Never thought the day would come.....new speakers once again.
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You might be waiting a while. I heard these require 300 hours or so to really open up.
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The speakers are in a climate-controlled room where he is slowly, very slowly, acclimating them to their new environment and cleansing them of the NYC stink. The process may take weeks.
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Tom sent me a picture earlier of him hugging them... I'm disturbed- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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Tom sent me a picture earlier of him hugging them... I'm disturbed
Was he at least wearing clothes this time? I know he seems to be quite popular on Grindr...
The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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I keep hearing about how dangerous it is on the news... and besides, until we have a review to read, all we can do is speculate as to what is taking so long.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
Tom right now at his house….
Toms nightmare the day before pickup…..
"....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) -
Maybe one fell on him when he tried to put the spikes on… would we dispatch a welfare check from the popo to his house? Maybe tell them there is a crazy guy doing the “Yosemite Sam” in the front yard?The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
The good news it is unlikely Tom will be carrying the Woodmere like that unless he starts eating his spinach- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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The good news it is unlikely Tom will be carrying the Woodmere like that unless he starts eating his spinach
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2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC
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Spinach, roids, meth and tequila combined couldn't get me to budge one of these speakers. I can shimmy them across the carpet while standing up without spikes and that's about it. It takes a minimum of two men just to get them from laying down on the floor to standing upright and that one who tilts them up is breathing like they just finished an Ironman competition when they are done.You might be waiting a while. I heard these require 300 hours or so to really open up.
Well, maybe not that long, as these are close to 20 year old speakers (estimated based upon build quality, Velcro dots and drivers) For instance, the Seas mid drivers......here is a shot of one of them. They are the same model number as the ones I have in the Linbrooks, but they look nothing alike. Similar but different from the surround to the basket to the magnet surroundings and writings (see below)
Now, this is what they look like in the Linbrooks (stock photo)
Getting back to what I was saying....I do not believe that I will have to wait 300 hours or anywhere close to that, for that matter, in order for me to offer a proper review. I'm sure they have surpassed the 300 hour mark since they left Ty's factory 20 or so years ago.
Now with that said, I have noticed a change in the sound since I plugged them in yesterday.....so offering a review would be pointless at this moment in time. I will say this. The presentation is 100% COMPLETELY different than that of the Linbrook's. Also, I haven't even put the spikes on yet and with a speaker like this? You need the spikes on there. They will greatly determine the end result as to what hits your ears.
Chris Jones', "No sanctuary here" sounded phenomenal on these speakers. Again. a complete and total change with regards to the presentation. I heard this song like I have never experienced it before on any system.
BTW and on a completely different note.....the Auralic G2 NAP is up and running without so much as a hiccup, so I am able to enjoy that as a source, the LP setup and the Marantz all as sources. I may have had some curse words "flavorful descriptions" about that in the past but I am glad I had patience with it. Turns out, it is a very nice NAP. Once the communication issues were addressed, the daggum thing has worked flawlessly.
We should be able to install the spikes on Sunday, as I have a select group coming over for an audition/listen. At that point, hopefully the sound will stop changing (although I don't mind it, because it keeps getting better and better as time goes on) and I can offer more observations.
Oh, one other thing. The MTM network has an enclosure that is much smaller than that of the Linbrooks. They are a separate enclosure from the rest of the speaker (just like the Linbrook's) but the enclosure is shortened in depth by about 4 to 5", with the same width and height. I found that to be interesting.
Regardless, I will definitely be keeping them. This is just what the doctor ordered and well worth the trip.....even stock with no tweaks, spikes or upgrades done to them yet.
Tom
Post edited by treitz3 on~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
Hey. My old exit on the Southern State Pkwy. You were pulling a trailer? Surprised you didn't get pulled over
Different....
Tom
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Yeah I pulled the trailer the entire way. I take it that it was illegal to tow a trailer on that highway? I did have a cop that I passed on the way back during this stretch and he got behind me for a mile or two but veered off into another lane and got caught up in traffic. Never saw him again.
I didn't see any signs that trailers were a no-no...
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
Yeah. It's Cars Only (plenty of signs at each entrance-
). Guess he figured you weren't commercial. If you had some landscaping equipment on board, would have been another story. Robert Moses started the Northern and Southern Pkwys in 1925 (that's why the lanes are so tight) so the Manhattan elites (who else had a car back then) could get to their summer retreats. Planned for the future with the low overpasses so the masses couldn't take buses to the beach. DynaudIo Evoke 30, VPI Prime, Soundsmith Zephyr MKIII, PS audio Stellar phono pre, McCormack DNA 0.5 Gold, ARC LS-17se, Eversolo dmp A8, MIT AVT MA ic’s and speaker cables, ps audio stellar power plant 3 -
Oh, Whoops!
I never was one for following the rules anyways.
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
Getting back to what I was saying....I do not believe that I will have to wait 300 hours or anywhere close to that, for that matter, in order for me to offer a proper review. I'm sure they have surpassed the 300 hour mark since they left Ty's factory 20 or so years ago.
Chris Jones', "No sanctuary here" sounded phenomenal on these speakers. Again. a complete and total change with regards to the presentation. I heard this song like I have never experienced it before on any system.
Regardless, I will definitely be keeping them. This is just what the doctor ordered and well worth the trip.....even stock with no tweaks, spikes or upgrades done to them yet.
Guess I missed the backstory on these. How someone could have speakers like these and not play them is . . . Unimaginable.
Im glad you’re keeping them. I love my MTM Seas/Raal Salks
Good luck mañana!AC Regenerator PS Audio PerfectWave Power Plant 10
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When I picked up my mezzo from the guys mansion in Maryland, he had played them for a few weeks and had put them back in the box for nearly 15 years...
His basement was quite literally an audio storage unit...
So you never know!- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit. -
Jay
SDA 2BTL * Musical Fidelity A5cr amp * Oppo BDP-93 * Modded Adcom GDA-600 DAC * Rythmik F8 (x2)
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Toms speakers with a little trt and spinach
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Toms speakers with a little trt and spinach
The owner of these (who never hooked them up BTW) has this system in his basement office...he loves horns and decided to go that route instead. His loss, my gain!
Even though he is in NY? I have sent him an invite to come and listen....
Tom
~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
I've heard the pd90, definitely an acquired taste lol- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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Tom isn't wearing SHORTS?!
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Lol...Hey guys, can I get a hand over here, I'm about to blow and O-ring2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC
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He'll need a stool to dust the tops, or wear a pair of his wife's high heels
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