Butcher Block Acoustics. I’m very satisfied. Reasonably priced, good turn around and communication, great product. The owner, Jim, seems to be a really good guy who cares very strongly about giving you a good experience. I couldn’t recommend more. At this point, my money going to someone I actually like is becoming much more important and Jim fits the bill.
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Great rack and beautiful speakers. It blends in with your living room.
Love the open shelves and the “fancy” end/side tables!
I currently employ two identical tables as side surround speaker stands.
Enjoy.
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Alright. I’m done for a while…added 2 REL s/510’s and got the speakers and subs dialed in pretty good. Had to adjust the the whole room.
Edit: Props to my fiancee for being so open to having speakers this far out into the room.
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So nice to see, though. Your ears will thank you for it!
I am curious about the toe-in. Did you spend some significant time with them pointed straight on? I am a proponent of more “near-field” listening and lots of space behind speakers whenever possible.
I have a very similar set up in terms of seating distance and I have played around a lot with various degrees of toe-in with my Anthony Gallo Acoustics Reference 3.1 speakers, especially when I make any changes to the room or kit. So far, I always keep coming back to pointing them straight ahead (but that might have something to do with their unique, wide-dispersion CDT “tweeter”).
Great room and set up…enjoy.
To be honest, I didn’t try it. For starters, the designer strongly recommends toe in. So does the distributor. I did at least play with less toe-in(no where approaching straight forward), and I found that I wasn’t happy with the imaging. It just sounds so good toe’d in.
Well…if you ever get bored give it a try – I really like what it does for the depth and breadth of the perceived soundstage (at least with my speakers).
Thanks for the reply.
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please someone make it stop
ok, after reading review after review of various Schiit equipment, and watching videos of Jason Stoddard and Mike Moffat, and reading Jason’s book “Schiit Happened,” I had to do this.
So, Aegir monoblocks ($799 each) and Freya+ preamp ($899) have replaced my trusty Audiolab 8000A.
Quite the bargain, and they make the Harbeths verrrrry happy right out of the box. Only the first night, but I’m pretty sure I’ll be keeping these. (At least beyond any return period!)
Makes me supremely curious about the Schiit Yggdrasil DAC.
Gotta build a rack I think.
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Is it required to have acoustic treatment for first reflection if the wall is ±10’ away? I would think there would be no reflection if no wall and by the time it hits a long distant wall the sound would have greatly dissipated and the point of reflection may be on the rear wall.
HAHA
So I have an update for my system.
I have removed the NHT 2.9’s and have replaced them with a new pair of Klipsch Heresy III’s and my old trusty pair of Polk Audio PSW505 subs. Man oh man, what an improvement! Dynamics for days, silky smooth and airy treble, natural, wholesome midrange/vocals, controlled and tactile bass and mid-bass. Then the subs kick in at 60 Hz and provide tight and punchy bass the rest of the way down.
Stupid me, I was attempting to sell my entire Stellar stack even before hearing them with the Heresy III’s. I feared that an all digital front end with Class D amps were going to be a horrible disaster for the little Klipsch’s. Boy was I ever wrong!
The sound that I’m getting out of these Heresy III’s is living proof that Darren and Paul knew what they were doing when they were spending all of that time voicing the Stellar line of gear. I mean, it literally sounds like there are tubes somewhere in the system, whether they be in the preamp, in the input stage of the amps (like the BHK’s), or a really good tube buffer between the preamp and amps.
This new series III of Heritage speakers from Klipsch sound nothing like the old school Klipsch I grew up listening to over the years. They are highly refined now, have all of the benefits of horns without any of the horrid side effects.
And yes, I know… It’s crazy having 700 watts sitting in front of a pair of speakers rated at 99 dB @ 1w/1m. But you know? It works, and sounds excellent doing it!
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I love it to read about a moderate setup that satisfying. Don’t change anything anymore for as long as you can stand 
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I won’t make any promises. 
What make and model is your Turntable?
Those Klipsch Heresy speaker look wicked!
Enjoy!
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Man those Klipsch look fantastic, I’d love to hear those. And your stellar stack looks fantastic with them.
I was listening to my dads vintage system, 12” woofer Canton monitors. I start liking that format speakers again. You like the Klipsch, I only hear raving reviews about Harbeths, and these approx 40 years old Cantons (Woofer replaced) still sound phenomenal. Obviously the solid rock custom stand, won’t resonate.
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I just heard the Heresy’s at my dealers on Friday! He had them set up with a Luxman SQ-N150 tube integrated…man did it sound good, the 10watts of tube power (Luxman tube power, which to me is special) really made the Heresy’s sing sweetly…plus they looked gorgeous in the walnut finish! Amp is purty too…
I asked if they had done anything to “dampen” the horns and he said “nope; that’s the new Klipsh sound” for the price, I may replace the Focals in my office (tube based) system
Best of luck with them!
-JP
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Did you not like them on the floor with the angled platforms? Just curious if there was a big improvement having them up at ear level opposed to directed at the ears? When I heard them they w.ere on the angled floor stands
-JP
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Luxman sounds great, the silver units above is vintage, but solid state Luxman equipment. It still sounds great.
With 99 dB efficiency the Klipsch Heresey’s should be a good match to that Luxman tube amp.
I was contacted by Bill Watkins Jr informing me of a pair of Watkins WE-1s for sale, Bill Sr, now deceased, and Bill Jr designed these speakers in the early 80s. I purchased them from the original owner of 37 years. Bill told me he went through the speakers about 2 years ago and they are in mint condition inside and out, they only built 230 pairs and iin the past nine years this is only the 2nd pair he has seen come up for sale, family members just keep passing them down. They are large as you can see in the photo, 32 wide 52 high with 3 woofers, 2 mids and a silk dome tweeter. WE-1s are power hungry but the 300 mono blocks make them sing. I dare say my last set of speakers.
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