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Re: 3 PI build [message #79559 is a reply to message #79484]

Sun, 23 February 2014 16:08

BFP
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Registered: May 2009

Baron

I had a friend visit yesterday to hear the Pi 3 setup. He brought his laptop and music he is familiar with. My system consists of a Mac Mini, sending USB music via Pure Music to a DBlabs Tranquility DAC into a 250w/ch W4S STI500 integrated. The Pre outs are feeding a crossover /EQ to a faithful Hafler DH220 driving a pair of sealed 15" Dayton series 2 subs. The Pi 3s, running full range, are in the corners firing up the long wall and angled in at about 40 degrees. Subs are in the opposite corners behind the listening position.
My friend has had a lot of great sounding equipment over the years and he likes his music loud. He brought his torture test tracks with him.
We only had about 90 minutes but he was able to thoroughly test the system in that time. The 3's passed every test without missing a beat. He played a lot of new music and blues that I am not familiar with. Some of the bass tracks were extremely loud and deep.The system handled them without problem. Even at extreme volumes the sound remained easy to listen to without harshness or any sense of compression or distortion.
Other than the fantastic dynamics, we both thought that they were very transparent and revealing without being "bright" sounding. Wayne has done a great job at voicing these speakers. All the familiar vocals sounded natural and uncolored. This was one thing I was worried about. I can highly recommend the Eminence 4012HO woofer. It can pump out some serious volume and does not muck up the midrange. I also recommend that you brace the cabinets really well. I cannot hear any problems related to cabinet resonances. The BandC250/290C horn is also capable of excellent resolution, delicacy and an overall clean and clear presentation.
Unlike many audio products out there these speakers live up to their promise and perform at a very high level in a real room.

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		3 PI build By: BFP on Thu, 16 January 2014 14:58
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Thu, 16 January 2014 19:08
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Sun, 19 January 2014 16:27
		Re: 3 PI build By: Bill Epstein on Sun, 19 January 2014 17:31
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Mon, 20 January 2014 10:07
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Tue, 21 January 2014 10:43
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Wed, 22 January 2014 14:37
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Wed, 22 January 2014 14:50
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Thu, 23 January 2014 17:26
		Re: 3 PI build By: tom-m on Thu, 23 January 2014 19:20
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Fri, 24 January 2014 05:15
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Tue, 28 January 2014 17:08
		Re: 3 PI build By: petew on Tue, 28 January 2014 18:18
		Re: 3 PI build By: Matts on Tue, 28 January 2014 19:27
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Tue, 28 January 2014 19:36
		Re: 3 PI build By: Bill Epstein on Tue, 28 January 2014 20:48
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Thu, 30 January 2014 05:05
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Fri, 31 January 2014 17:16
		Re: 3 PI build By: lucasmateo on Sun, 02 February 2014 12:21
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Wed, 05 February 2014 10:01
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Wed, 05 February 2014 10:18
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Wed, 05 February 2014 10:43
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Wed, 05 February 2014 11:10
		Re: 3 PI build By: HPower on Thu, 06 February 2014 10:59
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Fri, 07 February 2014 05:28
		Re: 3 PI build By: HPower on Fri, 07 February 2014 07:49
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Fri, 07 February 2014 08:17
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Wed, 12 February 2014 05:21
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Sun, 16 February 2014 15:03
		Re: 3 PI build By: Wayne Parham on Mon, 17 February 2014 16:52
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Tue, 18 February 2014 10:22
		Re: 3 PI build By: Wayne Parham on Tue, 18 February 2014 16:08
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Sun, 23 February 2014 16:08
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Tue, 11 March 2014 14:35
		Re: 3 PI build By: Wayne Parham on Tue, 11 March 2014 15:08
		Re: 3 PI build By: Michaelzh on Wed, 12 March 2014 07:30
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Wed, 12 March 2014 15:21
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Wed, 12 March 2014 15:12
		Re: 3 PI build By: Michaelzh on Wed, 12 March 2014 19:14
		Re: 3 PI build By: Nick77 on Thu, 13 March 2014 06:33
		Re: 3 PI build By: BFP on Fri, 14 March 2014 10:25

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