Re: Sierra-1 NrT = HT. Towers = Music ?
As always, great info.
I know I am at Ascend forum but I've also looked into Salk HT2-TL $4,500 speaker or Salk HT2 $3,900.
These seem to get great reviews.
Anyway .... Yesterday had a friend over and we tried tweaking things up a bit.
I noticed that I should not run music through just 2channels as if my Sierras were full range speakers. Seems like best sound I get is when I set music to run through all 7 Channels with the Sub present and crossover at 60. This also makes Sierras not sound toooo bright. Seems like YAPO did it's "correction" by dumbing down highs in the sound. On the negative side it does feel like speakers sound more free and airy when I set them to 2ch only. You can also argue that now my "receiver" is allocating all it's "power" into 2ch instead of distributing it through 5-7 channels.
I was also joking with him that I probably spent more time "tweaking" the sound and reading forums than I spent actually listening to music and enjoying my purchase.
He once again argued that for these great speakers I need a better receiver and a good CD player if I want to listen to music. He did promise to give me his old $800 Sony CD player that he argues does a great job at converting sound which he says is very important. He also is now giving away his $150 monster cables that he feels will make a difference.
Anyhow .... once I changed from CD playing music to Home Theater watching movies, I felt like that's where Sierras shine (in a good sense).
P.S. I plan on moving to a bigger place in the next year, hence I feel like altering my space right now is not needed. I am not getting crazy echo. I still enjoy my sound, especially on HD movies. I do however feel that at some point (just like my friend predicted), I'll move Sierras as Surrounds, use HTM-200 as the sides for 7.1 system and get wither Sierra Towers RAAL or one of those Salk towers mentioned on top of this post.
Now if I only knew for sure that I NEED to upgrade my receiver? :-)
A/V Receiver - Denon AVR 4311ci
L/R - Ascend Sierra-1 NrT
Center - Ascend Sierra-1 NrT
Surrounds - Ascend HTM-200
Sub - Rythmik F12
TV - Sharp LC-80LE650U 80-inch
Screen - 135" STR-169135-G Silver Ticket 4K Ultra HD Ready
Projector - Epson Home Cinema 3100 1080p
SACD Player - Sony C222ES