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      Well, that's OK in theory, but a bit overpriced in practice......

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      HT SYSTEM-
      Sony 850c 4k
      Pioneer elite vhx 21
      Sony 4k BRP
      SVS SB-2000
      Polk Sig. 20's
      Polk FX500 surrounds

      Cables-
      Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
      Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
      Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
      Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

      Kitchen

      Sonos zp90
      Grant Fidelity tube dac
      B&k 1420
      lsi 9's
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      edited March 20
      Little road trip this morning. ;)B)

      Pioneer SC75 receiver and these HEAVY as lead gems. B&W CM10's.

      They're 9.5.

      I'm too %$#@* old to be lifting 73 lb. speakers now. Especially since I lost 25lb a year ago due to COVID-19 (?) they said. I was huffing and puffing and praying I didn't throw my back out or rip some hernia repairs from years ago loading them and then unloading them. It was my maximum dead-lifting weight now. Then I had to walk with them 30 ft. 73lbsx4x30 ft. is rough now. :# Steps to step up or down too. Just 2 each way.

      I hooked them up and yeah, the reviews about these are true. The sound is SPACIOUS and awesome.

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      Post edited by Tony M on
      Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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      edited March 20
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      Post edited by Tony M on
      Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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      Enjoy those Bennic caps...lol
      Political Correctness'.........defined

      "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

      President of Club Polk

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      Tony M wrote: »
      Little road trip this morning. ;)B)
      Pioneer SC75 receiver and these HEAVY as lead gems. B&O CM10's.
      Assuming you meant B&W . . .
      The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.—Martin Luther King Jr.
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      I've worked hard lately! My brain needs rest along with my body too.

      This cheap Keypad is also a constant f-u. Some letters don't type out and sometimes the letters repeat.
      Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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      edited March 20
      F1nut wrote: »
      Enjoy those Bennic caps...lol

      I will...LOL. B)

      With my old ears, the speakers sounded awesome.
      Post edited by Tony M on
      Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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      edited March 20
      Tony, all these years of hoarding....accumulating stuff, you haven't gotten hold of a simple 2-wheel hand truck (aka dolly) to roll speakers in and out of the shed? Shoot, that's one thing I will never lend out for fear of not getting it back.
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      Are those rubber surrounds on the B&W’s?
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      edited March 20
      I have had a dolly for 35 years. I got a second one from a co-worker 20 years ago. I still have them both.
      I was concerned either of my 2 dollies would scratch the finish in some weird way ( no matter how I wrapped them, so I thought, I carried 80 lb Triton Ones with good control in 2015, so why not try these? I've been working hard and building my strength back for a year now.

      I knew these speakers were piano-finish and they had a huge base plate attached at the sellers' house. My wife pushed me to take her rolling cart with an upright handle with me this morning.

      There was one step that was short but the second was high. I thought "no" on the cart because of the second step. I just carried them out, put them on the ground, and then laid them over on thick knee pads to take the bases off.

      I had fairly good rest breaks between carrying each speaker and the receiver. ;)

      I now know in the future, I will not repeat what I did today. My legs are 1/2 what they were a year ago. I feel my back will probably fail if stressed hard in the future after today's test.
      Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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      skipshot12 wrote: »
      Are those rubber surrounds on the B&W’s?

      yes. Rubber.

      This is v2 but still...
      https://youtu.be/rYZ_84naayg
      Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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      Tony, put those water pipe insulation tubes on the dolly with zip ties. Make sure the locking part is in back and you're good to go. If you're worried about the foot scratching the bottom of something break down a cardboard box slide it over the foot and tape it on.

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      @Tony M enjoy your new speakers. Jesse sleeps in a coffin you in a bed. To each their own. As long as you enjoy them
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      edited March 20
      Tony M wrote: »
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      yes. Rubber.

      This is v2 but still...
      https://youtu.be/rYZ_84naayg

      They sound wonderful, the detail is top notch.

      I got a great surprise yesterday regarding my Infinity Prelude MTS speakers.
      I may have found a person that can repair the 850w B.A.S.H. Amps in the MTS’s subwoofers.

      Those B&W’s sound like they have the detail of the Prelude MTS. I do miss that type of brighter sound/detail, especially in the better recordings and higher-rez formats.
      It’s the reason I removed the poly switches, in my SDA SRS’, and just used a jumper.
      Tried different resistor values but preferred the sound with a jumper.

      Well, it won’t hurt a green damnit trying as they’re not able to be used the way they are.
      I’m sure glad I didn’t throw them out like I was tempted to do, I just couldn’t bare to make that commitment.
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      Does placing a receiver on its side improve the sound?
      The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

      “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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      nooshinjohn wrote: »
      Does placing a receiver on its side improve the sound?

      No, it shifts the sound to the right side.
      Political Correctness'.........defined

      "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

      President of Club Polk

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      Tony, as far as scratching the speakers when moving, I can relate.

      I ended up borrowing a dolly from a friend.
      I put the grills on my larger speakers then wrapped them with moving blankets. The blankets were held in place with electrical tape.
      To fully wrap them, including the bottoms, I first laid the blankets on the ground then laid the speakers down on their backs on top the blanket. Wrapped & taped then stood them back up and onto the dolly. Worked great.


      Now piano black…… I’d be very cautious with those rough moving blankets. Maybe a Saran Wrap type of layer first may do the trick before wrapping with blankets?
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      edited March 20
      I dropped my vehicle off for PPF and front window tint today and got to see this machine that they just completed PPF, tint and ceramic coating on. Ferrari 812 GTS. Could’ve spent the rest of the day looking at it. Amazing!

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      Brian

      One-owner Polk Audio RTA 15TL speakers refreshed w/ Sonicap, Vishay/Mills and Cardas components by "pitdogg2," "xschop" billet tweeter plates and BH5 | Stereo REL Acoustics T/5x subwoofers w/ Bassline Blue cables | Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III integrated tube amp | Technics SL-1210G turntable w/ Ortofon 2M Black LVB 250 MM cart | Sony CDP-508ESD CD player (as a transport) | LampizatOr Baltic 4 tube DAC | Nordost & DH Labs cables/interconnects | APC H15 Power Conditioner | GIK Acoustics room treatments | Degritter RCM
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      What’s “PPF”?
      “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
      ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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      Paint Protection Film.

      Brian

      One-owner Polk Audio RTA 15TL speakers refreshed w/ Sonicap, Vishay/Mills and Cardas components by "pitdogg2," "xschop" billet tweeter plates and BH5 | Stereo REL Acoustics T/5x subwoofers w/ Bassline Blue cables | Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III integrated tube amp | Technics SL-1210G turntable w/ Ortofon 2M Black LVB 250 MM cart | Sony CDP-508ESD CD player (as a transport) | LampizatOr Baltic 4 tube DAC | Nordost & DH Labs cables/interconnects | APC H15 Power Conditioner | GIK Acoustics room treatments | Degritter RCM
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      Or, in the words of @agingboomer, do your own research. 😂

      Brian

      One-owner Polk Audio RTA 15TL speakers refreshed w/ Sonicap, Vishay/Mills and Cardas components by "pitdogg2," "xschop" billet tweeter plates and BH5 | Stereo REL Acoustics T/5x subwoofers w/ Bassline Blue cables | Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III integrated tube amp | Technics SL-1210G turntable w/ Ortofon 2M Black LVB 250 MM cart | Sony CDP-508ESD CD player (as a transport) | LampizatOr Baltic 4 tube DAC | Nordost & DH Labs cables/interconnects | APC H15 Power Conditioner | GIK Acoustics room treatments | Degritter RCM
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      edited March 20
      What a lot of the more expensive vehicle folks do is PPF the whole car.
      That’s the film they put on the front end of the car to protect from bugs, rocks and the other things that f-up your paint, it’s that clear stuff they used to call a clear bra.
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      I wonder if the ceramic coating is needed if the whole car has the PPF.
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      I can say without a doubt yes.

      The ceramic coating doesn’t prevent rock chips.
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      edited March 20
      This particular place puts ceramic coating over the PPF. I’ve been using a retail (Adam’s) ceramic coating for the past several years. It does make the washing and overall maintenance process easier. PPF keeps the random rock chips at bay, though.

      Brian

      One-owner Polk Audio RTA 15TL speakers refreshed w/ Sonicap, Vishay/Mills and Cardas components by "pitdogg2," "xschop" billet tweeter plates and BH5 | Stereo REL Acoustics T/5x subwoofers w/ Bassline Blue cables | Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III integrated tube amp | Technics SL-1210G turntable w/ Ortofon 2M Black LVB 250 MM cart | Sony CDP-508ESD CD player (as a transport) | LampizatOr Baltic 4 tube DAC | Nordost & DH Labs cables/interconnects | APC H15 Power Conditioner | GIK Acoustics room treatments | Degritter RCM
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      ^ 100% agreement.

      Adam’s is the ****. 3 of our cars done with Adam’s ceramic coating.
      The 89 soup has ceramic coating over the clear bra up front.
      Awesome stuff.
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