• RE: I've used them at first reflection points for years - Norman M 09:29:09 03/30/15 (3)
  In Reply to: RE: I've used them at first reflection points for years posted by E-Stat on March 28, 2015 at 06:59:39

  What a show-off! :-) Not, that I wouldn't be proud and enjoy having them. One question that comes to mind is how's it possible to move them around, as in finding the best spot for their placement.
  
  The original topic question "What to do with a single fake ficus tree?" always brings a smile to my face, perhaps asking where you could stick it?
  (Need I say more?)
  

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  • RE: I've used them at first reflection points for years - E-Stat 11:01:56 03/30/15 (2)
    In Reply to: RE: I've used them at first reflection points for years posted by Norman M on March 30, 2015 at 09:29:09

    One question that comes to mind is how's it possible to move them around, as in finding the best spot for their placement.
    
    The trees or the speakers? :)
    
    Both involve trial and error. With the speakers, it involves toe in angle and distance to wall. I experimented greatly with the latter and measured the results in the bottom three octaves. Their current position which yielded the smoothest response is about a third of the way into the room or about eight and a half feet.
    

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    • RE: I've used them at first reflection points for years - Norman M 11:40:06 03/30/15 (1)
      In Reply to: RE: I've used them at first reflection points for years posted by E-Stat on March 30, 2015 at 11:01:56

      I mean the speakers, of course. Even an old wimp such as myself can move some ficus plants around, particularly if they're fake since there's no water-laden heavy soil in its pot.
      
      My thought is that any attempt in moving those speakers could easily result in hernia repair surgery at my local hospital. Didn't it require the participation of professional movers to get them into your listening room and their present positions as starters? (From your picture, they don't seem to be located atop a wheeled platform of any kind?) Once stationed, I can't envision myself even along with any aid from local help, moving them without a 911 medical emergency call being placed. What do they weigh? The weight of those speakers along with other stuff in a listening room such as a ton of vinyl plus the heavy amplifiers required to drive them might cause an additional call to my home owner's insurance company. Should repair be required, I assume you don't turn them horizontal and replace a few panels, rather a factory rep. comes out to your home. If I could afford buying them in the first place, I should also be able to afford paying for some factory trained techs come out to my home. Let's say in that regard they're not for the 'faint of heart'.
      

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      • Sorry! - E-Stat 11:51:23 03/30/15 (0)
        In Reply to: RE: I've used them at first reflection points for years posted by Norman M on March 30, 2015 at 11:40:06

        Didn't it require the participation of professional movers to get them into your listening room and their present positions as starters?
        
        Each comes as three pieces which nicely divides the weight: frame, backplate and core. While they weigh about 200 lbs assembled, I can nudge them around pretty easily.
        
        I assume you don't turn them horizontal and replace a few panels, rather a factory rep. comes out to your home.
        
        Unlike other stats like the Acoustats in my garage, there is but a single panel called the core. It can only be factory refurbished. As I don't have the newest PX core, I am contemplating upgrading them this summer. Each arrives in its own coffin sized crate. Removing and replacing a core does indeed require two folks in order to position while screwing them to the frame.
        
        
        

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• RE: I've used them at first reflection points for years - Bigjimsguitars 18:17:01 03/28/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: I've used them at first reflection points for years posted by E-Stat on March 28, 2015 at 06:59:39

  Your system is a thing of beauty!
  ARS VS-110
  Customized Bottlehead Foreplay II
  Preamp
  Magnepan 2.5R's
  B&W ASW 300 Subs
  Ah Tjoeb Tube CD Player
  w/Siemens E288CC's
  MaggieMate X/O's from subs to
  2.5R's
  
  

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