Our neighboor came outside and turned his lights on and Mitch thought he told us to turn it down! So we took the stuff into my living room, and have been playing music until about 1am. I am impressed at how loud they get. I could only get them to register a 114dB on the RadioShack SPL meter I have. Which is kind of surprising. Shouldnt the speakers as a pair be able to reach 127dB with 200w of input power? Here is my reasoning. The speakers sensitivity is 101dB 1w/1m. The reciever is rated at 100w x 2 channels. At 100w one speaker should be able to do 121dB at 1m. But, with two should it not be an extra 6dB, one for a 3dB power increase, and another 3dB increase for doubling the cone radiating area?

I also noticed that their seemed to be a peak in the midrange, I cant really say the frequency. Are there supposed to be any peaks like this? I am worried that we did something wrong.

As for the sound quality, I like it, a lot! Mitch is simply amazed by the speakers too, he is EXTREMELY happy with purchasing them. Other than the small peaking that I think I hear, they sound perfect. The only other problem with them is their bass response, but that is probably because they were outside, and they were not using a subwoofer. When we moved them inside and hooked up a sub, it sounded wonderful. And on a lot of songs, that dont extend very low, a sub isnt needed either. I bet if we moved the speakers right up to the wall like 5" away, the subwoofer would be less needed.

I'll get more pictures up tommorow, we were too excited to take any more tonight.

Thanks again Wayne!

This is like running a motorcycle engine at 9,000 rpm, sure, it is designed to turn that fast...but don't claim to be "surprised" when a valve stem separates and drops the head of a valve down into the cylinder.

The dB's from two separate sources will not add up and give you the whole theoretical 6dB gain, that would depend upon how well the two drivers are working in concert, the gain is in practice somewhat less.

During ANY high SPL exposure, your ears have muscles that will tighten up as a protective reaction. Takes a LONG while for them to "normalize". Never make subjective audio decisions after running power tools, concerts, etc...your ears will be "out of calibration" causing things to sound "wrong".

How do the new Pi's sound first thing in the mornings, at 75dB listening levels? Are the interiors finshed, all fiberglass in place, etc? All those braces shown made me think that it would be good to attach some glass "out in the middle" away from the walls where it is more effective. I guess I won't say to "wait till they are broken in", obviously by now they are:)

I was going to write a post extolling the virtues of LOWER powered amps, like the Vintage Pioneers I've been playing with lately...never mind. Jerry, you need to start looking for a 200wpc sand amp, and put a candy dish full of foam ear plugs by your front door:)

Sounds like you guys know how to party...sometimes I think about holding a Rave in my LR, just need the mirror ball and strobe lights,
and...

"threw the carseat into the dumpster and headed off into the night"
Steve Earle

Yeah, the wife might not dig all those "young twinkies" dancing the night away while I spin some tunes:( Youth is wasted on the young. Sam