eD Owner's Thread

Glad to see that you started this thread.

I received my 6T6's and 5TC's last week for a 5.0 setup (still waiting for the 6T6 center, and I have an existing Mirage sub). All arrived in great shape. They package the towers very well. I hooked everything up only to find that the midrange in one of the 5TC did not work. I had already had a bit of buyer's remorse that I had not ordered the 5T5's as surrounds (didn't even think of it at the time I ordered) so I called eD, and Alex was very cool about returning the 5TC's for the 5T5's. I think, for the small upcharge, the 5T5's are the way to go for surrounds if your space can accommodate them.

I like what I'm hearing so far from the 6T6's. I haven't spent a lot of time with them, but I plan to this weekend. I'm upgrading from an old set of 4 Infinity RS bookshelves and an Infinity CC2. I can already hear much more detail and fullness in the front channels.

I'll post more when I receive the 5T5's and have a chance to run the auto-eq on my Onkyo 605.

Looking foreward to reading this thread, I would love to hear some info on the towers.

I did 7.1. 6T6's up front, 5T5's middle and rear surround(mounted horizontally), 5Tc's as side surrounds, and A3-300 and have been very satisfied. I do wish they had the 6T6 MTM center when I ordered, oh well.

I ended up using the Monoprice speaker mounts and just drilling into the back of the cabinet. If you pop off the terminal plate, or the speaker itself, you can locate the crossover as to not hit it.

I received my 5T5's today. I was really bummed out to see the box setting on my porch with the corner crushed in. Fortunately, the speaker was not cosmetically damaged.

I will hook them up tonight and have some good listening time tomorrow. I'm really anxious to get the 6T6 center, but it shouldn't be long.

I guess I should post here. I have eD 6T6 towers and 5T5 surrounds already and a 6T6 center and A5-350 sub on order. The sub should be here next week and the center not long thereafter. I'll post again once I have everything.

Tim

Has anyone listened to teh Ascend Acoustics 340SE's? Wondering how those compare to the eD's 6T6 MTM's. Driver sizes are about the same, wondering how different are the two besides the big difference in pricing.

Well I have been comparing the Boston Acoustics Horizon Series speakers the an eD setup for a week or so now. I think I am going with the eD speakers though. I decided on the 6T6 MTM's for my fronts and center then a couple 5T5's in the back for a 5.1 system. Sub I am thinking about is the a3-300.

What do yal think about this choice? I am comparing the specs between the Boston speakers and the eD 6T6's and they seem to be pretty close in specs. I am also assuming that they are probably higher quality.....Anyone have an opinion on those two setups?

It looks like everyone went with the tower speakers all around has anyone tried the bookshelves for fronts? Think I will be pleased with them up there as well?

Ya I think the eD speakers are going to work out well. Maybe in a couple months ill get the tower speakers up front and either make a 7.1 or use my 5T5's in another system. I was wanting to put something together for my computer so I dont know. Might give me a reason to buy another reciever.

I just ordered my speakers a little bit ago. I ended up getting 3 x 6T6 MTM and 2 x 5T5 MTM no towers yet for me. As for my sub I went with the A3-300.

On the sub I ended up getting the O series driver and the hourglass feet for it I know the feet prob make no difference other then looks but is everyone else upgrading to the O driver with there a3-300's? From what I understood it sounded like it was worth the 30 bucks to get it.

Ah nice on the website it shows on the A3-300 a choice in either hourglass feet or spikes as well as a choice in driver where it shows the K and the O series driver for 30 dollars more. From my talk with Alex he said it just had a better range and extension. As well as dB or something. I cant remember everything I am not to knowledgable on subwoofers and/or speakers at this point.

As for stands I just ordered 2 x of the 24' speaker stand pairs that they sell on the website. I think it worked in the package for a small discount so I am going to put my fronts and rears on those should line up pretty well with my TV.

I also liked how they had mini spikes maybe it will help them not get moved. And or I can stab someone with one if they bust my stuff or something......idk.....

I think I will get my 5T5's next week the 6T6's the week after and the a3-300 a week to a week and a 1/2 after that. So every week I get a surprise :P And the last one will be huge lol 90lbs.......so big.

I am going to go compare the specs on my order form with the specs to the K series driver see if I can figure anything out. I wish they had the specs for the a3-300 with the O driver on there website.

lol ya I also heard that the hourglass feet give it more clearance from the ground as well which from what I read in the a2-300 sub forum that it makes it sound better as well. So that would also be nice.

Ya I cant wait for the pieces to start showing up. What stands did you go with for your rears?

I decided to give these a try as the price range fit good. I was also looking at the ascend 340's with the 200's as surrounds. I decided to jump on the last day to get the a6-6t6 MTM's front and center at the current price before it goes up to regular price. I went with the a3-5tc's for side and back surrounds. I would have went with the a6-5t5 but it is just too big. I also got the a5-350 sub. Can't wait to get it all in, now I just need to get some front and center speaker stands and an onkyo 805!

I am not much of an audio person but I will post my opinions once I get everything up and running, I will post pictures as well (I am good at that).

Speakers are on their way, sub is starting beginning phase. I cant wait to get everything setup.

hmm, I was hoping to read alot more reveiws in this thread.

Well, in the near future I plan on ordering the 6T6 towers and the 6T6 center. But for now, I have the 5TC on my computer powered by an Audiosource Amp100. The amp100 should do 55 watts per channel at 6ohms and I can tell you, this is plenty of power for the 5TC's. I have never turned it up past 1/2 way, as living in an apartment that is already too loud. They sound great, very clear and detailed, however as expected the lowend is just not there. Actually I do think the crossover could have cut off a little higher as even what little bass it does play does not sound that good. But that's being picky and would require ALOT from your sub. All in all, for what I use them for, they sound FANTASTIC, my friends are all jealous when they hear them, as they run cheap logitech and such.

I'm sure the 6T6 towers and 6T6 center will make me equally as pleased!

Well, I got the a6-6t6 MTM's across the front and the a3-5tc's for side and back. I do not have the receiver yet (just ordered the onkyo 805 on sale at accessories for less). I do however have an onkyo tx-sr304 on my computer from a HTIB kit. I just got them hooked up and I am very happy with them. I am listening without the sub for now just to hear the speakers on their own. I am not really an audio person, but I am really happy with these. Definetly larger than what I was expecting, but I really like them.

Crash, how do you like the towers? How is the lowend? I plan on going with the 6T6 Towers and 6T6 Center as a 3.0 for a while until I can get a sub amp and build a box.

I wish we had more people's input on these. I'm damn close to ordering a complete 5.1 setup from them......but still a bit hesitant.

Tom

I was in Newton about a week ago and stopped into eD. Alex spent a lot of time with me demoing the towers and 6T6 center. I was impressed, more so than I expected to be. The 6T6 towers offer great low and midrange, while the tweets were smooth and detailed. I was equally impressed with the center. I'm currently using a Paradigm CC-370 in my set-up and have never really enjoyed it. The eD center did vocals better and had a more "gutsy" sound to it. The finish on these eD speakers is much nicer in person too. Pics don't do it justice.

Good stuff at a great price, IMO.