Mika K's system

[Mika K]

Still here occasionally and this time it's summer in Finland +28 deg of C

Nothing much changed here in ages but during the past weeks made diy lens diffusers looking a bit like Argent Room Lenses. Have had these tubes at the garage for years and just somehow thought to try those out as had really not anything better to do. The elements turned out just fine and have been now in use for few days to have some opinion of the impact also.



I think the ones located at the outer side of the speakers have clear impact to the first reflections but dunno yet about the middle one. It seems that the system sounds little bit more coherent, open and clearer with slightly improved transient response at the mid and upper range. Clearly an improvement, so I guess i let these stay as it s easy to remove these to the side of the room if needed in case of Mrs giving a lecture for the relatives coming to visit us and I have have black ugly tubes at the living room..

[Miller]

Just spotted this interesting thread and the bike is also superb.... My son races and I see stuff all the time but your steed really caught my eye.....

[Mika K]

Thanks! Have two tailored custom bikes out of seven and one in order at the moment, so yeah the bikes are really my thing



considering the music system in my living room no big changes here. Some time ago sold my "collectors" Micro Seiki TT as use my old reliable Garrard much more in everyday listening and felt that two heavy TTs are bit too much. Few months ago retipped my Transfiguration Phoenix II cartridge in Netherlands and fitted that back to my Garrard/SME V combo as the DV20x2 started to have the hours full. Happy for that as now during the pandemy have much more time listening music despite have been working normally so far as I'm working as a nurse..

[tapid]

7 Bikes . As Noel Keywood ( hi fi world ) once said to somebody who had 24 pairs of speakers where do you put them all ?. Mind you its Finland so room should be plenty I suppose.
Only 2 bikes myself, BMC and Condor single speed. Do you have many ( or any ) bike thieves Mike like the UK ?. Now to read the rest of your thread.

[Shovel_Knight]

Must be one of the most accomplished systems out there. I have never heard any of the large Genelecs but during my media production days heard quite a lot of their smaller monitors, they all were extremely good. The large ones must be stunning.

Also: this cozy room looks exactly how I imagine my perfect place!

[Mika K]

Do you have many ( or any ) bike thieves Mike like the UK ?

There are some but i's pretty quiet still here in north compared to the capital area or real big world out there. Below few pics of the bikes I have in daily use in addition of the custom Konga fatbike. Konga randonneur. Genesis Vagabond, vintage Peugeot MTB plus Omnium Mini cargo. Then have few projects ongoing, one vintage roadbike and one other vintage MTB single speed. Oh yeah and one fixed old Nishiki Roadmaster also..

[Mika K]

Must be one of the most accomplished systems out there. I have never heard any of the large Genelecs but during my media production days heard quite a lot of their smaller monitors, they all were extremely good. The large ones must be stunning.

Also: this cozy room looks exactly how I imagine my perfect place!

Thanks! And yeah these big ones in a room with moderate acoustic treatment and carefully matched system are really something else than many hifi/hiend speakers have to say.

[Mika K]

Been a while already at the new address but this is what it looks like here at the moment..

https://flic.kr/p/2nRJxrD

https://flic.kr/p/2nRL161

https://flic.kr/p/2nRKZTC

[Macca]

You've got a lot of vinyl!

How are you finding the Genelecs?

[Wakefield Turntables]

Welcome back Mika nice to hear from you again, keep posting.