Ahh, the Hawks 555, the Hawks look lovely.

How many cds are you planning to buy?

John is still saving for a ladder

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John is still saving for a ladder

Nah, he's 7'6'' tall!

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Originally posted by Chris Kelly:

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John is still saving for a ladder

Nah, he's 7'6'' tall!

I had the shelves made to accommodate future record buying temptation,
but I don't have any targets.

The picture is six months old, so noticeably more CDs on the rack already!

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Originally posted by 555:
I had the shelves made to accommodate future record buying temptation,
but I don't have any targets.

The picture is six months old, so noticeably more CDs on the rack already!

Go on on, same old same old
A new pic with it full up would help Ronny
Did you get my mail John?

Further embarrassment; I was going to do this earlier, but can't find the camera!

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Originally posted by 555:
Further embarrassment; I was going to do this earlier, but can't find the camera!

And the split Fraim?

I thought I would save a bit of £ by getting my new Fraim base unit & extension bits shipped to me with my three Powerlines.

Due to PL delays this has proved a long & tedious wait for the amount saved.

Did you get my mail?

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Originally posted by 555:



I thought I would save a bit of £ by getting my new Fraim base unit & extension bits shipped to me with my three Powerlines.

Due to PL delays this has proved a long & tedious wait for the amount saved.

John,
Did you get my mail?

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Originally posted by tonym:
...I think that's what JWM's got. It's pretty ideal sizewise but just too pale for our gaff.

Nearly Tony. Mine's the Bonde bookcase. Also available in poo colour

Each cube holds about 80 LPs with sliding room, and of course it has the advantage of being backed.

Thanks James. I think your Maple one's a rather nicer colour!

555, I'm not sure if you're interested, but Shahinian have done a small change to the feet on the module.

Thanks for thinking of me count.d, & I am.
What have they done?

Cheers - John

Are those IKEA units strong enough to hold LPs if fully stacked with them?
Cheers
Simon

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Originally posted by Simon Perry:
Are those IKEA units strong enough to hold LPs if fully stacked with them?
Cheers
Simon

3 years on, no problems yet!

555, they have repositioned two of the 4 feet to the centre, near the cable cutout. They feel it gives the module a more stable platform, given that it's wood and liable to warp.

Also, have you tried this:



It reduces a lot of vibration in the speaker cable.

Very kind count.d - thanks for the pics too.
That's a mint looking Hawk unit. Mine are 8 years old, but they have had the drive unit upgrade.

Your previous post got me excited,
so I spoke to John at Pear Audio as I couldn't wait for more information - so OCD! .
Anyway he also mentioned that now Shahinian are sourcing the feet from a differnt maker (part wood, part plastic IMSMC),
but neither change affects sonic performance.
A relief for me as John mentioned to change would cost "coming up for a thousand".

Very interesting idea to use foam on the speaker cable between Subwoofer & Module.
I haven't tried it, but I will now! It's always troubled me that the SC between the Subwoofer & Module tends to hang in front of the bass drive unit.
Do you have any thoughts on this?

Thanks again - John

John,

The feet on the module are a silicone compound. It looks easy to peel them off and restick them. As yours are in each of the corners, it might be worth a look to see if all four feet are touching the subwoofer perfectly even and if not, you could copy the new Shahinian position.

The unit on the rear is only a passive radiator and is not driven as such. It responds to and interacts with the pressures produced by the main front driver. It's "ping pong" relationship with the front driver, coupled with the internal baffling, is partly what gives our Shahinians the special magic that other speakers don't seem to match. It has negligible effect on the speaker cable hanging in front of it.

The foam I put under the cable in my pic, really does cut a huge percentage of the vibration caused by the unavoidable contact with the subwoofer (A5 cable). Try it on one speaker and then play something whilst touching both speakers' cables.

Make sure the fuse contacts are shiny clean in each speaker.

I use Kimber Postmaster spades on the subwoofer end of the speaker cable which connects it to the module.

Shahinian use Wonder Solder on all internal joints. Vasken Shahinian suggested I use the same on my speaker cable connections. So a few months ago, I bought six brand new Naim plugs (so no solder contamination) and resoldered the lot with the Wonder Solder. It just keeps getting better.

Sorry if you already know some of the info, just trying to help.