Balling
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I'm not sure i'll get away with floor standers.
Thinking some standmount Mezzo 1/2's, but not sure about placement. I'll take a photo of the new TV placement at home and see what you good folk think
To be fair, in a lot of rooms there'll be no real benefit to go for floor standers over a pair of book shelf speakers.
Personally I went for floor standers 80% because of the look. Could easily have found book shelfs in the same price range that would have sounded as good.
I do love the look of them, though.
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SVM 286
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Tesla. Interesting.
Ohhh, niiice
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Balling
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What's that? And I presume it's hybrid.
The current peak of modern automotion.
Pure electrical.
Handles are flush with the doors, but as the owner neared the car they popped out.
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SVM 286
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Hang on...
Is it RWD though?
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Balling
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Don't know actually!?
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Daveskater
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I don't really know much about them other than a lot of them are getting detailed in the US 
Shame they couldn't park it properly  
Numberwang!
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I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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SVM 286
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Originally posted by Balling
quote:
Originally posted by Gary
I'm not sure i'll get away with floor standers.
Thinking some standmount Mezzo 1/2's, but not sure about placement. I'll take a photo of the new TV placement at home and see what you good folk think
To be fair, in a lot of rooms there'll be no real benefit to go for floor standers over a pair of book shelf speakers.
Personally I went for floor standers 80% because of the look. Could easily have found book shelfs in the same price range that would have sounded as good.
I do love the look of them, though.
I went for mine because they had extra drivers, extra bass ports, they could handle more power. And I could Bi-amp them.
I find more is usually better
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Balling
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"Powertrain
Model S is a rear wheel drive electric vehicle. The liquid-cooled powertrain includes the battery, motor, drive inverter, and gear box."
http://www.teslamotors.com/models/specs
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Daveskater
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Originally posted by SVM 286
Hang on...
Is it RWD though?
This says about the powertrain being between the rear wheels, so it sounds like it - http://www.teslamotors.com/en_GB/models/features#/performance
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Balling
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I find more is usually better
If you have the room for it, yes.
For the average living room, though, the above is certainly not true.
For my speakers to really come to life, they need to be at least 1 metre from the walls. Something that's not really practical, day to day.
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SVM 286
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Originally posted by Balling
"Powertrain
Model S is a rear wheel drive electric vehicle. The liquid-cooled powertrain includes the battery, motor, drive inverter, and gear box."
http://www.teslamotors.com/models/specs
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SVM 286
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quote:
Originally posted by SVM 286
Hang on...
Is it RWD though?
This says about the powertrain being between the rear wheels, so it sounds like it - http://www.teslamotors.com/en_GB/models/features#/performance
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SVM 286
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Originally posted by SVM 286
I find more is usually better
If you have the room for it, yes.
For the average living room, though, the above is certainly not true.
For my speakers to really come to life, they need to be at least 1 metre from the walls. Something that's not really practical, day to day.
But my 603s take up negligibly more/no more space than the 602s would have done on a pair of stands.
Plus mine are in my bedroom.
I don't tend to listen to music downstairs.
Normally lay on bed and chill, or have stuff on whilst i'm milling about the place.
Can hear it downstairs anyway
Mine could probably do with being further from the wall, but they're over a foot away and sound nice, so a good compromise.
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Balling
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I'm not talking about the room the speakers physically take up, but the room the sound needs to fill.
Just because there's room for a pair of floor speakers doesn't mean they're necessarily the best option.
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SVM 286
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I what respect Balling?
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Balling
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Basically larger speakers work by moving larger amounts of air around. If there's not enough air to actually move though, the speakers will not perform the best they can.
Add to that the fact that the more drivers a speaker has, the more difficult it is to "get it right" from a manufacturing point of view.
Hence the fact that you get some really, really impressive single driver speakers.
When it comes to speakers, more is not better. Not always, at least.
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Balling
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Keep in mind, there'll be several other reasons why certain (types of) speakers will not be as good in one room/situation as another.
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Daveskater
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My main tasks this afternoon consist of make the teas and eat Quality Street
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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SVM 286
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Originally posted by Balling
Basically larger speakers work by moving larger amounts of air around. If there's not enough air to actually move though, the speakers will not perform the best they can.
Add to that the fact that the more drivers a speaker has, the more difficult it is to "get it right" from a manufacturing point of view.
Hence the fact that you get some really, really impressive single driver speakers.
When it comes to speakers, more is not better. Not always, at least.
Oh, you meant from a technical standpoint, i.e. too big for room. Wasn't sure what you meant Mister B, hence me asking.
Mine are in a fairly large room (12' x 13' x 10'), so they work very nicely.
I've had them a long time and put a lot of thought into putting my set-up together.
I used to have a couple of pals who were very into their Hi Fi, plus I worked in Hi Fi & AV sales and installation donkey's years ago, so had plenty of useful input and demo opportunities to get it right, so to speak.
Right now, short of a better turntable, a separate DAC for my CD player and some better isolation, there's not a lot more I can do, short of an entire new system.
I'm pleased with what i've put together and it performs beautifully. It's a nice neutral compromise for many types of music at all volume levels.
I would love what I mentioned earlier in the thread, but that little lot would cost the same as a small house.  
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