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Post by mepositive on Jun 30, 2014 15:27:24 GMT -5
Mepositive...I'll bite. What are the newly purchased speakers? PS nice setup. The Pendragons will be arriving in a couple of days !! Never heard them before but am taking Andrew's impressions in complete faith and went for it.
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Post by Metaldude on Jun 30, 2014 20:15:52 GMT -5
Here is my listening room. Love the sound of the entire system - nevertheless am upgrading it in the next 4 weeks. In fact a new set of speakers are in transit !! View AttachmentView AttachmentMate , looks great, I'm envious He he he ,I've gotta get my finger out and get my system up and ruuning properly
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Post by bluemeanies on Jul 1, 2014 6:04:55 GMT -5
Mepositive...I'll bite. What are the newly purchased speakers? PS nice setup. The Pendragons will be arriving in a couple of days !! Never heard them before but am taking Andrew's impressions in complete faith and went for it. Can't say that I would buy speakers like that....on faith. That's one reason I never bought speakers from EBay unless I had heard them previously in a audio store. Everyone hears things differently and room conditions are never the same from one room to another. As long as you have a warranty similar to a company like Emotiva then I can understand you taking that leap of faith. The Pendragons can be the best and most exciting speakers you have heard BUT if not you would will want to return them with no conditions attached. Of course these opinions are strictly my own and in no way reflect anything against Andrews recommendation. Good luck
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Post by LuisV on Jul 1, 2014 6:59:48 GMT -5
Mepositive...I'll bite. What are the newly purchased speakers? PS nice setup. The Pendragons will be arriving in a couple of days !! Never heard them before but am taking Andrew's impressions in complete faith and went for it. Congrats on the Pendragons! When possible, please post updated pictures of your room as well as your thoughts opinions of them.
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Post by creimes on Jul 31, 2014 0:27:07 GMT -5
Special Edition ERC-1 , still waiting on my new slot load drive but I thought I'd spice up the front a little
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Post by mshump on Jul 31, 2014 7:47:38 GMT -5
That looks cool !! Nice job !!
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Post by frenchyfranky on Jul 31, 2014 9:03:23 GMT -5
Wow creimes, you can say now that you're a real Emo blue cool aid fan... I think that you can claim the first price for this, The competitions are now open.
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Post by creimes on Jul 31, 2014 9:08:52 GMT -5
Wow creimes, you can say now that you're a real Emo blue cool aid fan... haha who doesn't like the Emo blue, I was thinking about a deep cherry red as well but stuck with the blue, my LPA-1 trim got blacked out though, no blue there Chad
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Post by Bonzo on Jul 31, 2014 9:10:44 GMT -5
Special Edition ERC-1 , still waiting on my new slot load drive but I thought I'd spice up the front a little I really like it!!!! Then again most would call me coo-coo cause I much prefer the silver over the black that everyone else seems to love. Not fond of black cars either. Go figure. But this blue is awesome!!!!
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Post by creimes on Jul 31, 2014 9:19:44 GMT -5
I really like it!!!! Then again most would call me coo-coo cause I much prefer the silver over the black that everyone else seems to love. Not fond of black cars either. Go figure. But this blue is awesome!!!! Thx man, I think most are scared to try something like this but it's easy to change back or paint another color over it heh, and yes I do like the silver as well and my XPA-1L's will stay that way as I think it would be too much black with the trim painted black. Chad
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Post by wizardofoz on Aug 4, 2014 6:48:14 GMT -5
I did a quick reachable for power and redid my connections etc, 2 channel but I couldn't see a what does your room like for 2 channel. under the table there are 3 amps, 1 x XPA-1 in the centre for a centre channel yet to be implemented and 2 XPA-5-G2's for the Left and right (4 channels on each side for active speakers. for now I'm running the ERM-1's off the Mini-X A100 (off to the right side on a shelf out of view) from the Stealth DC-1 with the Oppo-BDP105 as source. The turntable is missing its SME3009 arm while I make an arm board for it. Its a Lenco motor and spindle on a DIY stainless steel plate from www.ptpaudio.com and a 23Kg slate base. Under the TT is a Sutherland 20/20 phono pre that will eventually run into the XMC-1 but for now the Line in on the DC-1
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Post by ncred02 on Aug 4, 2014 17:55:19 GMT -5
^^^^^^^^^^^ very clean set up. looks great
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Post by Loop 7 on Aug 4, 2014 19:25:18 GMT -5
Vaulted ceilings, too much glass and bamboo floors make this one terrible sounding room. Clapping one's hand returns quite an echo. I utilize the midrange and tweeter controls on the Vandersteen to mitigate this to some extent. Peachtree DACs are very warm sounding so it's been a great addition.
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Post by guzz46 on Aug 4, 2014 22:12:30 GMT -5
My room, which doubles as a 2 channel and home theatre room, oh, and a bedroom too. Attachment Deleted
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Post by novisnick on Aug 4, 2014 22:21:03 GMT -5
My room, which doubles as a 2 channel and home theatre room, oh, and a bedroom too. What a beautiful clean set up!! Three thumbs up !! Love the look! I bet you also love the sound!!, love your choice of leaving the trim off.
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Post by guzz46 on Aug 4, 2014 22:46:07 GMT -5
My room, which doubles as a 2 channel and home theatre room, oh, and a bedroom too. What a beautiful clean set up!! Three thumbs up !! Love the look! I bet you also love the sound!!, love your choice of leaving the trim off. Sure do, the best upgrades I've done was getting rid of the preamp/processor, and buying the Legacy's, also the Cambridge sounds pretty nice too, a bit warmer with smoother sounding highs than the Oppo bdp93-nxe it replaced.
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Post by ncred02 on Aug 6, 2014 20:07:16 GMT -5
Vaulted ceilings, too much glass and bamboo floors make this one terrible sounding room. Clapping one's hand returns quite an echo. I utilize the midrange and tweeter controls on the Vandersteen to mitigate this to some extent. Peachtree DACs are very warm sounding so it's been a great addition. View AttachmentView AttachmentVandy's.. many thumbs up
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Post by wizardofoz on Aug 6, 2014 21:55:52 GMT -5
Finally mounted the arm back
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Post by airwolf77 on Aug 22, 2014 18:38:57 GMT -5
Well thanks to pop's glowing review and a few other members, I had to try out this center channel stand that doubles as twin XV15se's. I gotta agree it works great .
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Post by pop on Aug 22, 2014 19:07:08 GMT -5
Well thanks to pop's glowing review and a few other members, I had to try out this center channel stand that doubles as twin XV15se's. I gotta agree it works great . Sweet setup brotha! I really like it. Maybe try turning the subs around and facing the amp plate out so you can push them together?
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