What did you do to your stereo rig today?

Polkaguy58

CH46E wrote: »

Polkaguy58 wrote: »

I've been reconfiguring my speaker storage and decided to move them for easier accsess when I wat to swap them out.
It's a lot easier now without have to go fishing in the closet.
Really enjoying the new foam collars that I made my full rangers.
I may experimnt with different density foams in the future.

Are those Dayton drivers? I've been wanting to try some full range drivers for a long time.

Yes, they're the 6.5" full range and I like them, but they do have the typical midrange "honk" like most do.
I took care of that with a Schitt Loki EQ and my home made dampeners.
Decreasing the Loki's 8K knob, does wonders for removing syblence (or however the hell you spell it).
That's dust and cat fur you see on the speaker surrounds, which will happen to a speaker in this house without a screen on it.

Polkaguy58

Willow wrote: »

audioluvr wrote: »

Polkaguy58 wrote: »

I see two things very wrong here. Black Velvet and what appears to be a inordinate amount of pubic hair on those speakers.

After many drinks, those port holes could look tempting.... to some

The Black Velvet bottle was found in my very first apartment in 1979.
I've used it for a door stop among other things over the last 40 years.

displayname

GlennDog wrote: »

displayname wrote: »

It's hard to say the Dueventi is end game when I know the Evo 845 exists, lol.

Point taken. I’m glad you’re dig’n your system!

Unfortunately, I have not been able to get my ears on MastersounD
Could you briefly describe their house sound?

Thanks again

They are first and foremost amazingly quiet and when paired with appropriate speakers have solid dynamics for a tube amp. They don't provide the hardest hitting or fastest base compared to good solid state, but the top end is very refined and the imaging and depth they can produce is stunning.

I believe the Duventi specifically is a little more midrange forward than other models, but not to any extent where it feels overly elevated or overpowering the rest of the bandwidth. In general I find them to be quite balanced. But again, it's all about good speaker matching. I think you can only really evaluate an amp if you've heard it with several speakers. At this point I have heard the Duventi with a decent number of speakers, but I haven't heard near as variations on the higher up models. @marvda1 has a Compact 845, and he can probably speak in more detail about a "house" sound.

I can tell you I would take that 845 in a second if I could. It seems to have all the advantages of the Duventi, with some extra oomf when you need it.

GlennDog

displayname wrote: »

They are first and foremost amazingly quiet and when paired with appropriate speakers have solid dynamics for a tube amp. They don't provide the hardest hitting or fastest base compared to good solid state, but the top end is very refined and the imaging and depth they can produce is stunning.

I can tell you I would take that 845 in a second if I could. It seems to have all the advantages of the Duventi, with some extra oomf when you need it.

Thank you, good sir!

Gerres26

I replaced all the electrolytic caps in my Forte preamp with Nichicon FG where they would fit and Panasonic FM caps everywhere else(mainly the power supply). I also upgraded the power supply diodes to ultra fast recovery versions... letting the new caps burn in now.

Wardsweb

Home theater time. Went with a 75" Samsung. Put a Diva Seduction 2A3 on the horns and a Behringer NU6000 on the bass bins.

tratliff

I added two lights for my turntables. Had been using the flex lights from ikea but those never really shined where I wanted them to. These seemed to have done the trick.

mhardy6647

Wardsweb wrote: »

Home theater time. Went with a 75" Samsung. Put a Diva Seduction 2A3 on the horns and a Behringer NU6000 on the bass bins.

To paraphrase Roy Scheider’s famous line in Jaws.

I think you're gonna a bigger pair of horns.

https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Hilarious-Way-Jaws-Came-Up-With-Its-Most-Famous-Line-116997.html

joecoulson

@Wardsweb its not often you see HT setups where the speakers are bigger than the TV when the tv is a 75”!!! Wowzer.

@tratliff nice. I have that same center too. Love Def Tech for HT purposes. What do you have for surrounds?

tratliff

joecoulson wrote: »

@tratliff nice. I have that same center too. Love Def Tech for HT purposes. What do you have for surrounds?

I have the Def Tech BP-2X and Def Tech Pro-Monitors. I also have two pair of Def Tech towers that are not in use.

Wardsweb

joecoulson wrote: »

@Wardsweb its not often you see HT setups where the speakers are bigger than the TV when the tv is a 75”!!! Wowzer.

They are a bit of overkill for watching TV. There is a 110" drop down screen, you can't see. We use it with a projector for watching movies.

treitz3

Oh, I'd bet you and the family thoroughly enjoy that! Nice, as always.

I think my favorite looking room you had was the LR? The rig where you had dual ML's or dual Quad's stacked on top of each other with some really nice gear associated with it. IIRC, this was about 10 years ago? Cool looking rig, to say the least...

Tom

halo

Swapped out the KEF Q150's for the Polk Legend L200's

Mike Reeter

halo wrote: »

Swapped out the KEF Q150's for the Polk Legend L200's

Hey Victor, glad to hear that they made it to your place.

mhardy6647

Mike Reeter wrote: »

halo wrote: »

Swapped out the KEF Q150's for the Polk Legend L200's

Hey Victor, glad to hear that they made it to your place.

The interesting question'll be if you (ever) want to switch back.

BlueFox

Turned the amps on last night (Monday) before I went to bed. This gives them almost 24 hours to warm up so they will sound best for a Tuesday night music session.

treitz3

I will be installing a "Little Birdie" today...

Tom

halo

mhardy6647 wrote: »

Mike Reeter wrote: »

halo wrote: »

Swapped out the KEF Q150's for the Polk Legend L200's

Hey Victor, glad to hear that they made it to your place.

The interesting question'll be if you (ever) want to switch back.

Mark, at the price of admission ($1799) they are, unfortunately, beyond my means at this time So, even if I wanted to swap them out permanently, it would be a long time before that would happen.

mhardy6647

halo wrote: »

mhardy6647 wrote: »

Mike Reeter wrote: »

halo wrote: »

Swapped out the KEF Q150's for the Polk Legend L200's

Hey Victor, glad to hear that they made it to your place.

The interesting question'll be if you (ever) want to switch back.

Mark, at the price of admission ($1799) they are, unfortunately, beyond my means at this time So, even if I wanted to swap them out permanently, it would be a long time before that would happen.

I hear you, sir.
They still strike me as a bit pricey for what they are... but I am probably not their target market, anyway

phipiper10

Brought home a pair of Harbeth 30.1 for a one week demo!

joecoulson

Oh snap.

CH46E

phipiper10 wrote: »

Brought home a pair of Harbeth 30.1 for a one week demo!

Nice! I absolutely love the finishes they use on thier cabinets.

lightman1

Turned it up to 11. Life is good

Gardenstater

@phipiper10 please do a review and compare them to Polk M5 and M7s if you have that ability to get your hands on one of those. Always interested in how the old Polks stand up to pricey but similarly sized well regarded speakers like Harbeths.

TEAforONE

phipiper10 wrote: »

Brought home a pair of Harbeth 30.1 for a one week demo!

Nice! Is this a potential purchase,or just a test drive? Or both??

phipiper10

It's a test drive with the idea being if they best the Tylers I will purchase them.

I will post some thoughts in few days. My Polk experience however, is limited to RT800i, rt55, lsi15 and those were more than 10 years ago.

displayname

Added a CXC with a Kimber DV30 to replace my old Sony 5 disc carousel connected with an Amazon basics optical. I'll keep both in the house, but the CXC will likely be in the main system until it doesn't spin anymore.

Wardsweb

This weekend I replaced the fans in my Behringer amp with some from Artic Ice. The factory fans had a 45dB noise level. The new ones are 15dB. I also painted it black (it was silver). I didn't take a before picture, so here is one I cropped out of an older picture.

mhardy6647

Out of curiosity: do you use that Behringer amp for subwoofage, @wardsweb? Do you use their on-board DSP ?

One notes, in the context of @Wardsweb's post, that, in the interim, Behringer conservatized the cosmetics of their Class D amps, and also deleted the -- umm -- charming -- iNuke moniker.
https://www.parts-express.com/Search.aspx?keyword=behringer nx&sitesearch=true



That said, and FWIW, I remain perversely fascinated by these amps -- and the similar Crown "DriveCore" [2] amplifiers with DSP.

Wardsweb

mhardy6647 wrote: »

Out of curiosity: do you use that Behringer amp for subwoofage, @wardsweb? Do you use their on-board DSP ?

One notes, in the context of @Wardsweb's post, that, in the interim, Behringer conservatized the cosmetics of their Class D amps, and also deleted the -- umm -- charming -- iNuke moniker.
https://www.parts-express.com/Search.aspx?keyword=behringer nx&sitesearch=true

That said, and FWIW, I remain perversely fascinated by these amps -- and the similar Crown "DriveCore" [2] amplifiers with DSP.

This amp is used to drive the bass bins on the Klipsch Jubiliee speakers. I use a Behringer EP4000 for my Danley DTS-10 sub.

This is a NU6000. It is a straight 2 channel amp. I did consider the NX3000D, but I don't need the built in DSP processing. I use a EV DX-38 crossover.