DeVore O/96 Unboxing

DeVore Pics

Thx All. Trying to breathe and go slowly. More pics after delivering the watts. 

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Set Up Pic

@ghdprentice 

Good tip on the virtual system. Did it. Thanks. Here’s one more try on my rig:

Devores rigged

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.

Whetstone Audio

@mdalton 

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. 

@mdalton 

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. 

@slaw 

Agree. I might have done better with the Duet15s. 

@mwood Close. It’s a Torii MkIV. I’m curious about the 300B sound. May have to investigate later. 

@pdreher Yes. The shipping situation was / is quite robust. 

@ronboco Yes. 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.