Wharfedale Owners Thread - Page 12

Originally Posted by TjMV3

I use the Evo 10 as rears, too. I'm interested in your findings with the Evo2 10.

Ice, out curiosity. Do you know how far apart (in distance) your Opus 2 Left and Right are placed?

I've been experimenting with my Opus 2 and I found that 9 to 10 feet apart really works the best with them. Just wondering what your findings are.

Originally Posted by ClarkeBar

and yes, TjMV3, the second pair of Walnut beauties is still in climate controlled storage. With all of the speaker collecting you do, I don't think you need them.

Originally Posted by IceTBC

Interesting you should comment/ask about this because I was recently considering moving the front left and right to inside the entertainment centers piers next to the PDP. This would allow me to reposition my sub a little better as well as possibly giving me room for a plasma upgrade to a 60". If I moved them inside with my current set-up that would place them about 6 1/2' apart on center. What are your thoughts/results on putting them this close together?

Originally Posted by TjMV3

Ice, I had initially tried them at 6 and 7 feet apart. Very disappointing.

It crushes the soundstage and wide dispersion of the 3" dome midrange had the midrange crashing.

Like you, I've found 9 to 10 feet really let's those babies breathing and flexing their muscles. It's absolutely breathtaking.

Not so much at 6 to 7 feet

Originally Posted by Rogue Element

Hey Tj and Ice,
OK, so they're three times the price of EVO 10s

Originally Posted by Rogue Element

Hey Tj and Ice,
I'm wondering why you guys haven't bought the new Opus2-2M bookshelves for rear surround duty. OK, so they're three times the price of EVO 10s , but they're a perfect match for your Opus1-2s!

Just wonderin...

Originally Posted by HURON ANGEL

Well I have had months to play with my new toys and now its time I gave an opinion, the butler amp cost me more than I wanted to spend but have found it to be worth every penny and glad I made the choice, one of the first and biggest things I noticed about this wonderful amp is that its so quiet its almost spooky, I first noticed it while playing Norah Jones (not to late) I was so amazed that I put my ears up close to the tweeter at very high volume levels during dead spots (its very impressive on how quiet this amp is) butler builds them the way they look, heavy and industrial tough, even the finish is hard to scratch, the 5150 stays low warm even when cranked up to ungodly levels, the only thing I dont like about this amp is the power indicator light is way to bright and the LED`s for the tubes, they should have a dimmer on them, I put a piece of tape over the power indcator and I put electrical tape over the bottom first two slots on all 5 tube windows and it solves the problem,

I bought the butler and the opus 1`s at the same time so most of my opinion will be on them together, my opus center and DFS speakers I have had for a while, since the DFS speakers are in the rear seporated from the new front speakers they have been a gauge on how the 5150 has effected the system and this amp definitely takes charge and sound musically sweet, I know that some of you think the DFS speakers are not worth your time, as for me I thought I made a big mistake when I bought them, I spent around a month trying every placement possible, stacking the DFS speakers on chairs with books and chicken soup boxes untill I found the correct placement, this is the problem with the DFS speaker if there not properly placed then they wont work well, and dont rely on the instructions for proper placement, my room is a problem as well, its long, narrow and opens up on one side, and yes I live in a double wide, the funny thing is that the DFS speakers are still one of the most amazing things in my system they envelop you with sound from the back, to the sides and tie into the fronts amazingly well, and they match up fine with the opus line, one picture is of the DFS speaker on the open side of the room, I fabricate so it was nothing to make a very special wall bracket for that side,

Now back to the sound factor, Norah Jones, the song (come away with me) the butler and opus combo has brought the vocals, piano and the cymbals (yes cymbals) right into my room, its almost frightening...

Steely Dan (Gaucho) in 5.1 (6 channel Direct) (Babylon sister and my rival) both songs are flawless and you can listen to them many times and still pick out things that you didnt know were there...

Korn (fallow the leader) if I had any doubts that the opus butler combo would have problems playing this type of music then I dont have them any more, I had know idea what a wonderful recording this CD is (as dark as it is) Korn has talent and this CD shows it, the songs that stand out are, freak on a leash, dead bodies everywhere and pretty.

Conclusion: Im not an expert but I do know that what im after is a system that gives the feeling that you are in the studio, at the concert or in the movie, I believe audio impacts more than video in a movie every time, my room dos not have the greatest dimensions but with the awsome designs and quality of wharfedale speakers, and a few goodies like the butler 5150 and the pioneer 79 DVD, and proper speaker placement, I have an amazing system, the butler opus combo dos it all

Originally Posted by HURON ANGEL

thanks tony I was wondering what it was going to take to get a response, I would like to thank you for your suggestions on looking at the butler amp and the pioneer dvd player, I made the right choices with your help, and thanks for the help in solving the right front speaker issue I thaught it was very funny that moving my futon one and half feet forward solved the problem, two heads are better than one, the basic rule that you said that the distance between the front speakers should eqaul the distance of the seating position, I wondered why I never heard that one so I researched it and I only found it in two channel audio file setups, I gess it proves that in home theater speaker placement is not allways in the drivers seat, plus your usually setting up for more than one seating,, my seating distance is not equal but it did get it close enough to clear up the issues good enough,

And a thanks gos out to terry from at your service for the great prices on the opus 1`s, and a thanks to allen at owens carpets on line, I will never buy carpet from anyone else, they saved me so much money, the silver screen rug he made for me the way I wanted it and for a fraction of the price from anyone else

Originally Posted by Fastnbulbous

Every single one of the nubs on one my my Opus 3 grills broke off. Any suggestions for a solution? Some of the nubs are stuck in the holes, not sure if I can dig them out with a pin or not. The only thing I can think of is substitute velcro. I hate to blemish the speakers like that, but I can't imagine gluing anything to the grill would work.