On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 19:12:24 +0100, AberTech wrote:

I'm about to buy my first set of hi-fi seperates - Acoustic Solutions from
Argos. It will have to do as a starting point. If you buy 3 AS products
you get the floorstander speakers for free but the Argos website (513/0102)
has them at being 105cm high which is taller than I'd expected. Is this
about normal for floorstander speakers?


Strangely, these (also from Argos - 512/3229) are cheaper & have a better
*stated* spec:
http://www.acousticsolutions.net/product.asp?ID=1

I have used 2 pairs, one set in series as a centre speaker! The other pair
are on tall adjustable stands (535/2746) costing the same as one pair of
speakers.

Used with a sub from Richer's and a pair of tiny Aristons (Richer's
again) for the rears these make a reasonably acceptable surround system
for dvd bangs-n-crashes. They ain't hi-fi though. :-)

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On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:30:30 GMT, mick wrote:

I have used 2 pairs, one set in series as a centre speaker! The other pair
are on tall adjustable stands (535/2746) costing the same as one pair of
speakers.

Using two for the center will result in interference that corrupts the
lateral dispersion of the speakers. One will work better in most
cases.

Kal

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:48:24 -0400, Kalman Rubinson wrote:

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:30:30 GMT, mick wrote:

I have used 2 pairs, one set in series as a centre speaker! The other pair
are on tall adjustable stands (535/2746) costing the same as one pair of
speakers.

Using two for the center will result in interference that corrupts the
lateral dispersion of the speakers. One will work better in most
cases.


That figures - I don't see it as too much of a problem as I can't get the
centre pair close enough to the screen to get best results (not shielded)
and the box designs have a projecting surround on the front, which will be
playing havoc with the dispersion anyway! Interesting experiment though. I
started off with a single speaker and it just seems to sound "better" with
two somehow. The spare one will just sit there & rot if I don't use it
anyway... :-) It's a temporary setup anyway - the boxes are held together
end-to-end with blue-tack... ;-)

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Web: http://www.nascom.info
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