System Pics?

[ks.234]

I can’t find the system pics thread and I absolutely need to show off my baby beauties right now

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My listening room was the garage and the Larcs sound at least as good in that confined space. They really are wonderful. Many thanks to @Eugene for some nice speakers and a pleasant transaction.

Might need a new rug now.

 

[narabdela]

System pics 2024

This is how I will start 2024: A couple of hours ago I have finished setting one of my favorite system combinations: Vincent SV-237MK / Musical Fidelity AMS CD / Roksan Darius MkIV, and once again I my jaw dropped with the sound quality presented by these vintage speakers. They are very...

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Took me ages to find it though!

 

[ks.234]

System pics 2024

This is how I will start 2024: A couple of hours ago I have finished setting one of my favorite system combinations: Vincent SV-237MK / Musical Fidelity AMS CD / Roksan Darius MkIV, and once again I my jaw dropped with the sound quality presented by these vintage speakers. They are very...

pinkfishmedia.net

Took me ages to find it though!

I searched System Pics, and just System, and got nothing. Maybe I need to have a word with my iPad

 

[narabdela]

I searched System Pics, and just System, and got nothing. Maybe I need to have a word with my iPad

They didn't work for me either. Not sure how I eventually found it, but the search here has always sucked.

 

[Darren]

I can’t find the system pics thread and I absolutely need to show off my baby beauties right now

Flickr

My listening room was the garage and the Larcs sound at least as good in that confined space. They really are wonderful. Many thanks to @Eugene for some nice speakers and a pleasant transaction.

Might need a new rug now.

Great listening room. I can see those two door stop things but not the speakers?

 

[Eugene]

I can’t find the system pics thread and I absolutely need to show off my baby beauties right now

Flickr

My listening room was the garage and the Larcs sound at least as good in that confined space. They really are wonderful. Many thanks to @Eugene for some nice speakers and a pleasant transaction.

Might need a new rug now.

They’re looking fab and even smaller than they did in our lounge!

 

[Tim Jones]

I can’t find the system pics thread and I absolutely need to show off my baby beauties right now

Flickr

My listening room was the garage and the Larcs sound at least as good in that confined space. They really are wonderful. Many thanks to @Eugene for some nice speakers and a pleasant transaction.

Might need a new rug now.

You need some bookshelves for al those nutty economics tomes KS....

More seriously, bookshelves have fundamentally improved the acoustics of both the big and small rooms I've had them puit up in over the past 10 years.

 

[ks.234]

You need some bookshelves for al those nutty economics tomes KS....

More seriously, bookshelves have fundamentally improved the acoustics of both the big and small rooms I've had them puit up in over the past 10 years.

The “nuttiest”, most nonsensical economics tomes are those that somehow manage to justify decades of austerity and privatisation sitting on the bookshelves of our various Chancellors*

*Though I doubt any of our Chancellors are interested enough in economics to have actually read any since doing their PPE at Uni!

 

[ks.234]

You need some bookshelves for al those nutty economics tomes KS....

More seriously, bookshelves have fundamentally improved the acoustics of both the big and small rooms I've had them puit up in over the past 10 years.

On a serious point, more nutty books of different sorts, if not shelves, are part of the plan…

 

[dalryc]

I have heard about the Shahnian range for some time .
I had no idea of the relative size of Larcs.
Wow - they are tinny!
Many thanks for the real world photos.

 

[Del monaco]

I have heard about the Shahnian range for some time .
I had no idea of the relative size of Larcs.
Wow - they are tinny!
Many thanks for the real world photos.

I hope they’re not tinny.

 

[ks.234]

I have heard about the Shahnian range for some time .
I had no idea of the relative size of Larcs.
Wow - they are tinny!
Many thanks for the real world photos.

Tiny but mighty. Previous speakers were big f*ck off Obs. So far the Larcs, in my smaller listening space, stand up nicely. Need to give them a week, then swap back the Obs to b sure.

One way or another some Shahinians up for sale soon

 

[Lambros]

What are the Larcs sitting/ standing (?) on?
Thanks
L

 

[Paul L]

I’m guessing they’re perching on the floor rather ascending, sorry, mad 2 minutes.

 

[Tarzan]

Great listening room. I can see those two door stop things but not the speakers?

Beaten to it.... heard nothing but good things regarding those speakers.

 

[ks.234]

What are the Larcs sitting/ standing (?) on?
Thanks
L

Some bits of acrylic sheeting. mostly because the floor is uneven.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Likewise, I hadn’t realised how small they are.

Can I ask what that the veneer finish is? Looks similar to a pair of Diapasons I saw way back when Richard Shahinian was still with us.

 

[Mick P]

I have heard about the Shahnian range for some time .
I had no idea of the relative size of Larcs.
Wow - they are tinny!
Many thanks for the real world photos.

Shahinians are omnidirectional so there is no sweet spot. Some people love this, others don't and this is really a case where you got to hear it yourself.

This is a big forum with loads of Shahinian owners so blag a listening session with other members. I have lost count of members who have called in to my place for a listen.

My Shahinian Arcs are about one third of the size of the Briks I previously used but it's a damn difficult thing to say which one sounds the best.

Regards

Mick

 

[vacuum_tubes]

Shahinians are omnidirectional so there is no sweet spot. Some people love this, others don't and this is really a case where you got to hear it yourself.

Being pedantic only the Obelisks (Hawk & Diapson) are Poly directional, they aren't true omni as the mid drivers are only on the front and rear faces whereas the tweeters are on all four faces.

 

[geetee1972]

I was a long standing owner of Shahinian speakers and was always a die hard fan boy of them. I had Arcs for a long time, which I adored, and tried Obelisks at home several times, but each time I did the NAP200 I had struggled to manage them. They sounded great in the mid range and upwards, but the bass was loose, flabby and uncontrolled; at times it sounded so thick and mangled it made listening unbearable. With a NAP250 things improved but at that point I was never in a position to buy both the speakers and the amp to drive them.

When I built my new system (from scratch) four years ago I started from the assumption that i would build it around Shahinian Obelisks. What I found when I auditioned a pair was that it's not just that they are a demanding load but that they are also quite difficult to pair up generally. I listened to them with a variety of amps, including the mighty Rega Osiris, but there was something missing; a lack of cohesion and musicality that made the experience of listening remote and unengaging. I still believed that there was amazing sound to be had from them, I just couldn't find it.

Ironically, the Obelisks were also quite fussy about the room if not the positioning. Big speakers in general work just fine in small rooms (my current Horns FP15s are huge, 15" drivers in cabinets that measure 710x521x380 (mm) and sit atop massive stands in a room that measures 3.5m by 3.6m and there isn't a hint of bloom or the room being over pressurised) but the Obelisks respond quite differently in different rooms and it doesn't appear to be based on room size.

Like others, I had not fully appreciated just how teeny tiny the Larks were. They're an interesting proposition, perhaps more aptly designed to sit atop a desk in a study rather than a moderate size listening room? They're a wonderful piece of industrial design though.