c_morse
Well-known member
Well guys,
It's been a few months since I picked up my speakers for Mark Edmiston in Florida. They've been sitting in my Living Room, completely unplugged, as I debated if I wanted to hook them up now or wait until I gathered more of my components to make them sound even better.
I got tired of the wait last night, and did a very rudimentary setup. I don't even have a rack for my components yet!
I put down 3 glass shelves from an old component rack, and started laying out my stuff. In the center, the Musical Fidelity A3.5 CD Player is on the bottom, and on top is the Rogue Audio Magnum 99 Pre-Amp. Flanked on either side are the Monarchy Audio SE-160 Mono Blocks. Interconnects between the CD and Pre-Amp and Pre-Amp and Amps are Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval .5m interconnects w/ Locking RCA's. Speaker cabling is Analysis Plus Black Oval 9's - 8 foot length - Spades on both ends. All power cables are original for now, although the ones supplied with the Monarchy amps are REALLY beefy, custom units to start with.
I did the flashlight method to adjust toe in. Ended up with the panels being at 30" on the inside and 32" on the outside from the back wall to the front of the posts, and I am at about 22" from the side wall. Bass controls as of now are 50 Hz at -1 and 25 Hz at -2. Room is really bass heavy as it is, really need to dampen the walls. Speakers are about 7 feet apart, and also roughly 7 feet to the listening position.
Anyway, I sat down in the sweet spot, and in all honesty I was blown away. VERY VERY VERY clear and precise. I did notice a nice little sweet spot. I want to play with the rake now too, see if I can't get it any better that way. First CD to play in entirety was Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. All I could say was "wow." I brought the roommate out, who is a complete non-audiophile, and sat him down. Even he was amazed.
Also played Linkin Park's new album, A Thousand Suns. Ended up listening to some Bruce Springsteen acoustic/harmonica tracks.
Overall I am very happy with these speakers, and looking forward to refining my setup.
I'll post up some pictures later of the setup.
It's been a few months since I picked up my speakers for Mark Edmiston in Florida. They've been sitting in my Living Room, completely unplugged, as I debated if I wanted to hook them up now or wait until I gathered more of my components to make them sound even better.
I got tired of the wait last night, and did a very rudimentary setup. I don't even have a rack for my components yet!
I put down 3 glass shelves from an old component rack, and started laying out my stuff. In the center, the Musical Fidelity A3.5 CD Player is on the bottom, and on top is the Rogue Audio Magnum 99 Pre-Amp. Flanked on either side are the Monarchy Audio SE-160 Mono Blocks. Interconnects between the CD and Pre-Amp and Pre-Amp and Amps are Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval .5m interconnects w/ Locking RCA's. Speaker cabling is Analysis Plus Black Oval 9's - 8 foot length - Spades on both ends. All power cables are original for now, although the ones supplied with the Monarchy amps are REALLY beefy, custom units to start with.
I did the flashlight method to adjust toe in. Ended up with the panels being at 30" on the inside and 32" on the outside from the back wall to the front of the posts, and I am at about 22" from the side wall. Bass controls as of now are 50 Hz at -1 and 25 Hz at -2. Room is really bass heavy as it is, really need to dampen the walls. Speakers are about 7 feet apart, and also roughly 7 feet to the listening position.
Anyway, I sat down in the sweet spot, and in all honesty I was blown away. VERY VERY VERY clear and precise. I did notice a nice little sweet spot. I want to play with the rake now too, see if I can't get it any better that way. First CD to play in entirety was Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. All I could say was "wow." I brought the roommate out, who is a complete non-audiophile, and sat him down. Even he was amazed.
Also played Linkin Park's new album, A Thousand Suns. Ended up listening to some Bruce Springsteen acoustic/harmonica tracks.
Overall I am very happy with these speakers, and looking forward to refining my setup.
I'll post up some pictures later of the setup.
You have incredible will power 
