Beautiful looking speakers.
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I'm Mark.
Beautiful looking speakers.
Don McCorleone
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What speaker cable is that Clive?
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I'm Clive.
Thanks Mark! They look great and rather better than the OB Jamo's IMO.
Ali, the cable you're probably asking about is a Bastanis cable, silver wire with foil. The other cable is Nordost Blue Heaven, which I had hanging around. I'm trying the Nordost using the logic that the reason I don't like it as a full range cable may work in it's favour on the bass (ie tight bass, but not enough of it - this I can tune with the amps).
TT 1 Trans-Fi Salvation with magnetic bearing + Trans-Fi Terminator T3Pro + London Reference
TT 2 Garrard 301 with NWA main bearing + Audiomods Series Six 10.5" + Ortofon 2M Mono SE
Digital Lindemann Bridge + Gustard R26 with LB external clock
Pre and Power Amp EWA M40P + M40A
Bass Amp & DSP Behringer iNuke NU3000DSP x 2
Speakers 1 Bastanis Sagarmatha Duo with twin baffleless 15" bass drivers per side
Speakers 2 MarkaudioSota Viotti Tower
Don McCorleone
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Sounds expensive!
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I'm Clive.
Yes, the cables are....Originally Posted by Ali Tait
Fortunately the recent upgrade to the baffles and bass drivers was not expensive. Just as well as Christmas is an expensive time!
TT 1 Trans-Fi Salvation with magnetic bearing + Trans-Fi Terminator T3Pro + London Reference
TT 2 Garrard 301 with NWA main bearing + Audiomods Series Six 10.5" + Ortofon 2M Mono SE
Digital Lindemann Bridge + Gustard R26 with LB external clock
Pre and Power Amp EWA M40P + M40A
Bass Amp & DSP Behringer iNuke NU3000DSP x 2
Speakers 1 Bastanis Sagarmatha Duo with twin baffleless 15" bass drivers per side
Speakers 2 MarkaudioSota Viotti Tower
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Those speaker 'cabinets', well, OK, frames, are beautifully executed. Very nice indeed.
A very fast and open sound, I'll bet - I'm sure I'd love it!
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Hi Clive.
I have totally missed this thread. But it was really interesting to read how your Bastanis OB speaker system has been evolving, truly enjoyed reading this through
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My problem has been that more transparent rest of my system gets, less happy I have become with the sub 100Hz frequencies with my Bastanis Mandala Atlas set up. My plan was to try some tapped horns with the 15" sealed woofers I have now, but your set up has given me a another option. I was really fascinated to read that you actually prefer the double 15" bass OB woofer set up to your old 18" dipole set up, really interesting.
Great pictures
My Gear
Source components:
Garrard 401 in a solid birch plywood plinth / Trans-Fi Terminator T3Pro / ESCo modified Denon DL-103
Pioneer TX-9800 tuner
Amplification:
Art Audio Diavolo and Conductor, Pair of XTZ Sub Amp 1's, Nick G 'Dual Phono' phono stage
Loudspeakers:
Bastanis Mandala Atlas with 15" sealed woofers
Cables:
Analysis Plus: Big Silver Oval speaker cables and Silver Oval-in interconnects, Mark Grant DSP 2.5 Dual Screened power cables
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Hi Juha
I heard these speakers in Vic set up and they are exactly the same design and they are stunning
They totally overcome the upper bass issues that were present before, also the open back design seems to help with room intergration issues as Clive pointed out a lot less need for bass treatment. They also go down quite low Clive might be able to measure how low.
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I'm Juha.
The speakers do look stunning, thats for sure.
This could be the solution for my problems, full stop. I love what Vic and Clive have done with these speakers, it is really nice to see how these speakers have gradually evolved.
My Gear
Source components:
Garrard 401 in a solid birch plywood plinth / Trans-Fi Terminator T3Pro / ESCo modified Denon DL-103
Pioneer TX-9800 tuner
Amplification:
Art Audio Diavolo and Conductor, Pair of XTZ Sub Amp 1's, Nick G 'Dual Phono' phono stage
Loudspeakers:
Bastanis Mandala Atlas with 15" sealed woofers
Cables:
Analysis Plus: Big Silver Oval speaker cables and Silver Oval-in interconnects, Mark Grant DSP 2.5 Dual Screened power cables
Record cleaning
Nitty Gritty 1.5Fi MK II
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Great looking setup there.Will in a couple of days though.
My hifi system:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200 MKII, Ortofon 2M Bronze cartridge, Mike New bearing, MCRU PSU (c), Oyaide HS-CF headshell, Oyaide MJ-12 TT mat, Vantage Audio Copper mat, Isonoe Isolation Feet, Isodek IF-2 isolation platform, Furutech Monza LP stabilizer, Herbie's Hal-O JR damper Phono Stage: Hagerman Cornet 3 (prototype) Amplifiers: EAR 868L Preamp, Transcription Audio 211 Heaven Power amp, Bob Carver Cherry 180 power amp CD Player: Ear Yoshino Acute Tuner: Magnum Dynalab 90T Speakers: Vandersteen 2CE SigII, Townshend Audio Super Tweeters, Transcription Audio Speakers Cables and stuff: LFD Audio interconnects and speaker cables, Mark Grant G2000HD, BlackCat Electronics, Van Den Hul Clearwater, Black Rhodium mains cables, Black Rhodium mains block, Finite Elements Resonator, Townhsend Stella Speaker stands, Pro Audio Bono hifi rack, Herbie's spike gliders, Herbie's Ultravox and Hal-O tube dampers, Super Black Hole CD mat Record Cleaning Machine: Loricraft PRC4
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