I ordered Polk L200!!! Will replace my old Klipsch!!

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  • mikejedi0619
    mikejedi0619 Posts: 108
    Went ahead and got the 3M clear rubber feet. And got extra for 8.00

    Anyways I put them on. They are now more decoupled more from the shelving. It is a WAF so I gotta keep the shelving .. lol. For now. Seems to have improved the sound too !

    These speakers are impressing me even though they are nowhere near being broken in yet
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,901
    Give these a look, you can try them and return them if you don't like them.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,933
    edited February 2023
    I am surprised your L200 didn't come with pre-applied rubber feet or included in the box somewhere. (In the bag with the manual maybe)
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  • mikejedi0619
    mikejedi0619 Posts: 108
    edited February 2023
    Clipdat wrote: »
    I am surprised your L200 didn't come with pre-applied rubber feet or included in the box somewhere. (In the bag with the manual maybe)

    They did pre applied .. very flat shallow tiny ones. Left them on because I think they were put in at the factory.
    Put the new ones on in slightly different placement no issues
    , much much better isolation
    !!
    :)

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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,477
    mikejedi0619 wrote: »
    Anyways I put them on. They are now more decoupled more from the shelving. It is a WAF so I gotta keep the shelving .. lol. For now. Seems to have improved the sound too!

    I have the same shelving for LP storage. It's perfect for that and can hold a lot.

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  • msg
    msg Posts: 9,994
    Clipdat wrote: »
    @msg Would these help in this situation? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078PQ7TLD/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B078PQ7TLD
    I use these under all bookshelf speakers not stand mounted, and have even tried them on stand mounted speakers.

    In this case, I think the more important adjustment would be to move the speakers so that they're bearing on the mid-divider vertical of the cabinet for the greatest support.

    The acoustic foam pads are more for reducing speaker cabinet vibration to the mounting surface, but secondarily, and sometimes equally as important, angling the speaker. This is more for studio or desktop systems, though not exclusively. I have them under some Wharfedale EVO4. 2 in a secondary system, which are sitting atop some Monitor 10s.

    If the height is right, I'd say one could go with acoustic foam pads or the Sorbothane hemispheres @Emlyn linked. Either should completely isolate the speaker from the cabinet they're sitting on.

    Rubber bumpons will not isolate. They're too hard, and their performance will likely fall somewhere between, overall transferring speaker cabinet vibration and/or micro-movement to the mounting cabinet surface. Wouldn't be surprised if when really rocking, the cabinet gets some wiggle. Getting carpet spikes attached to those cabinets would help that, or some other kind of hard, small surface area isolator. Ball bearing cups or something?

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  • mikejedi0619
    mikejedi0619 Posts: 108
    Thanks for the suggestions !! I got some thinking to do .. I will say this is a very neutral speaker ! Which is good thing !! Too many out there seem to emphasize one thing or another .. but so far these are darn neutral ! Impressive ! I just don’t hear any one thing emphasized.. the Yamaha is shining thru .. I’m sure there is way more break in to go though !!!
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 9,994
    @xschop - weren't you experimenting with some bearing and cup speaker spike alternatives?
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,000
    edited February 2023
    Love 'em...

    https://youtube.com/shorts/TE95bIe7Rrg?feature=share

    Best thread I've seen all year right here. Dump the Klipsch for some Legends.
    I haven't heard the Legend 200s, but have heard the R200's and wouldn't trade my modded 5B's for them.
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  • mikejedi0619
    mikejedi0619 Posts: 108
    I don’t need a sub from what I am hearing. Man these things pound Clean Clean bass with punch. I’m sure as I break them in more , it will change as well , as I play more stuff. Also those pads really helped big time. I can hear it. ! The bass almost sounds like I have a sub in the room perfectly integrated if that makes sense. These things are amazing. I had no idea what I was missing when I had the Klipsch. It’s not just another league it’s another universe lol

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  • msg
    msg Posts: 9,994
    For fun, you might try pulling them waaay out from your wall into the room, and situate yourself into about a 6ft triangle. Get at least 6ft behind the speakers and to the sides, angle the speakers with zero to maybe 15 degrees of toe, like they'd cross way behind your head.

    Listen like that for a while and see what you think.

    I discovered this accidentally several weeks ago while testing some gear. It was only supposed to be a temporary set up, but was such an unexpectedly transformative experience that it stuck like that for about a month.

    I got imaging like I've never experienced in my life. Fade-in of a passage in a familiar track came up the middle of the stage like it was approaching me slowly from far in the distance. Never experienced a stereo depth effect like that before.

    Everything sounded very clean, articulate, and nuanced. I hated the R200s before that. I thought they were too fat and muddy, with edge up top. That experience reversed my impression.

    A sub will fill the lows that will likely diminish a good bit set up in this manner, but what you gain...

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  • mikejedi0619
    mikejedi0619 Posts: 108
    So today I noticed not quite as great as the other day but I know it’s part of the break in process. ! I wonder why it does that ? The suspension getting worked out in the woofers maybe ? Then I turned it on just now and it sounds different in a good way with some Coleman Hawkins I can hear things I couldn’t hear before. Interesting !
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,394
    100 more hours to go…
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,578
    edited February 2023
    The electrons haven't all aligned yet. Try playing some polka music for a couple of hours. Sometimes that works.
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  • mikejedi0619
    mikejedi0619 Posts: 108
    What’s really interesting the volume knob except for maybe a little bit I don’t have to turn it up that much more than the Klipsch even though it is way less sensitive and lower ohms !!! Yamaha kick **** amp at work. I bet I could run a Maggie set out of this amp someday :)

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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,182
    mikejedi0619 wrote: »
    So today I noticed not quite as great as the other day but I know it’s part of the break in process. ! I wonder why it does that ?

    Are you listening to the same song, at the same volume, sitting in the exact same place and it doesn't sound as good as it did on a different day?

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  • mikejedi0619
    mikejedi0619 Posts: 108
    michaeljhsda2 wrote: »
    mikejedi0619 wrote: »
    So today I noticed not quite as great as the other day but I know it’s part of the break in process. ! I wonder why it does that ?

    Are you listening to the same song, at the same volume, sitting in the exact same place and it doesn't sound as good as it did on a different day?
    Probably not exact .. could be in my head. Who knows. I am pretty sure I have got more breaking in to do. Didn’t get a chance to even listen yesterday … so haven’t been every single day :) but I am sure I will get there :)
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,933
    Let an internet radio station/FM tuner play at super quiet volumes 24/7. It'll break in the crossovers even when you aren't actively sitting there listening.
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,007
    The above has been mentioned several times previously. If you cannot do that then certainly you have a good deal of break-in time remaining. Patience is a virtue.
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  • mikejedi0619
    mikejedi0619 Posts: 108
    edited February 2023
    If I can get my dads old Yamaha Tuner out I can do that. The search begins ! Lol .. I’m sure I will find it. If not .. patience will pay me dividends I agree :) thanks peeps. Just posting my thoughts. As it stands now it’s already a massive upgrade from the Klipsch ! When it does finally break in I get a nice big bonus !!!!! 🔥🥳
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  • mikejedi0619
    mikejedi0619 Posts: 108
    Madonna : Immaculate Collection CD , I played it , I think the 2nd day I had the speakers, and thought it sounded decent.

    But tonight .. wow I can hear the strings of the guitar on certain tracks more clearly and I know the imaging is good on this disc but now it just images like a mf !!. Like I can figure out where stuff is coming from better and hear more into the recording if that makes sense. Even more detailed bass. ! This has always been one of my reference discs. The Klipsch was loud but simply couldn’t do what these do at all!


    Having a blast breaking these in .. it’s a
    process that’s for sure …

    :)
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    My rig always sounds better at night :D

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  • mikejedi0619
    mikejedi0619 Posts: 108
    I listened to my “Soul Station” XRCD24 and “Tom Cat” XRCD24 thru the Rotel CD11 Tribute. Wow. This is the first time I felt like the Polks sort of disappeared and I could “see” the instrumentation. Spectacular ! These L200s are something special … I’m hearing something different with them every time I listen.. I am sure there is more break in to go .. very interesting !!
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,394
    Soul Station…. Isn’t that Paul Stanley’s group outside of Kiss?
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  • mikejedi0619
    mikejedi0619 Posts: 108
    “Soul Station” by Hank Mobley and friends 1960s Blue Note Records - Audio Wave XRCD24 series

    “Tom Cat” by Lee Morgan and friends
    Same as above

    😀
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,394
    Thanks for that… I was thinking if this.

    https://www.paulstanley.com/soulstation/
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Soul Station…. Isn’t that Paul Stanley’s group outside of Kiss?
    mikejedi0619 wrote: »
    “Soul Station” by Hank Mobley and friends 1960s Blue Note Records ...

    😀

    I get them two cats mixed up all the time! Must be the Kabuki makeup...

    ;)
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  • mikejedi0619
    mikejedi0619 Posts: 108
    I must be at the point today that everything sounds not that great , because literally everything I have listened to today hasn’t sounded good. ! ! Well more break in to go lol
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  • mikejedi0619
    mikejedi0619 Posts: 108
    edited February 2023
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    @mikejedi0619

    You need more rekkids.
    B)






    Is this good ? :)






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  • mikejedi0619
    mikejedi0619 Posts: 108
    edited February 2023
    Wow 🤩 .. “Life in the Tropics” The Rippingtons (my favorite jazz fusion group, definitely not traditional jazz but their stuff has always been enjoyable since I started getting into jazz as a teen ) .. holy crap I think I may have knocked my mother in law from her recliner downstairs ! Lol j/k. She said it was loud. No it’s clean but sweet and it comes together so nice .. and the —>> imaging WOW wow I’ve never heard it like this. !! Breaking in speakers have never been this fun lol.

    On the Rotel CD11 Tribute Ken Ishiwata tuned piece :)

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    :)
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