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Post by Bigman80 on Feb 23, 2024 18:50:08 GMT
Is your room smaller than Oli's? I am confident these will work in Oli's room, certainly better than a fully passive speaker. My room is a bit bigger, certainly wider. Hopefully, Oli will invite me over for a listen once they've settled in! . You're very welcome to come over once they are run in.
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Post by Arke on Feb 23, 2024 18:51:00 GMT
Is your room smaller than Oli's? I am confident these will work in Oli's room, certainly better than a fully passive speaker. My room is a bit bigger, certainly wider. Hopefully, Oli will invite me over for a listen once they've settled in! . I'm sure he'll be happy to show them off.
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Post by Bigman80 on Feb 26, 2024 15:32:46 GMT
I have taken advantage of the sale at MCRU and bought a couple of Supra mains cables for the Hypex amps in the speakers. I couldn't make them for the price i paid so that's a great result.
I am getting excited now.
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Post by Arke on Feb 29, 2024 18:03:08 GMT
A slight delay due to illness, but these are now finished. They have been measured and are perfectly channel matched. Sounding very much like new speakers at the moment, but already have that sound signature of (slightly smaller) Vaders. I think these will be fantastic speakers!
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Post by markn on Feb 29, 2024 18:46:59 GMT
Well done Jason. As always, they look great. I'm sure Oli can't wait to get these in and playing.
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Post by pete on Feb 29, 2024 19:14:20 GMT
A slight delay due to illness, but these are now finished. They have been measured and are perfectly channel matched. Sounding very much like new speakers at the moment, but already have that sound signature of (slightly smaller) Vaders. I think these will be fantastic speakers! Look fantastic….. look ‘slightly’ smaller🤣 Soon to be seen on Dr Who??
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Post by Bigman80 on Feb 29, 2024 19:41:11 GMT
Well done Jason. As always, they look great. I'm sure Oli can't wait to get these in and playing. Yeah, I am starting to get genuinely excited to get them here, they look bloody lovely.
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Post by Arke on Feb 29, 2024 19:57:49 GMT
A slight delay due to illness, but these are now finished. They have been measured and are perfectly channel matched. Sounding very much like new speakers at the moment, but already have that sound signature of (slightly smaller) Vaders. I think these will be fantastic speakers! Look fantastic….. look ‘slightly’ smaller🤣 Soon to be seen on Dr Who?? Thanks Pete, I think 😂. They're actually only slightly bigger than your 851s. Height and depth are very similar. The 2Fs are about 8cm wider at the base.
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Post by Arke on Feb 29, 2024 20:03:04 GMT
Well done Jason. As always, they look great. I'm sure Oli can't wait to get these in and playing. Yeah, I am starting to get genuinely excited to get them here, they look bloody lovely. You may be surprised at how different a lot of your music sounds! Losing your 10-15db (room) boost at 40Hz will be a revelation.
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Post by Bigman80 on Feb 29, 2024 20:05:58 GMT
Yeah, I am starting to get genuinely excited to get them here, they look bloody lovely. You may be surprised at how different a lot of your music sounds! Losing your 10-15db (room) boost at 40Hz will be a revelation. That's the hope lol Honestly, if i can anywhere near where you are with the tonal balance in your room, i will be overjoyed.
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Post by hifinutt on Feb 29, 2024 20:19:31 GMT
looking fabulous
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Post by macca on Feb 29, 2024 22:05:24 GMT
Looking good. When is delivery? I would like to come over once you've got them bedded in.
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Post by Bigman80 on Feb 29, 2024 22:31:33 GMT
Looking good. When is delivery? I would like to come over once you've got them bedded in. Should be in the next week or two. I'll give them a good thrashing and settle them down. You're more than welcome to visit 👍🏼
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Post by antonio on Feb 29, 2024 23:57:54 GMT
Absolutely stunning looking speakers you've made there Jason, bet Oli has just had to change his underwear.
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Post by Bigman80 on Mar 1, 2024 8:01:12 GMT
Absolutely stunning looking speakers you've made there Jason, bet Oli has just had to change his underwear. 😂
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Post by Arke on Mar 1, 2024 8:54:38 GMT
You may be surprised at how different a lot of your music sounds! Losing your 10-15db (room) boost at 40Hz will be a revelation. That's the hope lol Honestly, if i can anywhere near where you are with the tonal balance in your room, i will be overjoyed. Tonally, they do seem extremely similar to my larger Vaders. Same drivers for HF and 6.5" Mid/bass (with very similar XOs) so the mids and HF sound extremely similar. Mine just have a bit more body in the lower mids and bass. These Nextel 2Fs certainly aren't lacking though and easily fill my room without strain. They can do serious amounts of bass, or you can dial it back to suit.
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Post by bencat on Mar 1, 2024 9:11:11 GMT
Oli needs to up his game and get his Purfi finished , or were you planning on using something else ? Have to say they do look very fine in the pictures and in my limited experience Jason,s speakers look even better in real life . Nothing better than getting something you have wanted for a decent amount of time and given the precision of the design and construction I am sure they will be wonderful when in place .
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Post by Bigman80 on Mar 1, 2024 9:20:03 GMT
That's the hope lol Honestly, if i can anywhere near where you are with the tonal balance in your room, i will be overjoyed. Tonally, they do seem extremely similar to my larger Vaders. Same drivers for HF and 6.5" Mid/bass (with very similar XOs) so the mids and HF sound extremely similar. Mine just have a bit more body in the lower mids and bass. These Nextel 2Fs certainly aren't lacking though and easily fill my room without strain. They can do serious amounts of bass, or you can dial it back to suit. We'll be dialling that right back in my room 😂
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Post by Bigman80 on Mar 1, 2024 9:21:43 GMT
Oli needs to up his game and get his Purfi finished , or were you planning on using something else ? Have to say they do look very fine in the pictures and in my limited experience Jason,s speakers look even better in real life . Nothing better than getting something you have wanted for a decent amount of time and given the precision of the design and construction I am sure they will be wonderful when in place . I'm stretched too thin at the minute with other stuff going on, so the Purifi will just be done when I get chance. Thankfully Jason is going to bring his down and get the speakers set up in my room properly. Slotting mine in when it's done should be seamless, he says lol
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Post by Arke on Mar 1, 2024 9:33:38 GMT
Oli needs to up his game and get his Purfi finished , or were you planning on using something else ? Have to say they do look very fine in the pictures and in my limited experience Jason,s speakers look even better in real life . Nothing better than getting something you have wanted for a decent amount of time and given the precision of the design and construction I am sure they will be wonderful when in place . I'm stretched too thin at the minute with other stuff going on, so the Purifi will just be done when I get chance. Thankfully Jason is going to bring his down and get the speakers set up in my room properly. Slotting mine in when it's done should be seamless, he says lol I thought the Purifis were plug and play 😉. A few hours work for a man of your skills!
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Post by Bigman80 on Mar 1, 2024 9:35:42 GMT
I'm stretched too thin at the minute with other stuff going on, so the Purifi will just be done when I get chance. Thankfully Jason is going to bring his down and get the speakers set up in my room properly. Slotting mine in when it's done should be seamless, he says lol I thought the Purifis were plug and play 😉. A few hours work for a man of your skills! That the thing....I just don't seem to have any time. I have 10 wires and a 10mm hole to drill in order to finish that BBU, and I haven't even looked at it in a week due to other things being a higher priority. Who knows, maybe I'll get a run at it this weekend.
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Post by Arke on Mar 1, 2024 10:11:10 GMT
The Nextel 2Fs haven't been precisely tuned into my room, but seem to work pretty well with a tweaked CNO4 tuning. I won't go to town tuning them in here, as that can be done properly in their new home! This is my CNO4s (green), Oli's Nextel 2Fs (blue) and Mark's CNO4s (red). This is at listening position with psychoacoustic smoothing. They are all pretty similar. Bear in mind that the NEXTEL 2F could be made much smoother from 20-400Hz with some more tuning work. The smaller Nextels seem to energise my 26Hz room mode slightly less - extra energy could be reintroduced here if desired. I am very pleased! All speakers are measuring similarly and there are no obvious issues. Small humps and dips through the bass can easily be tweaked to suit. I actually like listening with a slight (2-3db) lift from 20-40Hz
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Post by Arke on Mar 1, 2024 17:45:53 GMT
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Post by stryder5 on Mar 1, 2024 19:11:54 GMT
I prefer them without the unicorns......
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Post by Arke on Mar 1, 2024 19:31:52 GMT
I prefer them without the unicorns...... My speakers would be nothing without that Unicorn dust!
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Post by Bigman80 on Mar 1, 2024 22:18:13 GMT
Thanks for sharing the photos, they are superb.
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Post by antonio on Mar 8, 2024 6:24:36 GMT
Is today the big day?
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Post by Bigman80 on Mar 8, 2024 8:48:32 GMT
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Post by antonio on Mar 8, 2024 10:51:45 GMT
Hope it all goes as planned, have a great day.
I got back to the uk yesterday (bloody cold here) and am now enjoying the Vader's for the first time.
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Post by Arke on Mar 8, 2024 12:57:51 GMT
Hope it all goes as planned, have a great day. I got back to the uk yesterday (bloody cold here) and am now enjoying the Vader's for the first time. Welcome back. Hope the Vaders are enjoyable for you!
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