NINaudio's setup

[Pogre]

Very nice! I can tell you take great care of your stuff. I think your plan to replace the bookshelves with something slimmer and getting your front 2 a little closer together might improve things not only visually but sonically too.

 

[NINaudio]

Somehow I missed it when you announced your order. Congrats!!! I saw it earlier today on Audiocircle.

Do you have a shipping cost estimate? When I ordered ropey cherry veneer for my Veracity STs in 2016, it added to the total cost, but it was less than the shipping. For me, putting it into that context made the decision easy. I've never been sorry with that choice.

Shipping from Pontiac, MI to Chicago, IL will probably be less than my shipping was to Maryland. And your veneer prices seem to be more than mine was. So maybe… or maybe not?

Not sure on shipping costs. I need to measure the wife's car, I may just go pick them up.

 

[NINaudio]

Very nice! I can tell you take great care of your stuff. I think your plan to replace the bookshelves with something slimmer and getting your front 2 a little closer together might improve things not only visually but sonically too.

Yeah, the current set is 20 years old. I see people selling them and they look awful, holes all over the socks, banged up corners. I'm like what on earth did you do to them! The only issue with mine is that the caps on top are coming off and a little scratched up. I can fix the popping up issue easy with a little glue and wood clamps depending on what I want to do with them.

 

[Pogre]

Yeah, the current set is 20 years old. I see people selling them and they look awful, holes all over the socks, banged up corners. I'm like what on earth did you do to them! The only issue with mine is that the caps on top are coming off and a little scratched up. I can fix the popping up issue easy with a little glue and wood clamps depending on what I want to do with them.

I'll bet you can't wait for those Salks! I'd be spending the entire time figuring out how to get the most perfect positioning humanly possible until they arrived.

 

[NINaudio]

Here's a couple pics of the system as is. It's a bit messy at the moment, but I'll be re-arranging things next month.

View from the couch:

The whole room:

So, I'm worried if I do the zebrawood, it may clash with the flooring:

I think I really like the patterning there. If Jim could get curly maple with a bit more pattern I'd be happy with the grey.

 

[snakeeyes]

Make some mock up cardboard boxes. LOL

 

[NINaudio]

I'll bet you can't wait for those Salks! I'd be spending the entire time figuring out how to get the most perfect positioning humanly possible until they arrived.

The wife will be out of town next month defending her dissertation. I'll be redoing the whole thing then.

Edited to add: yes, I'm super excited to get them!

 

[Swerd]

The whole room:

So, I'm worried if I do the zebrawood, it may clash with the flooring:

I think I really like the patterning there. If Jim could get curly maple with a bit more pattern I'd be happy with the grey.

Instead of worrying if the zebrawood clashes with the floor, send that photo to Jim Salk and ask his opinion. He can adjust dyes so that never is a problem.

 

[NINaudio]

I've actually asked him if he could get that tiger maple as I really like the pattern of it, similar to this:

http://www.salksound.com/gallery/Supercharged SongTower/ST-SC-maple-smokeysilvergray-cu.jpg

 

[Swerd]

I'll bet you can't wait for those Salks! I'd be spending the entire time figuring out how to get the most perfect positioning humanly possible until they arrived.

I found the opposite was the case with mine. They are remarkably forgiving when it comes to positioning. With much older speakers, my sweet spot, sitting about 10 feet away, was one sofa cushion wide. With both my SongTowers, and my Veracity STs, that sweet spot widened to nearly the whole sofa's three cushion width. I wasn't prepared for that at first, but it was easy to get used to.

 

[NINaudio]

Ordered the new TV wall mount and equipment stand.

 

[NINaudio]

New entertainment center and TV is wall mounted now.

 

[ryanosaur]

Bummed to hear about the AVR, though, man.

 

[NINaudio]

Bummed to hear about the AVR, though, man.

Me too, but, I did kinda want a reason to upgrade to one that I could use the Audyssey app on!

Wasn't planning on doing it right now though, and I was looking forward to a few more days of music while the wife was gone. Now I'm down two good listening days!

 

[ryanosaur]

and I was looking forward to a few more days of music while the wife was gone

Oh boy, do I know that feeling!

 

[snakeeyes]

I usually have a couple telecommuting days but now I work from home all week like a lot of companies are doing in Seattle during the virus. So many days to listen to music..

 

[NINaudio]

OK, I canceled the order for the AVR-x4500 through Amazon since it wouldn't arrive until tomorrow (Wednesday). Went to ABT electronics and picked one up after work. Same base price as Amazon, but got a govt employee discount, so saved a few more bucks to boot. Got it all dialed in now.

 

[2channel lover]

OK, I canceled the order for the AVR-x4500 through Amazon since it wouldn't arrive until tomorrow (Wednesday). Went to ABT electronics and picked one up after work. Same base price as Amazon, but got a govt employee discount, so saved a few more bucks to boot. Got it all dialed in now.

Cruising thru here and saw this thread.

 

[NINaudio]

Cruising thru here and saw this thread.

Nothing really new to update. The 4500H is doing the job. I still need to figure out some of the settings that are different from the 4000H. The cabinets for my Song 3 Towers are glued up. That's it! lol

 

[ryanosaur]

The cabinets for my Song 3 Towers are glued up

Oh... the progress tracker. Jim is a sadistic... ...and amazing human being!

I think @everettT had it best when I asked him about how his Subs were progressing. After his first round with it, he didn't look while his Subs were in production. (So he said, anyway... )

Can't say I blame him. Watching that thing was torturous while my 3s were in production.