Chilling... with 2ch goodness... it cant get any better!

Joey_V
Joey_V Posts: 8,552
edited October 2006 in 2 Channel Audio
Sometimes, it's not about the soundstage or about the weight of the singer's voice.

Sometimes, it's about good times and just sitting back knowing that you are one lucky SOB. How many of us are priviledged enough to have food, shelter, other amenities that we take for granted... and on top of that, we have the luxury of hifi audio!??! All of us should be thankful for what we got.

This transcends upgraditis, gear fantasies, and the quest for audio nirvana.

So, wherever you are in the US (or the world)... take a minute to look around you and look at your audio gear and realize that you are one lucky SOB.

Here's me chilling back in my Pajamas by my PC with the Martin Logan Summits playing Jason Mraz. I'm eating dinner (pizza) just laying back after a long day at the hospital.

I dont deserve this, I honestly dont.
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So wherever you are... cheers!
Magico 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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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited October 2006
    Nicely said....I love my 2ch system one those tubes warm up it doesn't get any better
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited October 2006
    and it makes it that more easy to say with ML's playing LOL enjoy brotha!!
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited October 2006
    I agree whole heartedly....

    well said Joey.....you too Zero...!


    And I also must agree with Zero in the Jammies.....Very cool !



    Enjoy Bro....
    Cary SLP-98L F1 DC Pre Amp (Jag Blue)
    Parasound HCA-3500
    Cary Audio V12 amp (Jag Red)
    Polk Audio Xm Reciever (Autographed by THE MAN Himself) :cool:
    Magnum Dynalab MD-102 Analog Tuna
    Jolida JD-100 CDP
    Polk Audio LSi9 Speaks (ebony)
    SVS PC-Ultra Sub
    AQ Bedrock Speaker Cables (Bi-Wired)
    MIT Shotgun S1 I/C`s
    AQ Black Thunder Sub Cables
    PS Audio Plus Power Cords
    Magnum Dynalab ST-2 FM Antenna
    Sanus Cherry wood Speak Stands
    Adona AV45CS3 / 3 Tier Rack (Black /Gold)

    :cool:
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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited October 2006
    Those toes need some tanning ;) .
    Enjoy bubble gum man.
    SRT For Life; SDA Forever!

    The SRT SEISMIC System:
    Four main satellite speakers, six powered subs, two dedicated for LFE channel, two center speakers for over/under screen placement and three Control Centers. Amaze your friends, terrorize your neighbors, seize the audio bragging rights for your state. Go ahead, buy it; you only go around once.
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  • McLoki
    McLoki Posts: 5,231
    edited October 2006
    You have some of the best computer speakers in the world. Congrats man.

    Michael

    (BTW - well said)
    Mains.............Polk LSi15 (Cherry)
    Center............Polk LSiC (Crossover upgraded)
    Surrounds.......Polk LSi7 (Gloss Black - wood sides removed and crossovers upgraded)
    Subwoofers.....SVS 25-31 CS+ and PC+ (both 20hz tune)
    Pre\Pro...........NAD T163 (Modded with LM4562 opamps)
    Amplifier.........Cinepro 3k6 (6-channel, 500wpc@4ohms)
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  • GATOR3000
    GATOR3000 Posts: 355
    edited October 2006
    U Da man Joey!!!!........Well done. I guess we all are lucky to enjoy our hobby, freedom and life in general. Way to go!!

    Cheers to all.

    Gator:) :)
    Theatre System 5.1
    Sumsung HP-S5053 plasma
    Receiver Denon AVR 3806 Pre/Pro
    Parasound HCA 1500A amp (front L/R)
    Parasound HCA 1000A amp (centre)
    B & K AV5000 amp (bi-amp + surround)
    Dynaco ST70 tube amp (Herbie HAL-O9)
    polkaudio Lsi15 (Cherry) 2-channel
    polkaudio Rti8 Front (Cherry)
    polkaudio Csi5 Centre
    polkaudio Rti6 Surround
    polkaudio PSW1000 Subwoofer (Cherry)
    Original A8T CD
    Pioneer DV-275 DVD Player
    MONSTER CABLE MP-HTS3500MKII Powercentre
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited October 2006
    Awesome Joey...

    sometimes it just feels like the sky's the limit, eh?
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited October 2006
    I'm glad you are enjoying yourself Joey & that your system allows you a respite from your busy schedule!
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited October 2006
    yeah whatevah.... ;)
    PolkFest 2012, who's going>?
    Vancouver, Canada Sept 30th, 2012 - Madonna concert :cheesygrin:
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited October 2006
    That's a helluva near-field experience, enjoy.
    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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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited October 2006
    Your second toe is freakishly long.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited October 2006
    Took the day off to play golf w/ Dad (we don't do that much anymore) and now I'm ready to settle in to a little bit of two channel nirvana and I'm starting out with iced tea (it's over 80 here today hot and muggy) and then I'll be moving on to something a little heavier. Big storms predicted tonight as a cold front moves in to clash with the hot humid weather right now......let's see if I can drowned out the thunder and lightening with a little blues later on tonight.

    These are some of the moments worth enjoying! ;)

    Cheers

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited October 2006
    I did notice the exquisitely trimmed nails.

    RT1
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    edited October 2006
    reeltrouble1 wrote:
    I did notice the exquisitely trimmed nails.

    RT1

    I try my best. :D
    RuSsMaN wrote:
    Your second toe is freakishly long.
    How come I never saw that?? :( Maybe I am a freak.
    Magico 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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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited October 2006
    That's what it's all about.

    Nice feet:D
    Sharp Elite 70
    Anthem D2V 3D
    Parasound 5250
    Parasound HCA 1000 A
    Parasound HCA 1000
    Oppo BDP 95
    Von Schweikert VR4 Jr R/L Fronts
    Von Schweikert LCR 4 Center
    Totem Mask Surrounds X4
    Hsu ULS-15 Quad Drive Subwoofers
    Sony PS3
    Squeezebox Touch

    Polk Atrium 7s on the patio just to keep my foot in the door.
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited October 2006
    Cool. Very nicely said.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited October 2006
    We are indeed fortunate. What's sitting directly on top of the amp? The pre? Joey! :mad: Let it breath man! ;):p:)
    Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
    HT: Samsung QN90B * Marantz NR1510 * Panasonic DMP-BDT220 * Roku Ultra LT * APC H10
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    edited October 2006
    Halo wrote:
    We are indeed fortunate. What's sitting directly on top of the amp? The pre? Joey! :mad: Let it breath man! ;):p:)

    The Rotel pre is ontop of the Rotel amp... it has enough breathing room as it has grills on the sides and the bottom. The heatsinks up front help out a lot too.

    I would let it breathe, but it looks badass with the pre on top and I dont have room for the two in separate areas.

    So Victor.... I say... BAH! :mad: :p

    ON another note, I like the blue light coming off the aluminum panel off the Summit's cabinet. Sooo cool.
    Magico 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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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited October 2006
    Are you a doctor? A nurse? What do you do at the hospital? How to you afford all that expensive stuff :)
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    edited October 2006
    Airplay355 wrote:
    Are you a doctor? A nurse? What do you do at the hospital? How to you afford all that expensive stuff :)

    Good question...

    - I am a 3rd year Medical student... M.D. in June 2008.
    - How did I afford it? I started with Klipsch Promedia 4.1 in 2003 and I slowly worked my way up little by little... buying used and selling for same as what I bought it for. Pretty soon, with the influx of summer job money and scholarship money here and there... it amounted to the $10K+ I have in my room today.

    I'm probably going to slow down a little now... it's getting ridiculously realistic now. Having the LSi9s side by side gave me a greater appreciation for what the Summits do.

    Sometimes, I take them for granted... but I recently realized how UNSPEAKERLIKE they sound like.... unlike everything else I've heard under $5K.

    My Mantra: Buy used, sell to break even or profit. Never never NEVER pay retail unless you have a real job and you like your dealer.
    Magico 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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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    edited October 2006
    Airplay355 wrote:
    Are you a doctor? A nurse? What do you do at the hospital? How to you afford all that expensive stuff :)

    When I graduate and practice M.D. fully (after residency)... I'll be 28 by then...

    I'll try to get something along the lines of the Sonus Faber Stradivari. That's the end-goal for me. :)
    Magico 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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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    edited October 2006
    McLoki wrote:
    You have some of the best computer speakers in the world. Congrats man.

    Michael

    (BTW - well said)

    Mike...

    I have YOU to thank for this. If I took the 15s that you ended up with, I wouldve not had the Summits.

    It's all your fault really... that's a better way to put it.

    And thanks for the compliment. These probably are one of the best around.

    Joey :o (you make me blush)
    Magico 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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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    edited October 2006
    Zero wrote:
    insues (sp).

    ensues

    Come on, Sean... get with the program.
    Magico 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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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited October 2006
    Joey, I'm just sitting over here, dying to 'pimp' you. You know what I mean.

    And yes, those are some rad computer speakers. Some might dare to call them over kill. Also, I'm dying to know, are those Summits placement friendly? My speakers clearly perform better in a very specific spot. You have yours nice and snuggly against the wall.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    edited October 2006
    NO pimping please! I've had enough of this pimpage. I know I'm going to get pimped even more during the surgery rotation. :(

    LOL!

    Placement friendly? Not entirely. I have them drawn out about 1 foot for the box and 2 feet for the panels away from the wall... this is for when I'm on the PC.

    I toe them out and pull them out for critical listening... I already have the floors marked with small tape so it's an easy transition. For Critical listening, I go about 3 feet out and widen the stage to about 8 feet.
    Magico 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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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited October 2006
    "Little by little" over three whole years you've worked your way up to 15K speakers?:p

    I can only imagine what you'll have in twenty years:eek:
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited October 2006
    Joey_V wrote:

    My Mantra: Buy used, sell to break even or profit. Never never NEVER pay retail unless you have a real job and you like your dealer.

    Great advice.

    I think I have real job, at least the eagle flies every two weeks and drops its payload into my account. Nonetheless, doing the used gear boogie has been enjoyable.

    RT1
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  • McLoki
    McLoki Posts: 5,231
    edited October 2006
    zombie boy 2000 wrote:
    "Little by little" over three whole years you've worked your way up to 15K speakers?:p

    Naw... only 10,000 retail. You can pick up a nice used pair for about 7 though....

    Michael

    BTW - joey, your going to make someone a nice wife someday with comments like this...
    I have YOU to thank for this. If I took the 15s that you ended up with, I wouldve not had the Summits.

    It's all your fault really... that's a better way to put it.

    "they were out of the $750 speakers, the only option I had available was these things for $7,500." :D:D:D
    Mains.............Polk LSi15 (Cherry)
    Center............Polk LSiC (Crossover upgraded)
    Surrounds.......Polk LSi7 (Gloss Black - wood sides removed and crossovers upgraded)
    Subwoofers.....SVS 25-31 CS+ and PC+ (both 20hz tune)
    Pre\Pro...........NAD T163 (Modded with LM4562 opamps)
    Amplifier.........Cinepro 3k6 (6-channel, 500wpc@4ohms)
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  • SKsolutions
    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
    edited October 2006
    It's nice to see an unabashed display of gratitude. . . Nicer yet when others applaud it in realized agreement. Thanks for the moment of Zen, Joey.

    SK
    -Ignorance is strength -
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