Incoming! The New Equipment Thread

Mather said:
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Right wall is drywall, I think insulated (was there before I arrived).
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Back and left and right walls: wood planks. Insulation underneath.

Floor is vinyl flooring planks, over dry core interlock over concrete. Ceiling is drywall and sound insulating Rockwool.
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Hard to distinguish from here but how would the system look in the wood plank room?
 
Jbraswell said:
Hard to distinguish from here but how would the system look in the wood plank room?
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The system will go in front of that rock wall. The low media cabinet will be changed out for a rack. The wood plank walls & arcade machines are the back of this rock wall room, behind me as I'm taking the photo.
 
Jbraswell said:
I truly think speaker placement is going to do more than room treatments.
I mean if you have tile everywhere with mirrored ceilings, there's probably no help speaker placement can add. You're better to just start with a different room.

Otherwise a rug, some blankets over leather chairs, curtains, etc.. are going to look nice and get you most of the way there for 2 channel.
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Darko has a few videos going over this with his Lisbon place. In a nutshell, a couch and rug do t do much.
 
SnowmaNick said:
Darko has a few videos going over this with his Lisbon place. In a nutshell, a couch and rug do t do much.
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I'll have to check it out.
Not too familiar with the channel.

I was watching a guy's video on absolute sound the other day and he was worried about the studs in the wall. He bought some audiophile voodoo to attach to them. I turned off YouTube for a week after that.
 
Jbraswell said:
I'll have to check it out.
Not too familiar with the channel.

I was watching a guy's video on absolute sound the other day and he was worried about the studs in the wall. He bought some audiophile voodoo to attach to them. I turned off YouTube for a week after that.
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There is definitely plenty of stuff out there to not spend your money on.
 
Joe Mac said:
Aren’t those Klipsch front ported though? That should definitely help with the wall being behind them.
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The Fortes are not ported, they have a rear-firing 15” passive radiator. The Cornwalls don’t have this radiator, hence their name (they can be positioned right against a Corner or Wall).

@Mather the Fortes are designed to be positioned somewhat near a rear wall (8”-16”) for bass reinforcement so they should not have major issues in that space.
 
kvetcha said:
The Fortes are not ported, they have a rear-firing 15” passive radiator. The Cornwalls don’t have this radiator, hence their name (they can be positioned right against a Corner or Wall).

@Mather the Fortes are designed to be positioned somewhat near a rear wall (8”-16”) for bass reinforcement so they should not have major issues in that space.
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Yeah that was my thoughts too. I think the only place I may run into issues is the left speaker. There's a concrete hearth that runs diagonally in front of the fireplace which limits placement a bit, but also it's a fireplace, not a solid wall.

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I have a sub so I'm not super concerned but I'm wondering whether I find a way to block the fireplace opening with something. I just can't think of what would A. Work. And B. Look good.
 
Mather said:
Yeah that was my thoughts too. I think the only place I may run into issues is the left speaker. There's a concrete hearth that runs diagonally in front of the fireplace which limits placement a bit, but also it's a fireplace, not a solid wall.

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I have a sub so I'm not super concerned but I'm wondering whether I find a way to block the fireplace opening with something. I just can't think of what would A. Work. And B. Look good.
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Mather said:
Yeah that was my thoughts too. I think the only place I may run into issues is the left speaker. There's a concrete hearth that runs diagonally in front of the fireplace which limits placement a bit, but also it's a fireplace, not a solid wall.

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I have a sub so I'm not super concerned but I'm wondering whether I find a way to block the fireplace opening with something. I just can't think of what would A. Work. And B. Look good.
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A TV playing the Netflix or Youtube real fire channel on a loop?
 
SnowmaNick said:
New speakers are always so much fun, congratulations. They’re beautiful. Forte IVs or Cornwalls?
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Went with the Forte IVs. The Cornwall's are just too big. They would fit downstairs but not upstairs and I kinda want the option to swap them between rooms if I want. I didn't want to get them this quickly after the amp but the counter tariffs include speakers and there's only 3 in stock and if I don't grab one... it'll be 25% more to order. Also got 25% off, so that potential 50% swing kinda forced my hand.
 
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Mather said:
Went with the Forte IVs. The Cornwall's are just too big. They would fit downstairs but not upstairs and I kinda want the option to swap them between rooms if I want. I didn't want to get them this quickly after the amp but the counter tariffs include speakers and there's only 3 in stock and if I don't grab one... it'll be 25% more to order. Also got 25% off, so that potential 50% swing kinda forced my hand.
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I understand that. I wanted to hold off on the Transrotor for another couple of months myself.
 
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