What did you do to your stereo rig today?

Tasuke · December 4

treitz3 · December 6

@Tasuke - That looks like a fun system that you have obviously put a lot of effort into putting together. If you haven't already been welcomed to this board, please allow me to offer you a very warm welcome to Club Polk.

I don't know what gave it away, but do I detect just a tad bit of OCD in that room or what? 😀

Tom

recoveryone · December 7

https://youtu.be/VoLRU5SPcJQ

Wardsweb · December 8

Audiomirror Reflection in the house. Now to determine which system these will work best in.

treitz3 · December 8

treitz3 wrote: »

With the addition of some new cables, I have been slowly readjusting the subs back to the room and mains, enjoying the hell out of a plethora of music along the way.

At this point, the Rythmik subs are barely even on anymore but I am very close to being back to that perfect balance. I'm just glad that I don't need to do the human pretzel to adjust them anymore. That helps tremendously.

Tom

So, the new cables actually prompted me to take another look at speaker placement. Today, I started once again at minor adjustments that made a major difference to the end result as to what hits my ears.

Some of you may be famliar with Romy the Cat. I have never heard of him before but was introduced to him via an hour long video and throughout the entire video about dead zone of something or other, he had mentioned that if you change a cable or component, you need to revisit the speaker placement again.

I had pretty much already come to that conclusion but hearing it from someone else, well...it prompted me to revisit this.

The speakers had been in place for well over 2 years and I have made a plethora of changes in the system along the way but these cables, for some reason, excited certain frequencies within the lower regions more than expected within the room. Especially after breaking in.

I adjusted the subs to the mains and the room...but at a certain frequency? Something happened that was not, shall I say, "preferred". The bass heads would have loved it. I did not. At all.

So, today (since 7 this morning), I went about making a change and moving the mains.

At the end of the day? They only moved about an inch. That and they were toed out ever so slightly and then, pointed down.

I'll explain more as to why later but as I sit and listen now, 🎶

That anomaly is gone, the tonal balance is back in spades and there is no width restrictions, other than the recording itself. The sound simply envelops the room with no overponderance, anomalies or distractions once again.

Now back to listening without having to be critical. Just sit back, enjoy an adult drink and get sucked into the music...

Tom

pitdogg2 · December 8

Wardsweb wrote: »

Audiomirror Reflection in the house. Now to determine which system these will work best in.

You know the drill, show us some glow😎

billbillw · December 9

treitz3 wrote: »

@Tasuke - That looks like a fun system that you have obviously put a lot of effort into putting together. If you haven't already been welcomed to this board, please allow me to offer you a very warm welcome to Club Polk.

I don't know what gave it away, but do I detect just a tad bit of OCD in that room or what? 😀

Tom

treitz3 wrote: »

So, the new cables actually prompted me to take another look at speaker placement. Today, I started once again at minor adjustments that made a major difference to the end result as to what hits my ears.

Some of you may be famliar with Romy the Cat. I have never heard of him before but was introduced to him via an hour long video and throughout the entire video about dead zone of something or other, he had mentioned that if you change a cable or component, you need to revisit the speaker placement again.

I had pretty much already come to that conclusion but hearing it from someone else, well...it prompted me to revisit this.

The speakers had been in place for well over 2 years and I have made a plethora of changes in the system along the way but these cables, for some reason, excited certain frequencies within the lower regions more than expected within the room. Especially after breaking in.

I adjusted the subs to the mains and the room...but at a certain frequency? Something happened that was not, shall I say, "preferred". The bass heads would have loved it. I did not. At all.

So, today (since 7 this morning), I went about making a change and moving the mains.

At the end of the day? They only moved about an inch. That and they were toed out ever so slightly and then, pointed down.

I'll explain more as to why later but as I sit and listen now, 🎶

That anomaly is gone, the tonal balance is back in spades and there is no width restrictions, other than the recording itself. The sound simply envelops the room with no overponderance, anomalies or distractions once again.

Now back to listening without having to be critical. Just sit back, enjoy an adult drink and get sucked into the music...

Tom

I think Tom is an expert at recognizing OCD because he also has a bit of that going on...

Heck, we all probably do, otherwise, why wouldn't we just listen to the soundbar, or ear buds?

Tasuke · December 11

treitz3 wrote: »

I don't know what gave it away, but do I detect just a tad bit of OCD in that room or what? 😀

Tom

Pretty Much;

motorstereo · December 11

^^^^^^^^^WOW!! All those remotes just to control the record player? What an amazing machine!

billbillw · December 11

Tasuke wrote: »

treitz3 wrote: »

I don't know what gave it away, but do I detect just a tad bit of OCD in that room or what? 😀

Tom

Pretty Much;

Have you ever heard of Logitech Harmony remotes? 😂

Emlyn · December 11

Be wary of potential battery leakage inside the remotes after a few months. Really sucks when that happens.

msg · December 11

Emlyn wrote: »

Be wary of potential battery leakage inside the remotes after a few months. Really sucks when that happens.

You can't tell me I'm the only one here who removes, tests, cleans, Deoxits, and Deoxit Golds my remote batteries weekly.

VR3 · December 11

I personally do it every 4 days, amateur

billbillw · December 11

Y'all lame...I use eneloops. Never had one leak in 20 years.

I do rotate and charge on a semi-monthly basis, polish the tips with Semichrome, and then rinse with the now banned solvent trichloroethylene, and then dab with Deoixit.