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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 20,359
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    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
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 8,248
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    ZLTFUL wrote: »
    Getting a divorce most likely sooner rather than later.

    Sorry to hear that man. I went through the same at the end of 2021. I was lucky to keep my 2-ch system, but really, much of it has been replaced since then. I can only pray for you that it is not heavily contested. You'll just be feeding the lawyers if it is.
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  • treitz3
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    Sorry to hear about this, Ryan. Divorces are usually system killers. If there is a silver lining though, no more WAF needed moving forward. You do what you want!

    Still bites though that you have to go through this. Maybe the folks here can collectively cobble you a system together after you get your own place.

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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    SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
    For the dedicated 2 channel enthusiast:

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    That pillow needs to go. Also, just one set of spikes? Where are the other three? Fetch me more servants! And quiet this one, his moaning is hosing the noise floor.
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  • Geoff4rfc
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    ZLTFUL wrote: »
    Getting a divorce most likely sooner rather than later.

    Sorry indeed. It's coming up on 6 years since mine, hard to believe. Without knowing your circumstances, I can tell you this, the phrase "time heals all things" is a crappy saying and I hate it. Has this been said to you? Time is irrelevant to each individual. For all the "helpful" people that told me, "it takes a year before you can get over it" can shove it right up the 'ol tail pipe. Now, that being said, Tom is absolutely correct, not a single oz of WAF in my place, I can crap right on my living room floor and no one says $hit. My gear, my seats and the shirt on my back was what I got out of the D. It was my faith that brought me through it. Now you are at the center of my prayers.
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  • treitz3
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    @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
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    https://youtu.be/VoLRU5SPcJQ
    Family Room HT 7.2/i]:Vizio Oled55h1 Pioneer Elite SC-LX502 Pioneer Elite BDP 85FD Eversolo DMP A6 Panamax M5300-EXSpeakers Fronts Fluance XF8L Center Polk Audio S35 Side Surrounds Fluance bipolar Rear Surrounds FluanceXF8 Bookshelf Subs SVS PB4000 x2 Living room 2ch: Crown Xli 1500 amp x2, Teac EQ MKII FX Audio X6 Mk II DAC Squeezebox Touch Polk Audio R700 Speakers Panamax M5100-EXOffice media room:Vizio M50Q6 50" Pioneer Elite VSX LX301 Eversolo DMP-A6 Polkaudio R600 Towers Polkaudio Center R350 Panamax M4300 Monoprice 12" subMaster bedroom:Vizio M55Q7 Pioneer Elite VSX LX302 Pioneer Elite BDP 85FD Squeezebox Touch Fluance Signature Bookshelf fronts, Rears Fluance Signature Bipolar Polk Audio CS10 center Monoprice 12" sub Panamax M5300-EX
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    Audiomirror Reflection in the house. Now to determine which system these will work best in.

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  • treitz3
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    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
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • billbillw
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    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... :D
    Heck, we all probably do, otherwise, why wouldn't we just listen to the soundbar, or ear buds?
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  • Tasuke
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    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;


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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,427
    edited December 2024
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    ^^^^^^^^^WOW!! All those remotes just to control the record player? What an amazing machine!
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  • billbillw
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    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;


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    Have you ever heard of Logitech Harmony remotes? 😂

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    Be wary of potential battery leakage inside the remotes after a few months. Really sucks when that happens.
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    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.
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  • VR3
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    I personally do it every 4 days, amateur
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 8,248
    edited December 2024
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    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.
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  • recoveryone
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    Added new R600's with some R900's after retiring the R50's
    https://youtu.be/AQbvUVhAW6M
    Family Room HT 7.2/i]:Vizio Oled55h1 Pioneer Elite SC-LX502 Pioneer Elite BDP 85FD Eversolo DMP A6 Panamax M5300-EXSpeakers Fronts Fluance XF8L Center Polk Audio S35 Side Surrounds Fluance bipolar Rear Surrounds FluanceXF8 Bookshelf Subs SVS PB4000 x2 Living room 2ch: Crown Xli 1500 amp x2, Teac EQ MKII FX Audio X6 Mk II DAC Squeezebox Touch Polk Audio R700 Speakers Panamax M5100-EXOffice media room:Vizio M50Q6 50" Pioneer Elite VSX LX301 Eversolo DMP-A6 Polkaudio R600 Towers Polkaudio Center R350 Panamax M4300 Monoprice 12" subMaster bedroom:Vizio M55Q7 Pioneer Elite VSX LX302 Pioneer Elite BDP 85FD Squeezebox Touch Fluance Signature Bookshelf fronts, Rears Fluance Signature Bipolar Polk Audio CS10 center Monoprice 12" sub Panamax M5300-EX
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  • Geoff4rfc
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    treitz3 wrote: »

    excited certain frequencies within the lower regions more than expected



    Tom

    I apologize in advance for the visual but, my girlfriend does this very thing to me
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  • recoveryone
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    Added the second Crown Xli 1500 amp to the living room rig
    https://youtu.be/ar-LDkELnXQ
    Family Room HT 7.2/i]:Vizio Oled55h1 Pioneer Elite SC-LX502 Pioneer Elite BDP 85FD Eversolo DMP A6 Panamax M5300-EXSpeakers Fronts Fluance XF8L Center Polk Audio S35 Side Surrounds Fluance bipolar Rear Surrounds FluanceXF8 Bookshelf Subs SVS PB4000 x2 Living room 2ch: Crown Xli 1500 amp x2, Teac EQ MKII FX Audio X6 Mk II DAC Squeezebox Touch Polk Audio R700 Speakers Panamax M5100-EXOffice media room:Vizio M50Q6 50" Pioneer Elite VSX LX301 Eversolo DMP-A6 Polkaudio R600 Towers Polkaudio Center R350 Panamax M4300 Monoprice 12" subMaster bedroom:Vizio M55Q7 Pioneer Elite VSX LX302 Pioneer Elite BDP 85FD Squeezebox Touch Fluance Signature Bookshelf fronts, Rears Fluance Signature Bipolar Polk Audio CS10 center Monoprice 12" sub Panamax M5300-EX
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  • Tasuke
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    edited December 2024
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    billbillw wrote: »
    Have you ever heard of Logitech Harmony remotes? 😂

    Yep; I Have Indeed... And I Don't Want 'Em.

    I So Happen to Be one of those Martians that actually LIKE those clumsy old-fashioned Billion-Button Bubble-Economy-Age Japanese Super-System-Remotes...
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