What New Stuff Have You Bought? If You Care To Share Thead! :)

[Cos]

My favorite pickup in Nashville this week. Got home to the latest Dave’s Picks in the mail. Grateful indeed.
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Heading to Nashville in July! 1st stop......

 

[Bobby Bass]

Heading to Nashville in July! 1st stop......

Excellent have a great trip!

 

[Happy Joe]

After a bit of consideration (and shopping) I ordered an SVS ultra evolution center channel speaker.

https://www.svsound.com/products/ultra-evolution-center

in black oak veneer; (not a fan of glossy plastic looking finishes).
Have been experimenting with the center channel speakers that I have and am not satisfied with either Polk or Klipsch.(separately or together/stacked; although stacking a Polk ES35 on a Klipsch R34C was an audible improvement to both/either).
I did listen to a sample of this center at a local sound emporium but was unable to locate a KEF center.
...Perhaps Santa will bring matching, bent, left and right SVS speakers for Christmas...

Enjoy!

 

[Matt34]

After a bit of consideration (and shopping) I ordered an SVS ultra evolution center channel speaker.
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https://www.svsound.com/products/ultra-evolution-center

in black oak veneer; (not a fan of glossy plastic looking finishes).
Have been experimenting with the center channel speakers that I have and am not satisfied with either Polk or Klipsch.(separately or together/stacked; although stacking a Polk ES35 on a Klipsch R34C was an audible improvement to both/either).
I did listen to a sample of this center at a local sound emporium but was unable to locate a KEF center.
...Perhaps Santa will bring matching left and right SVS speakers for Christmas...

Enjoy!

Good luck with that one. I've almost bought it a couple times to see how it does, but wasn't too impressed with the Evo Ultra bookshelves I've tried. They weren't bad, just weren't my cup of tea, most noticeable with female vocals.

I bought a used Arendal Sound 1723 center to compare to the Ascend Acoustics CMT,340Se2 I'm currently using as a center. Dave at Ascend says it should compare favorably.

 

[Happy Joe]

Unfortunately, like the KEF I have not been able to find a local dealer to audition Adrenal speakers; historically I have always liked the sound of Scandinavian speakers...

$1k is about my limit to risk on buying an unauditioned speaker...

Enjoy!

 

[Matt34]

Unfortunately, like the KEF I have not been able to find a local dealer to audition Adrenal speakers; historically I have always liked the sound of Scandinavian speakers...

$1k is about my limit to risk on buying an unauditioned speaker...

Enjoy!

If the SVS doesn't work out for you, it's worth trying the Kef Q6 meta center channel. It's the best I've heard under $1k.

 

[Happy Joe]

I hear you! I tried pretty hard to find a local KEF dealer since I like the looks, reviews and specs of the Meta series but living in the high desert sometimes limits one's options...
If the SVS doesn't work out I'll try the KEF in home option...

Enjoy!