Pioneer 1014 with ascends?

[curtis]

I have heard the RS750's...but not at lower volumes. My impression of them was more mids and mid-bass.

[cestlavie]

I guess I should clarify. In the context of which I'm speaking, Low - is more midbass as a personal philosophy of mine is that speakers should not have subwoofer frequencies or low bass in them (JMHO). Mids, I found the voices and effects to come across much weaker than my reference CDTs, not muddy, but just not as strong as the "low" frequencies which I felt overpowered the overall sound. The highs, and by highs I mean very high notes, came across for me, not the musical parts like cymbals and stuff since I didn't really hear classical tracks, but more like the kind that stays in your ears and rings.

Don't know if that helped at all,
but you're free to disagree to each his own I guess,
C'est

[Abhi]

C'est, I think you'll like the ascends. They have a very neutral, clear and crisp sound (It's been said so many times, ...almost a cliche!). With ascends you get a very balanced and detailed sound minus ringing. (I hope I'm not shooting myself in the foot and let the thread get hijacked!! ) :-)

[Abhi]

http://www.polkaudio.com/home/faqad/...e=optimizeroom

...and this:
http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/...ivesAudio.html

[airs]

I am indeed running the 1014 with a set of 340M's and absolutely love the sound - very neutral and balanced. I recommend you pick up a unit at your local Best Buy and give it an audition.

[cestlavie]

Thanks Abhi,
been busy lately so haven't had a chance to read this, I'm sure I will too

C'est

[Lee Bailey]

Lee, you guessed it right. My front left speaker is just 6 inches from the wall and there is nothing I can do about this. But your idea of checking acoustic reflections is certainly worth a try. I'll experiment with this. Thanks.

Abhi, were you able to do some treatments yet? Interested in what you find.

[Abhi]

Hi Lee,
As per your suggestion, I used the mirror method and hung a thick towel at the first reflection point. It reduced the high freq reflection dramatically. However aparently the mids were still reflected. I think I am going to need to use some Owen Corning 703 panels instead. Then I toed the front left speaker pointing directly to the center of the sofa. The FR is toed a little. I owe you one for pointing me to room treatment! Alternatively, I am thinking of moving my front speakers to Wall A.

[Abhi]

I am indeed running the 1014 with a set of 340M's and absolutely love the sound - very neutral and balanced. I recommend you pick up a unit at your local Best Buy and give it an audition.

Thanks airs!
Once I'm done with the speakers positioning/room tretment, Im going to give Pioneer a try and compare with the denon.

[Lee Bailey]

That looks like a very difficult room to put a system in. The sub in my opinion should be in the corner by the left front speaker. Apparently, there is no room for it? This is what my living room looks like.