Come Together.... Musicfirst's next system.

[Musicfirst]

Well guys, I finally received my speakers today!

3 Pallets, 1850 lb shipping weight!

Shipment consists of two Crates (Rockport Technologies Cygni) and 6 boxes (Rel Acoustics Gibralter G1s).

Even Andy's crates are beautiful. Bolted together with dozens of lag bolts each over 3" long and finished with a clear varnish! The crates weigh almost as much as the speakers. (525 lbs gross 275 lbs net per speaker)

The burka is removed but not the veil. The RHS Cygnus in its crate. (The crate is NOT bent, it's just Barrel distortion from the lens.)



Next Update:

It looks like it will be Wednesday (6 whole days as of this writing!) before I can get a hand moving the speakers and subs into my listening space.

 

[kzhtoo]

Congrats! What are they?

 

[nile49]

Sneak pics of the listening space?


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[Musicfirst]

Hi

The main speakers are the Rockport Technologies Cygnus and the subs are the Rel Acoustics Gibralter G1s (six of 'em, - count 'em six 12" subs!!)

 

[joeinid]

Holy cow! Congratulations. Can't wait for more .....

 

[Ritmo]

Oh baby! Sweet! Congratulations!

Do do keep us posted with the setup and first listening experiences....:exciting:

 

[kzhtoo]

Woah!

 

[Musicfirst]

Here's the listening space 13.5W x 25'L (to half wall located behind the cameraman's position) x peaked ceiling: 8' at the walls and 9'-10" in the centre. Opens up to open concept kitchen and hallway to front of the house. Excuse the setup mess.

I have also attached a CAD drawing showing my initial layout to exact scale. The Cygni are the rectangles and the Rels are in the corners, three high. The initial position of the Cygni follow the rule of thirds (1/3 of 25' back wall to half wall = 8' 4") and are aimed directly at the ears of the primary listener.

 

[Mike]

Congrats Kerry! It was a long time coming together and many hours chatting on the phone, but you did good!


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[jdandy]

Musicfirst.......SWEEEET!

 

[Musicfirst]

Congrats Kerry! It was a long time coming together and many hours chatting on the phone, but you did good!


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Thanks Mike, Couldna done it without ya!

Kerry

 

[Musicfirst]

"hey guys, I parked my new 911 in the Garage"

 

[thaudio]

Kerry I am glad it has all come together for you. Thurston

 

[joeinid]

Welcome to the forum Thurston, thank you for joining.

 

[Musicfirst]

Kerry I am glad it has all come together for you. Thurston

Thanks Thurston. I hope we can hear each others systems one day.

Kerry

 

[Big B]

looks very cool congtats

 

[thaudio]

Kerry it would be my pleasure, I hope all is well with you

 

[Musicfirst]

(Almost) Uncrated and making the trip to the listening room tomorrow.

The 6 "cygnets" (actually Rel Gibralter G1 subs) will be stacked 3 high per channel behind the Rockport Technologies Cygnus speakers which are still (mostly) crated on the right.

 

[audiophil]

Any updates?

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[Musicfirst]

Well here are the beasts settling in. Still waiting for my Memory player, but even using my trusty ol' $179 Oppo 970HD as a transport for my balanced Big 7 Lite, the sound is very very good. The Big Lite hadn't made it to the floor yet for this picture, but it's now up and running early today after some surgery to reduce the gain.
The six 12 inch Rels take the system down to 12 Hz flat and anything below 16 you don't really hear, rather you just feel the house breathe and stuff rattles off flat surfaces. Too funny.
As for sound, the Cygnus' sound on their own with less than 200 hours on them are already among the finest transducers I've heard. The Rels are truly transformative musically. The system does things I've never ever heard in a high end system, and I've been to dozens of shows and traveled across North America to personally hear virtually all the main contenders before making my choice.
I know people are laughing at my source at the moment, but I'm reminded of David Wilson's show demo where he used an Ipod to demonstrate the importance of the speaker in the chain. In any event my SOTA server should be here soon.
So far I've logged 144 hours on the Cygnus and 130 on the subs. I've been told the subs need about 400-500 hours and the Cygnus close to 1000! So stay tuned.

I'll try and tear myself away for more/better pics tomorrow.

Thanks for looking

Kerry