Eggleston Andra IIIs at CES

My III's are about 30 to 36 in into room, I am still moving them around a bit, but found that the base is clearer (to me) in my room at this distance. I have a pair of JL F113 that I us for movies only, I found that the bass in the III was so good that no need for a sub with music.

Speaker cables are Shunyata Orion’s with a pr of custom made Shunyata Orion jumpers and I am pleased with the results however I have only tried another pr of speaker cables with them so my experience with Cables and EW’s is limited.

Last cables were a very fine pr of Esoteric Mexcel 7N-S9000, little dry and lifeless

Oh also for what it is worth. When I visted the Eggleston Works factory a couple of years back, Jim said that the Andra II's are wired internally with Transparent Cable. He didnt say what the cable model was though.

Kurt_tank,

Yes the backs of my Andra II are 48 inches from the front wall. I found this gives me the best combination of sound.

I'm still adjusting the toe-in. It seems impossible to get a setting that works for all my music especially the compressed CDs :-)

Currently I'm using SR Apex Bi-wire spkr cables and planning to try ASI Liveline cables next. I scheduled an in home audition with a local dealer next month. I found high resolution and revealing cables work best in my system.

Ozzy, the last time I tried Transparent, I found the sound too dark for my taste. I think it's probably due to their voicing of the networks. I much prefer MIT to Transparent way back when it was my favorite cable.

speaking from experience, unfortunately if you saw the utility grade of wire (i.e.- lamp-cord) in the eggleston speaker cabinets you would no longer worry about their being made by anyone in particular. not that they don't do the job, but they are simply copper wire (unstranded) inside of a basic jacket.

According to the Eggleston Works website, the internal wiring is made by Transparent.

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Only the highest performance wiring components are used throughout. Internal wiring is custom manufactured for EgglestonWorks by Transparent Audio. Large inductors made of 12-gauge, oxygen-free copper are also custom manufactured. Silver solder of a specific silver and lead content are used on each meticulously executed solder joint.

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