Post Your Home Cine & HiFi Kit...

Zeebedy · 29 Dec 2020 at 20:55

ljt said:
Nice, although those speaker stands look rather over engineered for the speakers they are supporting

thanks! Yeah lol, I’m actually on the rainforest right now, about to pull the trigger on some diamond 220 speakers..unless you can recommend some others I should be looking at?

cheers.

ljt · 29 Dec 2020 at 21:54

Zeebedy said:
thanks! Yeah lol, I’m actually on the rainforest right now, about to pull the trigger on some diamond 220 speakers..unless you can recommend some others I should be looking at?

cheers.

I'm way out of touch with speaker tech I'm afraid, I kitted out my man cave about 3 or 4 years ago now with a Monitor Audio Vector 5.1 set, which look to be about the same sort of size as the ones you have now. They are plenty for the size of the room and sound good to me.

If you're happy with the sound from the ones you got I'd personally ditch the stands and put them on either edge of the TV stand! (and move the One X horizontal in the space where your headphones are)

HEADRAT · 30 Dec 2020 at 08:26

ljt said:
Nice, although those speaker stands look rather over engineered for the speakers they are supporting

I've seen smaller RSJ's

dacads · 3 Jan 2021 at 15:09

@zeebee99 is that a subwoofer?

Zeebedy · 3 Jan 2021 at 15:58

dacads said:
@zeebee99 is that a subwoofer?

were you meaning me??

If so, no mate, it’s just a coffee table.

Zeebedy · 3 Jan 2021 at 15:59

pingwing said:
Well it happened, a Planar P2

And of course I needed matching speakers....

White Wharfedale 220's sealed the deal for me

And the rest as I have two speakers after all

got some diamonds 220 coming tomorrow, how are they mate??

dacads · 3 Jan 2021 at 16:17

Zeebedy said:
were you meaning me??

If so, no mate, it’s just a coffee table.

Oops indeed..

Wasn’t sure if it was a subwoofer used as a coffee table

pingwing · 3 Jan 2021 at 21:57

Zeebedy said:
got some diamonds 220 coming tomorrow, how are they mate??

I'm a really big fan! One of the best investments I've made in the hi-fi

Zeebedy · 3 Jan 2021 at 22:13

pingwing said:
I'm a really big fan! One of the best investments I've made in the hi-fi

sweet. Tomorrow can’t come quick enough now. Damn you

Zeebedy · 4 Jan 2021 at 09:36

Just received them, early rise for DPD.

look real meaty, just gonna take it easy till they bed in..

how long will suffice guys? 15-20 hours maybe?

Yaayuh! · 4 Jan 2021 at 10:36

Zeebedy said:
how long will suffice guys? 15-20 hours maybe?

My standard response on "breaking in" speakers: Anywhere between 0 hours and the end of their lifetime.

MrRockliffe · 4 Jan 2021 at 10:40

Zeebedy said:
Just received them, early rise for DPD.

look real meaty, just gonna take it easy till they bed in..

how long will suffice guys? 15-20 hours maybe?

Im not sure there’s any evidence acoustic products need time to bed in, but rather you adjust to their tonal balance :-)

Zeebedy · 4 Jan 2021 at 10:45

Yaayuh! said:
My standard response on "breaking in" speakers: Anywhere between 0 hours and the end of their lifetime.

MrRockliffe said:
Im not sure there’s any evidence acoustic products need time to bed in, but rather you adjust to their tonal balance

Lol, cheers guys, will crank the volume up a bit now then!

pingwing · 4 Jan 2021 at 10:58

Zeebedy said:
Lol, cheers guys, will crank the volume up a bit now then!

Best thing to do! :cool:

It actually took me a week or so to get used to them as they produced so much more sound that my last set, "had" to upgrade my turntable as I could hear a lot of the rubbish it couldn't deal with and I'm eyeing up a new amp as a result... (one channel is less powerful than the other...)

Zeebedy · 4 Jan 2021 at 11:03

pingwing said:
Best thing to do!

It actually took me a week or so to get used to them as they produced so much more sound that my last set, "had" to upgrade my turntable as I could hear a lot of the rubbish it couldn't deal with and I'm eyeing up a new amp as a result... (one channel is less powerful than the other...)

my diamond 9.0 were great little speakers for the money, but at £129 for the 220s, BARGIN!

the sound is so good, and they ain’t even up that loud atm either. Happy!

Zeebedy · 4 Jan 2021 at 15:19

New wharfedale diamonds, please excuse the Ethernet cable trailing..waiting for new router..

also got cushions for my Hellraiser Lament Configuration covers, love em, :cool:

dessimpson · 4 Jan 2021 at 23:28

Zeebedy said:
Just received them, early rise for DPD.

look real meaty, just gonna take it easy till they bed in..

how long will suffice guys? 15-20 hours maybe?

face them towards each other. Reverse the wiring on one. Throw a duvet over the top and let them play all night.

Howard · 5 Jan 2021 at 13:15

Burn-in is not a thing. If they haven't been used for a few months it might take 2-3 seconds for the drivers to loosen up to their original parameters, but that's it. Ear adjustment is a thing.

Crank 'em and enjoy 'em. They're brilliant little budget speakers. When I had a pair, I ran them from my 200w/c Meridian 557 power amp to see how they sounded. They're happy to be fed some current, that's for sure.

Zeebedy · 5 Jan 2021 at 20:44

Thanks for the input guys..

been playing some Spotify on the series X, and the speakers / amp sound so clear and loud, I’m not even taxing either :eek:

Howard · 12 Jan 2021 at 17:02

Lovely OLED goodness for my modest living room setup. If only I was rich enough to afford one of the new 83" ones for my cinema room!