My Apartment/House Setup - Page 2

Hey ldgibson76,I actually dont utilize a sub for music, so my main purposes are for HT. Currently i dont plan to fully utilize the capabilities of the MFW-15, but i will be getting a house in a year so i'm thinkg ahead MY buddy has dual MFW-15's so i know how good hey are. I have listened to the single on several occasions. It digs deeper, has greater output, and overall sounds better than my RW-12d. I got the "diamond" finish for the good looksFor the money i spent on it ($549) there wasnt to much else out there that is better. I do work at a local hifi shop, and i can bet many different brands of subs at cost, but even cost on some of the subs that would equal the MFW-15 in performance are still several hundred dollars more... I was highly considering getting a Velodyne DD-15. It would have been a great sub with an incredible in room EQ built in, but it was also $900 more...lol so for me the MFW-15 was the best choice at this time in my life

haha Thanks alot ldgibson76.

I still have not received the MFW-15. They delayed the shipping at the beginning of the month because they still had not gotten all amp replacements out to original owners. I was told last week it should ship sometime today or within the next few days. But i'll let ya know when i get it.

Lately i've been thinking (oh ****...why do i do that...), and i might be wanting to get some Paradigm Signatures. After a recent demo i have fell in love with them... But who knows, i should probably keep what i have, but im obsessed with this hobby.

lol its funny how things work out...

I decided to keep the viennas and i picked up an MFW-15 with new amp, rosewood faceplate and custom metal grill this weekend.

It was a grill that a member of the av123 forums decided to make for people. He was inspires by the svs pb13 ultra metal grills. He went by the name Loudandclear.

Its plenty of separation for the room. Its about 7.5 ft apart. It could use a bit more, but that pesky entrance door to the very right is kinda hard to relocate


Sub works great in the apartment, im a reasonable neighbor.

Thanks alot for the compliments guys!

Well the sub is from a different company and the grill was a custom made design by a forum member from av123, so there really wouldn't be any option for similar grills for the mains. But im not sure i would like it on the speakers, but who knows could be a cool look

2 of 7 acoustic panels up

Thanks! Once i finished mounting all the panels there was definately an improvement in sound. Dialogue especially improved

Here is the finished results

These are all DIY panels. Me and my buddy went to Home Depot and Hobby lobby for all the supplies. The roxul material that is the actual panel came from ATS acoustics.

-Wood from Home Depot cost me around $30.
-A package of roxul 24"x 48" (6) from ATS cost me $49 w/ $15 shipping.
-Breathable cloth from Hobby Lobby cost about $30 (could of been less but we made a size mistake)
-Dry Wall screws $5
-Staples $5
-Wall hangers (picture frame style w/ heavier duty nails) $3
-Wood Glue (Judd already had some)

For a grand total of only about $135. That got me 4 full sized panels (24" x 48") and 4 half sized panels (24" x 24").

Overall its pretty damn easy work. Just screw the wood together. Then make corner braces and a middle brace then glue all edges together. Then you have your frame. We bought some standard cheapie white cloth to use as a backing and stapled that on. Since i was hanging mine on a wall we needed a "seat" for the roxul to sit on. So we bought some pine wood planks that were the perfect size.

You place your breathable cloth flat on the ground, put the roxul in the middle then place the panel on top of it facing down. Then you just take all the extra fabric fold it over, pull tight and staple on the backside for a nice clean look. Then take the picture hangers and nail them into the very top. I did alot of measuring, nailed in some dry wall anchors, and mounted.

Definately worth the time because i ended saving a TON of money than if i were to buy it from GIK or ATS directly already built.

P.S.- so far the panels have really balanced out the sound. Dialogue has really been cleaned up in my room, which was a big complaint of mine prior to the panels. I'm enjoying this investment thus far

Thanks for the compliments! I tried to make it as clean looking as possible.


I had actually emailed GIK some time ago about panel placement. I sent them some room pics and he the rep gave me some advice. From there i did a few things like using a mirror to find reflection points and just did it to the best of my abilities. There a few other places that need attention, but for now im just keeping it as is until i get into a house. Thanks for the compliments.

Thanks!

Well to me the boxy/muddy kind of sound was taking away from intelligibility and yes this was improved with the panels. Everything seems more balanced now. Some slap echo i was getting before the panels is almost entirely gone. Separation has drastically improved. Its now a lot easier to pick out the placement and position of different instruments. I would assume this is because i cut down the reflection points so the main sound is getting to my ears first. I'm very pleased.

Oh and i actually sent picturs over to GIK not ATS for some advice. I did this awhile ago when i never thought about making my own panels. At that time i was prepared to drop $350 on panels. Since then i educated myself a bit more and found extremely cheap materials at ATS Acoustics, so i bought the roxul from them and got to work!

P.S. - im rocking out to some of the Alice in Chains Unplugged album and just played "Rooster".....its almost scary how much more realistic this sounds compared to before...wow...I feel like they are in my living room..haha