Steve C

Anyone seen the Yes video on DVD? It is absolutely un believable. The sound is very good for such a small theater. Also anyone seen DreamTheater's Scene from a Memory live in New York? John Petrucci is a great guitarist and Mike Portnoy absolutely beats his drum kit to death. There is an easter egg in the video test pattern. Go to it and just leave it on and special section will appear. Just my 2 cents. ------------------ Steve Crowley

Thanks for the replies. One thing is that the listening area is about 12' from the front speakers. The room is 24' long. I moved the couch closer by 1 foot and the sound changed dramatically. There was an abnormal rise in bass response. Moved it 1 foot closer and that rise had gone away. Looks like I found that organ pipe. The bass changed from a continuous blur to tight and refined. I guess room modes do have an effect. Just got the Yes Live at the House of Blues last night. Even in straight stereo it is truly amazing. Check this DVD out.

Doug, Thanks for the reply. The speakers are 78 Heresy's. The center is a KV2 which has a pole on the back of it which angles it down to the listening area. The sub is an SW8-2 which provides plenty of bass for movies. I have KG1.2's for the surrounds. I have included a pic of them and their location. They are about 7' above the listening area and to the sides. The brackets allow to angle them to diffuse the sound either behind or in front of the listening area. If I could find some dipoles it would probably create a larger soundfield but for music listening it is just fine. The system is an old Sony Pro Logic reciever but I have a Thorens turntable that I like to drag out the Mobile Fidelity albums and listen to. Also have an old Grommes tube amp that the Heresy's sound incredibly detailed on. You do not have to have a sub with tubes to get great bass. Besides if the sub is turned up for movies you get some rumble from the Thorens even though it is a great turntable. Thanks, Steve

Here is pic of my system.Shot with a cheapie digital camera.

Here is pic of my system.Shot with a cheapie digital camera.

Just picked up a SW12 sub and was thinking about relegating my SW8 to the center channel. Has anyone tried this? I have 78 Heresy's and a KV2. What would be the hookup to get the center? Pass through or using the speaker teminals?

I have soldered the wires directly to the speaker outputs with silver solder. I tin the connections going to my reciever for better contact also. Make sure that you do not have a weak solder connection as the speaker will cut out intermittantly. You can check your connections with a multimeter from the reciever end.