you know what I did Richard? I've took the lid off, broke the amp, I've put the cubes upside down and behind the curtains, put some 40 years old cassette into not working deck and began listening... I'm sure the man from grimsby can set them up to sing. I couldn't. It's my fault. Cubes are brilliant...

I have no time to waste.

Hi Dan I hope you're serious in the posts above because it does not look like you are; let's see.. I don't think I've said avi's/ ev's are on pair.. I've said I did not spend enough time with ev's and cannot comment any further and if Lindsay thinks avi's " are sanitised and dull and rob music ...

Hi Lindsay :) there you go 3 participants: Lindsay with EV’s, valve & transistor amps Andrew with ATC SCM11, Hegel H360 myslef with AVI DM10, BK Gemini II sub I was really looking to have a listen to these heavy and ugly Sentry beasts. Expectations? Wooly boomy bass, recessed midrange, muffled t...

will do

and I thank you for your time Richard... I'm not an avi blind fanboy.. sure, I like avi sound but I can say positive things about other systems ( example: my comments on ev sentry III).. nva is not my cup of tea just like the other systems I had.. and that's why I did not stop haunting... ps. boxes ...

ok.. I have properly working cube 2 now so let’s begin listening with a notepad and pen in hand: I’ve tried them in two different rooms; 1st 6m x 3m living room, 2nd 3m x 3,5m bedroom. In both scenarios and moving the speakers a lot in order to get bass right it’s just a mission impossible - there’s...

hiya..
last picture in this thread - may I ask what's the purpose of the stone under the headphone amp?

ok..
I'll get the speaker ready for Monday collection. we'll give another go. Thank you.

Of course, speaker distance from back wall is not an indicator of bad or good design, however atc sealed cabinet or avi front ported (dm10) or back ported (dm5) or dynaudios active monitors (these have eq switches at the back) or all studio monitors for that matter I've tried in my room allows close...