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RE: Sonus faber Olympica ll - BoyScout - 11-Sep-2017 (11-Sep-2017, 18:31)iamwappie Wrote: I feel for you. Speaker positioning is an art and sometimes a trial on error art but for sure it takes a lot of time. When you finished positioning, a lot of time goes (or should go) into acoustic treatment. It's like buying a Ferrari and drive it in town but the real excitement is when driving it at a circuit. This is what acoustic treatment can do. If your lucky you may get away with furniture and carpets. If thats not the case there is always the not so 'make friends with your wife' stuff but boy does it make a difference.Thanks for the feeling. Starting almost from the beginning. Maybe it´ll be a good surprise, we never know. RE: Sonus faber Olympica ll - Axel - 12-Sep-2017 (11-Sep-2017, 17:11)BoyScout Wrote:(09-Sep-2017, 23:34)Axel Wrote:(09-Sep-2017, 01:27)Axel Wrote: Interesting theory. Thanks. Seems like a daunting task, doesn't it? I'm sure it'll work out fine, you might be pleasantly surprised! BTW, could you set up a signature so thar we can see the gear you're using, please? RE: Sonus faber Olympica ll - audio_engr - 12-Sep-2017 (11-Sep-2017, 18:31)iamwappie Wrote: I feel for you. Speaker positioning is an art and sometimes a trial on error art but for sure it takes a lot of time. When you finished positioning, a lot of time goes (or should go) into acoustic treatment. It's like buying a Ferrari and drive it in town but the real excitement is when driving it at a circuit. This is what acoustic treatment can do. If your lucky you may get away with furniture and carpets. If thats not the case there is always the not so 'make friends with your wife' stuff but boy does it make a difference. +1 I am bang-on with you. Very recently, in my simple humble system, I installed a pair of powercords for the Devs, 1 AQ ethernet cable for streaming & 1 AQ Dev-to-Dev link cable. The changes these 4 cables brought about forced me to start the speaker repositioning thingee all over again .. been at it just about a week and the results are astonishingly better than what it was earlier. The problem is that it does take a long time to get it right .. could be weeks or even a few months ... hence patience !! RE: Sonus faber Olympica ll - BoyScout - 12-Sep-2017 (12-Sep-2017, 01:20)Axel Wrote: Seems like a daunting task, doesn't it? I'm sure it'll work out fine, you might be pleasantly surprised! Just a 220 Pro feeding a pair of SF Guarneri Tradition and, for now, a macbook pro with Roon. RE: Sonus faber Olympica ll - Axel - 20-Sep-2017 When Trevor from Guildford audio set up my Olys, he put them with the bass port slot facing inwards. I know this will be room/listener dependant, but how do you other guys use yours? In the next couple of days, I'm going to make a jig to fit onto the top of a speaker so that I can attach a laser to line them up exactly. Some reviews I've read have said to have the speakers set to cross just in front of the listener's head. Again, how do you other guys have them? Does anyone use them With minimal toe-in, i.e. five to ten degrees? I intend to try both, but thought I'd ask. RE: Sonus faber Olympica ll - Axel - 20-Sep-2017 Got some Herbie's under my Ollys now and the booming that I was experiencing has now gone. I can play certain tracks that I know would start them off, but no vibration through the floor, which is no mean feat as they're quite small. RE: Sonus faber Olympica ll - Axel - 23-Sep-2017 I found that I didn’t need to make a jig for my laser speaker alignment. The two sight adjusters on the scope formed a tripod and the metalwork around the leather on top of the speakers provided a groove for the front feet to sit in. A pile of coins provided vertical adjustment. After aiming the speakers, I used the Theodolite app to check for plumb, level and rake angle. Initially I had the speaker line crossing about five inches in front of my nose. I noted that the soundstage was much smaller, with not much going on beyond the sides of the speakers and bass was a touch uneven, with some notes sounding louder than others. I didn’t like it, so changed angles until the speakers were aimed at each of my shoulders. This gave the best sound, with a large soundstage and good placement of instruments. I’m probably going to widen the angle bit by bit to see if I can hear any differences. Having the Herbie’s gliders under the spikes makes an easy job of moving the speakers. No more “walking” them into position, just grab the front set of spikes and gently slide them round! |