CS 350S as well). As they are used every day in my family room system, they didn't make it into the pic below... Neither did the SDA SRS pair, or the NHT 2.5 pair - both so new (to me) that they're still in the garage.
“Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
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Sweet Jesus. Two pair of Kappa 9's! Whatcha driving them with?
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I drive the Kappas (I only run one pair at a time) with either a pair of Carver Silver 9t monoblocks, or I bi-amp them with a pair of 1.0t mkII Carvers. I actually think the 1.0t mkII pair sounds a bit better. They are power hungry beasts though - They will take everything you can give them, and still ask for more.“Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn -
Wow! lots of gear. What does the room normally look like?
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These were before I got the Silver 9t pair - The center is now one level above where it is in the photo, and the tv sits on the center. The Silver 9t pair just fits where the center was, and the TT is on the top shelf, to the left of the center. I have also filled three more shelves in the media clocet with DVDs...:-) Oh, and all the movie posters are signed originals...
“Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn -
Man, GeneC's setup and yours look quite similar lol....."....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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Great rooms/systems above! And so DARN clean? I need "help" on that front!Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!
Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
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Great rooms/systems above! And so DARN clean? I need "help" on that front!
What....you didn't take audio neatness 101 in China ?
Man, Daddyjt has a speaker fetish if I ever saw one. lolHT 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
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Great rooms/systems above! And so DARN clean? I need "help" on that front!
Yeah --- that was the goal of my little hifi den; but it silted in way too fast... way too fast.
DSC_0240 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
There actually is one pair of Polk Audio loudspeakers in the photo above, but they're not obvious in any real sense of the word -- if they were, I was going to suggest a "where's Waldo?" moment. -
Looking great, fellas!
daddyjt- Is that two Oppo players stacked on top of one another? -
Love the bowersMagico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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Yes, the top one is a 105, and the bottom a 95. I plan to move the 95 out to my 2 channel system, as soon as I get around to building a 2 channel system;-) I run all of my music (Except high res DVD Audio & SACD) from FLAC off of a portable hard drive through the 105.“Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn -
I run all of my music (Except high res DVD Audio & SACD) from FLAC off of a portable hard drive through the 105.
@daddyjt
Have you looked at doing the same with your blu-rays
I helped Chris(Cwad at that other place) set his system up and he's loving it....
"....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) -
Awesome pics! can we keep them coming?2 channel:
Bryston 4B3, Bryston BDA3, Cary SLP05, Shanling CDT1000SE with parts conneXion level 2 mods, Nottingham analogue ace space 294, soundsmith Carmen MKii, Zu DL103 MKii, Ortofon MC 20 MKii, Dynavector XX2 MKii, Rogue Audio Ares, Core power technologies balanced power conditioner, Akiko Corelli power conditioner with Akiko Audio HQ power cable, Nordost heimdall 2, Frey 2, interconnects, speaker and power cables, Focal Electra 1028 BE 2, Auralic Aries Femto, Black diamond racing cones, ingress audio level 1 roller blocks, JL Audio E110 with Auralic subdude, Primacoustics room treatments.
Theater:
Focal Aria 926,905,CC900, SVS PB ultra x2. Pioneer Elite SC85, Oppo BDP93, Panamax M5400PM, Minix neox6, Nordost Blue heaven LS power cables.
