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sakhavi
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Member name: Sasha Akhavi
Location: Raleigh, NC
Speakers
Stereo Mains: Odyssey, 2004
Surrounds: Atlantic Technology 354SR, 1998
Electronics
Receiver: Sunfire Ultimate Receiver, 2005
Source: Denon DVD-3910 Universal, 2005
Cables
Speaker wire: Nordost Blue Heaven 2m bi-wire, 2005
Less mentionables:
Sony KV-27V40 direct-view TV
Monster Cable optical interconnect
Pioneer CLD-D406 Laser Disc player
Onkyo TA-2700 Cassette player
Room: 11'10" (N & S walls) x 15'0" (E & W walls) x 8'0" height; hifi on S wall; couch 2' from draped window on N wall; loveseat on E wall; door to hall on W wall 4' from S corner; closet door on S wall at E corner; media cabinet on W wall just N of hallway door
Walls, floor and ceiling are soundproofed.
For Christmas get me:
ML Cinema i
Sony KV-30HS420 HD-ready TV
Reproduction Gerrit Rietveld buffet (to use as stereo cabinet / TV stand)
A couple of Red & Blue chairs (let's see how many responses I get about this - if you've sat in one, you know they really are comfortable) or tools & lumber to create same
Green Aniline dye Odyssey rails (or instructions for safely painting the originals I have)
Comments:
"Simplicity is Beautiful," as Juliana Hatfield writes. I've tried with this, my first serious system, to do as much as possible with as little as possible - basically, 2 speakers, 2 boxes, and a couple of cables.
Among the rich mix of emotions that greeted my first listen to my new system earlier this year, a prominent one was relief that the Odysseys I'd bought more than a year previous from eBay worked, and worked well. With the exception of the speaker cable, all the principal ingredients of this system were gotten on the cheap, from eBay, B-stock or dealer clearance.
The Odysseys were selected before anything else, including the room, whose length was chosen with reference to Stereophile's site (the width was fixed).
I first got interested in ESL upon hearing (& seeing) my audiophile / electrical-engineer uncle's Magnepan setup. After reading enough orgasmic reviews of ML I determined that 1) I would own a pair if it was the last thing I did and 2) considering the price, it would probably be the last thing I did. Fortunately, the combined forces of eBay, an Oakland seller's market and a Raleigh buyer's market eventually ended up making it possible.
If more than half my wishlist as of now has more to do with room décor than hifi, that may be because I'm the oddball ML geek that prioritizes the visual environment (though you wouldn't know it yet from the pictures; this room's going to take a while to get right). Does me no good on the Spousal Acceptance Factor front, however; my wife's inexplicably not into the De Stijl and Italian Futurist aesthetics. ={)>
Location: Raleigh, NC
Speakers
Stereo Mains: Odyssey, 2004
Surrounds: Atlantic Technology 354SR, 1998
Electronics
Receiver: Sunfire Ultimate Receiver, 2005
Source: Denon DVD-3910 Universal, 2005
Cables
Speaker wire: Nordost Blue Heaven 2m bi-wire, 2005
Less mentionables:
Sony KV-27V40 direct-view TV
Monster Cable optical interconnect
Pioneer CLD-D406 Laser Disc player
Onkyo TA-2700 Cassette player
Room: 11'10" (N & S walls) x 15'0" (E & W walls) x 8'0" height; hifi on S wall; couch 2' from draped window on N wall; loveseat on E wall; door to hall on W wall 4' from S corner; closet door on S wall at E corner; media cabinet on W wall just N of hallway door
Walls, floor and ceiling are soundproofed.
For Christmas get me:
ML Cinema i
Sony KV-30HS420 HD-ready TV
Reproduction Gerrit Rietveld buffet (to use as stereo cabinet / TV stand)
A couple of Red & Blue chairs (let's see how many responses I get about this - if you've sat in one, you know they really are comfortable) or tools & lumber to create same
Green Aniline dye Odyssey rails (or instructions for safely painting the originals I have)
Comments:
"Simplicity is Beautiful," as Juliana Hatfield writes. I've tried with this, my first serious system, to do as much as possible with as little as possible - basically, 2 speakers, 2 boxes, and a couple of cables.
Among the rich mix of emotions that greeted my first listen to my new system earlier this year, a prominent one was relief that the Odysseys I'd bought more than a year previous from eBay worked, and worked well. With the exception of the speaker cable, all the principal ingredients of this system were gotten on the cheap, from eBay, B-stock or dealer clearance.
The Odysseys were selected before anything else, including the room, whose length was chosen with reference to Stereophile's site (the width was fixed).
I first got interested in ESL upon hearing (& seeing) my audiophile / electrical-engineer uncle's Magnepan setup. After reading enough orgasmic reviews of ML I determined that 1) I would own a pair if it was the last thing I did and 2) considering the price, it would probably be the last thing I did. Fortunately, the combined forces of eBay, an Oakland seller's market and a Raleigh buyer's market eventually ended up making it possible.
If more than half my wishlist as of now has more to do with room décor than hifi, that may be because I'm the oddball ML geek that prioritizes the visual environment (though you wouldn't know it yet from the pictures; this room's going to take a while to get right). Does me no good on the Spousal Acceptance Factor front, however; my wife's inexplicably not into the De Stijl and Italian Futurist aesthetics. ={)>