Gloss white floor standers

[theone8181]

I did post a question a while back about changing the colour of my speakers but u think that's more effort that it's worth. I'm now looking at gloss white speakers but they seem very rare and/or expensive, vast majority seem to be satin which I don't want. Am I just being too fussy?

 

[theone8181]

What was wrong with the previous suggestion of wrapping them?

I enquired at a few places and the wouldn't touch them.

I did see those revel ones, there's a website that seems to be selling them at 900 rather than 2000 which made me question if they were legit. Our room is dark green/ white and its next to a pine bookcase. I'll post a pic, I'm open to suggestions on best colour, I just think black will stick out more.

Got a pock, sorry but the wall is greener than my phone shows. It's this colour.

https://www.wickes.co.uk/Dulux-Matt-Emulsion-Paint---Sapphire-Salute---2-5L/p/177767

 

[theone8181]

Given that your wall looks blue, that paint looks blue, the paint details say

• Colour Family: Blues

And it's called "Sapphire Salute" where the name sapphire is derived from the Latin "saphirus" and the Greek "sapheiros", both of which mean blue...

I think you're going to have to accept your room is blue not green.

I so wish I could kick people on the internet. Honestly it's one of those colours that don't photograph correctly (it's a thing believe me). It looks a little bit green than it photos, but obviously impossible to show. Regardless its to show what people thing on speaker colour, I was expecting you all to say its blue.

As daft as it sounds, it looks more like this (random picture I've stolen, but to give you idea of the actual shade)

I know it sounds stupid, but a guy at work has a green fiesta, but whenever a camera see it, it just looks blue it's not me making it up honest.

 

[theone8181]

Just an update, this is how it looks with white speakers.

 

[theone8181]

Probably want to move the speakers away from the wall, since they're rear ported. And buy a subwoofer or two.

I've got the bungs in the rear, the sub is out of shot. The distance from the wall is a compromise as otherwise it sticks into the room too much, its not obvious from the pic, but there's a doorway right where the wall ends on the right hand side.

 

[theone8181]

Plugging port alters response probably set speakers to small 80hz

I plugged them begone I started audessy, it still set them to large. Gets annoying have to set them to small whenever I get a new amp (I know first world problems).

 

[theone8181]

Looking nice mate. I was looking at those, are they the older 3050 in gloss, not the 3050i?
I got some kef q550 in white. Really REALLY wanted that piano white gloss finish on the kef r500, but the amp to run them properly would have cost an extra £1000 or so. I looked into painting them but piano white is a hell of a lot of work.

No idea who said they wouldn't touch the speakers with wrap... They're easy to wrap as others have said. I'm considering trying it with much more weirdly shaped kefs soon, will post here if I remember.

I really don't get the HiFi world with setting speakers to small... All it does it stops your fronts from producing bass and sends it all to the sub.
Not sure about you but I love the bass my kefs produce (although there's not a lot). Still sounds perfectly balanced (if not more) than even a "accurate" Bowers & wilkins sub when both are on. Each to their own I guess. It's supposed to put less strain on amp, but Meh. Why bother buying floorstanders if you're just gonna use them as tweeters/high mids?

They are 3050is, but matte. Gloss white seems like a very rare finish, only available on expensive speakers. I think the setting to small is to stop there bring too much bass, and the fact that the sub will do a better job. Also I'm not sure if the manual crossovers only work on small.