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TEAforONE

3D imaging is really important to me. Being a small room,I can't get far enough away from larger speakers to accomplish this. And yes,larger speakers do overpower a small room like this. A couple of Years ago I had a pair of EPI 180's in here. I absolutely loved those speakers,but they were just too friggin big for my room. They did everything well except imaging. Sadly they had to go. My wife and I live in the house I grew up in. My listening room now, was mine,and my brothers childhood bedroom. When I was 16,I purchased my first pair of 180's. I had those stuffed in the bedroom with,2 beds,a dresser,a chest and a nightstand! Loud was my priority then. I can still remember my father pounding on the door screaming at me to "turn that $h!t down!!" Ah,fond memories.

ZLTFUL

TEAforONE wrote: »

They're Pangea DS400's. Very stable. I haven't filled them. Yet.

I picked up a pair of them in 28" size for my Wharfedale Dentons. I filled each one with 25lbs (6.25lbs per leg) of #8 lead shot and then topped them off with recycled coal slag blasting media (about 20-22lbs per stand).
I also lined the bases with Dynamat and used rubber feet on them instead of the spikes since my office floor is laminate.

All in all, I am very happy with the results as they rung like a bell before doing any of that.
Granted, they weigh about 70lbs each now but after I get them into their final location, they will not be moved.

TEAforONE

Interesting speakers. I've seen then in some of your posts. How would you describe the sound?

TEAforONE

What kind of power do they require to sing?

pitdogg2

TEAforONE wrote: »

3D imaging is really important to me. Being a small room,I can't get far enough away from larger speakers to accomplish this. And yes,larger speakers do overpower a small room like this. A couple of Years ago I had a pair of EPI 180's in here. I absolutely loved those speakers,but they were just too friggin big for my room. They did everything well except imaging. Sadly they had to go. My wife and I live in the house I grew up in. My listening room now, was mine,and my brothers childhood bedroom. When I was 16,I purchased my first pair of 180's. I had those stuffed in the bedroom with,2 beds,a dresser,a chest and a nightstand! Loud was my priority then. I can still remember my father pounding on the door screaming at me to "turn that $h!t down!!" Ah,fond memories.

Lucky you my dad just went to the basement and flipped the breaker to my room... BOOM BOOM OUT GO THE LIGHTS and stereo, black lights on psychedelic posters....Damn it was DARK!

Nightfall

TEAforONE wrote: »

What kind of power do they require to sing?

I heard them on 35 watts? of tube power and they did well.

In anticipation of your next question, yes they even do Cannibal Corpse pretty well.

TEAforONE

Nightfall wrote: »

TEAforONE wrote: »

What kind of power do they require to sing?

I heard them on 35 watts? of tube power and they did well.

In anticipation of your next question, yes they even do Cannibal Corpse pretty well.

How about BoxCar Willy?? Or Zamphir,master of the pan flute??

Nightfall

WhY doEs MastersounD wrItE LikE aN IntErNEt TrOlL?

Nightfall

I bet they like to make jokes like "Slide those bananas gently into the BoX."

Nightfall

pitdogg2

Hey that purple looks familiar....

Viking64

pitdogg2 wrote: »

Hey that purple looks familiar....

Do you watch a lot of those massage videos?

TEAforONE

Nightfall wrote: »

Gorgeous!!

joecoulson

Agreed^
That purple is to die for!

TEAforONE

I'm guessing I haven't been around here long enough to get the reference?

ZLTFUL

TEAforONE wrote: »

I'm guessing I haven't been around here long enough to get the reference?

Nah...they are just trying to be funny. That is one of Skip's kids' rooms that gets converted to a listening room for get togethers. The room is usually all about the bookies.

joecoulson

I wish my kid's room looked like that

TEAforONE

That color seems to work ok. But then again,I ride a fluorescent green motorcycle.

mlistens03

joecoulson wrote: »

I wish my kid's room looked like that

mine kinda does... but not purple.

GlennDog

TEAforONE wrote: »

That color seems to work ok. But then again,I ride a fluorescent green motorcycle.

The color works. . .
I’ve been wanting a purple Harley touring model, but they rarely come up FS. When they do, it’s usually a Shriner. I digress . . .

mlistens03

My Christmas present, which I will explain shortly...


Martin Logan LX16s!

So it started about a week and a half ago. My dad had a pair of Eosone RSF 600 towers downstairs. They are great speakers, but in the only place mom would let him put them, they sounded quite bad. Dad wanted to upgrade, but that wasn't really an option. After a couple of years with them, Mom was tired of looking at them, so she told dad to get out his Boston bookshelf speakers to put in the entertainment center.

The entertainment center downstairs is white, so the black Boston bookshelves didn't look very nice either. So mom and dad called me downstairs and offered me a trade; The Boston bookies, the Eosones, and $150 for my KEF Q150s. After a bit of thinking, I decided yes, with the intention of trying one of the other pairs of speakers I had looked at. And worst-case scenario, I would not like the other speakers, in which case I could return them and get the newer walnut finish Q150s That weren't available when I bought mine.

After digging up the other models I had liked back in January, I noticed that the LX16s were on sale for $400 a pair. Now these (or the Dali Oberon 3s) Were the speakers I would have bought had my budget been bigger at the time. I decided it was a deal I couldn't pass up. After some more negotiation with the parental units, these became my early Christmas present from them AND to myself.

They arrived this morning, and WOW, they sound good out of the box! Easily as good as the KEFs did fully broken in. Even in the 5 hours I've owned them, I've noticed marked improvements, especially in the midrange clarity. The KEFs were no slouches but these are one (or two) notches above them.

I'm looking forward to spending more time with them, and hearing as they open up. More thoughts to come, probably in a separate thread.

-Micah

TEAforONE

DSkip wrote: »

I’m finally healthy again and back on track. That means my room is finally put back together. I’m hoping these beauties will have a new forever home by the end of the year.

Simply stunning!

joecoulson

Skip - looks great man

Nightfall

Dreaming about a FedEx truck, quick pic.

joecoulson

Sumthin new on the way?

verb

GlennDog wrote: »

TEAforONE wrote: »

That color seems to work ok. But then again,I ride a fluorescent green motorcycle.

The color works. . .
I’ve been wanting a purple Harley touring model, but they rarely come up FS. When they do, it’s usually a Shriner. I digress . . .

My Sporty is purple, ahem, Cobalt Blue metallic, ugh, purple!

Nightfall

Oh yeah.

joecoulson

Nice - Looks like the xbox is ready to go - just about to jump on some COD campaign

joecoulson

I purchased the new COD over thanksgiving. Been playing campaign (which I just finished)

Nightfall

What's your GT? fjosh here