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Finished SVS upgrades

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 Finally replaced my last 2 Polk T-15 surrounds with SVS satellites, not a huge improvement in any way but call it my OCD I like having all the base channels the same. SVS was having a sale on them for 124 each in Piano black. The post on their outlet said they were missing threads on the back, but I can't see anything wrong with them and they have the wall mounting hardware on them...soooo i dunno maybe just a bit overstocked and wanted to get rid of some. I do need to find some better stands as the stands I have do not close tight enough to hold them. I just took some of the cloth from the box and wrapped some door/window shims with it to hold them for now until I find something better.  But it took the better part of 2 years slowly buying the pieces but my main stereo has all been upgraded.  SVS Prime Pinnacles - Piano Black SVS Prime Center - Black ash SVS Prime Elevation - Black ash SVS Satellites - Piano Black 2 Monolith 12 inch Subwoofers - Black ash 1 Polk 12 PSW-505  (prob

Even More Theater Upgrades

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 It had been awhile since I updated the blog, as always busy with life, but many changes have been made since my last updates. I am slowly working toward making all my normal speaker channels SVS speakers. as such I got a pretty good open box pair of Piano Black Prime Pinnacles to replace my trusty Polk Monitor 70s. These were a great upgrade. The highs sound more natural than the Polks, with quite a bit more detail and better mids overall. I wouldn't say they are light years better than the Polks in medium volume scenarios where they come alive is when turning it up and they just stay much more composed and less muddy.  So after that I went even further in the subwoofer department and caught a sale on the V2 Monoliths 12. At first I thought I would completely replace the Polk PSW505 with it and I still may get something to replace that 12 but it is now behind my couch. It adds a much more tactile feel than anything while watching movies. I may eventually but another Monolith 10 ba

Other Home Theater Additions

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 I have been busy like normal with the holidays and all but I have made a few more changes to my home theater in the last few months and just haven't had a chance to post about it.  I have added Vinyl back to my listening and I have went full in with Atmos and added a couple speakers attached to my ceiling.  I wanted to go a bit above a basic turntable to start with but, also not too expensive. Somewhere in the middle so that I could get the full experience while yet not going so cheap that I was disappointed with the results. I ended up going with a Fluance RT81, overall it had good reviews and features for the price point and overall I have been extremely happy with it. Though my entertainment center is full so my girlfriend had an old stereo shelf I felt I could use to house it. Not ideal but as I have mentioned in the past my room is not ideal so it works for now.  https://www.whathifi.com/fluance/rt81/review https://theaudiophileman.com/rt81-turntable-review-fluance/ The other