Official JTR speaker thread - Page 250

Originally Posted by purbeast 

So now that I'm back from a week in Costa Rica, I will now have some money to spend on surrounds!

Those of you who have used T8's and Slanted 8's as surrounds, I'm looking to hear your opinion on this subject.

Here is a panoramic pic of my setup (taken before my stands were in place).



If you look on the far wall you can see the speaker jack where the speakers will be plugged into. I plan on mounting the speakers to the side of the jack that is closer to the screen. As you can see there is a gap on my left side between the seating area and the wall where my left surround will be placed. So there is going to be different distances between the 2 speakers and the listening area.

My main question is I'm wondering if the T8's would be overkill for this vs the Slanted 8's. Like will I even notice a difference at all since these will be surround usage? I probably will never listen to actual 5.1 music in this area and it will be strictly for gaming/movies/tv. I also plan on most likely purchasing these speakers used so I'm not looking at the retail prices.

So anyone have any opinion on the matter here? The room is about 20x26, and the seating area is about 13ft or so back from the screen. If you couldn't tell, those are T12's and Caps that these surrounds will be paired with.

Would I be just wasting money on purchasing T8's to match the speakers as I won't get much out of them over the Slanted 8's?

Originally Posted by KevinH 

I personally don't think you would notice any difference between T8s vs S8s as surrounds in a 5.1 or 7.1 system......especially if no surround music.

Originally Posted by KevinH 

I personally don't think you would notice any difference between T8s vs S8s as surrounds in a 5.1 or 7.1 system......especially if no surround music.

Originally Posted by Jedirun 

However, if your T8's are still available, he could buy all three for the cost of 2 slanted 8's new and just buy a 4th T8 from Jeff if he ever wanted to go to 7.1.

Originally Posted by purbeast 

Originally Posted by Mark Lem 

Problem I'm finding is very very few used JTR speakers around, some 888 but I haven't found any used slants or single 8's. I'm gonna go with new 3 x 228HT for LCR and would like to find used single 8 LP's (need narrow depth) for sides and slants for rears...

So now that I'm back from a week in Costa Rica, I will now have some money to spend on surrounds!

Originally Posted by purbeast 

The closer I get to purchasing, I'm beginning to think maybe I should check out the S8's and then if they aren't enough, to grab the T8's. I also don't want the T12's to be overkill for the S8's as surrounds, but I also think since I went overkill with the T12's, why not with the T8's too lol? But in reality, the S8's are a much cheaper option and probably in reality, as you stated, won't make much difference at all as surrounds, if at all.

Originally Posted by RMK! 

Get the Single 8LP's and be done with it. You will love em ...

Originally Posted by jbrown15 

Wow that's one hell of a first system to have JC!

Originally Posted by JC507JC 

So I'm completely new to the speaker world, never have owned a pair of speakers in my life. I bought a 80" Sharp and decided it was time to change that. So I did a lot of reading and asked a lot of questions on this forum, thanks RMK and everyone else who answered my questions, and decided on the JTRs. I found a pair of T8s and i jumped on them and will be using them as my L/R. I then found an S2 for sale and got that too. I recently ordered a S8-LP for my center channel from Jeff and will hopefully be getting that shortly. in the near future I will be getting two slanted 8s for my surrounds and hopefully that will complete my setup.

I sit back almost 13' and had planned on lowering my tv about 3-4" and mount the center channel under the tv. Now that I got the S2 in, I have 15.5" of space between my tv and sub, so thats no longer an option. Now I'm thinking of just placing the S8 on top of the sub and not actually mounting it. If i did that, what would I need to place, if anything, between the sub and the center channel?

I will be getting stands for the L/R to bring them up to ear level. Just added a pic to show my setup so far. Thanks to everyone for their posts and information. I'm sure I'll have more questions once I start wiring this up.

Originally Posted by logicators 

I use eight 4x4x7/8 rubber isolation pads bought from ebay for $24 shipped to isolate my quintuple center channel from the S2.

Originally Posted by JC507JC 


Like this

http://www.ebay.com/itm/8-pack-Anti-Vibration-isolation-pad-rubber-cork-4x4x7-8-HOME-AUDIO-SPEAKERS-HVAC-/200864532909?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ec47589ad

Originally Posted by logicators 

Exactly those )

Originally Posted by JC507JC 


Cool, is the cork very visible??? I'm asking for aesthetic reasons. Or are they easily painted???

Originally Posted by logicators 

They won't be visible unless you place them on the corner, which you don't need to.

Originally Posted by JC507JC 

So I'm completely new to the speaker world, never have owned a pair of speakers in my life. I bought a 80" Sharp and decided it was time to change that. So I did a lot of reading and asked a lot of questions on this forum, thanks RMK and everyone else who answered my questions, and decided on the JTRs. I found a pair of T8s and i jumped on them and will be using them as my L/R. I then found an S2 for sale and got that too. I recently ordered a S8-LP for my center channel from Jeff and will hopefully be getting that shortly. in the near future I will be getting two slanted 8s for my surrounds and hopefully that will complete my setup.

I sit back almost 13' and had planned on lowering my tv about 3-4" and mount the center channel under the tv. Now that I got the S2 in, I have 15.5" of space between my tv and sub, so thats no longer an option. Now I'm thinking of just placing the S8 on top of the sub and not actually mounting it. If i did that, what would I need to place, if anything, between the sub and the center channel?

I will be getting stands for the L/R to bring them up to ear level. Just added a pic to show my setup so far. Thanks to everyone for their posts and information. I'm sure I'll have more questions once I start wiring this up.

Originally Posted by purbeast 

So now that I'm back from a week in Costa Rica, I will now have some money to spend on surrounds!

Those of you who have used T8's and Slanted 8's as surrounds, I'm looking to hear your opinion on this subject.

Here is a panoramic pic of my setup (taken before my stands were in place).



If you look on the far wall you can see the speaker jack where the speakers will be plugged into. I plan on mounting the speakers to the side of the jack that is closer to the screen. As you can see there is a gap on my left side between the seating area and the wall where my left surround will be placed. So there is going to be different distances between the 2 speakers and the listening area.

My main question is I'm wondering if the T8's would be overkill for this vs the Slanted 8's. Like will I even notice a difference at all since these will be surround usage? I probably will never listen to actual 5.1 music in this area and it will be strictly for gaming/movies/tv. I also plan on most likely purchasing these speakers used so I'm not looking at the retail prices.

So anyone have any opinion on the matter here? The room is about 20x26, and the seating area is about 13ft or so back from the screen. If you couldn't tell, those are T12's and Caps that these surrounds will be paired with.

Would I be just wasting money on purchasing T8's to match the speakers as I won't get much out of them over the Slanted 8's?

Originally Posted by JC507JC 

So I'm completely new to the speaker world, never have owned a pair of speakers in my life. I bought a 80" Sharp and decided it was time to change that. So I did a lot of reading and asked a lot of questions on this forum, thanks RMK and everyone else who answered my questions, and decided on the JTRs. I found a pair of T8s and i jumped on them and will be using them as my L/R. I then found an S2 for sale and got that too. I recently ordered a S8-LP for my center channel from Jeff and will hopefully be getting that shortly. in the near future I will be getting two slanted 8s for my surrounds and hopefully that will complete my setup.

I sit back almost 13' and had planned on lowering my tv about 3-4" and mount the center channel under the tv. Now that I got the S2 in, I have 15.5" of space between my tv and sub, so thats no longer an option. Now I'm thinking of just placing the S8 on top of the sub and not actually mounting it. If i did that, what would I need to place, if anything, between the sub and the center channel?

I will be getting stands for the L/R to bring them up to ear level. Just added a pic to show my setup so far. Thanks to everyone for their posts and information. I'm sure I'll have more questions once I start wiring this up.