Quiet_Hollow

It's a slick t-shirt, gold chain, or flat-brimmed hat awarded to those for hauling loud, obnoxious plywood cabinets across state lines.

Congrats on your purchase. They'll be an eye-opener for sure. Impressions? Apples and Oranges. Check out the videos below. First one is a good quality 12" sealed servo sub...the second a THT. I filmed both with the same mic and camera. The sealed sub does the job at low volume and in very tight quarters. The THT has nearly unlimited SPL, and can shred the drywall at war volume of the room it's placed in.

To hear how it scales up or down across different system types. Sometimes I play back movies or concert material on systems much smaller than a typical cinema.

I'm all for the ability to process the ATMOS codec, and made damn sure to buy a receiver that could do so. A/B'ing ATMOS encoded material vs. the older stuff has been an eye-opening experience...even when down-mixed to 2.1 That being said.... I've had no motivation to go further than 5.1 With capable speakers sporting the right dispersion characteristics, proper placement (paying particular respect to the setup diagrams in most AVR owner manuals), and the right processor, 5.1 seems to strike the right balance, for me, of throwing sound all around the room without becoming an absurd chore to set up and maintain.

+1 for the the Schwalbe. Get the Marathon "Plus" models and throw in a Bontrager Thorn-Resistant tube if you need to 4x4 through cactus and over shattered glass on the morning commute.

Good evening Tarheel. I made a video a long while back (that keeps getting blocked then released due to copyright) that a/b'd some basic EQ settings to defend against this exact statement. While I totally agree with and highly recommend the option to employ a sub, to say basically zero output below 60 Hz, well folks can take a listen here:

Sourcing material can be a chore I guess. I just used a couple ~13cm wide pieces of low-height charcoal egg crate foam. Could be removed anytime.

Want my opinion? Seeing as you're getting a subwoofer, stuffing the ports with a chunk of acoustic foam will also help clean up their mid-bass response. That's what I did to achieve the sound in the video below. Wait until the end to hear the difference without any of the tweaking:

The addition of a servo sub (Rythmik L12) greatly expands the capabilities of an already knock-out integrated stereo. Recent install at a massage studio.

Hot off the press:

New video of yet another pair of repurposed CAT40. This time it's a buddy's system, driven with a trusty Panasonic and a pair of 15" servo-subs rounding out the bottom end.

We sold the wife's Saturn @ 314,000 and picked up a new car. The Ion was a 5-spd and she wanted another manual shifter, so we ended up having to custom order the Compass with a 6 speed. On paper these vehicles have a lot more in common than one would think.

Yes, I know this thread is six-feet under, but.... For the record...the old klipsch logo with the small "k" is a variant of the "Univers Black" font. I say variant, because the marketing department still tweaked the height (reduced 25% by the looks of it) and tracking to taste. Univers was a popular corporate font in the 50's thru the 60's.

So did the wife. 😉

Getting back into recording, albeit in a little more professional manner. Finally got around to posting a video about it. I used to do this stuff as a kid with an 'ol Zenith boombox and a couple of tired cassettes. The gear has certainly changed, but the fun factor is still there....granted, my narration skills on this one could've used some polish.

I might actually be able to make that date.

Interesting that you posted this topic Joe. The Mrs. and I had a similar discussion about this the other day. After owning our system for over 14 years, I can say that it's alright to "walk" away from it for a while. Even if a "while" happens to be a couple years. There have been times where the system has sat dormant for months either in storage, or while away from home. Good sound is timeless in that regard...like a good book, just pick up where you left off.

Thanks Elden. The mic's are Roland CS-10EM into a Zoom H5. The bass is definitely a little too hot on this one, and I'm am going to have to compensate in the future by knocking 3-4 dB out of the subwoofer channel anytime I'm recording....probably woke your HLS up though! 😎

Haven't posted in a while, but got some new gear. Here's a video and subsequent walk around of the bedroom system. It's 2.1 for now. Pair of Frazier CAT 40 (Mitchell Acoustics) and my spare BF Auto Tuba (shown near the end) driven by the NAD c390DD and Mini DSP PWR-ICE250 respectively. Plan is to eventually have the two Fraziers sitting atop their own stereo subwoofer.

...a few others have had really good success with the Antimode 8033: http://www.dspeaker.com/en/products/anti-mode-8033.shtml

Probably got more to do with pairing them with a quality subwoofer. When you go 2.1 or 2.2, all the power gets routed to the sub....factor in choosing just the right high-pass filter and the La Scala are literally running on less than 0.1 watt even at full tilt. At that point shit's falling off the walls and the couch is levitating at the listening position, but can't hear it outside.

Have owned Klipsch La Scala since 2005. Never had a single complaint from the neighbors using them...even at "spirited" levels.

Anyone else hear it? Some backstory...We finally threw in the towel trying to watch YouTube on the primary system using our Oppo 103, and bought a ROKU. What's not to like, right? Fraction of the price, incredibly snappy performance, unbelievably small package.... until I spent some time with the audio. Unfortunately it employs a pitch-shifting audio watermark that sounds just like old tape "wow". While it's not a significant issue while watching movies, I've found it to be fairly irritating when listening to music. Really bummed.

Always been fond of Linda Lowe Thompson's - "Sounds of Christmas Past" Also have a soft spot for this version of Ave Maria: and throughout the month of December we're frequently spinning this: