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how do you have it mounted - vertically or horizontal? anybody

know the degrees dispersion of the horn(s) vertically (horizontal when

turned on side)?

which fronts you have it in between?

I'm thinkin' a SINGLE Heresy III would be fine in between the '84

Cornwalls I.5 w/ just a 14ft wide front wall. I have an

omni-mount for the LCOS (LCD-like) TV that holds up to 80lbs.

my only concern is the dispersion alignment when the heresy is turned

on side - horizontal, & what the normal verticle dispersion of the horns

are, when then used as horizontal, in my set-up.

thanks!

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I have a single Heresy on its side for a center. All the others are Heresys in the normal orientation. IIRC the dispersion patter in something like 90° horizontal by 40° vertical. So, rotate that by 90° for a Heresy on its side. In my application, I cannot hear a noticeable difference between the two orientations.

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My center is about 6 feet from both the left and right speakers. FWIW I have a very slowly maturing project to build a custom center with the horns in the normal orientation (actually, I think the way it will finally be built will allow the horns to be vertical or horizontal depending on what is needed).

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If you only can put it vertical, do so. If not - don't worry.

I had my Heresy on it's side above TV first. New furniture and a frontprojector made it possible to put the Heresy upright and it sounds a little bit better.

The difference is noticeable but not as critical as you might think.

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thanks guys! DR: noticable IS critical here. [;)]

frz: don't think that'll work....(see below) [;)]

think I'll just get an Academy. which, again not to look gift

horse in mouth, why doesn't Klipsch resurrect the Academy along w/ the

Cornwall III? [:|]

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I ran one for a long time between my Cornwalls as a center. Properly balanced it was fine for movies but a tad lacking for 5.1 high resolution music (not because it is a bad speaker). It just ran out of steam a lot quicker than the Cornwalls so the system was out of balance.

There are older pictures of it on my web site if you are interested.

Laters,

Jeff

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thanks guys - eq & tom, great to see you guys again. I

think I'm definitely on the mission for the holy grail Academy, as I

can't do what you're doin' w/ an rptv, tom. besides, I already

bought the omni-mount at CC anyway. :-)

what are those on the front sides there, tom? could they be....CORNWALLS?

excellent!

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Hey Boa,

I sent you a PM but I guess you haven't seen it yet.

Where did you get the sony stand for your TV? I didn't see it on the website where you got your TV.

I was talking with a saleman the other day at a high end HT store and he said the price of the Sony is going to drop $500.00 at the end of the month. I know thats not what you want to hear but I am waiting to see what the web prices do.

Steve

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steve,

sorry, I picked up your last PM on my email & replied to you

there. is it on your email? it was a longer

dissertation, but in a nutshell - I got it (SUGW12) at Circuit

City after getting them to knock it from $500 to $400 over the phone w/

a Super there before my arrival.

yes, CC & BB WILL negociate down. you just have to call or

talk directly to a Super, & it doesn't hurt to be well armed w/ an

outstanding net price, &/or play them against each other. .[;)]

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I must have missed your e-mail or it may have gotten overlooked in a e-mail cleaning that I have to do real often, they don't give us mush space here at work for e-mail.

I had a guy a Sears quate me 400.00 for the stand the other day.

still can't decide btween the 50 or 60 inch model. We sit right at 10 feet from the screen and I just don't know which one i want to go with.

Steve

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I ran one for a long time between my Cornwalls as a center. Properly balanced it was fine for movies but a tad lacking for 5.1 high resolution music (not because it is a bad speaker). It just ran out of steam a lot quicker than the Cornwalls so the system was out of balance.

There are older pictures of it on my web site if you are interested.

Laters,

Jeff

My experience also. I tried one, even two Heresys between CWs. I was not satisfied until I got a CW center (vertical, on its side; but I think horizontal on its side would also work fine).

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"I had a guy a Sears quate me 400.00 for the stand the other day."

I'd take that now, as they're hard to find. course, in a mo. or 6 they could be had for $300. ;-)

the main watchin'/listenin' couch here is 14-15', & it's

great. some seats are only about 6 & they're great too.

hell, 6" is great.

you'd be fine w/ the 50. just move the couch forward if you'd like. ;-)

side note: these new SXRD come w/ the settings pretty well

good already, but you really should hire a pro setup/calibrator

person. then again, I did, & he's still trying to get

the codes/set-up manual. [:|]

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eq, you mean for a 100+ lbs Cornwall? I got that Omni-Mount

(actually also at C-City when I got the TV stand) to put the (smaller

up to 80lbs) on top of the lcd-like RPTV. was thinking

current C-7 then, but now dif in Academy.

sorry, I'm spinning here now, but at least they're smaller circles. [:|]

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