2-Channel Nivana (for now of course)
Lowell_M
Posts: 1,660
I fortunately have a couple of days off since I start a new job Wednesday and the LSi15's finally arrived that I purchased off ebay. They are in nearly perfect condition. There are a few small scratches toward the back of the side panels, but the piano finish is perfect. They came nicely double boxed with evil foam peanuts between the two boxes.
Rig:
JVC DVD player (weak link, also doesn't play burnt CD's)
Entech Numbercruntcher DAC
Nakamichi CA-5 Preamp
Adcom GFA-555
LSI15
Signal Cable IC's
Canare star quad speaker wire terminated as a single run
I've got them set up now and have done a little bit of listening. These things are amazing. Even very low volume listening is enjoyable. As expected, very nice imaging and that nice smooth vifa tweeter.
When we listened to the 15s at Chicagoland Polkfest this summer I thought that the bass was just a tad sloppy, but I'll tell you, the way that these are set up in my living room bass is rock solid with a nice low punch.
The soundstage is a bit more forward than I expected, but this contributes to the 3D soundstage and gives the sound depth. I haven't listened to all of my test tracks yet but imaging and soundstage is impressive. I listend to both of Nora Jones' newest CD's and the piano is the most realistic that I have every heard. The detail is in the notes that gives the piano the emotional feel of being at a live performance. In my opinion the piano is a difficult instrument to reporduce well.
So, I'm pretty damn excited. I'll post pictues when I get them off the camera.
Happy Listening, Aaron
Rig:
JVC DVD player (weak link, also doesn't play burnt CD's)
Entech Numbercruntcher DAC
Nakamichi CA-5 Preamp
Adcom GFA-555
LSI15
Signal Cable IC's
Canare star quad speaker wire terminated as a single run
I've got them set up now and have done a little bit of listening. These things are amazing. Even very low volume listening is enjoyable. As expected, very nice imaging and that nice smooth vifa tweeter.
When we listened to the 15s at Chicagoland Polkfest this summer I thought that the bass was just a tad sloppy, but I'll tell you, the way that these are set up in my living room bass is rock solid with a nice low punch.
The soundstage is a bit more forward than I expected, but this contributes to the 3D soundstage and gives the sound depth. I haven't listened to all of my test tracks yet but imaging and soundstage is impressive. I listend to both of Nora Jones' newest CD's and the piano is the most realistic that I have every heard. The detail is in the notes that gives the piano the emotional feel of being at a live performance. In my opinion the piano is a difficult instrument to reporduce well.
So, I'm pretty damn excited. I'll post pictues when I get them off the camera.
Happy Listening, Aaron
HT
RTi70 mains
CSi30 center
RTi28 Rears
Velodyne CHT-12
H/K AVR-247
ADCOM GFA-7000
Samsung PN58B860
Playstation 3
2-Channel
Polk Audio LSi15's
Rotel RCD-1072
Nakamichi CA-5 Pre
ADCOM GFA-555
Signal Cable Analog II IC's
Signal Ultra Bi-Wire Speaker Cables
RTi70 mains
CSi30 center
RTi28 Rears
Velodyne CHT-12
H/K AVR-247
ADCOM GFA-7000
Samsung PN58B860
Playstation 3
2-Channel
Polk Audio LSi15's
Rotel RCD-1072
Nakamichi CA-5 Pre
ADCOM GFA-555
Signal Cable Analog II IC's
Signal Ultra Bi-Wire Speaker Cables
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Comments
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Congrats and enjoy. The 15's are fanatsic when you get em'"dialed in"
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Congrats on being a new LSI 15 owner...Enjoy your newly found spot in Audio bliss,cause it won't last long:D
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Yeap. Lsi15s are beautiful and delivers beautiful and smooth sounds. They are also excelent in HT, too. Congratulation and enjoy.
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Awesome, happy they came undamaged and that they sound fantastic. Bet you don't want to start that job tomorrow, do you?
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! -
Aaron, congrats on acquiring the 15’s!:cool: I am familiar with them as Norm had a pair in his treated listening room and they were set up at my house before being sold to another polkie. What is the room like that you have them set up in? I really enjoyed our fest and we did the best we could for placement, but the room was not ideal.
Congrats on the new job!Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 * -
The link below is a second set of LSi15's from the seller that i bought them from. I did take a bit of a risk since he doesn't have any pictures of the actual speakers, but the ones I got are nearly perfect and it's hard to pass up that price. They are both former floor models from a store that closed.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=190169040865&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=009HT
RTi70 mains
CSi30 center
RTi28 Rears
Velodyne CHT-12
H/K AVR-247
ADCOM GFA-7000
Samsung PN58B860
Playstation 3
2-Channel
Polk Audio LSi15's
Rotel RCD-1072
Nakamichi CA-5 Pre
ADCOM GFA-555
Signal Cable Analog II IC's
Signal Ultra Bi-Wire Speaker Cables -
Can I borrow them for a little while? You're bored with them already anyway,right?
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very good, Polk LSI are really something, very nice tweeter.
RT1
