Keep my 704C or What
Happy Friday,
Shortly after my upgrade to the LSiM-705 I picked up the 704C as the CSiA6 was in epic fail mode when matching with the 705's. I at first was not overly pleased with the 704. I looped hours of SACD and lots of movies. Still I found it lacking even after 100 hours on it.
When Adorama put the 706 at blow out prices I ordered it. I knew it would not fit my stand but at that cost I was going to build a stand for it. I received the 706, unboxed it tested it then put it back in the box. It's been there ever since.
Over Labor day I started the new stand. I then had my epic weird accident. I leaned some boards against the wall and then oops. One 5' X 2' piece of 18mm Baltic Birch blew over and the corner caught my leg tearing a foot long gash to my ankle.
I put the stand on hold. A few weeks later I was back at it, not working on my stand but fulfilling some orders for other people. Top it off my daughter had some stuff she needed, which also included a TV stand for her. When I was getting wood I also picked up 3 sheets of 3/4" A1 Birch for my new stand build.
I am now done with the orders and it's raining. I do all my cutting outside, darn it. SoCal might have good weather next weekend, but then it will be getting close to Christmas. I don't want to be in the middle of a project then have to stop for events.
Here my thing. During all this time we've been watching movies and using the HT a lot. I've noticed the 704 really open up a lot. When I first put it in I had to adjust it up 3db from where Audyssey set it. A few weeks ago I had to turn it down 3.5DB or it would be over powering. 250+ hours to open up and it sounds great.
Now I won't have time till after new year to build a new stand. With the 704 sounding the way it does do I really want to?
I'm now tossing around the thought of selling the 706. Is the 706 that much better that it would be worth keeping it and building a new stand?
Cheers
Loren
Shortly after my upgrade to the LSiM-705 I picked up the 704C as the CSiA6 was in epic fail mode when matching with the 705's. I at first was not overly pleased with the 704. I looped hours of SACD and lots of movies. Still I found it lacking even after 100 hours on it.
When Adorama put the 706 at blow out prices I ordered it. I knew it would not fit my stand but at that cost I was going to build a stand for it. I received the 706, unboxed it tested it then put it back in the box. It's been there ever since.
Over Labor day I started the new stand. I then had my epic weird accident. I leaned some boards against the wall and then oops. One 5' X 2' piece of 18mm Baltic Birch blew over and the corner caught my leg tearing a foot long gash to my ankle.
I put the stand on hold. A few weeks later I was back at it, not working on my stand but fulfilling some orders for other people. Top it off my daughter had some stuff she needed, which also included a TV stand for her. When I was getting wood I also picked up 3 sheets of 3/4" A1 Birch for my new stand build.
I am now done with the orders and it's raining. I do all my cutting outside, darn it. SoCal might have good weather next weekend, but then it will be getting close to Christmas. I don't want to be in the middle of a project then have to stop for events.
Here my thing. During all this time we've been watching movies and using the HT a lot. I've noticed the 704 really open up a lot. When I first put it in I had to adjust it up 3db from where Audyssey set it. A few weeks ago I had to turn it down 3.5DB or it would be over powering. 250+ hours to open up and it sounds great.
Now I won't have time till after new year to build a new stand. With the 704 sounding the way it does do I really want to?
I'm now tossing around the thought of selling the 706. Is the 706 that much better that it would be worth keeping it and building a new stand?
Cheers
Loren
When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
Family Room:LG QNED80 75", Onkyo RZ50 Emotiva XPA3 GEN3 Oppo BDP-93,Sony UBP-X800BM. Main: Polk LsiM 705Center: Polk LSiM 704CFront High/Rear High In-Ceiling Polk 80F/X RT Surrounds: Polk S15 Sub: HSU VTF3-MK5
Bed Room; Marantz SR5010, BDP-S270Main: Polk Signature S20Center: Polk Signature S35Rear: Polk R15 Sub: SVS SB2000
Working Warehouse; Yamaha A-S301, Sony DVP-NS3100ES for disc Plok TSX550T SVS PB2000 Mini tower PC with 400GB of music
Family Room:LG QNED80 75", Onkyo RZ50 Emotiva XPA3 GEN3 Oppo BDP-93,Sony UBP-X800BM. Main: Polk LsiM 705Center: Polk LSiM 704CFront High/Rear High In-Ceiling Polk 80F/X RT Surrounds: Polk S15 Sub: HSU VTF3-MK5
Bed Room; Marantz SR5010, BDP-S270Main: Polk Signature S20Center: Polk Signature S35Rear: Polk R15 Sub: SVS SB2000
Working Warehouse; Yamaha A-S301, Sony DVP-NS3100ES for disc Plok TSX550T SVS PB2000 Mini tower PC with 400GB of music
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I know someone who’d buy that 706 from ya lol"....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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When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
Family Room:LG QNED80 75", Onkyo RZ50 Emotiva XPA3 GEN3 Oppo BDP-93,Sony UBP-X800BM. Main: Polk LsiM 705Center: Polk LSiM 704CFront High/Rear High In-Ceiling Polk 80F/X RT Surrounds: Polk S15 Sub: HSU VTF3-MK5
Bed Room; Marantz SR5010, BDP-S270Main: Polk Signature S20Center: Polk Signature S35Rear: Polk R15 Sub: SVS SB2000
Working Warehouse; Yamaha A-S301, Sony DVP-NS3100ES for disc Plok TSX550T SVS PB2000 Mini tower PC with 400GB of music -
"....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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Subtle Dan.
I was wanting either a 704 or a 706. But I just missed out on the Adorama deals...but not before I got a pair of 705s."Some people find it easier to be conceited rather than correct."
"Unwad those panties and have a good time man. We're all here to help each other, no matter how it might appear." DSkip -
Subtle Dan.
I was wanting either a 704 or a 706. But I just missed out on the Adorama deals...but not before I got a pair of 705s.
New stand or not I will be selling one of the two.
I was just cleaning up the garage, looking at the awesome wood I got for the new stand, I might just start it.When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
Family Room:LG QNED80 75", Onkyo RZ50 Emotiva XPA3 GEN3 Oppo BDP-93,Sony UBP-X800BM. Main: Polk LsiM 705Center: Polk LSiM 704CFront High/Rear High In-Ceiling Polk 80F/X RT Surrounds: Polk S15 Sub: HSU VTF3-MK5
Bed Room; Marantz SR5010, BDP-S270Main: Polk Signature S20Center: Polk Signature S35Rear: Polk R15 Sub: SVS SB2000
Working Warehouse; Yamaha A-S301, Sony DVP-NS3100ES for disc Plok TSX550T SVS PB2000 Mini tower PC with 400GB of music -
I know I’ve said this before but having the 704 with 705s for a while now, I have no issue with it. Blends seamlessly with no eq at all only level matched and movies cross over at 60hz.Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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Loren, I'd say you're in a unique position at the moment to determine for yourself which suits best. Go for it. Can you find a way to set up the 706c in front of your system for the time being, and run it in for a while to see which you like best? I've always heard go big on center if you're big on theater, and have gone that route with my Polk centers with the CSi5 at first, and then 706c. I would think the 704 may struggle in larger spaces, but what I'm seeing here is that you guys are finding them to run nicely. If it were me, I'd always be wondering how the larger speaker sounded.
Do your cabinet builds feature an open back where the center channel speaker goes? I've got mine in a closed cabinet, and I think it gets a little boomy sometimes, even crossed at 75Hz. Maybe you could make your cabinet to have a removable back panel for the center's chamber.I disabled signatures. -
Yes Scott, I build stands to with open back where needed.
Here is the one I just completed for my daughter and her fiance
Nice opening for the CSiA6 and AVR
They got a bigger TV that didn't fit the old stand I made them
After I saw that it was like go to Home Depot or Lowe's and get a 1X10 to lay across
It takes over a week for me to build a stand. I need a day of good weather to do my cuts out back. Then it's all the finishing. I stain and poly the inside (blue tape over glue spots) then assemble. The outside is a few more days. I let glue dry overnight and the stain need 24 hours before poly coats go on.
I have this stack of A1 Birch calling me to do the build
When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
Family Room:LG QNED80 75", Onkyo RZ50 Emotiva XPA3 GEN3 Oppo BDP-93,Sony UBP-X800BM. Main: Polk LsiM 705Center: Polk LSiM 704CFront High/Rear High In-Ceiling Polk 80F/X RT Surrounds: Polk S15 Sub: HSU VTF3-MK5
Bed Room; Marantz SR5010, BDP-S270Main: Polk Signature S20Center: Polk Signature S35Rear: Polk R15 Sub: SVS SB2000
Working Warehouse; Yamaha A-S301, Sony DVP-NS3100ES for disc Plok TSX550T SVS PB2000 Mini tower PC with 400GB of music -
I mean the 706 just didn't fit my current stand
The 704 fits nice and has opened up
The back of my current stand is open for center AVR and amp. I have a good plan for the new stand that puts all electronics on the same open shelf.
Here is the one I was making over Labor day weekend.
I continued working on it after the accident. Way to much off center and just flat out bad. I cut it up and tossed in the dumpster at work.
When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
Family Room:LG QNED80 75", Onkyo RZ50 Emotiva XPA3 GEN3 Oppo BDP-93,Sony UBP-X800BM. Main: Polk LsiM 705Center: Polk LSiM 704CFront High/Rear High In-Ceiling Polk 80F/X RT Surrounds: Polk S15 Sub: HSU VTF3-MK5
Bed Room; Marantz SR5010, BDP-S270Main: Polk Signature S20Center: Polk Signature S35Rear: Polk R15 Sub: SVS SB2000
Working Warehouse; Yamaha A-S301, Sony DVP-NS3100ES for disc Plok TSX550T SVS PB2000 Mini tower PC with 400GB of music
