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SRTCraig · 03-14-2009, 10:28 PM

Hi i'm craig, and i'm a HT-holic.

I started out a long time ago, and have had a lot of gear pass through my lounge. It's been a great journey from which i've learnt so much by trial and error, mostly by error, but we wont go there. I came to this forum to learn about blu and to pass on a little of the knowledge i have of the audio side.

I had a passion for music from quite a young age thanks to relatives with good equipment. By chance i walked into a hifi shop that had a polk audio SRT set-up and going, and this is where it truly began. I fell in love instantly, but a baby on the way, and a sensible wife, and of course the price-tag ruled out any chance of me taking them home. I left with a pair of RT10's, and the memory of "that" demo.

FFWD 13yrs and many polk models later chasing the sound from "that" demo. I had waited and waited for a pair to come up locally (i later found out only 5 pairs were imported) but to no avail. Then a pair turn up on Craigslist (ironic? lol) for 800o.b.o . They needed a bit of work, they got beat up by fedex and weren't packaged very well. I put a lot of TLC into the finish, and am really happy with the results.

I really feel as though i'm done now , and that the journey has come to an end. I did contemplate updating to a newer receiver but ended up upgrading the power amp. As a bonus of having 6 ch of amplification i removed the plate amps from the subs. I'm glad i did this which IMO has made a bigger improvement than a HD receiver could've made.

It's nice to not have that urge to change anything anymore. I'm completely happy with music and movies, it really is performance without limits, that's quite happy to serenade you at -35db late at night.

My only current gripe, would have to be the room. I have a remedy for that though, we're currently considering building/buying a new home. I will put a little effort into cable management (wallplates?) and power supply (dedicated 20amp supply). I did start to tidy up the cables but it really is hard hiding triple runs of speaker cables and a power cord that doesn't bend.

03-14-2009, 10:28 PM	#1
SRTCraig Active Member Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Near middle earth Home Theater Gallery:10	SRTcraigs HT Hi i'm craig, and i'm a HT-holic. I started out a long time ago, and have had a lot of gear pass through my lounge. It's been a great journey from which i've learnt so much by trial and error, mostly by error, but we wont go there. I came to this forum to learn about blu and to pass on a little of the knowledge i have of the audio side. I had a passion for music from quite a young age thanks to relatives with good equipment. By chance i walked into a hifi shop that had a polk audio SRT set-up and going, and this is where it truly began. I fell in love instantly, but a baby on the way, and a sensible wife, and of course the price-tag ruled out any chance of me taking them home. I left with a pair of RT10's, and the memory of "that" demo. FFWD 13yrs and many polk models later chasing the sound from "that" demo. I had waited and waited for a pair to come up locally (i later found out only 5 pairs were imported) but to no avail. Then a pair turn up on Craigslist (ironic? lol) for 800o.b.o . They needed a bit of work, they got beat up by fedex and weren't packaged very well. I put a lot of TLC into the finish, and am really happy with the results. I really feel as though i'm done now , and that the journey has come to an end. I did contemplate updating to a newer receiver but ended up upgrading the power amp. As a bonus of having 6 ch of amplification i removed the plate amps from the subs. I'm glad i did this which IMO has made a bigger improvement than a HD receiver could've made. It's nice to not have that urge to change anything anymore. I'm completely happy with music and movies, it really is performance without limits, that's quite happy to serenade you at -35db late at night. My only current gripe, would have to be the room. I have a remedy for that though, we're currently considering building/buying a new home. I will put a little effort into cable management (wallplates?) and power supply (dedicated 20amp supply). I did start to tidy up the cables but it really is hard hiding triple runs of speaker cables and a power cord that doesn't bend.

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