Moderators Youthman Posted April 27, 2010 Moderators Share Posted April 27, 2010 My wife and I were walking around our development and met our new neighbor. We were chatting outside his garage and I noticed two large boxes that said Strata. I'm thinking, sweet, he's into speakers! He invited us into his house. As we walked through his garage, I noticed 4 bass traps and about 10 acoustic panels. He had a beautiful setup. 5.1 Stratus speakers, a 63" TV, very large Rotel amp, Onkyo Pre/Pro, JL Fathom F113 sub and 5 acoustic panels and 2 diffussors mounted to the wall. I could tell we were going to get along nicely. [] Once we started talking speakers, my wife excused herself and went back home. LOL. He gave short 2ch demo and it was nice. He didn't turn it up very loud so I wasn't blown away but it sounded nice. I invited him over to my house to check out the theater room, gave a demo of Dark Knight and one song for 2ch. He was very familiar with Klipsch. He really liked the PQ of the projector and said he really enjoy my setup. I told him about my need for acoustic panels and he offered to bring all of his unused acoustic panels over to my room one day to see how it would change the sound. Sweet! He thinks it will really open up the soundstage once I'm able to add them to the room. I'm pretty excited because I have never had anyone local that I knew that was into HT, Music, Audio/Video etc as much as I am. He seems like a really nice guy so I'm sure we will get to hang out more in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arky Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Cool.[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted April 27, 2010 Moderators Share Posted April 27, 2010 That's great, very slim odds of having someone like him for a neighbor. I would guess the sound treatments with some help placing them will make a big difference. Not that I think your room has a problem but every room can probably be improved with a little sound treatment. Now if you could only meet the guy across the street who works at a big electronics distributor and can get you anything at cost, you will be set....or divorced ? [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted April 27, 2010 Author Moderators Share Posted April 27, 2010 Not that I think your room has a problem but every room can probably be improved with a little sound treatment. My room needs much acoustic help. Too many hard surfaces. When I clap, there is a very significant slap echo. Can't wait to tame that down. I had heard of the Strata speakers but not much. He briefly mentioned something about "what all is going on with AV123" and with the president being indicted. I decided to do a little searching. Apparently the president of AV123 has been a bad boy. Story here. Sad. Another example of the love of money being the root of all evil. Now if you could only meet the guy across the street who works at a big electronics distributor and can get you anything at cost, you will be set....or divorced ? He doesn't live across the street and he doesn't have access to EVERYTHING but he is only a phone call away. [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivernuggets Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Very cool you can talk audio with your new neighbor. He's thinking the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted April 27, 2010 Author Moderators Share Posted April 27, 2010 He just moved here from out of state. Said he didn't like the cold. He doesn't know anyone so I'm sure he's looking for some friends. This is his first house as well is ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stolenrs Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 I think if I was your neighbor, I would most likely be in trouble with the wife more often than not!! [] ~ross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted April 28, 2010 Author Moderators Share Posted April 28, 2010 I think if I was your neighbor, I would most likely be in trouble with the wife more often than not!! That's ok. I don't ever have to worry about getting kicked out onto the couch. I have 6 leather reclining theater seats to sleep in. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stolenrs Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 That's ok. I don't ever have to worry about getting kicked out onto the couch. I have 6 leather reclining theater seats to sleep in. LOL. ok, so now I have couch envy as well as room envy!!! lol [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Hmmm , have you ever seen the movie "Consenting Adults" ? Just sayin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted April 28, 2010 Author Moderators Share Posted April 28, 2010 Hmmm , have you ever seen the movie "Consenting Adults" ? I have not seen that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollar bill Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Sounds like the beginings of a beautiful Bro-mance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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