pulled the trigger...Monitor 60s are on the way!

ROHfan

Hiya, gang. Just ordered a pair of M60s (Cherry) from the Egg for 109.99 ea and 5.98 shipping total. Should have them by this Friday. I'm gonna be selling my R50s on CL.

I really liked the sound of the TSi400's that I listened to last week at 6th Ave Electronics and I've read that the M60s are almost the same speaker. This is what prompted my upgrade. Just hoping I'm not in for a rude awakening! :cool: They should sound significantly better than the R50s, right? Powered by a Denon AVR1611?

spock 2054

I think the 60's are a great sounding set of speakers - and you are saving some coin too. You gonna like em...

ROHfan

Thanks for the response! I know I'm gonna love em. Funny thing is I ordered them last nite but didn't tell the wife until today. Via text. Am I a bad person? :redface:

KASR

Give us a review of the speakers once you get them setup/broke in, etc.! And pics are a must! Enjoy the new toys, brother!

spock 2054

ROHfan wrote: »

Thanks for the response! I know I'm gonna love em. Funny thing is I ordered them last nite but didn't tell the wife until today. Via text. Am I a bad person? :redface:

The cherry monitors have a high WAF (wife acceptance factor). The black ones have a monolith look to them. Check my system..

ROHfan

KASR wrote: »

Give us a review of the speakers once you get them setup/broke in, etc.! And pics are a must! Enjoy the new toys, brother!

I'm no audiophile so I'm not sure if my review could benefit those with better setups but perhaps there's someone here in my position who's on the fence with new speakers just as I was. Maybe I will post a humble review.

I would love to say that I'm gonna get a receiver with pre-outs and an external amp in the future and add some huge **** towers, but it's not in the cards for a while. I figured my Denon 1611 will power the 60's very nicely but would probably be insufficient for 70's. For now, I'm gonna be happy with the purchase and at this price level I can continue to really enjoy this hobby without going into debt. For me, slowly creeping up to my ultimate system is the funnest part. And I'm so looking forward to watching some movies with my family this weekend and going through all my old CDs again to hear what I might have been missing.

Slimwhit33

I just pulled the trigger on a pair of Cherry 60's too... and a CS2...and a pair of M-30's.... wife knows I was thinking about doing it, but haven't told her that I actually did it yet either... lol...

ROHfan

Slimwhit33 wrote: »

I just pulled the trigger on a pair of Cherry 60's too... and a CS2...and a pair of M-30's.... wife knows I was thinking about doing it, but haven't told her that I actually did it yet either... lol...

Good for you, man! Can I ask what speakers you're upgrading from?

Slimwhit33

Had older Infinity's before...RS4's in Front, CC3 center....

Slimwhit33

They were old...I bought them back in 1998... served me well though. Good sounding speaker but I'm hoping these Polks will outperform them.

wkdwarrior98

ROHfan wrote: »

Thanks for the response! I know I'm gonna love em. Funny thing is I ordered them last nite but didn't tell the wife until today. Via text. Am I a bad person? :redface:

Heck no, I did the same thing. I have always heard it was better to ask for forgiveness than permission... :biggrin:

Can't really comment on how they sound, still running wires and hopefully will receive my SR608 today. Look out weekend. Just going off the comments from users on this sight is what prompted me to order mine, seems to be a GREAT speaker. I got a pair of Cherry's from polkdirect on ebay for $165.00.

Welcome to CP.

gfong

Congrats on the new speakers.

Slimwhit33

Just want to give some props to the two places that I just ordered my new equipment from. Picked up a Yammy 667 from Electronics Express on Monday and it is on the UPS truck and out for delivery today! And also a big "Thank You" to NewEgg...ordered M60's, M30's and a CS2 YESTERDAY, and they are on the UPS truck out for delivery TODAY! Incredible...

The only drawback is that I'm not ready for them yet! Have to disassemble the room and paint it before I put everything back together... should be up and running by Saturday night. I'll be sure to post some pictures and give everyone my first impressions.

Thanks again to everyone for your assistance.. great community here. Happy to be a part of it.

ROHfan

Slimwhit33 wrote: »

Just want to give some props to the two places that I just ordered my new equipment from. Picked up a Yammy 667 from Electronics Express on Monday and it is on the UPS truck and out for delivery today! And also a big "Thank You" to NewEgg...ordered M60's, M30's and a CS2 YESTERDAY, and they are on the UPS truck out for delivery TODAY! Incredible...

The only drawback is that I'm not ready for them yet! Have to disassemble the room and paint it before I put everything back together... should be up and running by Saturday night. I'll be sure to post some pictures and give everyone my first impressions.

Thanks again to everyone for your assistance.. great community here. Happy to be a part of it.

Man, that feeling is AWESOME when you're waiting for new audio equipment to arrive, checking the tracking info a million times, looking out the window, etc. My M60s are also "out for delivery" today from UPS and I've got "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," and "Live Free or Die Hard" ready and waiting to test them on, after running Audyssey, of course, followed by some Flim and the BBs at reference volume.

Slimwhit33

Can't wait to hook everything up... I'm giddy. Don't know how I'm going to wait the couple days... good luck with yours and I hope you enjoy them!

acmf74

ROHfan wrote: »

Thanks for the response! I know I'm gonna love em. Funny thing is I ordered them last nite but didn't tell the wife until today. Via text. Am I a bad person? :redface:

Great move!

Last time I ordered speakers UPS delivered them and I hear the wife yelling from the stoop "what are these things? I cant even lift them" :biggrin:

ROHfan

Slimwhit33 wrote: »

Can't wait to hook everything up... I'm giddy. Don't know how I'm going to wait the couple days... good luck with yours and I hope you enjoy them!

GOT EM! Wow, they're smaller than I'd imagined. But they're beautiful! After dinner I'm kicking everyone out of the LR and running Audyssey. Will report back later on the audition.

And to acmf74, that was some funny ****! Thanks for the laugh. My wife said the same thing when I bought home our first HDTV early last year.

Cmiller

Im waiting on mine now..:) like a kid in a candy store,there on the truck from the egg..What size are they? and take some pics of them..:0

ROHfan

I'm gunna take some pictures now...

Slimwhit33

Mine just got here too...happy day all around!! I think they're a pretty good size... can't wait to fire them up. I'll post pictures when everything is set up on Saturday. Enjoy everyone! Have fun!

ROHfan

Slimwhit33 wrote: »

Mine just got here too...happy day all around!! I think they're a pretty good size... can't wait to fire them up. I'll post pictures when everything is set up on Saturday. Enjoy everyone! Have fun!

I'll post some pics tomorrow.

First impressions: Ran Audyssey and put on Flim's "This is a Recording" at reference level. Man, these sound good. Right now they're set to "Large" with no sub. Switch CD's. Norah Jones literally sounds like she's in the room. Soundstage is much wider and fuller. Dire Straits "On Every Street." Mark's voice extends the full width of my LR during "Calling Elvis." I'm already hearing things I've never heard before. Time for "Happy Anniversary Charlie Brown" and some KT Tunstall. Much more bottom end than the R50s. May not need a sub for 2 channel. Turned on the sub and set the M60s to "small" and immediately I think it sounds fuller and more natural the other way. May be a waste to run these speakers with a sub for 2 ch. Speakers definitely starting to reveal my PSW10 as a weak link. Can crank these much louder but the sub is past its limit. Now gonna go watch American Idol in 7.1 with the fam. I may need to change my shorts first!

More to come...

Cmiller

ROHfan wrote: »

I'll post some pics tomorrow.

First impressions: Ran Audyssey and put on Flim's "This is a Recording" at reference level. Man, these sound good. Right now they're set to "Large" with no sub. Switch CD's. Norah Jones literally sounds like she's in the room. Soundstage is much wider and fuller. Dire Straits "On Every Street." Mark's voice extends the full width of my LR during "Calling Elvis." I'm already hearing things I've never heard before. Time for "Happy Anniversary Charlie Brown" and some KT Tunstall. Much more bottom end than the R50s. May not need a sub for 2 channel. Turned on the sub and set the M60s to "small" and immediately I think it sounds fuller and more natural the other way. May be a waste to run these speakers with a sub for 2 ch. Speakers definitely starting to reveal my PSW10 as a weak link. Can crank these much louder but the sub is past its limit. Now gonna go watch American Idol in 7.1 with the fam. I may need to change my shorts first!

More to come...

lol..AI in 7.1 hehe..So you think they sound better running full range and not small?

ROHfan

Cmiller wrote: »

lol..AI in 7.1 hehe..So you think they sound better running full range and not small?

That is a very preliminary review but as of right now, yeah, full range sounds better, more natural. Every time I listened to a song with sub/small and no sub/large, the latter just seemed "right." I can't wait to really enjoy them over the next few days and give them a proper listen.

I will say this...if anyone's on the fence about this speaker, and you're happy with your AVR without pre-outs and external amps, then I would strongly suggest picking up a pair while the Egg has such an amazing deal on them. My Denon 1611 drives them nicely and I think I will be staying with this front setup for a while. Coming from an obsessive-compulsive like myself, that's saying a lot.

Now...my sub, on the other hand...

Slimwhit33

So there was no way that I was going to be able to have this stuff sitting in the house without using it, so I set it all up tonight. New 667, new speakers...and, ummmm...WOWWW! Huge improvement over my last setup. Couldn't run the auto calibration because the wifey and kids are sleeping, so I messed with the manual settings for now... love the on screen display. The CS2 is wayyy better than my old center... looking forward to goofing around with this more in the coming weeks. Pics to follow...

wkdwarrior98

Slimwhit33 wrote: »

So there was no way that I was going to be able to have this stuff sitting in the house without using it, so I set it all up tonight. New 667, new speakers...and, ummmm...WOWWW! Huge improvement over my last setup. Couldn't run the auto calibration because the wifey and kids are sleeping, so I messed with the manual settings for now... love the on screen display. The CS2 is wayyy better than my old center... looking forward to goofing around with this more in the coming weeks. Pics to follow...

Please post your configuration. I hooked mine up last night and was somewhat disappointed, I am sure it is some setting I have not configured right. I have the Onkyo 608, 60's (fronts), CS2 (center), 40's (rear) and PSW505 for sub. I can't find how to set speakers small/large and have to crank to about 27 or so before I hear sound. Replaced an older Sony receiver and 20 wife was yelling for me to turn it down. Both are 100W per, so I thought they would be similar.......

WGDB

I love my 60's - I'm jamming Blu-Ray David Gilmour "Remember that Night" as I write this - sound's bad-@ss. Highly recommend this Bluray, altogether a "reference standard" to watch, listen, and behold.

Lietuvis91

wkdwarrior98 wrote: »

Please post your configuration. I hooked mine up last night and was somewhat disappointed, I am sure it is some setting I have not configured right. I have the Onkyo 608, 60's (fronts), CS2 (center), 40's (rear) and PSW505 for sub. I can't find how to set speakers small/large and have to crank to about 27 or so before I hear sound. Replaced an older Sony receiver and 20 wife was yelling for me to turn it down. Both are 100W per, so I thought they would be similar.......

definitely let the speakers break in, the sound will change with time and also run audissey... m60s with a good sub, which you have, sound amazing. Take the time to dial in the sub too(phase/volume), try different locations in the room, it will sound different in different spots. The placement of the speakers will make a differnce too based in the size and shape of your room.

Just take the time to dial in your setup (speakers and sub), it will reward you with beautiful sound.

DON73

ROHfan wrote: »

Thanks for the response! I know I'm gonna love em. Funny thing is I ordered them last nite but didn't tell the wife until today. Via text. Am I a bad person? :redface:

Let us know how you like sleeping on the couch!

Lietuvis91

DON73 wrote: »

Let us know how you like sleeping on the couch!

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Slimwhit33

wkdwarrior98 wrote: »

Please post your configuration. I hooked mine up last night and was somewhat disappointed, I am sure it is some setting I have not configured right. I have the Onkyo 608, 60's (fronts), CS2 (center), 40's (rear) and PSW505 for sub. I can't find how to set speakers small/large and have to crank to about 27 or so before I hear sound. Replaced an older Sony receiver and 20 wife was yelling for me to turn it down. Both are 100W per, so I thought they would be similar.......

Boy, I just couldn't be happier. Came home from work an hour or so ago and ran the Yamaha 667's calibration. Running that with 60's in front, CS2 Center and 30's in rear. Sound is awesome!!!

Can't talk about your receiver and how to change stuff... read the manual or I'm sure there are people on here who have your receiver who will help. But I don't think the problem is with the speakers, its just the setup you are currently running on your receiver.

Does the 608 have an auto-calibration tool? It has to I would think...

Lietuvis91

Slimwhit33 wrote: »

Does the 608 have an auto-calibration tool? It has to I would think...

Yes it does, it's called audissey. Comes with a microphone for calibration. Very easy to use as well, just gotta read the manual.

I also suggest setting the m60s and cs2 to 80hz and pass everything below to the sub. I actually have my cs2 set at 100hz because I think this makes the dialog much cleaner. The way I have mine setup sounds good to my ears!