It's Mexican Ziricote. Oops...
The HT2-TL's arrived last Tuesday. I have been busy with other things, thus not updating this post in a while. The speakers were haphazardly planted in the same approximate spots where my B&W Matrix (circa 1996) 804's were positioned: almost halfway into the room, on the long wall.Also known as the "Audio Physic" room placement method. It's what has worked best -so far- in my 13x17 dedicated room.
Associated components:
Pass Labs Aleph L preamp
Pass Labs Aleph 5 amp (60watts into 8ohms, 90 watts into 4 ohms)
Wavelength Audio Brick Version 2 (Asynchronous USB) NOS USB DAC
Custom (assembled and tuned by me) Single Board Computer Linux USB
music server
Real Traps, a whole bunch. And more as funds allow.
Out of the box? The first word that came out of my girlfriends (she was the first to sit in the sweet spot) mouth was "clarity". She is brutally honest, and was deadly quick to point out that the used Audio Physic Scorpios that I purchased used, last year, from Audiogon (MSRP $6500 USD) last year were "muddy, lifeless, don't keep my interest". Off they went back onto Audiogon.
Now comes the tedious task of inch by inch speaker placement to make everything "snap" into focus.
More to follow...
In the mean time I have to keep reminding myself that I haven't bought loudspeakers yet, as I merely auditioning them for the alloted thirty days.