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Yeah, I'd have to buy/make a different amp so I could cross-over the signal though. Right now I'm feeding it the signal with the bass cut already in place, which wouldn't work too well if I hooked a sub up to it as it is. That could be a fun project though, build a preamp with an adjustable (digital?) crossover, and a digital processor loop so I could put the EQ in line with it to smooth out the inevitably non-linear bass and any other room issues (without suffering the multiple ADC/DAC conversions using a preamp with a regular tape loop). For now though I'm going to put the speakers back where I last had them sounding good and listen to them there with the bass cut to see how it goes.

Ok, I've been playing with the speakers a lot and thought it would be good to post an update here. Nearly everywhere I can reasonably move the speakers in the new position results in bass that is frankly terrible, lots of boom and overhang between 30-40Hz, with a suckout in the midbass. However, I also get much more holographic imaging, and with a little EQ to smooth out the room's effects on the midrange and treble, absolutely wonderful sound overall. The problem is even with the bass reduced to where it's flat out to 30Hz, it still has that nasty slow decay that muddies up the sound; it looks atrocious on a CSD plot (only 10dB down after half a second in some positions...). Normally I would just say fuck it, move it back to how I had them before, and leave it at that, but I'm really digging the space I have with the new layout where I can't bring myself to go back at this point. Tonight I just started experimenting with cutting out the bass below 40Hz, and the sound became much clearer and more immediate even without moving the speakers back to one of the "better" spots. I hadn't really considered trying that before, since I like the Maggies' full range abilities, but having it roll off at 50Hz instead of 30Hz is a relatively small price to pay if I can keep all the other positive attributes in this new arrangement.

Mine (also mostly Maine Coon) will occasionally sit on my chest and whack me in the face to try to get me up, but she doesn't bite, claw, or butt. If I'm at the computer she'll come and stand up against the armrest and literally tug on my arm to try to get me to bust out the laser pointer.

K1000 K240 Sextett K401

I've seen a lot more people using them in smaller rooms than this than in bigger rooms. Also I remember somewhere somebody tried a pair in three different rooms, and liked it the best out of the smallest room. I don't remember the dimensions though.

Yeah this room is somewhere in the neighborhood of 13x14, give or take a foot. Looking at a scale drawing on graph paper with pieces cut out to represent the furniture, it should work beautifully from a functional standpoint, separating it into "work" and "relax" areas. I may enhance that effect by hanging one of my tapestries behind the speakers to further divide the room (they're thinner and more acoustically transparent than the grille cloth on the speakers, so no problems there). After I wind down a bit I'm gonna pull the speakers into the middle to do a test run before rearranging everything. Thanks for the input guys, I'm quite stoked that I'll be able to pull this off.

Well Dan also confirmed that they should do great way out into the room like that, so the plan is to tonight or tomorrow pull them out to see how they sound here. As they are right now there is plenty of bass, actually a bit of tilt towards the bass, so if it has similar or slightly less bass it'll be fine without a subwoofer. There's not really much choice for arranging other things around it, the two options are basically a mirror image of each other. I'll probably have the desk & workbench behind them, so the backwave should be diffused but not absorbed (I tried some foam panels for absorption for the fun of it once, absolutely killed the sound). Crap, gotta get back to work now...

I have a rather cramped situation that requires somewhat creative furniture placement, by using a single room as a bedroom, electronic workshop, and listening room. As it is now, things are fairly good and the speakers (Maggie 1.6) sound wonderful. However I want to build a new workbench that is significantly larger, and it would require getting rid of a set of shelves and making the room too cramped, or rearranging furniture to make better use of the middle of the room rather than everything against the wall. Moving the listening position near the middle (by setting the desk in the middle so I could listen from there) is a no go, because there is a massive bass null and other irregularities in the sound there no matter where I put the speakers. However if I move the speakers (and TV) to the middle, that would free up the wall behind it, which would be a huge improvement in space. The problem is how good will they sound like that? My gut is telling me they'll sound great there, but I'm still a novice with planars so I don't have much experience to judge from. Have any of you ever used a set of planar speakers near the middle of the room, or otherwise several feet from the wall? I can temporarily pull the speakers out enough with the current room layout to get a crude idea of how it would sound, but I'd love to hear any feedback from somebody who has more experience listening to planars like this. Thanks in advance!

So wait, we want EA to win a lawsuit? These are troubling times indeed.

WANT

Maybe that would explain what's wrong with his ears.

Yeah, and here I was originally gonna make a comment about the ports looking a little too small to use.

Oh, those are supposed to be retorts?

I'd pay to see that happen. I can't stand that douchenozzle.

Maybe he's going for something along the lines of the refuge in audacity trope?

Sorry, but purple is better than gold for USB.

Seriously?

How much is one buttload in arseloads anyway? I usually use google for unit conversions but it doesn't have that one. \

But it's purple.

Verah nice.

But have you actually measured how much moar purpler it is?

Yeah, well I can wrap my cables around one finger. And they won't give you cancer like the ones made by that SuckItALO guy. [/MOTMOTMOT]

Oh my.