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[muzz]

"If you ask about the Christmas decorations...my answer is: I'm a bachelor and I can do whatever I want. Including leaving my Christmas decorations up in June."

You have that string of ugly white icicle lights still hung up outside too?

Bahahahahaha

LMAO!!

[Jonnyozero3]

I have a friend in Boston...he'll drive down and kick you in the Sierra!

Okay, he's an Ascend owner too, so maybe he won't.

And naw, I took those down. I'm not *that* bad.

That said...there's still a Xmas tree in my dining room....

[Timbre]

Finally, I have an excuse to post my pictures:



Hey, davef, if you are watching you might remember the concept sketches I faxed you from the Philippines. Look familiar?



Yes, this is the bedroom. That was the compromise (No HT in Living Room).
Only the bedrooms here have air/con and with the house sometimes feeling like a sauna bath,
I can chill out with a little sonic nirvana.

I will try and put up more pics at:
http://heartlink.eaph.com/viewalbum.cgi?Images/AscendHT

Cheers!

CMT-340 SE L/C/R
CBM-170 SE Surrounds
HTM-200 Rears
HSU VTF-3 MK2 Sub
Arcam AVR300
Arcam DV79
Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD
Sony Bravia KLV-V40A10 40" LCD

[chas]

Nice bedroom setup! Do you pull the 340's out of the cabinet for movies or do they sound ok in there?

[Timbre]

Thanks chas,

Actually they sound pretty good inside the cabinets, because DaveF was so kind to help me in the early design. He reviewed my sketches and told me exactly how much space I would need to give the speakers enough breathing space inside there.

And now I recently bi-amped the front speakers with my Arcam in an effort to tweek the sound. So for my serious liistening, I like to slide them out to the edge of the counter so the ledge does not act as a baffle, and interfere with the dispersion. And since I have enough slack in the speaker cable, I can even bring them out and move them closer to the LCD Panel for movies.

The speaker cable I bought from Ascend over a year ago is great because it has 4 leads of 14ga., giving you effectively 11ga. And it was a life saver when I decided to bi-amp the fronts, since the 4 leads of concealed wire were already there.

The 340 SEs are really nice. During stereo play of reference material my soundstage is so wide and high, that there are times I swear I still have the center and surrounds on, and I catch my self checking my controls.

I actually bought speaker cloth to line the inside of the doors and cover the overhead center, but never got around to putting it into place. Think it needs it?

[chas]

I think I would use the speaker cloth over the center channel opening...the mains look fine.

I hear the Arcams are nice sounding receivers...

[muzz]

I have a friend in Boston...he'll drive down and kick you in the Sierra!

Okay, he's an Ascend owner too, so maybe he won't.

And naw, I took those down. I'm not *that* bad.

That said...there's still a Xmas tree in my dining room....

Heheheheh

You sure your not REALLY Johnny Knoxville?