skeeter99

How'd it turn out?? Been almost a week!

Beautiful! Very nice compliment of design and aesthetics. Your BR system puts many other "main" systems to shame. Nicely done. Scott

So did they arrive? What do you think of them?? Scott

Just thought I'd post a few pics of where they are now. I'm waiting for a quote for all new internal wiring as well as new Sonicaps to replace all the caps

Agreed! I've got full front grills on mine, think they need to come off now Scott

Its not, I've triple checked multiple times and changed them to run full range and that wasn't the issue. It was all room related and I've figured out what's causing it (the speakers being flush with the fireplace is creating a null) so pulling them out helps I just can't pull them out all the way. All the way out and the bass is there big time. Good thought though! Scott

Oh you can still order the top grills? Cool! My only issue is that supposedly mine are unfinished underneath the grills, its all raw. I'd prefer just the top grills but matching the factory tint is going to be tough I'd imagine.

Yeah I was thinking along the same lines that I was being killed by some modes. They're sounding good now, could use more bass but unfortunately I cannot reorganize my room. I'm in a long narrow townhouse and the speakers are in the only place possible. At my old house I would have had multiple options but that's another story. I seem to be getting very good integration with my subs right now when playing movies so luckily I'm not fighting cancellation as well!! Very good point though. I will for sure take a look at those articles, I don't mind getting nerdy at all. Thanks for the tips/help! Scott

They are the AA crossovers. Yeah find that sheet, it makes me curious. Also, any links to threads about these changes would be helpful too. Thanks! I like them with the full grills but I'd really prefer to see the horn, I just think it looks bad :-) if they weren't nailed ONI might just take them right off and build some grills for the tops. We'll see though. Thnks for the compliment! Scott

My room is about 35-40' long and about 16' deep or so. Its a long narrow townhouse and the speakers are at the far end of one of the walls. I'll look into redoing the crossover but that does make me a bit nervous. Recapping and redoing the crossover with better parts makes sense but a redesign makes me a bit nervous. Are there published frequency result plots from the refinish? Thanks! Scott

Very nice looking setup! Sounds like these guys may be very room dependent. I think for HT in the current positions they'd be fine but I'm not looking for fine, I'm looking for exceptional which is why I'm trying to figure this out. With my subs and these both going for movies bass impact should be incredible. Just need to find out how to get these all the way there :-)

So if I understand it right the Cornwalls have better bass extension but the La Scala's have better mids an highs? I confirmed my suspicion by pulling my speakers all the way into the room and the bass is there in spades! Speakers are fine, receiver is fine, now I have to figure out a way to overcome what my room is doing to my response curve :-( Scott

It's gonna be tough to get more than 8' at this house. I have a feeling I may just be getting some major cancellation :-( Scott

I thought that too which is why it made me wonder. I just don't know if possibly the way the wave comes out of the horn is different than how it comes out from a standard port and its that difference that's possibly causing this. Just me thinking out loud.

These are not the first ones I've heard and are not the same ones I heard either. I pulled them into the room a bit last night and it seemed to help, I'm wondering if the way the horn is loading the bass is somehow being cancelled out in a different way than a standard front ported speaker would load the bass. Maybe the fireplace is causing a null and the bass is getting cancelled that way? I'm going to pull the speakers out further tonight just to give it a try and see how they do. Maybe the room is the biggest issue.