TLS Guy gave me some really nice speakers today

[Squishman]

I had a set of my Minimus 7's with $20 Amazon crossovers (ha) hooked up to my Marantz 1060 and TLS guy thought I could do better, so he offered me a set of speakers that he hand built including designing the crossovers. I stopped over to his house this afternoon and we played some selections and I could tell right away that the sound was bigger with more depth (sorry, I have a tough time describing sound) than my Minimus 7's which sound thin in comparison, although I thought they were really good! So I brought them home and hooked them up with a floor-firing 10" Klipsch subwoofer also in the room. Boy, what a difference. I played my favorite movie soundtrack: Austin Powers International Man of Mystery. I was going to play a song or two just to test them out. Well, I couldn't leave the room because they just sound so great! I listened to the whole CD cranked up loud with my dog Dobie on my lap. What a great day. @TLS Guy is a wonderful and generous guy. He even has his badge attached below the woofers. The tweeters sit 81 inches from the ground so I placed a rubber wedge at the back of the speakers to tip them down a tad. They are ported in the back. Maybe Dr. Carter can explain a little about what went into his engineering these gems.

 

[dlaloum]

Nice!

Although to be fair, your sealed, micro woofer Minimum7's were never likely to provide much bass.... and would need to be run with a Sub capable of going up to probably at least 150Hz if not 200Hz to provide the full frequency fill in.

I reckon Minimus7's would be perfect satellite speakers used with that type of Sub (eg: Gallo TR1)

 

[uncola]

audiophiles helping audiophiles, what a nice forum I bet if you met someone from audiogon forum they'd diss all your gear then mug you

 

[Squishman]

Besides the TV in the room, the only other input is a line level from my computer in another room. I just ordered a BT receiver with RCA outs. I have two ipod touches, both transmit BT. One with most of my CD's and the other with exclusively LP's that I am adding to each week. I think so far, I have 75 or so LP's on it. That'll be better sound I imagine than a 25 foot line level cable. Arrives tomorrow.

 

[Squishman]

To be more accurate, the line level cable to that room is connected to line-level outs from a two-channel Pioneer reciever (not vintage) that is for my computer sound. The computer speakers are blond wood Axiom M22's

 

[Bobby Bass]

I had a set of my Minimus 7's with $20 Amazon crossovers (ha) hooked up to my Marantz 1060 and TLS guy thought I could do better, so he offered me a set of speakers that he hand built including designing the crossovers. I stopped over to his house this afternoon and we played some selections and I could tell right away that the sound was bigger with more depth (sorry, I have a tough time describing sound) than my Minimus 7's which sound thin in comparison, although I thought they were really good! So I brought them home and hooked them up with a floor-firing 10" Klipsch subwoofer also in the room. Boy, what a difference. I played my favorite movie soundtrack: Austin Powers International Man of Mystery. I was going to play a song or two just to test them out. Well, I couldn't leave the room because they just sound so great! I listened to the whole CD cranked up loud with my dog Dobie on my lap. What a great day. @TLS Guy is a wonderful and generous guy. He even has his badge attached below the woofers. The tweeters sit 81 inches from the ground so I placed a rubber wedge at the back of the speakers to tip them down a tad. They are ported in the back. Maybe Dr. Carter can explain a little about what went into his engineering these gems.

Classic looking speakers next to Vikings totem pole. Looks good. Enjoy and go Vikes!