Witch hat hat pins from snaxo to NAPs
Witch hat Phantoms to SBLS
I’ve read about the benefits of going active, but until I got this stuff put together, I didn’t really know what to expect. It’s a major step up in just about every area. So much more foot tapping and that SBLs are really singing now. Bass seems deeper, and much tighter. Everything is vastly clearer with individual instruments easier to pick out.
If anything it may be a tad bright at the mo, but I’m expecting things to further improve as it warms up and the new cables bed in.
I’d really immensely recommend anyone looking to squeeze more performance out of the system to consider going active.
Home made digital streamer based on Blackberry PI. I use Roon to stream my home owned digital files and the likes of Spotify. It’s remarkable for the £200 I spent on it. Ideal for casual listening
I heard so much about Isoblue but always preferred both the look and sound of Hutter. Zero aspirations to Fraim. Industrial design rather than actual furniture.
I’ve got a 1980’s Sound Organisation rack supporting my LP12 and Nova currently. Some stuff on the floor currently too which is far from ideal. Too many boxes for domestic harmony or zen like aesthetics!
Yes Gaia 3’s I think. Try finding SBL weight online! Only found one dubious reference.
It’s difficult to A/B rapidly but I primarily got them to protect the newish engineered oak floor, having used some atacama spike protectors thingies before that. They have a video where they slide speakers to another area using a tea towel placed under the gaias which I may try later this weekend if I can clear the old listening room.
I think they made the sound tighter/perhaps thinner, bit more detailed, probably desirable especially if they go next door where I have a suspended rather than solid floor.
The reality was they were a right faff to fit as you can’t invert the SBL’s though taking the tweeter boxes might help - had to have books or similar under corners to support them as I fitted each ‘foot’.
I bought them in the end as I couldn’t be bothered to go through the process of removing them!
The OP has presumably purchased a SNAXO 242 active crossover and either acquired new/extra power amps to use with it or is repurposing older equipment.