Woohoo!!!

VR3

Eh, I have total of - count em, 5 speakers that are unshielded. 3 of which are completely beside my TV and are unshielded. Not to mention, there are 9 drivers around my TV that are not shielded. Dosnt make a bit of difference.

Unless he is going to put them like right beside it he should be ok. About 1-2 feet is more than enough. If he has problems, he can always install bucking magnets.

And for your information, the Adcom GFA-535 puts out 100 watts into 4 ohms... not 80...



Unshielded! The sub is unshielded, the speakers have front and rear drivers, all of which are unshielded. The center is shielded of course. All drivers start out unshielded...

MacLeod

Cool. Thanks bro. I didnt know that. I thought that big **** magnet on the back of the Momo would screw up my pic.

Speaking of which, at first glance of your tv that looks like a reflection. I first thought "WOW! Sid's got a pretty hot chick hanging out in his room!"

VR3

hehe, nah - even if she was in my room, shes old enough to be my Mom...wah??

But yeah, bucking magnets are cheap (like less than a dollar)

MacLeod

It wouldnt be a problem. My speakers go on the top shelves of an entertainment center so theyre a good 18"+ away from the tv.

And remember, age discrimination is illegal!

exalted512

MacLeod wrote:

Speaking of which, at first glance of your tv that looks like a reflection. I first thought "WOW! Sid's got a pretty hot chick hanging out in his room!"

i was thinking the same damn thing until i saw the abc family at the bottom. this is just another example of Sid's lack of ability to take pictures
-Cody

dorokusai

Mac - Those look great!

MacLeod

Man, I just gotta talk about how good these speakers are. They are breaking in quite nicely and sound better everyday.

The tweeters are simply flawless. I mean my Ram has about 20 ft^2 of windshield and my tweeters are firing right into it and there is very VERY little harshness from it. I have my treble turned down -2 centered on 17.5 KHz but still I betcha any other tweeter would be awfully hard to listen to especially heavy metal, yet these things just shine.

The thing that has suprised me most is these things are, dare I say it, more detailed than the Mighty MM6!

The midbass isnt as hard hitting as the MM6 but since it sounds so much better and smoother it blends in much better with my sub and the bass is more upfront now than ever before.

While my imaging isnt perfect due to placement it isnt that bad either. The height is just below eye level and the left/center/right are well defined just located wrong.

These are my final settings:

Mid gain - 10:00
Tweeter gain -9:00
Treble - -2 centered at 17.5 KHz
Tweeter in phase and mid crossed over.

Man these things are awesome!

neomagus00

quit it, my to-buy list is long enough already, i don't wanna go adding the SRs to it!

that's awesome that they're working out for ya, though

MacLeod

Then you definitely dont want to run down to Tweeter and listen to them.

Weird thing is they have em installed on their soundboard as coaxials. Looks kinda out of place next to those Boston and Focal components, that is till you fire em up!!

exalted512

i love mine. hopefully next week ill be able to tune them finally...i cant wait, they already sound bad ****, i have no clue how much better theyll get once theyre all dialed in
-Cody

MacLeod

Theyll need some break in time too.

Mine have had 2 weeks and sound much better than they did at first. The midrange is fattening up quite nicely.

PolkThug

Whatever, the SR's sound awful. I guess if you think the sound of balling up aluminum foil is what a cymbal is supposed sound like, more power to ya. And as Clara Peller said from the grave, "Where's the bass?"

I WILL NOT get the upgrade bug, no, no, no, they suck, they're horrible, just awfull.... no....

neomagus00

haha... it won't work, you know, don't even bother... all you can do is resist for as long as possible...

denim

if I come down to Nashville, I would love to hear those things

1996blackmax

neomagus00 wrote:

haha... it won't work, you know, don't even bother... all you can do is resist for as long as possible...

I thought PolkThug was serioius at first . Then I was saying wait ................. oh .

1996blackmax

I may upgrade a little later. I am a few generations of components behind most of you guys. The thing is that those old DB's still sound very nice to me.

neomagus00

hey, if they sound good, rejoice in your good audio and in the money that you have and we don't

1996blackmax

Well I think I have good audio, but I am in the same boat as you guys with the money thing .

MacLeod

neomagus00 wrote:

hey, if they sound good, rejoice in your good audio and in the money that you have and we don't

Dont ya mean the money I HAD. Notice the passed tense, as in its gone. Now Im broke. But ya gotta have youre priorities!

PoweredByDodge

i still feel the old DB 6.5" components were the finest pieces of audio ever built for the car by polk.

my respect for old DB stuff is limitless.

... altho i have not heard the new ones yet - if they are as good as they look in pictures, i am sure they will leave me drooling and shaking and begging for money to buy them.

MacLeod

I believe the new Signature Reference to be one of the best speakers on the market, and its my personal favorite. I never heard the old DB components but if I were a betting man Id bet heavily on the sweet SR's.

audiobliss

Man, I dunno how I missed this thread. Congrats, Mac! Sounds like they're reall working out nicely for ya. I,too, was gonna ask what your plans for your MM6s are, but alas, you're keeping them.

What are you doing about having Sid make you some cabinets? Snag that Adcom for around $100, and you'll be singing. I think that's a great idea. I wanna see you do it! Come on! Go for it!!

audiobliss

Oh, and did I gather that Cody also bought a pair of the SR6500s? Why'd you do that? Where're they going? Are you keeping your old truck? I'm confused....

PoweredByDodge

Coming soon - pictures of the 318 cop motor - sans oil pressure - to make you all drool over.

MacLeod

Cody is p-whipped so he got them for his girlfriends car!

Im thinking about mounting the tweeters in the A-pillars. In fact Im sitting here debating if I should just go and do it right now. Ive already got the wire ran up thru the dash to where theyre mounted now so it would be a hard job. Im just scared half to death of cutting a whole in my A's.

I thought tho, I could keep the piece I cut out and if I ever needed to move the tweets I could super glue them back in. You would still be able to see the ring but at least there wouldnt be a great big freaking hole in it.

I also need to go track down a couple vibrating panels Ive got that are irritating me. Im going to be competing in a SQ comp (assuming he can get enough competitors) Sept 10 so I need to get this stuff sqaured away finally.

However, as I sit here typing this I hear some Gawddamned thunder in the background!! This has absolutely been the worst summer EVER!! Every single freaking day its eiterh 150 degrees or its a constant downpour all day long! I havent ridden my mountain bike in over a month and I cant get any work done on my system!!!

THIS IS PISSING ME OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

exalted512

mac, if you can get your a-pillars to look like this:
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/3/web/531000-531999/531337_224_full.jpg
ill glass them for you for cost of materials. theyll be all sanded and smooth and all youll have to do is get them painted
-Cody

MacLeod

The Polk angle mounting cup will work pretty well. My A's are angled toward the dash so using the angle cup it will have them firing straight across at each other which is where I would want them anyway. Id just have to cut that hole cause they just couldnt supply a surface mounting cup. Nooooo. That would have been way too easy!

audiobliss

REPEAT: All my above questions about making home speakers from MM6.

MacLeod

Maybe one day. Dont know.

Gonna get a set of RTi4's first, then a CSi3 and a pair or R15's and see how they go first. Once I get a house a seperate amp will be more practical and then I may put those MM6's to good use.

PoweredByDodge

if you screw up - buy new a pillars... they're only 50 each in a boneyard dude. christ they're plastic not gold. i've thrown out more body panels than i can remember. why? because i'm a **** installer.