Quintet II vs. Quintet III

[sadie]

Anyone know if there is any sound difference between Quintet II and

III? Or is size the only difference?? Does anyone recommend

anything else that compares for either the same money, or a little

more??

[Amy]

There's definitely a sound difference. Let me see if I can get the lead engineer on this project to reply.

[Guest larouchea]

Here are the main bullet items that we have made better on the new generation Quintet.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

· New and Improved Foot Design. More range of motion with better stability and position memory. New foot mounts over old QII footprint for wall mount.

· Improved Tweeter Design. Matches Synergy III Entry level products. 3/4" Aluminum vs. 1/2" Silk.

· System Sensitivity improvement.

· System Power Handling Improvement.

· Lower Distortion at higher output levels.

· Increase in Max Output.

· ID Matches Current Synergy III Line for easy integration.

Hope these are helpful.
Andre LaRouche
Acoustic Design Engineer

[sadie]

I plan to mount the smaller speakers from the ceiling. The sales

rep recommended that I just turn the speakers upside-down. Just

mount them upside-down. Seems a little wierd to me. Will

that effect anything?

Also, 12" Synergy Sub I have is kinda large and I was looking for a way

to try to hide it. Obviously I wouldn't want to put it in a

closet (behind a closed door), right? If I covered it with some

sort of cloth to make it look like a table, would that effect the sound?

[earthaziel]

sadie,

The sub-12 puts out some serious sound.

Putting it into a closet with a closed door will not kill the

sound. In fact in the last house I lived in, my roommates and I

had a KSW-10. We built a home theater room with a drop down

screen for a projector. Because of the way the room was designed

we put the sub in a small closet to the left of the seats. Even

when in the closet the sub was enough to rattle the walls. I do

mean that litterally as during Spiderman 2 when Octavious first starts

his machine the sub rattled our DVD mounts off the wall. Also

covering it with a cloth really wouldn't affect the sound at all.

Think of it this way. That 12" sub has a 650 watt amp (assuming

you have the Sub-12 and not the KSW-12) in it. The kids driving

down the street usually have something around a 10" or 12" with

about a 400 watt amp and even with the sub in the car you can hear them

from a mile away. So unless anyone has a technical reason why not

to that I don't know about I wouldnt' worry about the sub in the closet.

Matt