Monitor Audio Owners Thread - Page 272

Originally Posted by spawnofwar1600

Well its good To hear that some one is using a rx6 / nad combo . If i do upgrade , i will get a nad t748 .
What source component(cd player/blu rayp) are you using with this setup?

Originally Posted by fullerms

AVR / Speakers selection is very subjective. We need to listen to what our ears tell us.

Originally Posted by fullerms


Hook up your iPhone audio jack to the Denon stereo input. Your iPhone should be playing the music. Let us know if that makes any difference.

Did you check the Radio on the Denon? how does that sound?

Btw, is the Denon grounded properly?

Originally Posted by DJHuuE

Welp, after weeks of painstaking research and speaker auditions and going in with a budget of under $1000 for bookshelf speakers for a small apartment, I kept getting drawn to these B-Stock Monitor Audio BR1's! ($199 Sale) Even though they are an older discontinued model, the mid/high end clarity was only surpassed by one set of speakers, the Rega RS1. ($700) But the low end had distortion when you begin to crank it up. Even compared them with MA RX1's and I liked the BR1's better. (Although if I had a bigger place I might have gone with the RX1's.)

The BR1's low end is very clean and tight, not as full as most, but hey I don't want to make the neighbors angry and I don't listen to a lot of bass heavy music anyway. The speakers were so cheap I picked up a V-DAC II along with it! I'm so happy with them I can't stop listening!

Sorry, just needed to gloat a little bit!

Originally Posted by DJHuuE

Yeah I was skeptical too but it definitely makes a huge difference. Much warmer and crisper sound. And louder. At least if you're playing mp3's or flacs. I have yet to hook it up to a CD player to see if that makes a difference. But if I had to choose between putting money towards a good speaker or a DAC, i'd get the speaker.

Originally Posted by DJHuuE

Welp, after weeks of painstaking research and speaker auditions and going in with a budget of under $1000 for bookshelf speakers for a small apartment, I kept getting drawn to these B-Stock Monitor Audio BR1's! ($199 Sale) Even though they are an older discontinued model, the mid/high end clarity was only surpassed by one set of speakers, the Rega RS1. ($700) But the low end had distortion when you begin to crank it up. Even compared them with MA RX1's and I liked the BR1's better. (Although if I had a bigger place I might have gone with the RX1's.)

The BR1's low end is very clean and tight, not as full as most, but hey I don't want to make the neighbors angry and I don't listen to a lot of bass heavy music anyway. The speakers were so cheap I picked up a V-DAC II along with it! I'm so happy with them I can't stop listening!

Sorry, just needed to gloat a little bit!

Originally Posted by VTGOLFER

I have a quick question for the Monitor guys...how do the GX100 speakers attach to the Monitor stands? Are they screwd in or do they just sit on the stand? The reason I ask is I have a 12 year old and a 6 year old and if I go with a monitor I want to make sure they are stable. (I will fill the stands with sand or lead shot but the speaker needs to be attached)

I listened to the GX100 and was very impressed with the build quality and the sound over my RX8's. I like the RX8's a lot but I'm looking for a little better mid range and highs and I think a good two way with dual subs will give me a sound I'm looking for. The 8's have a tendency to be a little muddy on the low end. I have them running as small and crossed over at 80 and I'm still struggling with the low end in direct two channel without subs. Any help would be great.

Originally Posted by VTGOLFER

RAKS,

What amps are you using for bi-amping? I have been tweaking my system over and over and I like the sound of the RX8's but I've been struggling with set up issues. I just spent a few hours today redoing Audyssey, moving my sub and rearranging my front right and left speakers. I sit about 9 ft. and spread the right and left to about 8 ft. apart and toed them in slightly toward the listening position. This has helped a lot.

My issues now I feel are with my subwoofer. I decided to sell my Definitive Tech Reference sub and I'm looking at picking up dual subs. The subs that have gotten my attention are the SVS SB12-NSD's. I think this will be a big improvement especially for two channel and give me plenty of low end for movies.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks,
Ted

Originally Posted by mtrot

What speaker cables are you using? I recently got a set of MA Silver 9i, and bi-wired them with a couple of different cables, and was getting what I consider poor bass out of them. This is not an ad at all, but I found an old set of Goertz MI-2 Veracity cables I had lying around. As an experiment, I re-inserted the speaker binding jumpers and single-wired the MI-2 cables to the speakers.

I'll be darned if I don't now have much more and better quality bass out of the 9i set. Might just want to play around a bit more with your cable selection and bi-wire vs. single wire, YRMV. I do plan someday to try bi-wiring with the MI-2 cables and see how that sounds.

Originally Posted by VTGOLFER

Right now I am using some 12 gauge Monster cable that I picked up from Best Buy on the roll. I have some decent Audioquest cables that I will try.

I still think it is the sub that is creating the muddy bass. To me it is just not quite quick enough.

Originally Posted by millej

Hey all,

I currently have am building my HT system. Currently I am running two monitfor 60s for my L and R. Polk 10" sub, CS2 center channel. Looking at the monitor 40's for surround.

I am very happy with the monitor series so far, but I was wondering how the CS2's would work as surround speakers? Anyone ever tried this? I ws just thinking about it, and currently looking at monitor 40's...thanks!

Originally Posted by Jtm79

I have 3x BR2 and 2xBR1 with Svs 20-39 pci. My onkyo 609 blew up and destroyed tweeters and crossovers from my main BR2 speakers. So i bought used pair of BX2. Now i also want upgrade also the rest of my set to bx series. So im gonna get pair of BX1 but should i get third BX2 or BX LCR? I have been using BR2 as a center and it is horizontally inside my tv stand(it is closed space). So i wonder if the sealed BX LCR would be better? Also do you think its a good idea to site BR/BX2 horizontally? I dont hear anyhing bad when i watch movies, but the test sound from onkyo audussey sounds bit different.

One BX2 is 185€ and BX LCR is 230€. So i think i will just get another BX2 just like i did with with BR series. What do you guys think?

PS. My friend repairs those old BR2's and im going to sell that series to him.

Originally Posted by DrkWhtGuy

I have read that it is more ideal to place the center vertical rather than the traditional horizontal for the best sound. I believe it was in a review of a RX system in Home Theater magazine. Here it is a couple paragraphs above the conclusion:
http://www.hometheater.com/content/m...-system-page-2

As for using a BX2 as your center, I'd say definitely try it out. Are you able to audition both? Ideally at home if possible?

Originally Posted by numpsi

Thanks for the quick answer.

I thought about that a little but if the RX8 or RX6 are not negatively influencing anything but are just bigger and a bit more expensive then that would not be a decision criteria for me. It might be crazy but I would just like to know I can also throw in a good audio CD and have a better sound than by going with the RX1/2 alone.

Would you think that the RX8 or RX6 have another drawback besides money and size that should make them not desirable?

And could the RX8 be worse than the RX6 for what I am doing or just too good for what I need .

Originally Posted by numpsi

Thanks.

I meant I am not on the high side of cash going to the next level as something like Gold Series.
But when its a decision between RX6 and RX8 its ok.

One other main parameter is that my room is quite big and 4 meter high. So the bookshelf speakers might not be strong enough.

Originally Posted by numpsi

Hi Guys,

First of all thanks for all the expertise here - I read the forum for hours and learned a lot leading to me bugging my audio dealer and changing my order three times ....

Now I would need some last feedback from you to sleep well .

I am a novice to stereo and HT systems and the best stereo system I ever had was like 500 USD (including the built in CD-player).

I will use the system to 80% for watching movies and HD TV and streaming movies and the rest to listen to digital music (think itunes and spotify and not high quality CDs).

My room is medium to large sized with a bit more than 600 square feet (56 m2) and it is 13 feet (4 m) high and quite square.

Here is the current setup that I ordered:

- RX 8 front
- RX 1 back
- RX Center
- Velodyne SPL 1000 Ultra
- Pioneer LX75 AV
- Pioneer LX55 Blue Ray Player

And here are the for me most pressing/bothering questions:

1. Would the RX6 be a better choice than the RX8? I read that the RX8 might have some "bass problems/deficiencies" compared to the RX6 and that with a good sub woofer the RX6 would be better. I am worried that this strong bass thing kinda negatively influences the RX8 without any advantages in return. Is that justified or (as the higher version and price suggests) the RX8 should be at least as fine as the RX6? Or might I never really hear the difference and if I have the money and space the RX8 cant be worse than the RX6 in my setup.

2. As I mostly watch movies with the system and as I read here that the center takes almost 60% of the work for movies I thought about changing the RX Center to the Gold GXC 350 Center. Does that make sense at all? And does that even harmonically work together with the rest of the setup?

I am not on the high side of cash and also my ears are not good enough going one level above (eg. the whole gold series) but I do not mind spending a bit more to improve the center or having the RX8 instead of the RX6.

Thanks a lot !! - your feedback is more than highly appreciated to get my first "real" cool system.

Originally Posted by kaa1954

I think most owners of the RX6's would agree that the RX8's would be unnecessary with a dedicated sub. I have the RX6's with a sub & it sounds great. Also, the GX series is somewhat sonically matched with the RX's. The ribbon tweeter on the GX center would probably not be an issue. I have successfully mixed the RX & GX line in my system. Adding the GX's did create an overall improvement to my system.

I know these kinds of decisions can be somewhat concerning to a new buyer so I hope this helps.

Originally Posted by numpsi

Thanks.

I meant I am not on the high side of cash going to the next level as something like Gold Series.
But when its a decision between RX6 and RX8 its ok.

One other main parameter is that my room is quite big and 4 meter high. So the bookshelf speakers might not be strong enough.