DeVore Orangutan O/96

"Heard the Orangutan in NYC about a month ago with Shindo Masseto, Haut Brion and Well tempered TT. Good robust body to the sound. Weighty and authoritative. Musicians were in the room." Jextopro, could you make any comparisons to either
your Audio Notes or for that matter, the Nines/Silverbacks.

Lowens, I have not heard the 0/96's, but I plan on doing so soon. Sorry for the confusion, what you read was me repeating
what Jetrexpro had said.

"As a result, I felt like the Orangutans still lacked the speed and transparency of the Veritys in that same room, "
Cfluxa, Great posts and thanks for sharing your thoughts.
The only thing about Verity's is that I don't believe
they are quite as efficient as Gibbon's or Silverback's.
The Verity's are a little more difficult to drive, based on their impedance. Obviously, many of the newer Verity's do have similar or higher efficiency ratings than Gibbons or S/B's. Certainly, while most Verity's and DeVore's are comparable efficiency wise, the 0/96's open up more
options.

Mine are on a 12+ foot wall. I have them 2.5 ft. from the side walls, so about 7+ ft apart. However, my room is 23+ ft long, so they fire down that wall. I do have them roughly 5ft. out from the rear wall. If you have the option of pulling them out from the rear wall a bit, it may help. I have 150-200 hrs on mine, and I do not have what I consider too much bass. The bass in my room sounds fleshed out, but not too much.

Have you ran this by your dealer?

Ciro71- I have mine in a 23 ft X 12ft room.
They are on the SHORT wall.
They are about 2.5 ft from the side wall, and thus 7ft apart.
They are pulled out 4.5-5.0 ft from the rear wall behind them.
Shoot your dealer or John an e-mail. John is busy, but he will respond to you. Of course, as you can hear, he is busy for good reason. Nice setup you have. Cheers, and enjoy!

Ciro71- Was playing with placement last night, and wanted to give you a more accurate placement suggestion. I am set up very close to the owners manual guidelines. My room is 148" wide. The O/96's are on that wall. They are 31" from the side walls, and thus 86" (7+ ft) apart.

As far as length goes, I am pretty spot on to the manual. My long wall is 279". I am 1/5th (56") out from the rear wall. My seating position is 1/3 (93") from the wall BEHIND the listener.

I can't tell you for sure on toe in, but I do like a slight toe in. I would just experiment as per the owners manual there. I always mark my previous spot with blue tape though. I tend not to fiddle alot with placement in general. Certainly not to the extent I did with previous speakers. Hope this helps !

Ciro71- Like I mentioned, it's all in the owners manual. Hope this helps.