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Hi everyone, quick snapshot/update...
The 'old' (YG Sonja 2.2is, Horizon and the Extreme) and the 'new' (Von Schweikert Ultra 7s, Horizon 360, Solution 727 with the Olympus and I/O)....YG Sonja and Extreme Dec 2023.jpegExtreme w 1st Horizon Dec 2023.jpegOlympus system 1.jpegOlympus 2.jpeg
 
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Beautiful room and system. What a pleasure it must be listening to music in such comfortable and tasteful surroundings.

I'm farther along with my music room and system now. Music is playing and I'm slowly optimizing speaker position and crossover settings:

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Beautiful room and system. What a pleasure it must be listening to music in such comfortable and tasteful surroundings.

I'm farther along with my music room and system now. Music is playing and I'm slowly optimizing speaker position and crossover settings:

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Great progress Steve. It appears you toed the speakers in a bit...
 
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Hi everyone, quick snapshot/update...
The 'old' (YG Sonja 2.2is, Horizon and the Extreme) and the 'new' (Von Schweikert Ultra 7s, Horizon 360, Solution 727 with the Olympus and I/O)....

Beautiful systems.

Are you using standard 21 x 19 HRS platforms for your Olympus and I/O? I ended up buying a 21 x 21 for my Olympus so that the feet would be on the insert and not on the edge.

I did learn that if I use HiFistay footers it will fit on the 19 x 21 platform.
 
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Beautiful systems.

Are you using standard 21 x 19 HRS platforms for your Olympus and I/O? I ended up buying a 21 x 21 for my Olympus so that the feet would be on the insert and not on the edge.

I did learn that if I use HiFistay footers it will fit on the 19 x 21 platform.
Thanks. Unfortunately I have actually stuck with the 19 x 17 platforms so the nimbus footers are not within the platform border so I do not get to take advantage of the further decoupled mass damping system. I also had to use the most recent rigid HRS footers for the M3X2 shelf due the Olympus weight versus the spring loaded footers. I am curious if the HRS Helix or Vortex systems might actually fit within the platform footprint, but things sound amazing so I am trying to convince myself I do not need to go for a larger SXR rack and M3X2 platforms to ensure the Olympus fits completely within the platform border. Please don't tell me it sounds that much better!o_O

Beautiful Tom! Is the center piece on the wall pencil, charcoal? It doesn't appear a print...
Thanks John! it is pencil. Dali. he comes down for critical listening much to my wife's displeasure, second only to all the 'light bulbs' :D
 
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Thanks. Unfortunately I have actually stuck with the 19 x 17 platforms so the nimbus footers are not within the platform border so I do not get to take advantage of the further decoupled mass damping system. I also had to use the most recent rigid HRS footers for the M3X2 shelf due the Olympus weight versus the spring loaded footers. I am curious if the HRS Helix or Vortex systems might actually fit within the platform footprint, but things sound amazing so I am trying to convince myself I do not need to go for a larger SXR rack and M3X2 platforms to ensure the Olympus fits completely within the platform border. Please don't tell me it sounds that much better!o_O

If it sounds great don’t fix it! FWIW, you can put bigger platforms on the same rack. It just needs to be a custom order.
 
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