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Paradigm 100.v3 floor standing speakers up high.

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I’m just wondering how much improvement if any you think I’ll notice if I put the speakers on the floor. My house has a built in oak wall unit that runs the width of the room. I recently purchased a new 50-inch plasma display and I’ll need to make fit into the wall unit. The bottom of the wall unit is an oak cupboard. They run two and a half or three feet up across the entire unit. On top of the cupboard there’s an oak counter top with shelves that run to the ceiling. Until now I’ve had the speakers on top of the counter, as that’s the only place they’ll fit. The top of the speakers would be about seven feet high.


Seeing as I’m taking the top of the unit apart anyway would I notice a big difference if I just tore the entire wall unit out and rebuilt it in a way that would allow me to get my speakers on the floor.


It’ll be allot of extra work and expense to bring the speakers down. Do you think I’d hear a noticeable difference?


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Oh and while I'm at it,


I also got the CC570 center channel. How do I go about breaking it in. Do I have to take it easy on it? How long do you recommend I wait until I watch movies at reference levels?


Thanks all!
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I'm having a hard time visualizing. Are they currently next to the wall inside a wall unit 30" high?


Put them on the floor >2 ft. from the rear or side walls and listen to them open up.
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Ya, I’ll post a picture when I get home. The wall unit was there when we bought the house. It’s a very rich looking oak unit. It just wasn’t designed with home theater in mind. The unit has fiver separate areas divided by three quarter inch oak sheets that run from the counter top to the ceiling. I have currently have it set up as follows:


Left main speaker no shelves (approx 30 inches wide)

Amps, DVD, CD ect on five shelves (approx 25 inches wide)

TV set in middle with center channel above TV on shelf (approx 45 inches wide)

Five shelves with ornaments (approx 25 inches wide)

Right main speaker no shelves (approx 30 inches wide)


Does that make it any clearer?


I’ll post a picture later this evening.
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While I imagine the 100s aren't easy to move around, try placing them in room away from the boundries. You may be doing yourself and them a favor.
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Good god, you have the speakers raised 2.5' above the floor? Yes, they will sound 500% better placed on the floor!
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Originally Posted by ~Ohdee~
Ya, I’ll post a picture when I get home. The wall unit was there when we bought the house. It’s a very rich looking oak unit. It just wasn’t designed with home theater in mind. The unit has fiver separate areas divided by three quarter inch oak sheets that run from the counter top to the ceiling. I have currently have it set up as follows:


Left main speaker no shelves (approx 30 inches wide)

Amps, DVD, CD ect on five shelves (approx 25 inches wide)

TV set in middle with center channel above TV on shelf (approx 45 inches wide)

Five shelves with ornaments (approx 25 inches wide)

Right main speaker no shelves (approx 30 inches wide)


Does that make it any clearer?


I’ll post a picture later this evening.
Nice post,


I sound like a three year old.


I’m at work and am posting in a hurry.


Sorry! :D


Ya, I’ve had them up for the last 18 months. I’ve never actually heard them on the floor (at my house). I bought them after we moved in.


The wall unit has to stay… WAF!


But I can take out the cupboards on the two far ends. I’m taking apart the entire top anyway so I can make the center area bigger so our new 50-inch PDP will fit. You’re saying if I take the time to remove the two far ends of the bottom cabinet and get those speakers on the ground it’ll be worth the effort.


Damn, that creates all sorts of problems. How do I finish off the wall where the cabinets used to be? What about the flooring that won’t be under where the old cabinets were?


All things I can deal with but it’ll be a pain in the butt.


500% improvement you say!


I guess now’s the time to do it. Once I get that new PDP in place that wall unit will stay as it is.
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i agree put them on the floor you should

notice an improvement imeadiatley.
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Paradigm recommends 100 hours of normal playing for a break-in before you do any critical listening. They will continue to break-in after that and they start sounding their best between 250-300 hours.


I know it is a pain to wait a while before you can crank them, but it's worth the wait knowing they will sound their best, and reduce your risk of damaging the speaker.


-K
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The wall unit has to stay… WAF!
No it doesnt. Just tell her it looks.......ghetto.:D
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