I thought I checked this subforum about every other day, but I guess it has been five days now. Alright, here you go!
2012 was a fun year for me in regards to audio. I started off the year with a blind subwoofer GTG in Kansas City in January. In February I built a ported subwoofer for a friend (I actually already had the cabinet). In May and June I built a dual opposed subwoofer for my office and an infinite baffle system for my living room. In July I went to Des Moines for a Home Theater Tour. In August I attended a blind speaker GTG in Kansas City. In September and October I built my LS-6 line source speakers. In October I organized and helped host an Omaha Home Theater Tour. In November I hosted a speaker listening session in my house for the new JTR Noesis speakers. Also in November I started using Audiolense/convolution and I rebuilt my HTPC with an i7-3770K Ivy Bridge.
Throughout the year I heard about 12 high output dual subwoofer systems, 2 quad subwoofer systems, 7 single subwoofer systems and of course my own infinite baffle system. I heard 16 different speaker systems and visited 5 dedicated home theaters and 5 multi-use theaters.
I called my infinite baffle system
The Badwater Bass'n. For those that don't know,
Badwater Basin is the lowest point in North America at 282 ft below sea level. I'm going about 256 Hz below C level! (middle C is at 261 Hz but can vary from 256-280 Hz depending on scale). Since the sub system is composed of two manifolds that are located in the crawl space under the living room they are also below "see" level.
The speakers I built are designed by Danny at GR-Research. I purchased the cabinets at an auction when av123.com when out of business. I then had to install all the drivers, tweeters, port tubes, No Rez lining, Acousta-Stuf, crossovers, and wiring. The crossovers were already completed.
Here are some pictures:
Here they are in my living room. The wood looking beam is actually a 126" retractable Seymour AV acoustically transparent screen. I've since relocated all the gear to the back corner of the room except my two monoblock amplifiers.
Here is my room with the screen down:
I took some more pictures last week that I will try to post soon.
I really like the speakers and would personally place them among some of the best I've heard - even super expensive ones at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest.
In October I had 29 other guys over to my house as part of the Omaha Home Theater Tour. We listened to music and movies for about an 1 hour 20 minutes before heading to the next house in the tour. After the last stop, I had 8 guys over for prime rib, smoked tri-tip, baby portobello mushrooms sauteed in wine and olive oil, salad buffet, corn bread, bread sticks, and sweet potato fries. After dinner we spent some more time listening to the LS-6's and the new JTR Noesis 212HT speakers.
Those that arrived for the Tour after I had lowered my AT projector screen didn't know until the end that I didn't have a center speaker. They were surprised at how a phantom center could sound so good and the voices could be crystal clear and positioned correctly even for those standing outside the width of the speakers.
I go by Desertdome at AVS. Here are some of the comments from the day:
". . . the best 2 channel sound I've ever heard."
"Deserdome's living room space was truly unique. Something you may only have the opportunity to see and experience once in your life. The LS6 towers were majestic."
"Desertdome's multipurpose room win's for me in the sound quality department. I am an audiogeek and am more interested in perfect sound than perfect picture. Those towers simply blew me away and is exactly the sound I've been looking for. I watch more concerts than movies and can only imagine what some of my favorites would sound like on his system. He unique use of space for his subs is one of the more "out in left field" approaches I've ever experienced and they sound amazing."
"Desertdome's house was a completely different deal, in a great way! The LS-6's were far and away the pinnacle of the day (for me!) I have never heard a more detailed and natural sounding speaker than these. Planar ribbon tweeters were so sweet. Pretty unreal. . . .Phantom center was a non-issue no matter where I was in the living room."
"I haven't heard music like that in a long time and was pleased to see that's how you focused your demo."
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