Let The Ridiculous Begin

Nightfall
Nightfall Posts: 10,086
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Nobody wants to buy my RTA-12B's? That's fine. Let the ridiculous rear channel begin. >:)

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afterburnt wrote: »
They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,551
    Ha, why not!
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    What's a cheap way to lift them up 3-4"? Rectangles of pressboard?
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    Cinder blocks?
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    I fear that would scuff the hell out of the hard wood floors. I could put a towel under them maybe.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    Two cheap welcome mats or small rugs could go under the cinder blocks. A very firm foundation!
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
    Bedroom 2.1     Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    Nightfall wrote: »
    What's a cheap way to lift them up 3-4"? Rectangles of pressboard?

    Phone book.....
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Where the hell is he gonna get aphone book ?lol
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  • MrBuhl
    MrBuhl Posts: 2,419
    Pressboard is probably most economical - stacked stone tiles (granite/marble)? If you don't get fancy grade they might be found reasonable at Home Depot or something.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    a little short if you really want 3 to 4 inches but I like hockey pucks for decoupling (FWIW).
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,759
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    a little short if you really want 3 to 4 inches

    I'm offended...
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    If ya didn't live so darn far away..... :/

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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited March 2016
    Im going to wait until I can raise them up a bit and have a day off to judge it but I might just want to keep them. I'm going to try and use the Monitor 4s as front wides, my AVR can send center channel info to them to attempt to raise the dialog from under the TV to the middle of the TV, we'll see how that goes too.

    It's a good thing I live alone. No wife would ever approve of my living space. My apartment is absolutely dominated by speakers.

    I like it.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    @mhardy6647 I just want to get the tweeters above the line of the couch. They're basically even with it right now.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    It's just their width that seems ridiculous as a rear channel when you look at it.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    Your 12s have the original raised base? Make a perimeter box out of 1X6 or 1X8 dimensional lumber or composite material. Slide it over the outside of the original base, and your done. Paint them black if you can find black paint in your area.
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  • Mystery
    Mystery Posts: 2,546
    Floor mat or rug under/over cinder blocks as suggested.
    Or,
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