I’m finally getting around to putting down some more notes on the AV123 get together earlier this month. Here is a summary of the equipment present and some comments:
Theater room:
Mains: Rocket RS1000
Center: Rocket RSC200
Surrounds: Rocket RS850
Rears: Rocket RS550
Subs: 2x Rocket UFW-12
Pre/pro: Emotiva LMC-1
Amp: Emotiva LPA-1
Sources: Denon 2910 and Onix CD-2 w and w/o Perpetual Technologies P-1A
Etc: R-DES parametric EQ on subs, plasma display, Panamax power
I assisted Dave Tremblay, the inventor of R-DES, with measurement during the sub EQ process using the setup listed earlier here.
Multichannel audio room:
Mains: Onix Reference 3
Center: Onix Reference 100
Surrounds: Onix Reference 1.5
Sub: Rocket UFW-12
Pre/pro: Emotiva DCM-1
Amp: Emotiva MPS-1
Source: Denon 2910
Etc: R-DES parametric EQ, Panamax power
Smaller theater room:
Mains: ELT LRS with PBS powered woofer stands
Center: ELT center SE
Rears: ELT DPA dipoles
Sub: ELT SW-10SE
Receiver/source: Pioneer combo
Etc: 30″ LCD TV
Two channel room:
Mains: Rocket RS760 and XLS (Onix Reference 1.5 for a period of time)
Integrated amp: Onix/Melody SP3 and Onix X-empower beta unit
Source: Onix XCD-88 and Onix XCD-99
This room got a LOT of attention because both speakers are new, the SP3 is a popular item at the moment, the X-empower is new, the XCD-99 is new, and the designer of both the RS760 and XLS (Danny Ritchie from GR Research) was in the room discussing the speakers.
Static display:
Rocket RS850 in piano gloss rosewood finish
Strata Mini speakers
Onix Reference 1 and Onix/Melody SP3
Rocket UFW-10
Onix CD-2
Emotiva DMC-1 based receiver (using D2Audio amp module)
Emotiva BPA-1 two-channel, bridgable amp
Audio Protien rack
One of the focuses of the GTG, SOCS and MMK for the Perpetual Technologies P1-A, was not really on display, but there were multiple sessions to demonstrate the measurement technique, discuss the SOCS corrections, and demonstrate the difference SOCS makes in playback.
