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In Reply to: Nola Viper 1A posted by justaudio on January 13, 2009 at 06:53:09:
I had the Alon Vs, and thought they were fairly easy to set up. I was lucky enough to have a large room at the time.
Alon/Nolas are generally better away from walls. I had mine about 3' from back wall and 4' from side walls. They're at their best with space around them. If you can't bring them that far into the room, you'll need to consider soom room treatments. In my set up, per Carl's instructions, the Alons sounded best firing straight ahead with no toe-in. You may need to experiment with this, but in most rooms with most Alon/Nola dipoles, no toe-in works best.
Definitely use the spikes. Angle of tilt is important for your listening position, adjust depending how high or low you sit. The Nolas have a fairly wide sweet spot and are slightly forgiving, but take the time to experiment and the increased focus, 3D imaging and depth will reward you.
Alons/Nolas love tubes, but no flea powered tube amps need apply. They also will work well with certain high quality ss amps - I ran mine to outstanding results with the Herron monos. I always used a tubed pre-amp when employing ss. You need at least 150w per side, high current and damping. The DeHavilland works well with Nolas, and so do VTLs.
Carl designs his open baffle speakers to be tri or bi-wired - do it! Don't even bother with the jumpers.
Enjoy!
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