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alansanchez86
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I just upgraded my SW. from 12 to 14" brand new Klipsch, off the new line. Fucking huge and heavy. That's what she said.
Congratulations Alan! Obviously so big and heavy you had to unbox it to get it in your car. I love stuff like that
Enjoy!
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alansanchez86
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Yup. That's the story. My wife and daughter had to help me to get it down to the basement. A 3-person-job.
Can't fathom what the 16" SW is like.
I wish I could just leave well enough alone but with audio gear and cars I just have to keep fucking with it.
Old rack is out and new special McIntosh rack is in.
Pros, one unit on wheels, instead of 9 metal spike shelves.
A little taller, 6", a little wider 6".
It was very difficult to get in rear before, always afraid of collapsing a shelf, back breaking.
McIntosh glass panel lights up with trigger cable.
Cons, only thing is I am lowering my center speaker to a shelf, only one reason, it keeps me from raising TV up 6", I still might do?
So the top shelf will hold PC, DAC, 4K Apple and 4 channel amp. Basically the same minus the 12.5" tall center and replacing with 4.5" tall amp.
The power supply now instead of middle, to the right, power cables should still be OK?
The center speaker was perfect before, I hope I am not disappointed with where it is at, but if it has to go on top and raise TV on wall then so be it
Of course it is work in progress and only will be done when I like it.
Notice all the cables, I hate that part. Every cable, in's and out's marked.
Old rack is out and new special McIntosh rack is in.
Pros, one unit on wheels, instead of 9 metal spike shelves.
A little taller, 6", a little wider 6".
It was very difficult to get in rear before, always afraid of collapsing a shelf, back breaking.
McIntosh glass panel lights up with trigger cable.
Cons, only thing is I am lowering my center speaker to a shelf, only one reason, it keeps me from raising TV up 6", I still might do?
So the top shelf will hold PC, DAC, 4K Apple and 4 channel amp. Basically the same minus the 12.5" tall center and replacing with 4.5" tall amp.
The power supply now instead of middle, to the right, power cables should still be OK?
The center speaker was perfect before, I hope I am not disappointed with where it is at, but if it has to go on top and raise TV on wall then so be it
Of course it is work in progress and only will be done when I like it.
Notice all the cables, I hate that part. Every cable, in's and out's marked.
I'm sure you'll love it Mark!
You might want to pull that center speaker out a bit so that the sound doesn’t reflect off of those posts or the shelves above and below it.
When my wife picked up the sub they unboxed it to fit in the car for her convenience.
Polk HTS 12
I can't, cuz the width of center speaker is wider than the posts. Also the tweeter is just below the shelf above. It should be OK, I hope, I hope.
Well done, looks great!
I think you could find a way to orient the centre speaker so that it points at your ear's height. A few degrees can make a big difference, especially with the centre channel.
I would also re-run any room correction calibration you might be using. I'm not familiar with McIntosh, but again, changing the position of speakers will likely need a new calibration.
Overall it seems a big improvement and a very nice entertainment unit!
I agree. The fronts will be a little wider than before, the center obvious. And a solid walnut cabinet vs a metal spike rack I am sure will have some tonal difference for the better.Well done, looks great!
I think you could find a way to orient the centre speaker so that it points at your ear's height. A few degrees can make a big difference, especially with the centre channel.
I would also re-run any room correction calibration you might be using. I'm not familiar with McIntosh, but again, changing the position of speakers will likely need a new calibration.
Overall it seems a big improvement and a very nice entertainment unit!
Back is killing me, all that cleaning and sitting on floor really tightens the hamstrings, not to mention 150lb amp by myself.
At least I can still do it at 68 years old, not complaining.
Coffee and a pill and I am back in action.
Good idea with the tilt up on center speaker, I have some small plastic table leveling wedges, I might try.
I had Mitch Barnett do some filtersets for me, really good improvement on sound, but I guess those will need to be redone. I could recalibrate Audessy on my own that is simple.
With the Mitch Barnett filtersets I use Pure Direct OFF. With Audessy, you can still use off, but then Audessy is off.
Ugh, I love this and I hate this.
This is a brand new McINTOSH PRODUCT that I find highly interesting, not really for me as I have too much invested in all the amps I already have, but this one $8000.00 product , has 120-150 watts per channel, no need for amps, built in Dirac Live all channels. I see a lot of people on QQ asking about what should they get, Dolby Atmos, etc, and this new product really is the one. One unit, hook up speakers and 2.0, 4.0, 5.1 Atmos, all done. Expandable from 7.2 to 7.2.4, so I guess you would need a little 4 channel amp for the heights.
I also tilt my center speaker up as it's placed a bit lower than I like due to restrictions. I use a black hockey puck to tilt mine as it doesn't slide much and essentially can't see it due to being black. lol
I hate to be a downer, but I can't see that not really hampering the sound of that center. There's just no way it's not going to have at least some issues with reflections. But hopefully I'm wrong and it's great.
At least you can still set it on top. Honestly I think you'll need to.
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Well, finally after about 10 hours its back. Pulled the engine and wire harness all out, but back in the new engine bay, with same wiring, hit the ignition and bang turned over on first hit. Apple 4K a little wonky, hit reset and fine.
Now to make look aesthetically correct, measured/centered , etc. Most important of all #1, no noise, that is a blessing.
I'll listen for a while before I make any decisions on whether to be happy with Audessy, or likely go back to Mitch Barnett.
On a 5 minute listen center speaker was fine, but we shall wait for real day to day listening to settle in.
Since I have been about 12 years old this is probably the 500th time I have done this. Connected two speakers to my parents mono record cabinet and here we are today.
The cabinet has little feet that you screwdriver and rotate a head pin clockwise, 5 of them that locks the unit in place on the floor, pretty cool.
Oh, and after all this I forgot to add trigger cable to light up the glass on the cabinet, I think I have an extra trigger cable in my box of extras in the garage.
If I wasn't so addicted to power it's times like these I envy wireless applications. All the cables and interconnects, are mind-blowing. It would be cool to have custom cabling but I would assume that would cost multi thousands of dollars, when I can just now push the unit as a whole to the wall. There was before and I am sure there will be now a 6" gap between cabinet and wall because of cables.
While I was at it I reintroduced by Blu Ray and MQA CD player back in rotation, just more cables 
I still might pull them back down because I rip everything and don't actually use them.
BTW, nobody can be a downer on me, I'm good on my own. The joy of hands on, fucking around with my own shit is bliss.
I'll send final picture with subs and speakers done.
I learned a little trick a few years ago. When trying to create that perfect stereo image from the place where you sit, take one of your MONO recordings and play that. Between a little movement and toe in/out of your two front speakers, that mono signal should be locked dead center. So then when you go to a stereo recording the information between the speakers will be dead perfect. All recordings are different, modern recordings the vocals seem to be pretty good at phantom center, but older rock recordings they played around with vocals being on the sides, etc, so by taking that mono recording you can rest assure your dialed in.
Oh my aching back, Bud and Jack tonight for sure. Oh yes, final thought, alcohol powered listening makes anything sound great.
While I was at it
Now to make look aesthetically correct, measured/centered , etc. Most important of all #1, no noise, that is a blessing.
I'll listen for a while before I make any decisions on whether to be happy with Audessy, or likely go back to Mitch Barnett.
On a 5 minute listen center speaker was fine, but we shall wait for real day to day listening to settle in.
Since I have been about 12 years old this is probably the 500th time I have done this. Connected two speakers to my parents mono record cabinet and here we are today.
The cabinet has little feet that you screwdriver and rotate a head pin clockwise, 5 of them that locks the unit in place on the floor, pretty cool.
Oh, and after all this I forgot to add trigger cable to light up the glass on the cabinet, I think I have an extra trigger cable in my box of extras in the garage.
If I wasn't so addicted to power it's times like these I envy wireless applications. All the cables and interconnects, are mind-blowing. It would be cool to have custom cabling but I would assume that would cost multi thousands of dollars, when I can just now push the unit as a whole to the wall. There was before and I am sure there will be now a 6" gap between cabinet and wall because of cables.
While I was at it I reintroduced by Blu Ray and MQA CD player back in rotation, just more cables
I still might pull them back down because I rip everything and don't actually use them.BTW, nobody can be a downer on me, I'm good on my own. The joy of hands on, fucking around with my own shit is bliss.
I'll send final picture with subs and speakers done.
I learned a little trick a few years ago. When trying to create that perfect stereo image from the place where you sit, take one of your MONO recordings and play that. Between a little movement and toe in/out of your two front speakers, that mono signal should be locked dead center. So then when you go to a stereo recording the information between the speakers will be dead perfect. All recordings are different, modern recordings the vocals seem to be pretty good at phantom center, but older rock recordings they played around with vocals being on the sides, etc, so by taking that mono recording you can rest assure your dialed in.
Oh my aching back, Bud and Jack tonight for sure. Oh yes, final thought, alcohol powered listening makes anything sound great.
While I was at it
alansanchez86
800 Club - QQ All-Star
Something's on the way. Guess what?
Just a hint, 3 boxes = 1 pallet = 1 Piece...325 lbs worth. Updating next Saturday.
Just a hint, 3 boxes = 1 pallet = 1 Piece...325 lbs worth. Updating next Saturday.
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