SF Stradivari: the eagle has landed!!!

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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    edited August 2015
    Congrats! I remember when my RTiA7's showed up years ago, its was my 1st big tower speakers I ever owned, so I was Just as Jazzed as you are. Now I'd be willing to trade B)
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,428
    Joey_V wrote: »
    On the list for next house:

    And most importantly....
    4. FIRST FLOOR MEDIA ROOM!

    :(

    Just install a freight elevator and be done with it.




    :p
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Sorry I got called to work... And since I just took a little chunk of cash from the depo, figured I would take it. Just got home, headed for another shift in 5 hours. Not sure how functional I'll be.

    Did not get to listen today, the measurements are all off my many inches... Can't get a good idea of the sound just yet.

    I miss the 802 diamonds where they were since they were so optimized...

    Here are some sneak pics... You'll see the new home for the 802. You can also see how nice the finishing is on the strads

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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    Damn dude. Your "backup" stereo makes half this forums rigs look like Fisher Price products.
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    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    DSkip wrote: »
    Congrats man. Get them dialed in and report back. It'll be fun watching you chase down gear to pair with those.

    THATS what i hate...
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Got so much crap to buy to get these Strads set... I need a laser leveler, I need some moving pucks/teflon pucks to help move them around better as it is nearly impossible to move with these stupid spikes.

    Also, I need someone to give me a set of SS amps to test these speakers and see the cajones they have.
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    http://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/169016/fs-cat-600-2-dual-mono-amp#latest

    And he's in Texas to boot!
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • Wardsweb
    Wardsweb Posts: 935
    mrbiron wrote: »
    http://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/169016/fs-cat-600-2-dual-mono-amp#latest

    And he's in Texas to boot!

    Dave's a good guy. He lives about 30 minutes from me.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,962
    Joey_V wrote: »
    Got so much crap to buy to get these Strads set... I need a laser leveler, I need some moving pucks/teflon pucks to help move them around better as it is nearly impossible to move with these stupid spikes.

    Also, I need someone to give me a set of SS amps to test these speakers and see the cajones they have.

    Then you need an amp with cajones.....big ones, not pretenders. McCormack DNA 500.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    tonyb wrote: »
    Joey_V wrote: »
    Got so much crap to buy to get these Strads set... I need a laser leveler, I need some moving pucks/teflon pucks to help move them around better as it is nearly impossible to move with these stupid spikes.

    Also, I need someone to give me a set of SS amps to test these speakers and see the cajones they have.

    Then you need an amp with cajones.....big ones, not pretenders. McCormack DNA 500.

    Can you send me a pair?

    Btw, I can see that the Strads didn't make a stop at your place in Illinois.
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    edited August 2015
    Look nice! I see Emma gets the B&W's, just make sure she doesn't turn it up to loud. but I think your spoiling her :)
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,901
    that door so close to the strads makes me nervous. :'(
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    There is a pair of Magico S5s for sale on Audio Shark. Time to upgrade. :)

    Also, there is a Berkeley Reference DAC for sale. The owner waited 7 months for this hand built and tuned DAC, and in that period he decided to go analog with low power SET amps. He wants list price, $15k.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,962
    Joey_V wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Joey_V wrote: »
    Got so much crap to buy to get these Strads set... I need a laser leveler, I need some moving pucks/teflon pucks to help move them around better as it is nearly impossible to move with these stupid spikes.

    Also, I need someone to give me a set of SS amps to test these speakers and see the cajones they have.

    Then you need an amp with cajones.....big ones, not pretenders. McCormack DNA 500.

    Can you send me a pair?

    Btw, I can see that the Strads didn't make a stop at your place in Illinois.

    That's obvious, because if they did you wouldn't have seen them on your doorstep. :)

    You don't need a pair of DNA 500's.....one has 500 watts into 8 ohms, and will drive the snot out of those Strads. If you want monos though.....DNA 750 monos, that's gonna cost ya though.

    You might also want to give Ted a jingle. He hasn't been around much but he displaced some Bat vk-600's with Wolcott's last I remember and felt no need to look at anything else.
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    Congrats Joey! These are beautiful and elegantly crafted speakers. SF never failed to impress me. I once owned very entry bookie from SF and the craftsmanship is top notch.

    What amps are you having in mind and is there gonna be a review of some sort?
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    megasat16 wrote: »
    Congrats Joey! These are beautiful and elegantly crafted speakers. SF never failed to impress me. I once owned very entry bookie from SF and the craftsmanship is top notch.

    What amps are you having in mind and is there gonna be a review of some sort?

    Thanks!

    I'll get a report in once they are better situated... I've been working 6 straight unfortunately which is odd for me... But that was because we are headed to Chicago for a week and I had to front load my shifts.

    I got lasers going in the room to help with the alignment.

    It's crazy
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    Joey_V wrote: »
    I got lasers going in the room to help with the alignment.

    It's crazy

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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Hahahahaha ^^^^
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    nbrowser wrote: »
    Joey_V wrote: »

    Thanks!

    I'll get a report in once they are better situated... I've been working 6 straight unfortunately which is odd for me... But that was because we are headed to Chicago for a week and I had to front load my shifts.

    I got lasers going in the room to help with the alignment.

    It's crazy

    Reports are all well and good...you got these fairly nice speakers and posted 2 rather shoddy photos...whip out the camera and take some nice ones...we like to see stuff eh...lol

    Fairly nice..

    You're right though, I need better pics.

    But I think I need to get a SS amp in here. And a better source. Damn this is getting expensive.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Prelim thoughts...

    1. Strads are a beast. Full scale sound and full scale balanced. They love to be turned up... Even moreso than the diamonds. They also hold steady (don't become tonally unbalanced) at high volumes relative to the diamonds.

    2. More info than on the diamonds.

    3. I think they need SS amplification.

    Negatives
    1. At this time, I think I was able to get my 802 diamonds to image better.
    2. I'm not used to the bass this puts out.
    3. The diamonds wipe the floor interms of off axis listening.
    4.
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    4. ut oh.
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  • miner
    miner Posts: 1,305
    McIntosh equipment mates well with Sonus fabers. SS amp/tube pre.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    rednedtugent wrote: »
    4. ut oh.

    Hahahha... let me add to the negatives.

    I think #4 should read...

    4. Pain in the butt to move around. Now I know why I loved the BW casters. Also I enjoyed how the BW Diamonds were time aligned without needing to mess around with rake angle.

    Also... #5.

    5. Frustrating because I know the SF Strads can sound better... I've heard it. Could be partially the room, could be the upstreams.

    Does it sound good as it is? Yes. But I'm OCD.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    miner wrote: »
    McIntosh equipment mates well with Sonus fabers. SS amp/tube pre.

    LIke a MC601 x2.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    @Joey_V


    Sounds like you need to have either @DSkip , @marvda1, @txcoastal1 or one of the other TX polkies come over and help you dial em in.

    From what I know they are fairly cheap as you just need to give em a 6 pack of PBR as payment and MAYBE some ribs (and beano for Skip) :smile:
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Beano for skip.....

    Check.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    Joey_V wrote: »
    Prelim thoughts...


    Negatives
    1. At this time, I think I was able to get my 802 diamonds to image better.
    2. I'm not used to the bass this puts out.
    3. The diamonds wipe the floor interms of off axis listening.
    4.

    Maybe the room is slightly too small for them? Run them down to the basement and see what they sound like down there. :'(
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 3,120
    [/quote]
    5. Frustrating because I know the SF Strads can sound better... I've heard it. Could be partially the room, could be the upstreams. [/quote]

    If that upstream/downstream issue leads to the Cary pre, let me know. I'll be happy to take her off your hands!!
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    GlennDog wrote: »
    5. Frustrating because I know the SF Strads can sound better... I've heard it. Could be partially the room, could be the upstreams. [/quote]

    If that upstream/downstream issue leads to the Cary pre, let me know. I'll be happy to take her off your hands!!
    [/quote]

    You talking about the Cary 05?

    THat's the last thing to get replaced my friend.

    First to go is my amp then the source I think. Or vice versa.
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  • brianle
    brianle Posts: 572
    rolling tubes first before you change the components ... but I agree the amp maybe the cause
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