OK, some explanations here:
1. It's really, really nice to meet old friends and make new ones. This is the best part, of course. It's amazing that I have made this many friends over the years, and of course biggest thanks of all go to Bill, who helped me in teh room every single day, and Shah / audioslave, who helped me with the breakdown of that &^$^&%&*) wall.
2. Yes, the wall. Man, that will be a part of audio folklore in the future. Great idea, great execution, great looks, if I may say so, and I'll never do that again, ever !! F..ing 23 hours total to pre-assemble here in Indy, (drove up with it) then to bring it up into the room, then assemble it, then wall-paper it, then breaking it down again. Way too much work, and really exhausted me for the show a lot.
3. However, had no choice, because I sure as hell won't hang up the pics on extra screws screwed into a wall at the Hilton NYC. No way.
4. Also, as for teh fireplace, had to have it, because for oner, I had a bigger place to weigh down the back of the wall (even with all the crossbars, etc), and also, I had to get into the back of the wall to do teh cabling, and open up the windows at the end of the day. So, the back of the fireplace wasn't fixed so that Klaus could do a Santa Claus, hehehe.
Also, as for the fake fire, it also had the fake flames effect, which actually looks very, very coold and real, but was too noisy. Had to take it out. Still, I dug it. The living room look was superb, and the trick was to fool people thinking that the Loreleis were playing when in fact the pics were singing. Worked.
5. As for the sound. Loved my big Lorelei system. Was very proud of it, but it only got about 10 % of the time, because everybody, and I mean EVERYBODY just wanted to hear the pics.
6. Well, what can I say now about the pictures ? Let me put it this way: these are fairly new products for me, and I was surprised as to how good they really are. Fake wall, heavy mdf ? yes, but more resonant and ideal as compared to regular house walls, and man oh man, they rocked. Just flat out true audio or videophile quality, period. Keep in mind that I drove the pics with the $ 995. combo of the Khartago and the Etesian, so no trickery here whatsoever !!! Important here is that I also played around with different screws in the back of them, and the single biggest surprise to me at the show in my own room was the fact that I was able to really "tweak" and tune the performance of the pics. Can I do a lot of Axis settings ? No, of course not, but other than that, the speakers can be dialed in beautifully in terms of bass, openness, and tonality / upper bass and upper mids. Keep in mind that you're somewhat loading the rear wall with these babies, so the results were actually dramatic, and it was VERY easy to do. I'm happy.
7. Don't care what you're doing with your equipment. And this comes from somebody who has different color metals, and even Platinum and 24 K gold options. You don't know Jack about the wife factor WAF until you have it.
Man oh man, what a home run in terms of looks and practical aesthetics in decor.
That's it for now,
Klaus
