Energy Owners Thread - Page 1448

Originally Posted by batpig 

The benefit would be if the excessive bass from the center speaker (due to physical location) causes the dialogue to become muddy and unintelligible. I plug the ports on my RC-LCR because it's less than a foot from the back wall and I found dialogue was much clearer with the ports plugged.

With ports, it's really a case-by-case thing, you have to try it both ways and see what sounds good to you. I think the "default" should be ports open (since that's the way the speaker was designed to operate) and the port plugs should be viewed as a potential solution should a problem arise.

Out of curiosity have you tried swapping the V5.2C with the dented tweeter with one of the other ones, just to make sure the tonality difference you are hearing is not simply due to the acoustic position of the speaker?

Originally Posted by batpig 


Thanks, this is an older photo, I just wanted to dig up something I already had available to show how my RC-LCR looked with the door stoppers angling it up. I don't actually run dual front speakers, that photo was taken when I had a pair of Veritas V2.1's that I hooked up to A/B with the RC-10's.

In my "normal" setup the RC-10's are sitting on the side tables where the V2.1's are in this photo. As you can see the side tables (which BTW I actually built myself and stained to match the rosenut) are a few inches lower than the console, which is why I have the FR/FL speakers sitting on those MoPads to angle them up.

Here's a closeup:

Originally Posted by Szeppelin75 

Cool, thanks. For now i'll leave it open, sounds better for me.

Originally Posted by losservatore 

okay so after this person got banned from energy thread ,he decide to make his own thread, now I ask what you guys think about his review of the VERITAS VS RC?

(after having both imho

the veritas 6.3 blows away rc 70s... i was so disappointed in the sound produced from rc 70 s i took all 5 of them back..
the energy forum people think its way better not even close... they should really sell there rc 10 and get some v 6.3
imho.. how can so many be so wrong.. like buffalo following the heard over the cliff....

i had some veritas 6.3 before but they started smoking after i had em for 2 weeks... might have been the denon
avr 3313 ci that cause the problem was very hot..

i had to waite to get my v 6.3 back so i thought i would try the rc 70 on a brand new denon 3313 ci.. wow what disappointment
sound was so dead and the treble was awful.. taj mahal sounded like bees when playing a harmonica...

the v 6.3 is a way way better speaker night and day... just going to add an external amp from emotiva so i have some extra power
to drive em... to give me some of that so called

sonic nirvana

cheers...)

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1452203/energy-speakers-rc70-vs-v-6-3

Originally Posted by Szeppelin75 

Those door stoppers are a great idea. i'll try that.

Originally Posted by pokekevin 

At least he is happy with an Energy Speaker.

Originally Posted by losservatore 


I hope you guys understand a little bit and sorry for my missing punctuations and my awful grammar lol.

Originally Posted by jasonmichaelh 


Your description of the nuances between the two models is spot on, and your intelligence shines through the grammer Loss

Originally Posted by luketo 

I did not rerun audyssey multieq xt yet.....it's kinda hard with my daughter running in and out of the room every 5 mins.

Originally Posted by neutro 

I *so* know what you're talking about. Now that my daughter is old enough for me to explain the situation a bit and tell her it's dead important that she be as quiet as possible during the calibration tones... she just can't help herself and always end up asking questions in the middle of a measurement. And the test tones are a bit loud and too diverse to run when the kid is asleep.

Originally Posted by pokekevin 

I live near an airport, audyssey 6 positions can take as long as an hour for me hahah

Originally Posted by pokekevin 

I live near an airport, audyssey 6 positions can take as long as an hour for me hahah

Originally Posted by neutro 

I *so* know what you're talking about. Now that my daughter is old enough for me to explain the situation a bit and tell her it's dead important that she be as quiet as possible during the calibration tones... she just can't help herself and always end up asking questions in the middle of a measurement. And the test tones are a bit loud and too diverse to run when the kid is asleep.

Originally Posted by losservatore 

Luketo the tweeter and midrange are housed In a sealed compartment of the tower ,if you get better vocals with plugs on is do to a bass improvement in your room.I found that they sound best at least 2' away from each wall.They get uncontrolable bass when they are placed too close from the walls.

Originally Posted by kgallerie 

Iirc, the RC-70s have two ports in the rear. Have you tried plugging only one of them? You could switch between one and the other to see if one makes more of a difference than the other. if you still cant find your happy place, ive seen where someone has drilled a hole throught the center of the foam port plug to get a partial port plug. I would recommend getting a spare set of plugs before you do that though.

Originally Posted by losservatore 

Thanks jason ; my intentions is not to confused people with my bad grammar, even that it does look confusing and it takes some time to read ,but finally at the end people understand what I really mean to write.

Originally Posted by batpig 

The benefit would be if the excessive bass from the center speaker (due to physical location) causes the dialogue to become muddy and unintelligible. I plug the ports on my RC-LCR because it's less than a foot from the back wall and I found dialogue was much clearer with the ports plugged.

With ports, it's really a case-by-case thing, you have to try it both ways and see what sounds good to you. I think the "default" should be ports open (since that's the way the speaker was designed to operate) and the port plugs should be viewed as a potential solution should a problem arise.

Out of curiosity have you tried swapping the V5.2C with the dented tweeter with one of the other ones, just to make sure the tonality difference you are hearing is not simply due to the acoustic position of the speaker?

Originally Posted by luketo 

Thanks everyone for your inputs. I think I might have found my happy place. I did not move the speakers....I plugged up the bottom port, turned off dynamic eq. and crossed over the RC-70's at 60hz. It sounds much better now. I did not rerun audyssey multieq xt yet.....it's kinda hard with my daughter running in and out of the room every 5 mins. I find that dynamic eq was a lot of the problem. When dynamic eq is on, the speakers sound boxy or honking...when off, it goes away. I find I like the way it sounds now. I have a buddy thats coming over shortly to run some tones and find the best crossover point for the RC-70's subs to meet. I'll let you guy know how it goes.

Originally Posted by pokekevin 

I live near an airport, audyssey 6 positions can take as long as an hour for me hahah