Better RM/X photos

ekovalsky · « **on:** 7 Jan 2004, 08:56 pm »

Here are a few more I took today during a listening break.

I'm 6'2" for reference. Partially invisible too

Speakers are slightly shorter and wider than listed on the VMPS website (72" x 14.5" x 20", with bass adding about 2.5" addition to the depth and width). I was wondering how the 12" passive radiator would fit in a cabinet only 12.5" wide...

I've started a little tuning. The pots are set at 12:00 (left channel was at 5:00 from the factory, right channel at 1:00 ???) and three fingernail-fulls of putty have been removed from each passive radiator, about the size of a pea.

Tweeter head tops are parallel to the top of the speaker cabinet for now.

nathanm · « **Reply #1 on:** 7 Jan 2004, 09:44 pm »

These new RM\X photos feature a very wide and tall soundstage, but with noticeable grain and a rather unflatteringly colored midrange. However, the center image is quite transparent and almost palpable. It is almost like you can see the singer in front of you.

ekovalsky · « **Reply #2 on:** 7 Jan 2004, 09:48 pm »

You should work for Stereophile or TAS

ARAM · « **Reply #3 on:** 7 Jan 2004, 11:51 pm »

Ekovalsky,, are you the second RM/X owner??

ekovalsky · « **Reply #4 on:** 8 Jan 2004, 12:45 am »

These are the pairs I know of:

CBartolomei (two of the three from last year's CES). He has pics in the gallery I think.

Julian (dealer demo)

Roop (dealer demo)

Me

I believe the cabinets initially built for me (walnut) will be used by Brian as his demo pair. Long story, don't ask

Then there is the third cabinet from the 2003 CES trinaural setup. I suspect it found a mate and was sold as a pair, but I'm not sure.

Big B had at least one other pair of piano black cabinets ready to build, so I expect someone else will have a pair soon.

Also I'm not sure if other VMPS dealers (e.g. Dynamic Sound, Ribbonspeakers.Net) will be getting demo pairs at some point. I remember reading that one pair was possibly earmarked for Anthony Cordesman too

Quote from: ARAM

Ekovalsky,, are you the second RM/X owner??

J Harris · « **Reply #5 on:** 8 Jan 2004, 03:21 am »

LOL Nathan!!!

J!

ARAM · « **Reply #6 on:** 8 Jan 2004, 12:29 pm »

The size of the speakers are almost completely different than what they are stated on the website..first they are just 6ft 2" tall because you say you are 6ft 2"..there is a 10 cm difference..so they are just 188 cm high..and the width; there is a two inch difference..I wonder why these differences are?: or maybe Ekovalsky is taller than he thinks

.Ekovalsky you must be 6 ft 6".

so they are actually 37 cm wide and 188 cm high..(instead of 32 cm and 198 cm)

rkapadia@ROOP · « **Reply #7 on:** 8 Jan 2004, 04:38 pm »

ARAM, if you look at the first picture where EK is standing you'll notice you can perfectly make out the PS Audio gear behind him. This leads me to believe the image of him is a layer from another photo, and probably not exactly proportional. Otherwise, EK has a selectable transparency switch on his digital camera

Regards,

ekovalsky · « **Reply #8 on:** 8 Jan 2004, 04:59 pm »

Actually it was a 30sec exposure on a tripod, I just walked into place during the exposure and stayed there for about 15 sec.

rkapadia@ROOP · « **Reply #9 on:** 9 Jan 2004, 03:27 am »

"Old people" style of photography

. Limited exposure is before my time.

nathanm · « **Reply #10 on:** 9 Jan 2004, 07:29 am »

vpolineni · « **Reply #11 on:** 9 Jan 2004, 07:45 am »

Does that make Big B yoda?

Redbone · « **Reply #12 on:** 10 Jan 2004, 01:08 am »

Freakin great, I am still laughing. Perhaps you have too much time on your hands but I appreciate your humorous insight.

nathanm · « **Reply #13 on:** 10 Jan 2004, 01:20 am »

Oh come now, there's 2,155 people around here with too much time on their hands!

I'm serious though, with speakers like those it behooves a person to go for a Star Wars-style interior decoration project. But that's just me...

Sa-dono · « **Reply #14 on:** 10 Jan 2004, 01:53 am »

Quote from: vpolineni

Does that make Big B yoda?

He's Big B..so he must be Chewy!

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #15 on:** 10 Jan 2004, 09:23 am »

Quote from: nathanm

Nathan , Working your "Magic " again , funny stuff !!

(But thats the thought that comes to mind when seeing those speakers!)

Val · « **Reply #16 on:** 10 Jan 2004, 02:04 pm »

I am with Nathan, LOL!