Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier

Mark
Glad to see that you sold your extra TP 2.0n quickly. I hope you invited the purchaser to post on this thread his or her reaction to the unit.

Well it was an interesting social experiment and it confirms in my mind,that buyers are very much stuck on brand names.I had 8 hits,however,only 275 views.I recall when I posted my Calypso I had several hits but 485 views.As an aside,it appears the Nigerians have now invaded the gon,two of the queries were the usual hustle with those obvious spelling errors.
Anyway the fellow that bought the AH is well acquainted with this forum and I'm sure will become an active participant.
He informed me that he will be replacing the stock EH's with a quad of NOS Amperex.Enjoy your memorial day holiday everyone.

Just to add my 2 cents. I re-arranged my system yesterday with thoughts of why am I bothering to do this now? Is it worth the hassle? Can I set the speakers back on the same markers with the right toe in and angle? Even if it sounds good, will my wife like the new setup?

Well, I must tell you that glorious music abound as a result of all this painstaking, rearranging, backbracking(furniture)sweat.

Soundstage depth and height are now floor to ceiling (literally) and the sweatspot is wider and taller than I thought it would be.

Night and day is the difference. I am totally shocked at the dramatic change.

As for the key reasons why? Well, it has to do with the new ICs I installed, and most of the credit has to go to the Audio Horizons preamp. But above all, the Room plays a key part in freeing up my speakers to do their special disappearing act.

La45 Congradulations on taking the chance, doing the work and enjoying the result. Approximately what did you go from and what did you go to in terms of speaker distances and toe in, etc? What kind of speakers are you using?

Hi Gammajo,

The speaker was on the short wall and now it sits on the long wall, 6.5 feet apart and 3.75 feet from the back wall.

The key is the side walls are now 5 feet from each speaker and my listening chair sits in a 18 ft cavity which is 5.8 feet in width. By cavity I mean a walk thru from the basement stairs to the listening room. I sit right at the entrance between both spaces.

If you do the math you can see that by moving my listening chair I expanded the room by incorporating the 18 feet additional space with additional acoustical treatment courtesy of the drop ceiling in that space.

The speaker is by Argent Audio called the "Gabrielle". It was designed by Ric Cummings, the original inventor of the Room Lens.

Worth the time and effort indeed.