I shall suggest something different in place of foam pads. Use a 10mm SS hexnut - 3 for each speakers and place it below the speakers instead. These hexnuts are around 5mm tall. This will not only give you good isolation but also very low compliance. With the foam pad the compliance is very poor.
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Seas 10", satori 7" and SB Berilium tweeters
suku_patel_22
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Unfortunately the table top is not completely flat and the speakers wobble. So, I do have to keep some kind of a pad to make sure they don't wobble and are stable
rwnano
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Very nice
reignofchaos
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@Yelamanchili manohar : Are the 3 different amps gain matched with the drivers? Else each driver will be singing in its own zip code!
Also how has your experience been with the TSD15 and EMT SUT? I am seriously considering this!
Also how has your experience been with the TSD15 and EMT SUT? I am seriously considering this!
Below is my final setup past one month. Well all are not technically purchased, but some of the components are,
My Digital rig consist of the below,
Marantz Blueray player - UD7007 (Purchased)
RME ADI-2 AD/DA converter (Purchased)
My Analog rig consist of the below,
Thorens TD-145MK2 TT with Rega RB330 tonearm and Audiotechnica VM-95C cartridge
DIY tube phono preamplifier using 12ax7 tubes and Mosfets
Common to both the digital and analogue rigs are below,
My DIY Direct Coupled 300B tube DHT SET
My DIY OB speakers
Thanks for looking.
My Digital rig consist of the below,
Marantz Blueray player - UD7007 (Purchased)
RME ADI-2 AD/DA converter (Purchased)
My Analog rig consist of the below,
Thorens TD-145MK2 TT with Rega RB330 tonearm and Audiotechnica VM-95C cartridge
DIY tube phono preamplifier using 12ax7 tubes and Mosfets
Common to both the digital and analogue rigs are below,
My DIY Direct Coupled 300B tube DHT SET
My DIY OB speakers
Thanks for looking.
Yelamanchili manohar
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Haha...no the amps are not gain matched. But I can adjust the individual levels and crossover frequencies on the active crossover to achieve balance between all the drivers.
The EMT TSD-15 is my very first cart. So I dont have any frame of reference to compare it against anything else. But Iam extremely pleased with it, and it performs at the same level as the digital rig, so that has kept the upgraditis at bay. But I do want to try a Hana ML and a Urushi black for a more lush presentation at some point, but not right now. As Iam still to get a modern dac to get my digital upto date, and only then will consider making additions or changes to the analogue rig.
I havent been lucky with the STX 21 SUT so far. As can be seen, the rig is in a tight spot, and Iam having hum issues owing to proximity of so many transformers. Will probably need to move the TT a little farther to stop the hum or probably have to try various grounding schemes at the TT end and see. But I just dont have the time to experiment so much. So Iam presently using the Bigbottle MK3 tubed phono stage directly, with excellent results.
I briefly tried the Minerva DAC last month and was impressed.
Wow- this is like starting a nuclear reactor- the way they show in movies- as many switches and components ! Those DIY speakers are very intriguing with 2 drivers on top of the cabinet ? Amazing to look at - must be even better to listen to.
Cheers !!
Yelamanchili manohar
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Your goodself's entire custom built system looks incredible sir
The speakers and amps and the kit match so well in finish. Must be sounding divine too
I keep going back on forth between Minvera and Pontus II, I must say even after 16 years, it gives every modern DAC, whether tube/R2R or delta sigma, a run for its money.
Weiss is special. I recently picked up Weiss DAC2 which Pro equivalent of Weiss Minerva as a backup DAC and it is going to stay.
Got a chance to pick the much acclaimed Simaudio Moon Eclipse CDP & Simaudio Moon I5 Limited Edition integrated. These are old but certainly not outdated, both the amp and source kick ass , mighty pleased with these.
After reading a lot of reviews and forums went with denon x4800 and seriously regretting it. The inbuilt aamp in it sounds worser than shitttt....what have they been thinking!!!!
More than a decade old my pioneer lx57 class D amps sounds far superior....
Then had to buy anthem (MCA 325) for LCR and that actually got everything else sorted. Now using x4800 only for surrounds.
Wanted to try crown and bought xls2502 and extremely happy with it. Surprisingly for the one tenth the price it sounds better than anthem mca325.
Got polk R700 - they are good but repent on going to savings mode and not choosing R11 meta
Polk centre (R350 or???) R series has serious reliability issues. Got their tweeter blown twice in 6months.
Polk sounds good enough for me.
But comparing to my previous monitor audio silver series setup...polk sounds punchier, more warmer and louder but the level of refinement is not there yet....may be burn in would make it sound better.
Overall i doubt the voice and hi frequency response would match the refinement level of monitor audio silver series.
As for the amp anthem sounds better than pioneer lx57 class D amp. Crown xls 2502 sounds better than anthem.
Really would love a solution to use the amps in my pioneer lx57 , may be some sort of rca to hdmi conversion and put lx57 in pure direct mode. They sound excellent.
More than a decade old my pioneer lx57 class D amps sounds far superior....
Then had to buy anthem (MCA 325) for LCR and that actually got everything else sorted. Now using x4800 only for surrounds.
Wanted to try crown and bought xls2502 and extremely happy with it. Surprisingly for the one tenth the price it sounds better than anthem mca325.
Got polk R700 - they are good but repent on going to savings mode and not choosing R11 meta
Polk centre (R350 or???) R series has serious reliability issues. Got their tweeter blown twice in 6months.
Polk sounds good enough for me.
But comparing to my previous monitor audio silver series setup...polk sounds punchier, more warmer and louder but the level of refinement is not there yet....may be burn in would make it sound better.
Overall i doubt the voice and hi frequency response would match the refinement level of monitor audio silver series.
As for the amp anthem sounds better than pioneer lx57 class D amp. Crown xls 2502 sounds better than anthem.
Really would love a solution to use the amps in my pioneer lx57 , may be some sort of rca to hdmi conversion and put lx57 in pure direct mode. They sound excellent.
captainsubtext
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Burn in won’t make you polks sound like monitor audio.
Sure it will not. But bass handling is better and sounds warmer...surely going for kef or b&w at some point if I find a good deal to give this polks off
By warmer, do you mean fuzzier and less exacting?
I guess yes. But now when listening to monitor audio again, sounds lean and the 24 feet wide soundstage is more filling with an exact centre imaging without a centre speaker! (The minitor audio had a tough time filling 16feet )
Finally added a power amp to my setup- the Norge 1200 Pro. It does 125 W x 2 @ 4 Ohm and is MOSFET based. It really got the KEF LS 50 Metas singing. Low end is very satisfying and I can now feel a mild low end rumble/vibration in the sofa or coffee table in front of me. Very happy so far.
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