I’m not a sushi freak. I like it but I’m not the connoisseur guy that sits at the counter and just lets the chef create what he wants to serve me.
Opening my speakers was quite a nervous reveal. I knew that hand curated, walnut finish baffles is a DeVore variable that just is what it is. I had to trust that the master chef had created a beautiful and delicious meal for me. He did. And my wife approves too. Whew.
Nice. But create a virtual system under your user ID and it is easy to put photos there. The only place that is easy. Look forward to seeing your system completed. Look good in the packaging.
A couple hours of initial positioning work with a mixing / mastering pro buddy of mine and we really uncovered the huge soundstage and detailed imaging with a Decware Torii MkIV amp.
We can hear the new drivers struggling to be freed to work well. I must find my zen and use patience for hundreds hours of break in. All good things come to those who wait.
Big props to Brian DiFrank at Whetstone Audio in Austin. Great shop. Excellent guy. He made it happen.
These replaced PureAudioProject Trio15 Classics (PiFe). I spent 18 very passionate months trying to evoke my sound from them. Lots of effort and gear and room correction but I never felt I got more than around 80% of what I hear in my heart and soul. Sadly, decided to move on.
Interesting. I’ve been compiling a list of possible end-game speakers to one day replace my Audio Note AN-Es. High efficiency is a requirement, so Devores are an obvious possibility. Did you listen to any other possibilities at Whetstone (e.g., Voxative)?
I only auditioned less stellar speakers at Whetstone. I lived with the Voxativ AC-PiFe full range drivers in my PAPs for 18 months. They are great and my impression of Voxativ is very good. I met Ines Adler (Vox CEO) at an audio show and auditioned a few different pairs. Nice but they didn’t bowl me over. I think that the PAP open baffle just didn’t work in my situation.
I’ve had a pair of O96’s since March 2020. They never cease to amaze and satisfy. I had the same Decware ZMA amp I think is pictured with your speakers, for about 3 years. I absolutely loved it and it worked beautifully with the O96’s. I have since upgraded to 300B mono blocks. Congratulations on a great system and what I consider to be among the finest and most musical speakers one can own!
I have Wyetech Labs XM 300B monos. Roger Hebert, the owner and designer of Wyetech Labs, unfortunately died several years ago. His son Peter liquidated the remaining inventory and I was lucky to get them at a steep discount. I absolutely love them. I’m listening to a lot of jazz and acoustic music but they seem to be able to do it all. I loved my Decware ZMA, the 300B’s just give me a little more of the deeply musical and warm/rich sound of tubes. I credit the O96’s with a lot of the joy I get from my system.
Ditto mwood's experience. I've had mine since 2019 and listen to them at least a couple hours a day on average. They are revealing of everything in your system, so you might be starting something...
Congratulations on the new speakers! But doesn’t one speaker less than a foot from a window/wall and one with what looks like a lot of open space on that side significantly mess with the image and soundstage ?
@ronbocoYes. It’s not ideal. I have limited options with the room as is. For critical listening I cover the windows with (3) 2’x3’ acoustic panels and put up a 5’ gobo studio panel on the kitchen side to block first reflections off the right speaker. I’m loosely considering rotating the room 90° to use the long wall as the front wall. The GIK panels I already have up helped a lot but there’s always room for more.
Great setup OP. congratulations on acquiring the 0/96. I suppose the exact position that 0/96 is where the PAP used to stay, I reckon that the room did not really work well with the Pap speakers.
Let us know if the 0/96 will be the ticket for the end game system we all target for
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