I finally pulled the trigger!!!!!!!! My lil' (long) audio love story. :)

[GMichael]

Very Nice Kam!
Congrats.
Will you ever leave home again?

[bobsticks]

Good stuff, Kam. New toys are always fun. Congrats.

[Worf101]

Those things are HUGE!!! And they're deep too.... (tip of the hat to Richard Pryor).!!!! Man oh man, I assume you're living in an apartment? When are you gonna be able to crank those suchah's? Nothing looks quite like NHTs. Wow.. talk about having a woody.. I'd love to get some new speaks but I've so many vintage mains lying around now I'd be banished if any else came in the house. Congrats man... Hey Deano, lets say we go visit Kam, bring him a fresh set of undies, throw him in the shower and watch his rig till he's clean enough fer company!!!

Da "I wanna hear that system" Worfster

PS, whatcha gonna do with the smaller ones? They your new rears?

[Kam]

good googly moogly.. so that's what the outdoors are like...i forgot! finally broke out of my cave...

worfster, grab deano and head over! (and anyone on this side or visiting new york, feel free to drop me a line and you're more than welcome to stop by!)

yeah they are very deep! the idea behind the design is that the woofer "sees" a corner made by the backwall/ floor/ cabinet, and then the "monitor" is high and out in the room. am still tweaking the position around but i do like them as flush against the wall as i can get them, now its just finding the right space inbetween them. the 2.5's i am pretty sure am gonna sell (to add insult to injury, but i havent told them yet, they're still a little sad hearing the 3.3s from the other room now) so i'll keep the superzero's as my surrounds. and if anyone is intersted in buying an incredible pair of 2.5's... lemme know!

now.. my impressions... wow, these are some seriously powerful speakers. my marantz is no where near strong enough to really push them. i had it cranked pretty good to get the 3.3's to just start to engage. and yeah, thankfully had them early in the afternoon friday, so was able to play em loud for a bit, but yeah, wont be able to really get them singing at full power since my neighbors would kill me. the 2.5's had plenty of bass, but no where near the clarity and tightness of the 3.3s! even without being pushed, the bass was really exact and the best part was hearing cd's and finding stuff i hadnt heard before.
(went through:
floyd - momentary lapse of reason, the division bell
sting - ten summoner's tales
police - the singles
nin - closer singles
peter gabriel - passion
enigma - the king is dead, long live the king
enya - forgot the album, the one with book of days
beethovens 9th
aerosmith - big ones
braveheart soundtrack
gladiator soundtrack
true romance soundtrack
movie scenes - atlantis, ep III, and brotherhood of the wolf.)

and the next upgrade will defn be a poweramp, i dont like pushing amps too loud (hate any sort of distortion and also dont like to 'feel' like any piece in the chain is being overworked, and could defn feel the marantz working hard to feed the 3.3s, they are not easy to drive) my watchlist on the 'bay just grew! (bryston, acurus, aragon, classe, proceed, music fidelity, mccormack, anthem, one of them will slip through the cracks and into my price range!) now the waiting game before one of these badboys falls into my lap... patience! (its what got me to the 3.3s!)

[Bernd]

Congrats Kam on your purchase. How have they settled in?
Boys and new Toys- I know the feeling well.
Enjoy

Peace

Bernd

[JohnMichael]

Yes congrats on the new speakers. The more I look at my NHT SuperOnes the more I think about your 2.5s.

[Kam]

Yes congrats on the new speakers. The more I look at my NHT SuperOnes the more I think about your 2.5s.

i'd be more than happy to sell them to you if you knew of a cheap way i could get them to you. they're not that heavy, about 50 pounds each, (but i don't have the spikes for the balance bars anymore) and i dont have the original boxes. i wouldnt want shipping to end up costing more than the speakers!

[Kam]

thanks bernd! am still doing a lil fine tuning on the positioning (they are beasts to move) but i think i've got them to just about where i like 'em! have been listening to waaay more 2channel lately...

[Bernd]

thanks bernd! am still doing a lil fine tuning on the positioning (they are beasts to move) but i think i've got them to just about where i like 'em! have been listening to waaay more 2channel lately...

That's were it's at. 2 channel done well.
Wishing you many glorious musical hours.

Peace

Bernd