Energy Owners Thread - Page 1537

Originally Posted by eah9 

So you are saying never bid at all until the last minute? I get that but I put in a max bid and was fine with that. And at this point I don't really want them unless they are really inexpensive, since I got the other 2.

I never heard of a sniper bid but will look - I have only bid a few times on ebay so I am definitely not a pro...Thanks.

Originally Posted by sanjoelo 

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Yes, that was what I meant. I wasn't trying to say you were bidding against yourself Bidding early just entices other interested parties to outbid you, and usually results in the price being driven up. If you leave an auction alone until that last minute (or last few seconds if you're a daring sort, or using a sniper), then at least you haven't been a part of the price being driven up.

Originally Posted by caloyzki 

sir, you are almost all set! congrats!

Originally Posted by sanjoelo 

Stop bidding...you're just driving the price up on yourself. Wait til the last couple of minutes (or seconds) or use a sniper with your max bid.

Originally Posted by eah9 

Yes- thanks. You probably noticed that kind Mr. Macstatic gave me a link to the second one and I got right away, so I am officially set with surrounds! Nice journey the past month for both of us! Congrats to you too!

Originally Posted by kgallerie 

+1.......but you did the right thing by just putting in your max bid since you wont be around at the end.

But the best thing to do it put in your max bet with about 10 seconds left.
Hey....I gave you that link!

Originally Posted by kgallerie 

No probelm.....i could care less about getting credit. The amount i've been helped by the guys on here, i'm happy when I can pay it forward.

Congrats on the new surrounds....I hope you enjoy them.

I was thinking about bidding on that pair of C-R3's on ebay to replace my RC-10 surrounds. I have my RC-10's on stands right on either side of the couch and really close to the listening position so the bipole/dipole speakers would probably help out with that. But I dont think I am ready to pull the trigger on them yet. I am watching a pair of the Niles surrounds I posted earlier to see what they go for. I might give those a try if the price stays low.

I've been looking for a true 3-way bookshelf speaker for a long time and when I came across those Niles surrounds, I perused to see what they had for regular bookshelf speakers. They have 2 different 3-way bookshelf speakers. One with a 1", 1.5" and 7" drivers, and a second with a 1", 4" and 8" drivers. I am a bit intrigued by these.

http://www.nilesaudio.com/product.php?prodID=Pro1770LCR&recordID=Professional%20Cabinet,%20Home%20Theater%20Loudspeakers&categoryID=StageFront&catcdID=&prdcdID=FG01335

http://www.nilesaudio.com/product.php?prodID=Pro1870LCR&recordID=Professional%20Cabinet,%20Home%20Theater%20Loudspeakers&categoryID=StageFront&catcdID=&prdcdID=FG01135

The bass response seems a bit light on these for the size woofers (60hz and 70hz respectively), but that might be because they arent ported (not sure if they are or not, I cant find any pictures of the rear).

There is pretty limited info on these speakers because they are typically used by professional installers and arent sold retail. Anyone know anything about these?

I think the original price on these were ~$1600/pr and can be had now for the $200-350 range depending on new or used.

Originally Posted by ah_1014 

I'd like to give a shutout to Baron2,

He shipped a pair of RC-10's to me about a week and a half ago to help complete my 5.1 RC setup:). The speakers was delivered in great packaging and he also provided additional material to avoid damage during the transportation. The speakers were in excellent condition, couldn't even tell if they were used or not. He was the only one willing to ship north of the boarder as i'm located in Toronto, Canada. I really appreciate his help for that, and also his contribution to the Energy thread.

I don't really post in this thread but i review it pretty much every day, to see if i can snag any good deals on some speakers. Now i am looking to go 7.1, either another pair of RC-10's at a good price or i'll wait until Futureshop has sale on the V-mini's.

Originally Posted by baron2 

Hey Buddy, thanks for checking in. Glad all went good with those RC-10's. I am glad they are what you had hoped for. No problem with the shipping, glad I could hook you up.
Plus my wife would of been dissapointed if I didnt help a fellow Canadian out since she is from Winnipeg. If I decide to sell anything else I will give you a shout.

Happy listening

Originally Posted by caloyzki 

guys, i have a question, all of my speakers used the 16awg wires, but one my speaker got short enough wire where i suppose to put the speaker, my question is can i use the 14awg wire just to connect it from the shorter 16awg wires? is it possible or it will affect the sounds? thanks,.

Originally Posted by kgallerie 


Hey....I gave you that link!

Originally Posted by kgallerie 

Not sure exactly what you are asking. Are you asking about running a 14 ga wire from the receiver to the one speaker? Or are you asking if its ok to splice a 14 ga wire to the end of the 16 ga wire to reach the speaker?

It would be fine to run the 14 ga from the receiver to the one speaker, and use 16 ga for the rest.

If you were asking about splicing, you could do it. Just make sure you twist them together tightly (soldering would be preferred) and shrink wrap or tape the splice up really well. That wont harm anything or cause any difference in sound.

However, I would only use that as a temporary solution until I could get a continuous wire long enough to run from the receiver to the speaker.

Originally Posted by afrogt 

Is there something wrong with your 7.1 receiver that you don't think it'll sound good in 2 channel mode? If you're not physically moving the speakers why would you need a seperate receiver for stereo?

Originally Posted by sanjoelo 

I haven't bought it yet.

For reference, my current upstairs rig is an Onkyo TX-NR616 driving Polk RTi8 fronts, Onix LRSse surrounds, and a Polk Center. It's adequate, and mostly used for HT.

For the downstairs man-cave-in-progress, I'm running the RC-70's on a HK-3480 at the moment, and I really like the sheer punch this thing has. Past experience has led me to believe that you're not going to get that kind of stereo punch out of a modern AV receiver without spending a crap ton of money, but maybe I just haven't found the right receiver yet? I'm hoping for something that does both HT and 2-channel audio very well. I really love the sound and power of the Harman. If I could match that in a 7.1 (or 5.1) receiver within a limited budget, I'd be open to it, but my thought process was sort of leading me to using the HK for music and a less expensive receiver more geared toward HT, if that makes any sense at all.

I've recently picked up a pair of RC-10's and have an RC-LCR on the way to accompany the RC-70's.

Originally Posted by deano86 

If you are that much in love with the sound that is provided by your HK, and still want to use your 70's in a surround sound setup also, you could theoretically still use a speaker switch box.... I think anyway!

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=109&cp_id=10903&cs_id=1090305&p_id=9995&seq=1&format=2#description

Granted in your situation, you will hooking it up in reverse... you are not distributing sound to additional speakers, but distributing a pair of speakers to additional receivers!

So your "Input" connection will be to your RC-70s and "Output 1" will be to your HK and "Output 2" will be to your home theater receiver. Just be sure to only have only one switch option active at a time....

Maybe someone else could chime in on this question?

Granted, there is no reason that a single receiver would not be able to give you great performance for both scenarios... Many receivers also have separate sound parameter options that you can tweak just for 2 channel performance also.... A much better way to go in my opinion...

Originally Posted by kgallerie 

I would be careful doing that......i dont know if the speaker selectors are meant to work both ways.

edit: after doing a little reading, its not recommended to use a speaker selector in reverse. If you hit the wrong button(s), your amps will be trying to drive each other and could lead to some catastrophic results.

There are amp selector switches that are meant for this. Do a google search and see what you find.

Originally Posted by Rsmith115 

Plesae see below (accidentally posted this in the wrong thread earlier)

I order (3) v-mini-c to use as front speakers from wwstereo. I asked before I ordered if they came with mounts and was told they did. Much to my surprise when I received the speakers yesterday there are no mounts. The customer service at wwstereo has been terrible up until this point. I talked to Energy and they can't recommend a third party to use but can tell me the mount needs to have a capacity of 9 lbs. Has anyone mounted these centers on the wall as left and rights and can send me some recommendations as to what to use for mounts?Reply

Originally Posted by dsskid 

Anybody have any experience with Take Sats (not to be confused with take 5 classics)? Are they decent for surrounds?
I'm trying to match them up with 2 CB-5s for FL, FR (limited space in cabinet for anything bigger), and a CC-5 Center.
I was just going to get another pair of CB-5s for the rear, but they are black, and wife would rather something white to blend into the ceiling.
WAF means a lot in this situation. But if the CB-5 will be a lot better, I'll talk with her about black.
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