Incoming Strad's soon

[PMCH]

RLF, congrats on the purchase of your Strad's. I am sure you will throughly enjoy them as I do. They are keepers.

[jzzmusician]

Thanks Craig!

[audioguy3107]

What color are you going with on these? The Red Violin is beautiful but they are all pretty special.

- Buck

[metaphacts]

Originally Posted by crwilli

My observations are the Strads are not picky per se, rather they really reward getting it right. That can be 1/4 of toe in here or there and getting the rake right.
They will sound great if your listening position is in the 1.1-1.3 : 1 ratio of listening distance to speaker spread and you start with them toed in aimed at ~18” behind your head.

In a previous life, I would tell you that Strads are extremely picky if you want to hear what Franco envisioned. That said you appear to have found what works.

[RLF]

Originally Posted by 1KW

Like everyone else has said congratulations and no doubt you will be happy with these speakers. I went for Cremona to Elipsa to Strads and while I loved owning each one the Strads are rather special . I also have a pair of Guarneri Mementos in a much smaller room which are excellent with a sub. Getting back to you like Craig says post pictures

Thanks. I’ll post pictures once that I get them. It will be a couple of weeks or so.

[RLF]

Originally Posted by audioguy3107

What color are you going with on these? The Red Violin is beautiful but they are all pretty special.

- Buck

Red Violin. My favorite.

[RLF]

I really appreciate all the congratulations and suggestions. As mentioned before, Ivan has recommend good local setup guy to help me dial them in my room.

[Cohibaman]

I’ve heard strands twice, both times were at shows. As much as I love shows, the listening rooms are good at best, horrible at worst (with shitty choices of “select” music at that). In each case, I didn’t get much time in front of them. It was more of a tease to be honest. I’d love to get critic time in front of a pair. Sigh!

Congrats, sir! You’ve arrived.

[crwilli]

Originally Posted by Cohibaman

I’ve heard strands twice, both times were at shows. As much as I love shows, the listening rooms are good at best, horrible at worst (with shitty choices of “select” music at that). In each case, I didn’t get much time in front of them. It was more of a tease to be honest. I’d love to get critic time in front of a pair. Sigh!

Congrats, sir! You’ve arrived.

Come on down to the Low Country of SC. There might be Habanos and Bourbon.

[Cohibaman]

Craig,

Thanks for the invitation. I might just take you up on that some day.

A very good friend lives in NC and I need to get back (been nearly a year now). Plus, I’m literally watching a show on bourbon as I type this!