New Owner.....

[wader2k]

Recently purchased a Yamaha RX-673 and a Klipsch RW-12D and have been researching speakers for the better part of 4 weeks to round out a 5.1 system.

Hopped off the fence today I am happy to report. Had the wife order up 2 b stock 340se's for LR, a 340se center, and 2 170se's for surround duty. And a set of the stands for the 340's.

Now the waiting game begins!

[Stump909]

Recently purchased a Yamaha RX-673 and a Klipsch RW-12D and have been researching speakers for the better part of 4 weeks to round out a 5.1 system.

Hopped off the fence today I am happy to report. Had the wife order up 2 b stock 340se's for LR, a 340se center, and 2 170se's for surround duty. And a set of the stands for the 340's.

Now the waiting game begins!

You should be very happy with that set-up. Just make sure you run YPAO a second time once you reach your 30hrs of break-in. The center and surrounds will sound thin (maybe the b-stocks too), for the first week or so. Once they've had time to adjust, you'll be very surprised by the improvement in sound. Run YPAO again, and you'll have yourself a well calibrated system.

[wader2k]

Thanks for the advice! I am still searching for a decent tv console to put everything in/on.
Finding one with a large enough hole for the center speaker is not easy. The TV is a 60" Vizio LCD.
I might end up sitting the TV on the center channel.

I think I should have posted this in the Introduce Yourself subforum.....

[Stump909]

I might end up sitting the TV on the center channel.


I don't think that'll work as well as you hope. I'm fairly positive these speakers aren't made to have weight placed on them. There's a thread a little ways down discussing TV stands here (http://forum.ascendacoustics.com/showthread.php?5301-350-TV-Stand). That should give you some decent information. You may want to consider a stand with a TV mount, that way you can just place the speaker on top of the stand (hopefully with enough breathing room behind it).

[davef]

Placing the LCD on a 340SE center is fine, the speaker can easily hold the weight :)

[wader2k]

Placing the LCD on a 340SE center is fine, the speaker can easily hold the weight :)

Thanks for the info Dave! I could have swore I'd seen pictures showing this.