Posts by Jake Sm

What were they hooked to in the showroom?

new place has lr, dr, open to small foyer and two hallways and there is a cathereral ceiling over half of it - - LOTS OF CUBIC VOLUME.....NEED CONQUEST!!!

Quote: But when someone's in the market for serious pieces like we're describing here, "vinyl boxes" aren't going to be players, their high value notwithstanding. There is a small contingent of people content to have a couple of...

Quote: Sounds like a personal problem. Wanna talk about it? I dunno, are you old and having that problem? If you are, seek medical help, I only have heard about it on tv, but apparently you aren't alone as they keep advertising the...

Depends....are you talikng about in-walls for a normal depth wall to fit in an existing stud bay, or speakers that are designed to be "built-in" and flushed (or reccessed) but need special construction?

Quote: ...the big ED... Is anyone else bothered by the fact that ED is something they keep talking to old men about on tv ?

Quote: Man, you are one lucky camper to have a woodshop in the works. My wife is actually the wood worker , her grandfather , friends and a lot of OJT rehabbing houses taught her well. We have a lot of tools now from her grandfather,...

Quote: How hard is it to build a box? Finishing can take a little time depending on what you want, but not rocket science. But building it right , well braced, and to tight tolerances, is not a simple thing for most people either....

Quote: Originally Posted by hifisponge OK, so here's where I get the collective audiophile slap . . ., and yes I know better, but I have no room treatments. I have, however done all that I can to make our multipurpose living room...

Well when I knew Chad many years ago from his east coast days, he was the first guy to really show a bunch of us what high SPL 16 hz tones felt like (using a single 15" w/ a 15"pr, I believe) - built in a woodshop where most of the work...