I was honestly afraid to click on this thread. I thought this might have been about something else.
Too big?
- Thread starter GTO
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If you have the space there is nothing like Dolby Atmos home theater with a couple of quality subs, truthfully it's better than going to the theater to watch a movie or a ball game during the weekend.
We have both, a quality Klipsch soundbar and one of their smaller subs in the living room, it's no comparison between it and going down stairs and listening to the 7-2 system. You not only watch the movie, you can feel it.
.Pretty confident that I'm not your wife.
As for the speakers, I get it. Those look to be some pretty unique speakers (at least according to a mild google search), but they just don't fit the room / space.
Kind of like the 75" TV I put in my living room. Just a bit to much for the space and it needs to be designed around.
That said crank that **** up and see what you can rattle off the walls.
Man this makes me sad.
I had an epic stereo system. Huge speakers, the entire set of components, tape deck, CD changer, awesome set u with full surround etc that I spent years updating etc. Then about 10 years ago decided to get rid of it all. Now I am sad I didnt keep it, because I am nostalgic for the retro systems of old.
Now I want to go back and buy a bunch of retro equipment just to have.
Those speakers are super cool. I would bet you bought pieces at different times so none of it is working as well together as it could. I think it's an issue of width. That is just a giant wall of wood. It's completely overwhelming to me. Get the TV on the wall and find a center stand that is vertically oriented and allows you to bring the speakers in a bit would be my suggestion. A little bit of buffer space from the wall on one end and that door on the other would reduce the '10 lb of stuff in a 5 lb bag' thing you have going on here. I'd make the stand black to reduce the amount of wood a bit too.
Keep the speakers, leave the layout as-is, stay married. Pick any two of the three. Good luck.
Keep the speakers, leave the layout as-is, stay married. Pick any two of the three. Good luck.
At 6 every morning, crank them to 10 and play Sabbath. Your wife will appreciate them more if you do that.
Obviously a unique brown that he isn't already using in the space...
@GTO , congrats on nabbing one of the most sought-after vintage speakers out there! i'm jealous. except for the size itself, the WAF is pretty reasonable on the Model 19, and i'm sure she'll be able to hear the improvement from the Klipsch.
in my previous house, i had an unfinished basement to play with so i had all sorts of massive vintage speakers over that time (mostly Infinities). i thought i was able to kick the habit when i got to my new house, but i brought home this giant problem a few weeks ago... so tell your wife it could be worse! (also, i know where to get another set of these if anyone else wants to test the strength of their marriage or their drywall....)
in my previous house, i had an unfinished basement to play with so i had all sorts of massive vintage speakers over that time (mostly Infinities). i thought i was able to kick the habit when i got to my new house, but i brought home this giant problem a few weeks ago... so tell your wife it could be worse! (also, i know where to get another set of these if anyone else wants to test the strength of their marriage or their drywall....)
My turntable vibration story...20-30 years ago I lived in a second story apartment, and my stereo rack was setting in the living room by an outside wall, which unfortunately was really the only place it could go. Outside of that wall was the stairway leading up to the second story. Every time somebody walked on the stairway or slammed an outside door, the floor would vibrate noticeably, and if I was playing an LP, it would skip. This became a real pain when I was trying to make digital recordings to my PC.
So, I made a platform for the turntable from a piece of plywood, put an eyelet in each corner, and hung the platform/turntable from the ceiling with bungee cords when I played LPs. You do what you gotta do...
Are those JBL 2360's? Those are amazing, but would definitely get me kicked out of the house!
I did manage to crank mine up over the weekend and test them at about 70/100 volume and it was insane. They need no subwoofer.
The crazy thing is that I had read that they had great instrument separation and I was like "yeah, right". However, both me and my younger son were listening to some songs we've previously heard a ton of times. We were shocked how clearly different instruments stand out and noticed all kinds of sounds we'd never noticed/heard before in those songs. My son was like "this is crazy!"
I am absolutely obsessed with them now. The fact that I had to strip them all the way down to the MDF, re-apply new wood veneer, stain, top coat them, etc. means they're probably not leaving any time soon. I spent 3 weeks working on them just to restore them, so I'm very attached now.
