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Two Tower initial impressions [message #48214]

Thu, 17 November 2005 09:58

Shane
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Registered: May 2009

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Well, even though I won't be veneering the cabinets till spring probably (due to kids and Xmas, etc....)I'm impressed with the sound of my 2 Towers. They are sub-optimally placed in the corners of the room, toed in about 2 inches, 5 inches from the back wall, 10 inches from the sides that have full length curtains on them, about 10 feet apart, with the listening position around 12 feet out against the far wall. Initially they produced almost zero bass unless driven pretty hard. Now that I've got a little time on them the bass has come out more, but still seemed "thin". Then I started really paying attention to the CD's I was playing. Some had great bass, some none. Played them on my vintage Kenwood/Polk system and didn't notice it as much. I think the higher sensitivity of the Pi's is revealing that some of these recordings that I thought were good in actuality are not! That and the new NAD amp/cdp I got are much more neutral in processing the music. When you put the power to them they really stand out and shine. Also, the soundstage is very, very good. My wife walked in the other day and said "hey, the singer is right in the middle and the drums are right behind him with the guitar player right there and the bass right over there--that's so cool!" She is a complete audio non-afficianodo with a tin plated ear, which is saying something when she can pick out details. All in all I would definitely recommend the Towers for anyone who wants to give a try at building a first set of speakers.

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		Two Tower initial impressions By: Shane on Thu, 17 November 2005 09:58
		Re: Two Tower initial impressions By: Matts on Thu, 17 November 2005 10:32
		Re: Two Tower initial impressions By: Shane on Thu, 17 November 2005 11:09
		Re: Two Tower initial impressions By: Matts on Thu, 17 November 2005 13:36
		Re: Two Tower initial impressions By: Shane on Thu, 17 November 2005 13:46
		Re: Steve Browns tranny choice By: Bill Epstein on Sat, 19 November 2005 17:58
		Re: Steve Browns tranny choice By: Shane on Sat, 19 November 2005 18:20
		Re: Steve Browns tranny choice By: Wayne Parham on Sun, 20 November 2005 11:57
		Re: Steve Browns tranny choice By: Shane on Sun, 20 November 2005 13:18
		Re: Steve Browns tranny choice By: Wayne Parham on Sun, 20 November 2005 13:33
		Re: Two Tower initial impressions By: Wayne Parham on Thu, 17 November 2005 11:13
		Re: Two Tower initial impressions By: Shane on Thu, 17 November 2005 12:21
		Re: Two Tower initial impressions By: Shane on Thu, 17 November 2005 12:28
		Re: Two Tower initial impressions By: Wayne Parham on Thu, 17 November 2005 14:37
		Re: Two Tower initial impressions By: Matts on Thu, 17 November 2005 16:10
		Re: Lead Switch By: Shane on Thu, 17 November 2005 16:31
		Re: Lead Switch By: Matts on Thu, 17 November 2005 17:56
		Re: Lead Switch By: Shane on Thu, 17 November 2005 18:10
		Re: Two Tower initial impressions By: GarMan on Thu, 17 November 2005 12:06
		Re: levels By: Shane on Thu, 17 November 2005 18:09
		Re: Two Tower placement By: Shane on Thu, 17 November 2005 16:11
		Re: OK think I've got it. Royal Cable. By: Shane on Thu, 17 November 2005 18:07
		Re: Them's fghtin' words! By: Bill Epstein on Fri, 18 November 2005 14:43
		Re: Them's fghtin' words! By: Shane on Fri, 18 November 2005 16:25
		Re: Them's fghtin' words! By: GarMan on Fri, 18 November 2005 16:40
		Re: Them's fghtin' words! By: Shane on Fri, 18 November 2005 16:44
		Bill--question on cables, By: Shane on Sat, 19 November 2005 21:57
		Re: Hey Steve Brown, about those IC's? By: Bill Epstein on Sun, 20 November 2005 02:33
		I liked Royal Cable so much I bought the entire stock By: colinhester on Fri, 18 November 2005 23:22
		Re: Two Tower initial impressions By: Norbert on Sat, 19 November 2005 21:43
		Re: Two Tower initial impressions By: Shane on Sat, 19 November 2005 21:49
		Re: Two Tower initial impressions By: Norbert on Sun, 20 November 2005 09:19
		Re: Two Tower initial impressions By: Shane on Sun, 20 November 2005 10:26
		Re: Two Tower initial impressions By: Norbert on Mon, 21 November 2005 19:26
		speaker placement By: Shane on Mon, 21 November 2005 20:49
		Re: speaker placement By: Norbert on Mon, 21 November 2005 21:33
		Re: Two Tower initial impressions By: Bill Epstein on Sun, 20 November 2005 13:04
		Re: Two Tower initial impressions By: Norbert on Mon, 21 November 2005 19:19
		Re: Two Tower initial impressions By: Bill Epstein on Mon, 21 November 2005 20:08
		Re: Two Tower initial impressions By: Norbert on Mon, 21 November 2005 21:42
		Re: Two Tower initial impressions By: Bill Epstein on Tue, 22 November 2005 02:46

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