FAO Telboy & any other hi-fi-o'philliacs....
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FAO Telboy & any other hi-fi-o'philliacs....
Speakers ON speakers??!!!
ANY sort of shelf to separate them would be a step forward. Homebase have a 10% off everything sale tonight, seriously!!
seriousley though, seems to be an improvement, and as a bonus, the old bag next door has just informed me she can now disconnect the 12V car battery from her hearing aid
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btw - what exactly is the point of having two sets of speakers?
my reason is that the amp has outputs for two speakers, and I have 2 sets of speakers
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Originally Posted by mj
my reason is that the amp has outputs for two speakers, and I have 2 sets of speakers
imo you would be better off with just one set - which ever sound better. unless some of the drivers are blown, of course.
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you havent heard it, my ears tell me that big cheap bassey ****ters and cheapie mid range screamers sound better together than on their own.
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ah - you may be right.
you forgot to mention that you were aiming for the authentic "hifi" sound as achieved by those ancient rastas who decend once a year on notting hill, with their huge piles of styrofoam "speakers" piled into the back of equally ancient ford cargo lorries, thus making an authentic jah rasta mount zion abba shanti dub mobile.
still, it's hardly a proper way to conduct yourself, is it?
you forgot to mention that you were aiming for the authentic "hifi" sound as achieved by those ancient rastas who decend once a year on notting hill, with their huge piles of styrofoam "speakers" piled into the back of equally ancient ford cargo lorries, thus making an authentic jah rasta mount zion abba shanti dub mobile.
still, it's hardly a proper way to conduct yourself, is it?
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LOL, any better suggestions for 4 crappy speakers,1 boxy plasterboard room,15 year old source?
PC - closet phile? (audio BTW )
PC - closet phile? (audio BTW )
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ok audiophilliacs, still the best best sounding CD IMO:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...924808-9196430
£8 - mere pennies to someone with a 6K setup.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...924808-9196430
£8 - mere pennies to someone with a 6K setup.
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LOL mj
Goodness me - if i came home to find wood screws in the top of my speakers i think i'd have a cardiac arrest!!
Still, as long as *you're* happy, that's the main thing!!
Goodness me - if i came home to find wood screws in the top of my speakers i think i'd have a cardiac arrest!!
Still, as long as *you're* happy, that's the main thing!!
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btw - what exactly is the point of having two sets of speakers?
2 sets?? small time I have a grand total of 11 speakers in my lounge and the missus hates them all, "they take up too much room"
2 set of missions on the Hi-Fi at the back end of the lounge, a pair Freedoms from the 80's, not to heavy on the sound very crisp, and a pair of M74's nice and meaty loads of bass, I find that these speakers compliment each other superbly and give a much better overal sound. The Freedoms nearly ended up in the loft I had to argue for a good 2 hours as to why they should stay!!, "we need the space" for what? a plant?, no chance .
The other 7 are hooked up to the Avi set up at the front of the longe
Then there was the day I plonked the Paradigm Centre speaker (its a bit of a big bugger) on top of the telly, she didn't notice it for a good 3 hours, we had friends round, all of a sudden we're in mid conversation and out of nowhere comes "What the F*ck is that!!" LOL
2 more sets in the loft, maybe I should introduce another set of front speakers to the Avi for the crack
btw - what exactly is the point of having two sets of speakers?
2 sets?? small time I have a grand total of 11 speakers in my lounge and the missus hates them all, "they take up too much room"
2 set of missions on the Hi-Fi at the back end of the lounge, a pair Freedoms from the 80's, not to heavy on the sound very crisp, and a pair of M74's nice and meaty loads of bass, I find that these speakers compliment each other superbly and give a much better overal sound. The Freedoms nearly ended up in the loft I had to argue for a good 2 hours as to why they should stay!!, "we need the space" for what? a plant?, no chance .
The other 7 are hooked up to the Avi set up at the front of the longe
Then there was the day I plonked the Paradigm Centre speaker (its a bit of a big bugger) on top of the telly, she didn't notice it for a good 3 hours, we had friends round, all of a sudden we're in mid conversation and out of nowhere comes "What the F*ck is that!!" LOL
2 more sets in the loft, maybe I should introduce another set of front speakers to the Avi for the crack
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I don't understand what advantage you are gaining by having 2 sets of HIFI speakers? If its because one set goes lower,they will crossover at some point and the bass will be messy at best? Or am I missing something? Why not do a test and get rid of one set,and hook up the sub to the low level pre-outs on your amp (so the sub will work with the amps volume control),turn the gain right down and see what happens.......................it should sound a lot better than 2 sets of speakers
edit-if you haven't got phono plugs on the sub you might be able to use the speaker terminals on the sub
edit-if you haven't got phono plugs on the sub you might be able to use the speaker terminals on the sub
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ah - you may be right.
thus making an authentic jah rasta mount zion abba shanti dub mobile.
thus making an authentic jah rasta mount zion abba shanti dub mobile.
It was truly ****, though it apparently got worse later when there was an MC contest .....
This misguided festival, which is a truly bizarre mixture of a funfair, some terrible reggae, a dance tent (even worse than the reggae), and some public information caravans (typical example: some poor sod from the Fire Service trying to tell us to fit smoke detectors), has only one saving grace - Desmond Dekker played there a couple of years back and was completely excellent, though he looked a bit embarrassed to be playing to 200 people on a sports field.
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Originally Posted by Funkii Munkii
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btw - what exactly is the point of having two sets of speakers?
2 sets?? small time I have a grand total of 11 speakers in my lounge
btw - what exactly is the point of having two sets of speakers?
2 sets?? small time I have a grand total of 11 speakers in my lounge
I have...
Front left and right floorstanders, front centre, sub, rear surrond pair A (BiPoles) on side wall for AVi, rear surround pair B on back wall for mutlichannel sound and surround back pair suspended from the rear window.
For straight Stereo though nothing sounds better than a direct signal amplified to a decent pair of speakers.
Also have one bedroom converted into a hifi only room with a single reclining chair.
Cheers
Lee
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Also have one bedroom converted into a hifi only room with a single reclining chair.
Sweet
I'd love to have a bigger house with a dedicated sound and vision room, sound proofed, room for some more speakers then
One Day
Sweet
I'd love to have a bigger house with a dedicated sound and vision room, sound proofed, room for some more speakers then
One Day