System #362 (Vantage, Stage, Motion4)

[JBrown]

Member Name: Justin

Location: Cambridge, ON, Canada

Speakers:
Martin Logan
Vantage (Mains)
Stage (Center)
Motion 4 x2 (Rears)

Velodyne (for now):
DLS5000R (15" Subwoofer)

Reciever (Preamp/Processor):
Yamaha HTR-6190

Amplifier:
Parasound HC-855A (85x5/8ohm-125x5/4ohm 30 amps of peak current per channel)

Sources:
Sony BDP-S360 (Blu Ray Player)
Yamaha YDS11 (iPod Dock)

Display
Sony KDL-52XBR9

Power Protection:
Monster Cable HTS 2100 Home Theatre Power Centre

Cables:
Kimber for Stage and Vantages
Monster Interconnects from preamp to amp
Rocketfish HDMI Cables

Realistic Wish List:
-Depth i or Descent i
-Cambridge Audio BluRay Player
-Dac Magic + Apple TV
-A Real Pre/Pro instead of a reciever
-Kimber interconnects to replace Monsters
-A House instead of a Basement Apartment

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[TomDac]

Welcome aboard!

 

[JBrown]

Welcome aboard!

Thanks Tom!

More photos coming up!

Suggestions welcomed and encouraged!

 

[churchill]

Welcome to the club Justin! Nice looking set up!

 

[JBrown]

Thanks Churchill!

As for wiring, I removed the jumpers and wired my kimbers like this.....

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What are everyones thoughts? They are not being biamped as ML does not reccomend this, but I wanted to remove the jumpers and have the good quality kimber wire going to both binding posts.

 

[RichTeer]

Nice set up! A couple of suggestions (since you asked):

1. Try bringing your speakers a bit further into the room.

2. Your toe-in looks a bit much. Remember, you want the inner third of the panel pointing at you, not the centre.

 

[JBrown]

Nice set up! A couple of suggestions (since you asked):

1. Try bringing your speakers a bit further into the room.

2. Your toe-in looks a bit much. Remember, you want the inner third of the panel pointing at you, not the centre.

Thanks for the advice,

1. It seems you can never bring these things far enough into the room . The distance from the stan panels to the back wall is 34", except the left side backs onto a cabinet that is sunk inwall, so there is an imbalance. It is far from the perfect room, and the fact that im renting forbids me from doing renovations (covering up that cabinet for example, wall treatments, etc). Oh I was also a bit of a dummy, and I only picked up 6 feet of kimber kable for each side .

2. The toe in was done using the flashlight technique, however I had a crappy flashlight with a wider beam then I would have liked. Im going to pick up a better flashlight and try it again. Though as is, the imaging is pretty solid, vocals are centralized, and the speakers dissapear into the room quite nicely.

Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[Thai]

Congrats...looks good! I like your front speakers for some reason! Remember, ebay (and audiogon) has some nice amps to max out the Vantages & Stage potential for sale....