Frogmort's HT Pad

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by spaceape

Won't they be arriving today?

In 1 to 5 hours.

Originally Posted by Bryceo

Mint gear

Thanks.

Originally Posted by DangeRuss

Good Morning buddy



That diatribe seems to have made sense to me . Congrats on your new purchase . Don't forget to get the camera ready

Good Morning.
I stayed up much too late, and my neighbor's redneck truck & redneck dog woke me up much too early.

I will take some pics with my crappy cellphone camera.

Originally Posted by Travis

Congrats on the new speakers!

I am very interest in that John Mclaughlin album. I will be back to check out more music ideas. Should sound good on the new speakers.

Thanks Travis.
Extrapolation was John Mclaughlin's first solo album, and one of the very first albums that he played on. It's a little more traditional jazz than some of his later fusion stuff. It's very good hangover music: smooth, and easy on the ears, with more of that muted jazz guitar tone, instead of his Hendrix-esque screaming banshee tone.


Thanks for stopping by guys. I'ma go geta coffee & biscuit!

[spaceape]

"Is it there yet?"

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by spaceape

"Is it there yet?"

Are you calling me a jackass?


No, not yet. Wait, let me refresh the tracking page... No, not yet. Wait, let me refresh the tracking page...No, not yet. Wait, let me refresh the tracking page... No, not yet. Wait, let me refresh the tracking page... No, not yet. Wait, let me refresh the tracking page... No, not yet. Wait, let me refresh the tracking page...

It has about 45 minutes until the latest quoted time. Most things usually show up here around three hours ago.

[spaceape]

Those damn dirty apes.



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[Grand Bob]

That is a nice HT room you have set up, with a nice comfy-looking couch. It looks like your planning is paying off. I also like that lion carpet (I'm a lion's fan, even though I don't live near Detroit). BTW, check out the new 80" Sharp I got last week in my HT gallery; my 70" Sony finally bit the dust.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by Grand Bob

That is a nice HT room you have set up, with a nice comfy-looking couch. It looks like your planning is paying off. I also like that lion carpet (I'm a lion's fan, even though I don't live near Detroit). BTW, check out the new 80" Sharp I got last week in my HT gallery; my 70" Sony finally bit the dust.

Hello GB!

Thank you. The couch is okay, but I would like to get something a little bigger and even more comfy. The lion rug actually came with the house I rent, but it seems to go well in the HT room. My cellphone camera doesn't really do my room justice, and makes everything look dull and yellow/green, but I would rather put my money into my setup, instead of a camera, but maybe someday.

Your new tv is huge! And your front towers are massive also. What are they? That tv and those speakers make you look like a little guy. How tall are you, for some scale?

Looking good, my friend.

[spaceape]

So you finally got them. Cool!!!

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by spaceape

So you finally got them. Cool!!!

Yes, they finally got them to me.

They are a lot bigger than I expected for bookshelves, especially the depth(11 1/2 inches from the back to the grille) and they are heavy, and built like a tank.

Without further ado, my HTD bookshelf striptease:

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[spaceape]

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by spaceape

I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!!!

Right now, I'm going to switch out just one of my Polk fronts with the HTD, and listen to some music on 2ch. direct, just to compare the two. I'll probably try some jazz, classical, and some NIN and Deftones.

[spaceape]

Rock on buddy.

[Grand Bob]

Originally Posted by frogmort

Hello GB!

Thank you. The couch is okay, but I would like to get something a little bigger and even more comfy. The lion rug actually came with the house I rent, but it seems to go well in the HT room. My cellphone camera doesn't really do my room justice, and makes everything look dull and yellow/green, but I would rather put my money into my setup, instead of a camera, but maybe someday.

Your new tv is huge! And your front towers are massive also. What are they? That tv and those speakers make you look like a little guy. How tall are you, for some scale?

The speakers are a pair of Infinity 9 Kappa's, which still sound great and the person is actually my nephew, who is 5'9". He is also a HT enthusiast and helped me lift and velcro the TV to the stand so it won't fall over and kill us if an earthquake hits. I enjoyed looking at your HT photos, obviously a labor of love. Your 127" projector images would make the images on my set seem puny.

[spaceape]

Hey my CM5s are also around that depth. So i guess it's normal for bookshelves. But for satellites it's a different story.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by Grand Bob

The speakers are a pair of Infinity 9 Kappa's, which still sound great and the person is actually my nephew, who is 5'9". He is also a HT enthusiast and helped me lift and velcro the TV to the stand so it won't fall over and kill us if an earthquake hits. I enjoyed looking at your HT photos, obviously a labor of love. Your 127" projector images would make the images on my set seem puny.

Ah, I see. I'm only 5'10" so, about the same as me. It would take a hell of an earthquake to knock that tv over, and some really tough velcro to keep it from doing it!

Yeah, I went from a 42" Panny plasma to the 127" projected image, and it's just overwhelming, in a good way. It's almost like being at the movie theater, and in some aspects, it's even better.

Originally Posted by spaceape

Hey my CM5s are also around that depth. So i guess it's normal for bookshelves. But for satellites it's a different story.

Just looking at them next to my Polk towers, they are much deeper and a good bit wider, and probably about the same weight, but obviously shorter.

I listened to the first few songs from Deftones - Diamond Eyes, and as far as the top end goes, the Polks are very harsh, and 'splattery' sounding, if that makes any sense, compared to the HTDs. The HTDs almost seem to breathe, and the cymbals really sizzle. Basically, the Polks sound more like I'm listening to a speaker, whereas the HTDs soundmore lifelike, like someone is playing in the room.

The bottom end is much cleaner, and tighter on the HTDs. The Polks have a little more heft, but are also a whole lot more boomy and muddy. I would imagine that the HTDs will sound even better, once the spiders loosen up a bit.

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As far as midrange, the Polks seem more scooped out, and the HTDs have a lot more presence.

So far the words clean, tight, and transparent come to mind, compared to the Polks.

[PurpleJesus74]

Originally Posted by frogmort

I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!!!

Right now, I'm going to switch out just one of my Polk fronts with the HTD, and listen to some music on 2ch. direct, just to compare the two. I'll probably try some jazz, classical, and some NIN and Deftones.

I've been on a NIN kick lately,i hadnt listened to the likes of Broken and The Downward Spiral in probably years.The Downward Spiral is pretty depressing but a very well done album.

[hometheatergeek]

Those are really nice looking speakers Joe. I look forward to hearing a review on how well they handle music.

[Travis]

Originally Posted by frogmort

Ah, I see. I'm only 5'10" so, about the same as me. It would take a hell of an earthquake to knock that tv over, and some really tough velcro to keep it from doing it!

Yeah, I went from a 42" Panny plasma to the 127" projected image, and it's just overwhelming, in a good way. It's almost like being at the movie theater, and in some aspects, it's even better.

Just looking at them next to my Polk towers, they are much deeper and a good bit wider, and probably about the same weight, but obviously shorter.

I listened to the first few songs from Deftones - Diamond Eyes, and as far as the top end goes, the Polks are very harsh, and 'splattery' sounding, if that makes any sense, compared to the HTDs. The HTDs almost seem to breathe, and the cymbals really sizzle. Basically, the Polks sound more like I'm listening to a speaker, whereas the HTDs soundmore lifelike, like someone is playing in the room.

The bottom end is much cleaner, and tighter on the HTDs. The Polks have a little more heft, but are also a whole lot more boomy and muddy. I would imagine that the HTDs will sound even better, once the spiders loosen up a bit.

[Show spoiler]

As far as midrange, the Polks seem more scooped out, and the HTDs have a lot more presence.

So far the words clean, tight, and transparent come to mind, compared to the Polks.

Nice review. Makes perfect sense. I also use words like muddy and boomy. I don't have the fancy audiophile words in my vocabulary.

Great to hear the music and not the speakers. When I got my baby B&W bookshelves, I was surprised that the music was right in front of me, didn't come from the right speaker or the left, but sounded like it was coming from the center! which was off, it was like magic.

[hometheatergeek]

Good evening Joey. Since I have a locked down PC at work I thought I would wish some of you guys with an early TGIF gift. So here's your sign.

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[frogmort]

Thanks everybody, and HTG:

[Show spoiler]WOWIE WOW WOW!!



I really like dark eyes, dark hair, & boobies!

Anyway, I listened to some Deftones, Gustav Holst, Vinnie Colaiuta, Steely Dan, and Stanley Clarke, all 2ch direct. After being so accustomed to the Polks, it took me a while to really process what the difference is, and the main thing is the soundstage and dimensionality. Compared to what I'm used to, the instruments seem more defined, with their own space in the room.

I temporarily put them on some chairs:

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This really pissed me off as soon as I stepped back and looked at it, so I looked everywhere through my house for two equal sized things to put them on, and the only thing I could find was some paint cans. I stacked two on top of each other, then slid the cloth covers the speakers came in over the paint cans. Again,

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It looks a lot better than the chairs, but I gotta do something more permanent soon.

[Travis]

So when you getting stands?