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#1 ·

This is a brother thread to the "I'll demo my subwoofer for other enthusiasts" thread started by Archaea here...

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1354149


Brilliant idea of getting AVS members in touch with each other and an easier way of hearing speakers, especially since most HT shops have closed down. Its getting harder and harder to listen to speakers before being bought and hopefully this will help a bit.


Before we get further a bit of warning. Everything in this thread should be kept vague. No addresses, no phone numbers, etc. Nothing too personal that the low brow of the net may take advantage of. In addition when setting up a meeting you should start with PM to the member who is local to you then follow up with phone conversations. Only after you feel comfortable having someone to your house should you give an address and time to meet. Once all precautions are met everyone should have a good time.


This will be a central database for speaker demos. I will keep the thread together and the first post updated minimum every day or two with new entries. The entries will be broken down into areas listed by U.S. states first followed by any other countries.


If everyone would keep to a certain format it would make it easier for all. We'll keep to the same format used in the subwoofer thread.

[City], [State] - speakers used in your setup - forum identity

(Extra speakers not used but can be hooked up)


Ie.

Murfreesboro, TN - Klipsch La Scala, Klipsch Kpt-100, Klipsch kpt-200 - Brandonnash (Athena AS-B1)


I'll make the first updates tonight.

Also, I want to add that this shouldn't be only about big expensive speaker systems and doesn't necessarily have to be surround sound. 2 channel, inexpensive, and DIY welcome and should post. Lots of people on here are budget minded so if you have a great sounding set of speakers that retail for $200 or less and don't mind someone hearing your system please post! All price points are welcome and encouraged!


Alabama

Huntsville/Decatur - Klipsch 7.1: RF-83, RC-64, RS-62 (RF-82 and RC-62), (RB-10) - the Son

Alaska

 

Anchorage - 5.1 Setup, 2 Cerwin Vega MX-400 Mains, 2 Infinity RS7 as surrounds - silvershark

Arizona

Phoenix - JBL 3677 LRC, Klipsch RS62 Surrounds, Axiom QS8 SB, dedicated theater- gpmbc


Sierra Vista - Paradigm Signature 5.2 (S6,C1,S1) version2 Paradigm Studio 40(or)Ascend Sierra One

(Titan,Mini-monitor,cc-190) v5 - grasshoppers


Phoenix, (Chandler) - Deftech 7.1 system with BP7001s, LCR2002, Studio 450's and Mythos gems

Acoustic Research 7.1system with Phantom 8.3's

AV123 Strata Minis - UofAZ1


Mesa -Energy RC-50 fronts, Energy RC-LCR center, Energy CR-10 rears, Energy RC-10 heights, Outlaw LFM-2 sub- Macstatic

Arkansas

California

Sacramento - JTR Noesis 212HT-LP speakers  (3) Triple 8 Sealed (2), Slanted 8 (4) in a 9.2 dedicated HT

(Monitor Audio Radius 5.1) - RMK!


San Jose - Polk Audio Monitor 70's, 60's and CS2 with a pair of PSW505's -67jason


Manhattan Beach(LA Area) - Ascend Acoustics Sierra-1's (mains and center), Ascend Acoustics HTM-200SE's (surrounds) - cschang


SF Bay Area - LCR: JBL 2328p SUR: Axiom QS8 SUB: CHT18.1 - Drphysics


San Diego, CA - Aperion Intimus 6T, 6C and 4BP, SVS PC-13 Ultra - Vipervick


Placerville - AV123 X towers (2), X-C (1), X-bookshelfs - LJWelr

 

Woodside, - Ascend Sierra-1s (w/Nrt upgrade) L/C/R, Ascend HTM200SE surrounds, Energy Takes rear surrounds in 7.3 system w/Empire Epik & (2) Infinity PSW310 subs lovinthehd

Also have SVS MBS02s and Cambridge S30s in other rooms and a pair of Ascend 170SEs - lovinthehd

Colorado


Colorado Springs - Elemental Designs Cinema 12 with B&C DE250 upgrade (Premier Acoustics PA-8 towers, AV123 X-SLS Encores, Polk Blackstone TL250, Behringer Truth P2030P) - matt34


Connecticut

Delaware


Wilmington, DE - Focal Sib XL x3, Focal Sib x2 - Mpray1983

Florida


Jacksonville - pair of Klipsch Jubilee's, soon to be mated with some TAD 4002's - Coytee


Lake Worth - Home Theater Direct Level 3 fronts with Dual Lava 12 subs. Yamaha rx-v765 and an XPA-3 - ratm

Georgia

NE Atlanta - (7.2) L&R - Hsu HB-1s Surrounds - JBL SC135s Subs - JBL 8", Hsu VTF 3 MK 3 Deck (2.1) Polk Audio Atrium Sat30 and Sub10 - ambesolman


Acworth - JBL 4622N's L-C-R, Nady MC-8's SL/R, generic in wall rears, JBL 8330 heights (theater)

NHT Absolute Zeros (family room)

JBL AM 6215/95

JBL 2352/2447 HF - Wrager

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Rushville, Illinois - Avalon Symbols, Definitive Technology CLR1000, DT BPX, Rythmik F12SE - schroedk

Rushville, Illinois - Revel Ultima2 Salon2, Definitive Technology CLR2000, DT BPZ/A in-walls, DT

UIW-75 in-walls, dual Empire Epiks, dual Rythmik F15's - schroedk

Extra speakers available: Definitive Technology BP30's, DT CLR2500, BP7002, BP10b, and DT PowerMonitor 900 - schroedk

 

Chicago - 4Pi L/C/R, Chase SHO-10 side surrounds, Ascend CBM-170 rear surrounds - zheka

Indiana

Iowa

 

Iowa City - EMPtek E5ti towers, Def Tech SM450s, Polk M40s, SLS Q line gold satelittes (Cheap-o pyle pro L-C-R set, Even worse set of Bose computer speakers) - Elihawk

Kansas

Kentucky


Mains: Sony SS440 (vintage) (sometimes, EPI Model 70 series III) Center: Sony SSCN-55OH rear: Sony SS-B-3000 Sub: Insignia NSHT51 - Raymond Leggs


Glasgow - RBH SI-760's and RBH 661-SE. JTR T8's and JBL 8340's. Extra Yamaha 690 III, Klipsch RB-35 - AV Science Sales 05

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland


I95 area - B&W VM1 Satellite Speakers, Definitive Technology Powerfield 15 Subwoofer, Yamaha RX-A2000, Golden Ear Triton's & 50C - DyeLooper

Massachusetts


Middleboro - Zaph's center channel ZA 5.3c, DIY mains - medeirosp


Boston, North Shore, Ma. JTR Triple 8 LP LCR, Klipsch Synergy B3s, S1s - DPC716

Michigan

White Lake, MI - Mirage OM-5,OM-C2,DCM Timewindows 1A, DefTech BP1-2x(7.3) - putox1051

White Lake, MI - Emotiva ERT-8.3, ERM- 6.3, ERM -1, KLH-576 (6.1) - putox1051

White Lake, MI - Advent Laureate, Paradigm??, Sony & KLH-576(6.1) - putox1051

White Lake, MI - Genesis 1 (2.0) - putox1051


Kalamazoo - AV123 rocket 450's bigfoot Emotiva UAW8.2 in ceiling speakers & HTD HD-W80 inwalls AV123 x-sls encore & x-cs encore Magnepan mmgw as surrounds. AV123 rocket 450's as mains and Emotiva erm 6.2 as center channel with energy rc-mini's as surrounds Axiom m2v3 inwall/onwall and axiom vp100 inwall/onwall center channel Elemental designs  - mannoiaj


Oak Park – Monitor Audio RX2’s, RXCenter, (4)RXFX, (2)SVS’s PB12 Plus – HAMP568


Holland - Infinity P162 and PC350 Center - Bladerunner6

 

wayne county - B&W 802D, HTM2D, SCMS, DS7, Mcintosh MC501 (2), MC205, MX-136 - rlhaudio

Minnesota

Minneapolis - Dali Helicon 300 MKII, C200 MKII, 300 MKI, Ikon on-walls - Dr_Mark


Buffalo - Custom sealed qsc 2150s's Custom side surrounds Cbl 8330 rears - stgdz

Mississippi

Missouri


Kansas City - Wharfedale Sapphire SP-89 and SP-87 (CHT WAF-1, klipsch rs3 surrounds) - Archaea

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey


southern new jersey - salk ht2-tl mains, salk ht2c center, salk ht1 surrounds, dual seaton submersive hp's, onix rocket rs-850 sigs - ccotenj

 

Central New Jersey -B&W CM9, B&W CMC2, B&W CM5 - vailvon

New Mexico

New York

New Hartford - Dual stacked BFM DR-250's, M&K S-5000 system Triads In room gold LCR BFM-dr-200's, JTR triple 8, eD c12's, and SHO-10's - MKtheater

 

Keuka Lake - 5.0 Mirage M790, Mirage MCC, Klipsch Promedia Surrounds, NickSI (EPI 100) - Nick_si

North Carolina


Raleigh - Elemental Design Setup - A6.t - Pair, A6.mtm - Single, A4.b - Bookshelf Pair, A7S - 450 Subwoofer -

marcus91821

North Dakota

Ohio

Cleveland - 9 channel definitive technology setup; 7001's, clr 3000, sm450's, bp20's, bpvx's. 4 subs; svs pb12+2, svs 25-31pci, epik phoenix, earthquake supernova mkiv10 (Dynaudio contour 1.8 (for 2 channel)) - g_bartman


Mains - Definitive Technology Mythos ST. Center - 10. Rear Surround - Gem XL's. Rear - ProMonitor 1000 - HolyIndian

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

 

Middletown --- Sonance Director 20 monitors, -wall line arrays (12 - 5" midbass flanked by 30 - 3/4" tweets in each module). These are known as "The Compensators", 3 floorstanding designs completed (one using HiVi and Vifa drivers, the other 2 are Dayton Reference Series), small fullrange desktop that can double as a rear channel - BrokenCrank

South Carolina


Greenville - Klipsch LaScala, Klipsch RS62, Klipsch HeresyI - Tony123

South Dakota


Brookings, SD - Canton GLE 430 Mains, 455 center, 402 surrounds - benclement11

Tennessee

Murfreesboro - Klipsch La Scala, Klipsch Kpt-100, - Brandonnash


Nashville - B&W CM9 theater (CM9 fronts, CMC2 center, CM5 surrounds) and Totem Mani-2 Signatures in a separate two channel setup - ckimmelshue

 

Jonesborough - 5.2 HSU set-up consisting of 4 HB1's, an HC1, and 2 VTF3 mk 3's - wlhungdude

Texas

NW Houston - B&W 803D, HTM2D, 805s rear, Mac amps, SVS Ultra13 subs (2) - boarder1995


West Houston - Paradigm Signature 100 v5's, Paradigm CC-690, Paradigm SUB15, Onix Reference 1's, Onix RSS-300's - DaveUpton

Utah


Salt Lake City -- (fronts) Jamo C809 (center) Jamo C80 (surrounds) Jamo C603 (power) Pioneer Elite SC-35 -- tafoyavision

 

Salt Lake City, Utah - 7.2 setup, Andrew Jones Series 1 FS51 towers for LR, Andrew Jones Series 1 C21 center, Mirage Nanosats for surrounds - mgrotel

Vermont

Virginia


Hampton ----Dayton 8's (mains), Ported Tritrix (center), Khanspires (mains), Dayton WTMW Center (center), MarkK RS225/28As (surrounds), Khanspires, Dayton RS Center, Markk RS225/28A, Emotiva UMC-1, Emotiva XPA-3, Emotiva UPA-2 ----- joeybutts

 

Virginia Beach - Sony SS-F6000 (Fronts), Sony SS-CN5000 (Center), RC Energy Micro 5.1 set (subwoofer and surrounds) - kach22

 

Chantilly --- Klipsch 5.1 RF-7 II Home Theater System : RF-7 II x 2, RC-64 II, RS-62 II x 2 --- popalock


Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming


Other Countries Outside the United States

 

Austraila

 

Sydney - Procella P610 (3), P6 (6), P15 (2), P10Si (3) - Peter M

 

Canada


Barrie, Ontario - Klipsch RF-82 II, RS-52 II, RB-81 II - crabalocker

Puerto Rico


UK
 
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#27 ·
St. Louis, MO, Piega P10 fronts, Piega Coax center, Sonance in wall surrounds, HSU VTF-15H Subwoofer, mlknez


Not hooked up and for sale:

Radio Shack Mach Ones, Radio Shack Minimus 7s
 
#28 ·
I am also going to have monster mains which will consist of DR-200 tops with T-39 bottoms.
 
#29 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by jaball77 /forum/post/20841403


Y'all are brave, haha. As much as I like AVS, I'm not sure I'd open my home to some random forum member without some intensive screening... I'm sure you're all very nice people, but you can never be too careful...

I have opened my home several times to AVS members and have been happy to do so. There have been absolutely no issues and I have met some really great people. This thread should be a sticky.
 
#30 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by RMK! /forum/post/0



I have opened my home several times to AVS members and have been happy to do so. There have been absolutely no issues and I have met some really great people. This thread should be a sticky.

Same here. I've had literally dozens of members thru my house listening to speakers/subwoofers. The subwoofer meet I had was a bunch of fun.
 
#32 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by Timothy91 /forum/post/20842322


Also, please have each person post the size of the room the equipment is in. This will help some buyers eliminate systems from their buying list that won't work in their intended room. Room size is just as important a factor as the speakers themselves.

I would say the type of room and even more important jow much spl one loses to the LP from the speakers and subs. My room is 2100 cubic and sealed. You would think it is easy to fill but I lose 12 db's from my speakers to my LP so my speakers need to play 120 db's so I can hit reference levels cleanly and with no compression.
 
#33 ·
San Diego, CA - Aperion Intimus 6T, 6C and 4BP, SVS PC-13 Ultra - Vipervick


Living room 14 x 19, open to the dining room on the right.
 
#34 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by MKtheater /forum/post/20842336


I would say the type of room and even more important jow much spl one loses to the LP from the speakers and subs. My room is 2100 cubic and sealed. You would think it is easy to fill but I lose 12 db's from my speakers to my LP so my speakers need to play 120 db's so I can hit reference levels cleanly and with no compression.

Yes, agreed. The speaker selection process cannot start until you know your room size and the distance to the listening position. I absolutely agree.
 
#35 ·
I will demo my Bose Acoustimass.
 
#36 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by drewTT /forum/post/0


I will demo my Bose Acoustimass.

Oooh, I'd love to hear the world's ultimate speaker system!
 
#37 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by Timothy91 /forum/post/0


Also, please have each person post the size of the room the equipment is in. This will help some buyers eliminate systems from their buying list that won't work in their intended room. Room size is just as important a factor as the speakers themselves.


While I agree completely with this personally, for this thread it could pose problems. People willing to demo their systems will be sparce to begin with. If you add in another variable to that it may be even more difficult. A good example of this would be walking into best buy or any other store for that matter, looking at a set of speakers without listening, then saying this won't work because my room is too big/small/different dimensions. This thread was more for getting an idea of what speakers sound like while affording the opportunity for members to meet in person.


Another potential problem is space in the first post. I knew there would be a few people with multiple speaker systems in this forum, but really had no idea that this many would. Just trying to keep it as brief as possible.


Anything else, including room size, can be discussed in a PM with the person you will potentially meet.

Quote:
Originally Posted by drewTT /forum/post/0


I will demo my Bose Acoustimass.

Now that's quality! I hope you can accommodate the masses of people wanting to hear this who read the great reviews of this speaker system in the likes of Golf magazine and Better Homes and Gardens.
 
#38 ·
lol
 
#39 ·
Why even bother starting a thread that supposedly welcomes all and just a few posts later start the bashing and excluding. You two have made it very clear that anyone with a lesser system in your eyes is definitely not welcome and will be inviting derision if they dare post their system here. Qualifier: I have never owned anything from bose.
 
#40 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by geared4me /forum/post/0


Why even bother starting a thread that supposedly welcomes all and just a few posts later start the bashing and excluding. You two have made it very clear that anyone with a lesser system in your eyes is definitely not welcome and will be inviting derision if they dare post their system here. Qualifier: I have never owned anything from bose.

Nanny McPhee, take a chill pill. It was a joke. Why so serious?
 
#42 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by geared4me /forum/post/0


Why even bother starting a thread that supposedly welcomes all and just a few posts later start the bashing and excluding. You two have made it very clear that anyone with a lesser system in your eyes is definitely not welcome and will be inviting derision if they dare post their system here. Qualifier: I have never owned anything from bose.

First off, the Bose acoustimass system is not what I would consider a cheap system. Compared to others it is certainly not expensive, but when I started I absolutely couldn't afford one. My first surround sound came in the form of a RCA HTIB that didn't even have a subwoofer. I bought it completely based on price. It was all I could afford at the time and I still own the speakers from that system and have used them when I needed something to listen to outside. The sound quality from those are nowhere near what I have now, but I would still take those speakers anyday over the Bose AM.


It's pretty universally accepted in the audio world that bose does not produce good products. Anyone with more than 10 posts on this forum has easily found that out. We're not bashing cheap products, we're bashing one certain bad quality overpriced product. I still recommend HTIBs to friends who are wanting to start with something better than tv speakers, and I'll nearly every time find a nice cheap Onkyo HTIB on craigslist. That's generally what I'll start someone on who doesn't have much cash and wants to get in the hobby, but I will steer anyone away from overpaying for a Bose product and that includes here.


So just to be clear, if you want to share your more affordable system with someone on this forum, feel free to post here, even if its a $250 used HTIB, but if you want to listen to Bose then any Best Buy will take your money and sell you a rediculously expensive extended warranty to accompany your purchase. Long story short, don't buy Bose, and if you own Bose, sell it.
 
#43 ·
Texas:


West Houston:


Paradigm Signature 100 v5's, Paradigm CC-690, Paradigm SUB15, Onix Reference 1's, Onix RSS-300's.


Dedicated sealed 18x12x9 room.
 
#44 ·
Sierra Vista,AZ (1 hour SE of Tucson)


Paradigm Signature 5.2 (S6,C1,S1) version2


2nd System

Paradigm Studio 40(or)Ascend Sierra One

2.1 stereo


Storage-Paradigm Monitor 5.0 system

(Titan,Mini-monitor,cc-190) v5


"grasshoppers"
 
#48 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by MKtheater /forum/post/20838059


New Hartford, NY


I am not sure which speakers I am keeping but right now M&K S-5000 system


MKtheater


I have Triads In room gold LCR

BFM-dr-200's

JTR triple 8, eD c12's, and SHO-10's arriving soon.

This post made me laugh. MK you would need a whole page just for you and it would require constant updating.


Brandon this is a great idea.


mjg100

Glasgow, Ky.

First system RBH SI-760's and RBH 661-SE. Second system JTR T8's and JBL 8340's. Extra Yamaha 690 III, Klipsch RB-35.
 
#49 ·
Mesa, AZ


Energy RC-10 fronts, Energy RC-LCR center, Energy Take Classic rears, and Outlaw LFM-2 sub


In living room (16x22) that opens up into kitchen. A compact system but sure doesn't sound like it even in this space.
 
#50 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by Timothy91 /forum/post/20842322


Also, please have each person post the size of the room the equipment is in. This will help some buyers eliminate systems from their buying list that won't work in their intended room. Room size is just as important a factor as the speakers themselves.

Looking at the size of the room can't be used to judge if one should be interested in the speakers. Many people have speakers in small rooms that would work well in medium to large rooms. Look at MK's stuff, they would work in much larger rooms than his. In fact, I would say his system has enough output to work in any HT no matter how large. I know another guy with a small room but his system has 24,000 watts, so I think it would work in any HT also, no matter how large.
 
#51 ·
First post updated.


Mike, I'm moving my room around and after I'm done and collectively our kids are done with sports you should come down this way again.
 
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