Planar Porn - we want to see!

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Re: Planar Porn - we want to see!
« Reply #580 on: 20 Mar 2026, 09:10 am »
I think those 20.7s will work out just fine for you.

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Re: Planar Porn - we want to see!
« Reply #581 on: 20 Mar 2026, 06:28 pm »

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Very nice system and GREAT  pics.

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Re: Planar Porn--we want to see!
« Reply #582 on: 28 Mar 2026, 07:19 pm »


New/old 20.7s driven by Snake River Takshaka IC, PS Audio M1200s, AQ Firebird speaker cable.  The 20.7s replaced too-wide SoundLab Majestic 745s.

...and now with GoldenEar SuperSub XXL subwoofers.. Bottom-octave energy is now quite wonderful sounding.. Have the SWs set on 40Hz and level 3 of 10.. No audible thickening of upper bass or lower-MR.





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Re: Planar Porn - we want to see!
« Reply #583 on: 29 Apr 2026, 09:44 pm »


1. The entire system sounds excellent to me and better than I expected in the first-few hours.. Speakers were demo units, but I've never asked how many hours are on them.. Still have some treble tweaking to do, which is a bit of a continuing process for me with bad ears and using hearingaids.. The overall rez is astoundingly excellent; did I get used to the 20.7s' slightly lower rez?
2. I'm still using the Class D Audio GaN-FET** amps which still sound excellent (and will be called 'CDA Reds' hereafter).
3. The '5Cs' bass energy is about as great as that of the M745s, which means they have substantial bottom-octave bass at the '0' setting; they sound a bit 'thick' for me at the +3 setting.. I then reduced the SWs' level controls to 2 on their 10-scales, which is two numbers lower than I used with the 20.7s.
4. Also received the Bryston 7B3 monoamps, but one's power transformer is loose and sliding a bit about its center-anchor screw and doesn't work.

I thank Mark DeBiassi of Afton Mntn. Audio for his excellent service.


** hereafter 'CDA Reds'

I'm VERY happy!!!!!!!!!! On to resolving my Bryston problem.
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Re: Planar Porn - we want to see!
« Reply #584 on: 11 May 2026, 10:52 pm »


The Prodigio Audio Alisca.  The tall sub-bass towers are by VMPS and they roll in at 34Hz.






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Re: Planar Porn - we want to see!
« Reply #585 on: 11 May 2026, 10:59 pm »
By the way, this is the actual in-room response.  The chart was made through the BACCH system by Theoretica Applied Physics and should indeed be flat and not show a Harman type curve.