The Official Energy Speakers Thread

[callas01]

Originally Posted by donaldsonjune

hello all,

i watched CLASH / TITANS & TERMINATOR 4 yesterday to give the rc-30s a workout. the blended very well the the c-c100 center also. loving the smooth jazz cds. listening to smooth jazz on the radio (rotel 961 tuner) now.
i'm a happy man

I bet you are a happy man.

[arrt vandelay]

Originally Posted by donaldsonjune

hello all,

i watched CLASH / TITANS & TERMINATOR 4 yesterday to give the rc-30s a workout. the blended very well the the c-c100 center also. loving the smooth jazz cds. listening to smooth jazz on the radio (rotel 961 tuner) now.
i'm a happy man

glad to hear the c-c100 is working out for you. for the week i experimented w/ rc10s as fronts, i thought the c-c100 blended well also. too bad the rc-lcr is not yet discounted from its ridiculous price...

[Adam.C]

Originally Posted by patwrightjr

RC-50's, on sale at Amazon for $349....

Why do they keep tempting me. Stop it

[BigAl87]

Originally Posted by callas01

Personally I do not care about the small footprint, I have room for whatever I want. I am just going by detail and tone and overall dynamics. It seems to me that the Totems and Dyns have super fast and detailed mid-range. Better then any other Monitor Audio, Paradigm, Energys and B&Ws.... only the Dalis have as good of mid-range, IMO, however, I have come to find the ribbon tweeters a little bright and that the Totems and Dyns have better highs for my ear, although I do like the Dalis also... esp the Lektors and Concepts, which don't have the ribbons and I like them better.... So for me its about better mid-range detail, better detail in the highs and more slam from the speaker, while still maintaining a very musical nature and sound quality, but never loosing the ability to rock out for HT use.

That is precisely why you write the Best reviews

I forgot all about sound detail and better midrange but you are rith on that.

[callas01]

Originally Posted by BigAl87

That is precisely why you write the Best reviews

I forgot all about sound detail and better midrange but you are rith on that.

thanks oliver.... I just want to get the best sound and detail I can.... as long as their not bohemoths I think the wife would be OK with them... but the small footprint and the detail that you get is an added bonus.

[Miker107]

Hey Steve, just about time for that new baby to arrive eh? Best wishes to you and the wife. Hope all goes well.

[callas01]

Originally Posted by Miker107

Hey Steve, just about time for that new baby to arrive eh? Best wishes to you and the wife. Hope all goes well.

thanks Miker.... it should be nice to have a boy finally... 2 weeks at the most.... it feels like a good long time.... Hows the job hunt going. Good I hope.

[Miker107]

Originally Posted by callas01

thanks Miker.... it should be nice to have a boy finally... 2 weeks at the most.... it feels like a good long time.... Hows the job hunt going. Good I hope.

Oh yea, my wife's daughter and son-in-law had 2 girls before they got their little boy too. He had been wanting a little boy so he could name him bubba, so when they finally had their boy they named him Braden, but everybody calls him Bubba..LOL.
I applied to our local Ambulance company for dispatcher position. May be something until something else comes along. I put in a few calls to the competition but nothing yet.

I need a job so I can finish upgrading my speakers. I'm sure enjoying my RC-10's while I've been off. I broke out some old CD's I haven't listen to in a long while. I found Rush to sound fantastic on them. I've grown to love Energy sound. Thanks for turning me on to them.

[Monkey]

Originally Posted by Miker107

Hey Steve, just about time for that new baby to arrive eh? Best wishes to you and the wife. Hope all goes well.

I second that!! Make sure to educate them while they are young! haha JK, kids are awesome, I've got two little boys.. they sometimes make you forget about speakers, home theatear and anything else YES they are that awesome

[Miker107]

Originally Posted by Monkey

I second that!! Make sure to educate them while they are young! haha JK, kids are awesome, I've got two little boys.. they sometimes make you forget about speakers, home theatear and anything else YES they are that awesome

Yea, I sure love my grand kids as you could tell from the photo in my HT gallery. But boy they can wear me out too. I love em, but it's nice to able to send them home after a while.

[callas01]

Originally Posted by Miker107

Oh yea, my wife's daughter and son-in-law had 2 girls before they got their little boy too. He had been wanting a little boy so he could name him bubba, so when they finally had their boy they named him Braden, but everybody calls him Bubba..LOL.
I applied to our local Ambulance company for dispatcher position. May be something until something else comes along. I put in a few calls to the competition but nothing yet.

I need a job so I can finish upgrading my speakers. I'm sure enjoying my RC-10's while I've been off. I broke out some old CD's I haven't listen to in a long while. I found Rush to sound fantastic on them. I've grown to love Energy sound. Thanks for turning me on to them.

Originally Posted by Monkey

I second that!! Make sure to educate them while they are young! haha JK, kids are awesome, I've got two little boys.. they sometimes make you forget about speakers, home theatear and anything else YES they are that awesome

thats cool.... women always want a girl, and men a boy.... so I am happy it worked out... Girls are great when I get home they are so happy to see me. its awesome. Hopefully he is the same way.

glad you love the energys. I think they are really nice too. sure they aren't the best, but they have terrific performance at a very good price.

[Monkey]

Originally Posted by Miker107

Yea, I sure love my grand kids as you could tell from the photo in my HT gallery. But boy they can wear me out too. I love em, but it's nice to able to send them home after a while.

Oh that is definitley true. Amazing how much current flows through them! I can't always keep up, there nap time often turns into my nap time as well, haha

[Miker107]

Originally Posted by callas01

thats cool.... women always want a girl, and men a boy.... so I am happy it worked out... Girls are great when I get home they are so happy to see me. its awesome. Hopefully he is the same way.

glad you love the energys. I think they are really nice too. sure they aren't the best, but they have terrific performance at a very good price.

Yea, I guess for those of us that either can't or refuse to pay enormous prices for speakers, the performance / price ratio is pretty good. I'm very satisfied with Energy, although I have not heard many others. Like you said in an earlier post, ignorance is bliss.

[Monkey]

Originally Posted by Miker107

Yea, I guess for those of us that either can't or refuse to pay enormous prices for speakers, the performance / price ratio is pretty good. I'm very satisfied with Energy, although I have not heard many others. Like you said in an earlier post, ignorance is bliss.

Don't listen to Callas. The RC-10's are freaking amazing I used to work at the good guys! and sold a ton of audio gear, granted not everythign or insanely expensive but I've compared with other stores as well. There really isn't a best as everybody has different preferences but Energy's are awesome!

I grew quite fond of Focal's in my car back in the day as well (we didn't even sell that brand)..

[Miker107]

Originally Posted by Monkey

Don't listen to Callas. The RC-10's are freaking amazing I used to work at the good guys! and sold a ton of audio gear, granted not everythign or insanely expensive but I've compared with other stores as well. There really isn't a best as everybody has different preferences but Energy's are awesome!

I grew quite fond of Focal's in my car back in the day as well (we didn't even sell that brand)..

Well, they sure sound better than the stuff I demoed at best buy and my local sound shop that carries klipsch, bose, and a couple of other brands I can't remember the names of. My Yamaha's I had previously sounded really nice, but man for bookshelf speakers the RC-10's do sound amazing. I turned them up pretty good this morning and they were very clear even at loud volumes.

[BigAl87]

Originally Posted by Miker107

Well, they sure sound better than the stuff I demoed at best buy and my local sound shop that carries klipsch, bose, and a couple of other brands I can't remember the names of. My Yamaha's I had previously sounded really nice, but man for bookshelf speakers the RC-10's do sound amazing. I turned them up pretty good this morning and they were very clear even at loud volumes.

Oh loud they can go without issues you can drive them with 175 watts of course this just power but just an idea my C-200 I drove them at 0 db without any sign of distortion in the sound of course the receiver and cd player and the quality of the recording play a role but they can go loud and that ribbed elleptical surround is amazing for that the RC-10 is good step ahead of the C-200.

Amazing speakers and I can't get over how great they sound but after hearing the Mites from Totem I must say I would go with the Mite, I know I spoke about Rainmakers also but I bring up the Mites since they were placed in the same range of price of the RC-10 but of course at the price we find the RC-10 now I mean you just can't go wrong.


Here a shot at the Mites

[Miker107]

Originally Posted by BigAl87

Oh loud they can go without issues you can drive them with 175 watts of course this just power but just an idea my C-200 I drove them at 0 db without any sign of distortion in the sound of course the receiver and cd player and the quality of the recording play a role but they can go loud and that ribbed elleptical surround is amazing for that the RC-10 is good step ahead of the C-200.

Amazing speakers and I can't get over how great they sound but after hearing the Mites from Totem I must say I would go with the Mite, I know I spoke about Rainmakers also but I bring up the Mites since they place in the same range of price of the RC-10 but of course at the price we find the RC-10 now I mean you just can't go wrong.


Here a shot at the Mites

Yes, Oliver, I looked those up when I saw you and Steve talking about them. Totems do look awesome and I bet sound amazing as well. I wish there was a dealer around here that I could give them a listen.

[BigAl87]

Originally Posted by Miker107

Yes, Oliver, I looked those up when I saw you and Steve talking about them. Totems do look awesome and I bet sound amazing as well. I wish there was a dealer around here that I could give them a listen.

If ever you have a good amount of money and you feel like upgrading I think you could do a blind buy on those as well as you did on the RC I mean Great dynamics yet nothing really missing in the sound and the detail is absolutely fabulous.

You could call a dealer in the nearest to you and have them shipped but man I looked up for dealers surrounding Louisiana and I think the closest I found is Florida.

I guess if you don't find a dealer near you on their websites in redirects you to Totem themselves you could give them a call and tell them your situation and they sure will be more than happy to help you.

[callas01]

Originally Posted by BigAl87

If ever you have a good amount of money and you feel like upgrading I think you could do a blind buy on those as well as you did on the RC I mean Great dynamics yet nothing really missing in the sound and the detail is absolutely fabulous.

You could call a dealer in the nearest to you and have them shipped but man I looked up for dealers surrounding Louisiana and I think the closest I found is Florida.

I guess if you don't find a dealer near you on their websites in redirects you to Totem themselves you could give them a call and tell them your situation and they sure will be more than happy to help you.

So I think my wife likes the Towers more then bookshelf speakers...... SO whenever I do get new speakers, it my not be the Rainmakers or Mites or Excites...... It may be audiogon dyn towers or Sttafs.

[callas01]

Originally Posted by BigAl87

Oh loud they can go without issues you can drive them with 175 watts of course this just power but just an idea my C-200 I drove them at 0 db without any sign of distortion in the sound of course the receiver and cd player and the quality of the recording play a role but they can go loud and that ribbed elleptical surround is amazing for that the RC-10 is good step ahead of the C-200.

Amazing speakers and I can't get over how great they sound but after hearing the Mites from Totem I must say I would go with the Mite, I know I spoke about Rainmakers also but I bring up the Mites since they were placed in the same range of price of the RC-10 but of course at the price we find the RC-10 now I mean you just can't go wrong.


Here a shot at the Mites

Awe, so beautiful.......